> > > > Traditionally, you're supposed to help the groom fight off attacking forces which might attempt to steal the bride,
> > >
> > > Funny, that's what the best man had to do at my wedding. :-}
> >
> > I always wondered why the bride would settle for second best.
> > Howard
>
> Wow. You'd better be referring generally to the "marrying the best man if the groom doesn't arrive" thing, and not specifically to Mina marrying Darien. ;-)
>
> Brunnen-"I am going to be so beaten up for

that"G

That was just a generalization. I figured out what the term meant long before I got married in 1955.
Howard