Who the hell is that on the big screen?

D minus four.

Almost in every wedding reception here in Indonesia, we see a slide show of pictures and videos. Mostly it's of the bride and groom's engagement pictures or a montage of the ritual ceremonies beforehand.

However, we also often see a collection of the bride and groom's childhood photos. Now this I don't understand. What are they trying to show? It's not like they were together since they were 3.

I can see how couples are probably trying to build the guests' emotions by walking down together down the memory lane. For parents and older relatives, this kind of slide show may get them in tears, going "oh look there XX was on his kindergarten talent show. Now he's a married man!"

That is, if said relatives are not busy catching up with friends or cutting a line at a food stall.

And anyway, since we had no digital technology back then, the photos are mostly scanned in a poor condition, which makes it look even more pathetic.

Embarrassing childhood photos, in my opinion, are only suitable when:

1. Your parents show it to your partner on your first date,

2. used as a gimmick on a surprise birthday and/or bachelorette parties ("Look, this little girl has grown up! Yada yada yada"),

3. simply put inside a photo album for you to reminisce when life was still simple and bright.

Whatever it is, I know what's it not for. It's not for the guests at a reception to look at, because really, no one cares how you look like as a kid.