Getting MARRIED Friday at her house in Thuan An!

[Xinh_Will 1]

I am here with my daughters, relaxing as I meet more and more family. She keeps telling me it's a small wedding--but the # of guests keeps growing and growing. So it's me, two kids, and a couple hundred or so of her family & friends Friday.

[jkelly07 120]

congratulations,wow a couple of hundred, hope you have a fat wallet good luck,

[AnhDoiEm 9]

mine is coming up this Sunday on July 22......guest alone about 200+ people, not including both families. GL

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Congrats! Hope you hired a professional photographer!

You might be getting confused between the wedding and the party. The wedding ceremony is usually limited to immediate family - a couple dozen people at most. The party is usually much bigger. Are you guys having the party at her house? There's a big public square sort of area near the river in Thuan An where a lot of people have their wedding parties.

I was involved in an engagement ceremony and party in Thuan An back in 2009. A friend asked me to represent his family. It was kind of funny because he's Mexican and I'm white, so it was pretty obvious we weren't from the same family. We used the bride's uncle's house as the groom's house, which was only two houses down the street from the bride's house. I remember walking in the back of the procession and having to look down at the ground the whole time in order to find stones to step on so I wouldn't end up in a mud puddle.

I drank the tea and ate the sticky rice, but I pocketed the bitter fruit.

Eat a good lunch. You probably won't have time to eat much of anything at the party.

[VinceN 25]

Congrats! Like Jim've said, make sure you eat a good lunch b/c it can take awhile before you get to sit down.

We had 400+ people at our party, it was a blast. I really wished we get to skip the table to table greeting though, b/c by I get to sit down with the wedding party everybody was wasted and most of the food were gone.

[beejay 123]

Congrats! Have fun!

[Sayha or bust. 71]

I am here with my daughters, relaxing as I meet more and more family. She keeps telling me it's a small wedding--but the # of guests keeps growing and growing. So it's me, two kids, and a couple hundred or so of her family & friends Friday.

Congrats man! Call me when you get stateside.

[AnhDoiEm 9]

just small party for immediate family members at her house after ceremony..... the big party for friends and family at Fist Palace Hotel

[Xinh_Will 1]

Wow, a couple of spare minutes AND a weak wifi signal to send a quick update.

Wedding is done, and it was an incredible experience! All at her house, both the small ceremony and both parties. Had one for family first then a second with friends after. Both were over 100 guests.

Rich, I'll give you a call when I get back 9/1--not sure but I might need to get your number via PM. Lost many numbers when I changed phones a while back.