Second Life Weddings

Anyone who has spent any time in Second Life at all has gone to a slew of Second Life weddings. I probably get at least two invitations a week. Of course, almost without exception, those couples aren’t together anymore. I knew one couple who booked a Second life honeymoon get-away (yes, indeed, there are businesses that cater to this) and the marriage failed when the bride didn’t bother to show up for the 5-day honeymoon for which the groom had shelled out big bucks.

What strikes me most about SL weddings themselves, though, is the deadly SERIOUSNESS of them. One would think people would have a little fun, and these things would be a bit tongue and cheek. But in fact they are usually about 500 times duller than the real thing. And let’s face it, most real life weddings are not really wing ding times. Though I’m going to admit here and nowhere else that I secretly actually like doing the polka. If you tell anyone, though, I’ll have to kill you.

I’m not naming who the people are in these photos in order to protect whatever it is I’m supposed to protect by not divulging their identities.

Above is one of the many weddings of probably my oldest friend in Second Life. God knows how he got anybody to even go with him for coffee with this look. I got to admit I “crashed” on purpose at this wedding, cause otherwise I would have had to strangle myself at the seriousness. Sorry, hon, but you know i wouldn’t say this if this wasn’t like three wives ago! I’ll give you a call when I pass through Chicago RL in a couple weeks and buy you a beer to make up for it if you’re still speaking to me after this post.

One of the invitations I received for a Second Life wedding this weekend does show some promise. This is a vampire wedding, so maybe they’ll sacrifice a virgin or something and add a bit of spice to the ceremony.