in the spirit of this thread, ill copy/paste it here. this was in response to a 'how long were your wedding vows' jab based on the silly length of my prior post.
the entire ceremony was 10 minutes, and that includes people walking down the aisle and everything. once the pastor started talking, it was 5 minutes, maybe even less.
funny story, we were at a bar at the reception hall drinking while we waited to get called over to stand for the reception bit. the rest of the party had to go do their thing, but for whatever reason, 3 of us had no responsibilities in terms of walking grandmothers or bridesmaids down the aisle (there were more bridesmaids so i'm not sure how that happened).
so, we are sitting there having a grand old time, and about 10m goes by since everyone else departed. one of us is like, i wonder if its time, doesn't it feel like it should be time? and its like nah, that woman from the reception hall seems to know her ****, she said she'd be back for us. so we went back to it.
like 5 minutes later, some music starts playing, and it was like... wtf is going on? one groomsmen was like, do you think they would start without us? i was like well, they MIGHT start without you - but they *definitely* wouldn't start without me. so i'm pretty sure we are good. so we went back to it.
a few minutes later another song comes on and its like, ok, this is clearly walking down the aisle music. we better at least go peek. so we did. and it was like.... oh, ****, most of the wedding party is already up there. one of the groomsmen started freaking out a bit and i was like dude its fine, let's just walk out there confidently like this is the exact moment we are supposed to be, and everything will be fine. so we walk out there and it was really good timing, because right as we get there, the last couple starts coming down and almost immediately, i see my wife step around the corner, about to be walked down by her dad + stepdad.
15 seconds... that's how much time elapsed between when i was standing there and when my wife would have looked up and seen me not there. now, knowing my wife, she wouldn't have been one to be like, omg, he changed his mind, and to break down on the spot. however, i wasn't too keen on testing that theory.