You know you’re asking for a good time when you get married on April Fool’s Day. And we played it up to the max. Here are our gags:

1. On my mother and I: my Uncle Ed called to say my Uncle Brian had sprained his ankle and had a cast. I was not phased – no offense to my Uncle, but that didn’t affect my wedding and I was being selfish – but it got my mom all freaked out
2. On my mother: my mother-in-law told my mom that they were both going to wear tiaras for the ceremony, which would be horribly tacky. This gag went on so long our wedding coordinator at Westwood started to freak out because she couldn’t find the tiara. We broke the gag right before the ceremony.
3. On Ianiv: my mother-in-law went up to Ianiv and told him that his grandfather insisted that Ianiv wear a kippah for the ceremony. Of course, being non-religious, Ianiv was not happy and was actually prepared to offend his grandfather (which is a big thing) before he was told it was a gag.
4. On me (not performed): the guys were going to put on horribly bow ties and gag me, then double gag by saying they forgot the real ones. We ran out of time.
5. On our guests: this is the best gag ever! At the end of the meal, the servers for each table humbly presented a billfold containing this:

Yep, we pretended to bill our guests. Some actually got really mad/offended. A bill at the wedding? And for food they never had, either. One person even ripped it up. But we broke the gag quickly and everyone had a great laugh.

If you notice, the bill was faded to look real. But it had silly elements. The sum on the bill is the day of the wedding, for example.

Have fun at your wedding. It is well worth it!!

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