At times like these I really need a man...

Tomorrow I am travelling to St Albans to attend the wedding of a girl I shared a house with during my second year at university.  I haven't seen her for five years and I've never met her other half so it's going to be quite different to the last few weddings I've attended.  I've been invited to the wedding ceremony which starts at 1pm and the evening reception which starts at 7.30pm.  This leaves me with a minor problem.  I have to amuse myself for approximately 5 hours in St Albans on my own.  I'm not 100% sure that I will know any of the other guests.  Only one of the other girls we lived with might be coming and I haven't managed to get in contact with her.  It's times like these that I could do with a partner.  At least then I'd have someone to keep my company.  If I was a confident, not shy person I would probably make a friend at the ceremony to spend the rest of the day with.  Unfortunately, my shyness and the fact that I'm incredibly boring to talk to mean that I'm unlikely to be able to do this.  At the moment my plan is to attend the ceremony and then come home.  There will be loads of people at the evening reception and they probably won't even notice that I'm not there (well the groom definitely won't as he doesn't have a clue who I am!)  I've already sorted out their present online so I don't need to worry about that.

Anyway, I'm sure it will be absolutely lovely.  My friend is one of the most beautiful people I've ever met.  She is a very active person so she was normally in jeans and riding her bike but she still looked gorgeous.  I'm pleased that she is getting married as she is very religious and I know she wanted marriage very much.  I hope her future hubby realises what a special person he is marrying.  I'm sure he does.  She is the sort of person who will have chosen her partner very wisely.  They actually met at a wedding.  Why is it that there are never any eligible single blokes at the weddings I attend?  Maybe tomorrow will be the exception.