Wedding on Twitter?

Well, of course people PROPOSE on Twitter. That's old news by now. But we were recently asked about a wedding service on Twitter (by a journalist, actually) so I guess I should answer. We have married people and recorded the ceremony and broadcast it on videophones, of course. We did this a few years ago when the groom's mother was refused a US visa, and she couldn't come to the wedding. We have also broadcast the wedding to distant relatives, absent friends, and friends in hospital. Twittering a wedding seems absurdly retro, in a way (Oh look, I got married and twitted and fell in a manhole...)

Of course our wedding couples from the EU text madly, sending congratulations, and updates:"We're just ready to start", "Yes, Mom, we just did it, I'm really married! -- So you can Tweet all you want about the event, as it's really just another cell phone call.

But if you want a "Wedding2point0" on Twitter - you could:
*Propose on Twitter.
*Tweet your ceremony assembly like a Flashmob Wedding ("If UR not Busy 2day, CU @ 1pm CentralPK fountain 4 our wedding, 4Mal dress Optional")
*Tweet directions and timing
*Tweet when the bride arrives ("Here she comes, rounding the bushes!")
*Live blog/tweet the ceremony to outsiders
*Tweet congratulations

But the point of a wedding, whether it's 4 people or 200, is so that a couple can face each other, in REALITY, in front of their witness/ friends/ family, and say in their OWN VOICES, "a public declaration of the private commitment that they have already made to one another", and that they are accepting the other person as their legal life partner, through whatever lies ahead of them. A Tweet is not a vow (though you can tweet the vows to others of course). (See this post on the minimum LEGAL aspects of a wedding ceremony).

Of course Nokia, Trou and Samsung would like you to queue for their Holographic Phone, and you can have a virtual Princess Leia wedding, if that's your costume play. Or if you want a truly surreal/Twitted (pace Colbert) 2point0 wedding, dress up your avatars and get "married" in 2ndLife. But if you want to share Health Insurance as well as bandwidth, just make sure you go to the Courthouse or get a live Marriage Officiant to perform a "Face Meet" marriage service for you - and use your voice, not your thumb.