WITH THIS RING....

I am touched. Honored really. Wuzi and D asked me to officiate their wedding. I was nervous at first since I am not actually registered as a wedding officiate in NYC, but it turns out to be surprisingly easy. You just use the internet (hmmm, I knew there had to be more to this thing than blogging a porn!) and become an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. That’s free and then for an additional $24.99 they send you all the paperwork you need to go to city hall and become an official officiate. So now, I am officially “The Reverend Farf.” I may have to atone for this on Yom Kippur.

Now that the registering process is underway, I am even more nervous. I love Wuzi and Dave. I love them individually and as a couple. And I want to help make their wedding perfect. They are writing their own vows and having a secular service, so I don’t have to worry about the whole “in sickness and in health” thing and nobody will force me to read a passage about Jesus, which might make me uncomfortable. But, I want to do something they will remember (in a good way – not a “can you believe she said that????” kind of way).

So, I put it to you. Has anyone out there ever officiated a wedding of your friends? I would love to know how you did it and what kinds of elements you incorporated.