Because there aren't any "rules" for gay weddings, we get to do whatever we want. And that means we can have a shower and bachelor parties. (Don't worry. There won't be any pictures of the latter. Unless, of course, it is true that Rob's will be held at American Doll, as the rumor has it. Then there will be LOTS of pictures.) Anyway, Ted's old roommates Cat and Liz threw us a shower on June 18. Their evite called the event "Ted & Rob: Chaotic." We hope that we don't end up like the folks in show that they referenced.

Here are the hostesses:

They made us wear silly shirts and tiaras.


Ted is drinking Scotch out of a shot glass made to look like the Greek deli coffee cups. Ha. In addition to lots of liquor, Liz and Cat made lots of excellent, tasty food. The recipes ended up in the gift they and their hubbies gave us, a recipe book that we registered for. Rob was especially excited:

The gals made us play a fascinating game involving our shoes. We took them off, and we each held one of our own and own of each other's. We stood back to back and Liz asked us questions like "Who makes a bigger mess in the bathroom?" and "Whose blog gets more hits?" and "Who dresses better?" We each raised the shoe of person (Ted or Rob) who is messier, more popular among the blog-readers, and nattier. Etc. Some of the questions were less, uh, family friendly. This is a pic of us raising Ted's shoes after the messy bathroom question. Or possibly it was, "Who's the daddy?"

Then we opened presents. Whee!

Frank and Audrey gave us coconuty cups.

We can't remember what was in this box. But it wasn't Pam.

Aaron and Vestal gave us salad spoons.

Here's Aaron talking to Liz. He seems very surprised.

They also gave us some books about bears.

David and Trent gave us some, um, dirty gifts. Including TWO Guys Gone Wild DVDs. Whee!

And a vibrating black thing. Heh.

This was one of the best cards--an actual gay wedding card. Apparently, these are hard to find.

While the gifts were being opened, two of the guests (Stuart and Aaron) were busy with the wrapping paper.

Amazing!

Here's us with the geniuses.

First Trent and then David wanted to wear the hats, too.


Look! Men kissing!

After the hat excitement died down, Jason (of Liz and Jason) and Kristabelle (of Amy and Kristabelle) started their ukelele duets, and we had a great sing-a-long. Please note that in this picture Jason is playing a guitar.

A great time was had by all.