....after seeing all those weddings on america's funniest video about the groom fainting and making fun of them. This weekend I got married and I was one of those fainting grooms, it's was hilarious. I knew I was fainting while it was happening. I can't wait to see the video..... This just goes to show, it can happen to anyone, cause I wasn't nervous or worried it just happened. I will be posting a nice big fail picture soon.
The best man fainted during the ceremony at my last wedding. I saw him going down, but didn't take any pictures because he was the groom's younger brother and a nice guy and I knew he would never live it down if any of those photos ended up in the album.
johansec wrote:
The best man fainted during the ceremony at my last wedding. I saw him going down, but didn't take any pictures because he was the groom's younger brother and a nice guy and I knew he would never live it down if any of those photos ended up in the album.
Yeah -- my husband fainted as the best man during the vows! They got a lot of pictures, though, and we still laugh about it.
While holding flags and rifles during a political rally in Raleigh one of my cadets put on her chrome dome (shiny chrome helmet) too tight and closed down some of her circulation around her head. She started swaying so I surreptisously dropped my rifle and grabbed the American Flag and watched her drop. Then I was furiously thinking how to fix the problem and the guy on the state flag ended up holding the American too, while I dragged her off by her shoulders out of the view of the camera to get her checked out by the EMT's...
Locking knees, failing to squirm unobtrusively, emotion, weather, heat, not having the right food, poorly fit clothes, etc., could also knock one out. I've also been in color guards and had guys faint. Or throw up. In dress whites. Fainting is better. Although pitching uncontrolled to the ground can cause added injuries. I've been around choir members or acolytes as well as members of wedding parties who fainted - and in that church, the floors were marble with maybe only a thin carpet. It's funny (for most folks) later, at the time, it's usually not.
I've known priests who carried ammonia capsules in cassock pockets just because it was so common. sometimes the victim knows it's coming or folks around them might see it coming, sometimes not.
My wife's bouquet wasn't prepared as she'd asked and it turned out substantially heavier than expected and instead of a loop, it just had a rather short wrapped section of stems and she had to really hold on to it. Since it was so heavy, she got so her hands were shaking, which had the priest and me asking over and over if she was OK? but she didn't faint.
It's worth kind of keeping an eye out for, not so much as a photo op but to avoid injury or embarrasment.
When I was in 9th grade choir I fainted during the 2nd performance of a Christmas program. We were singing Oh Holy Night.
I not only fell on my knees, I heard angel voices, too!
Actually, because I was the tallest boy in the choir, I was centered on the back riser, and I went over backward. Got a minor head injury for my trouble.
I later went on to become a medic, and now when I'm either photographing or officiating at weddings I watch for signs of impending dizziness in myself or others, and have anyone showing signs immediately sit down before they fall down. (I also carry an ammonia ampule and a couple of glucose tabs in my pocket.)
I'd have no qualms about grabbing the presider's chair or even the cathedra if that was all that was available, and have the person sit for the remainder of the ceremony. The show can't go on if the bride, groom, or officiant isn't conscious!
deepbluejh wrote:
I'm not married yet, but I sure as heck hope that doesnt happen.
Just eat and drink properly (enough water being the most important part) to keep your blood sugar and blood volume at optimum levels; and wiggle your toes/flex your thigh muscles, and avoid locking your legs, to keep your blood from pooling in your lower extremities.
....after seeing all those weddings on america's funniest video about the groom fainting and making fun of them. This weekend I got married and I was one of those fainting grooms, it's was hilarious. I knew I was fainting while it was happening. I can't wait to see the video..... This just goes to show, it can happen to anyone, cause I wasn't nervous or worried it just happened. I will be posting a nice big fail picture soon.
