The story goes, the couple doesn't like cake and don't understand the whole process of cutting cake. The problem is most people go to a wedding expecting to see cake and the romantic process. Up until a few days before the wedding there was no cake to be expected, just two huge watermelons (which i bought the night before because Jack forgot to put someone in charge of that one).
Now Jack's wife is Russian and from my understanding her family is very stereotypical Russian. Veering from traditions such as cake cutting with something as different as watermelon made them ask, what is the tradition or ceremony for your family with regards to the watermelon. WELL there is none, it's just Jack...that should be a term, "oh it's just Jack". That question though pushed Jack into the realm of, hmmmmm what can i create. What can i do to make my future family law really question me.
Jack created a story as to what it signifies, made his groomspeople part of the ceremony, one with a blindfold on (ME!) and it ends with everyone chanting watermelon in latin.
To be honest i don't remember what the story is, although it was very elaborate and did have a latin component. But the jist is that the couple cuts the watermelon, they feed it to a blindfolded High Priestess (me) who then, based off of the taste of the watermelon states whether the marriage is valid or not. Or is it whether the marriage will be great or not, whatever i can't remember. Either way none of the guests knew what to think, but there was lots oh laughter! Isn't that the most important part! I think so.
oh and ps: in the end a Russian family member made one...just couldn't handle not having cake.
Thanks for listening :)
