I Now Pronounce You Rulio

My husband and I went to a wedding this weekend in glamorous Pittsburgh. The wedding was great, the city was fine (despite channeling a vampire movie with zero humans on the streets), but the absolute highlight of the trip was one of the wedding's groomsmen.

The bride's 11-year old cousin is the dopest kid ever. And without a doubt, the coolest wedding guest on record.

We first met the kid on Friday night, at the rehearsal dinner. He was ridiculously friendly, confident, and likely drunk, as he mingled with dozens of strange adults. His behavior reminded me that when I was 11, I did not rule.

At the rehearsal dinner, the kid informed me that he would be doing the worm at the wedding when he was introduced as a groomsman. Rulio.

The kid played it cool during the ceremony (as he should, kudos), but at the wedding reception, he was back in action.

He kicked off the night with a jaunty strut into the room (no worm), when introduced along with the bridal party. This was quickly followed by a full-on jam to Soulja Boy's Crank Dat. For those who haven't seen the dance, it is pretty badass, particularly when executed with panache by a gangly 11-year-old white kid.

Later in the night, as the party started to die down a bit, the kid saved the day. He marched out to the dance floor, gathered a crowd, and lived up to his promise of the worm. He did the worm on a cold marble floor. Now that's dedication.

The worm got everyone so revved up that the kid was then hoisted up in the air and thrown around by his fellow groomsmen. They were practically undressing him like he was David Cassidy incarnate. But it's all fun and games until a kid cracks his head open. This is did not actually happen, mind you, but his mother may have stepped in with these wise words.

It was very refreshing to go to a wedding with a crazy kid. We have no kids in our family, so not only did we go without any Soulja Boy-style antics, we also missed out on flower girls announcing that they have to pee, and ring bearers running down the aisle at top speed. At the time, I was relieved to not have to share the spotlight with a child, but looking back, our wedding video would have been way cooler with some Persian kid doing the C-Walk.