“Brother For Sale – 50 Cents!” The story of Buddy Waldbillig.
Here are our first “teaser” wedding photographs from Buddy & Diana’s awesome wedding day last Saturday at Crown of Life Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, MN.
“Brother For Sale – Only 50 Cents!”
I was approached by Buddy’s family a few days before the wedding day with this funny wedding photo idea.
The story goes something like this. When Buddy was about four years old, we would (one time) bug his sisters. I personally find that hard to believe (I’m backing you Buddy!) because I’ve known Buddy his whole life.
You see, Buddy’s father Bob was the Best Man in our wedding and his oldest sister Melissa is our Godchild. So I know Buddy pretty well, especially when he was a boy. He just wouldn’t do that to his sisters!
I’m not sure why his sisters would come up with a story about their brother not being nice to them, but I told them I would take the photos anyway. (That’s as much as I can back you, Buddy). Maybe they just needed a little money?
Back at that time, there was a song that was very popular on Radio Oz called “Brother For Sale” It was sung by Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen and apparently was played quite a bit back then.
Buddy’s sisters Andrea & Melissa each holding part of the “Brother For Sale – Only 50 Cents!” sign.
The Garage Sale
Buddy’s mom was having a garage sale and the girls were teasing their brother throughout the day, saying that they were going to sell him at the garage sale! The girls were singing the lyrics of the song “Brother For Sale” over and over again to Buddy. They even put a price sticker on his back! As the day went on they kept lowering the price too!
Buddy’s sister Rachael holding her part of the “Brother For Sale – Only 50 Cents!” sign.
Poor Buddy
Eventually, poor Buddy was in tears and he went to “tell mom” about what his sisters were doing to him and to see if he really was “for sale!” His mom had to wipe away the tears and give lots of comfort to Buddy and reassure him that he was not for sale at any price!
The whole family has had a lot of fun with this story throughout the years and it culminated on Saturday at Buddy & Diana’s wedding. Apparently, Diana had at least 50 cents! We think she got a steal!
We set up this fun wedding photograph by keeping Buddy looking forward the whole time, once I had the wedding photo at the top of the page and Joannie had these candids taken, we let him turn around (below) to see what his sisters were up to. Buddy had a pretty big smile on his face when he read the signs!
Buddy’s reaction to seeing his sisters “Brother For Sale – Only 50 Cents!” signs!
We hope you enjoyed this little wedding story within a wedding story. We’ll have Buddy & Diana’s whole wedding highlight package for you very soon.
Brother For Sale Lyrics
Here are the lyrics to “Brother For Sale” in case your looking for something for “Throw Back Thursday.”
Well, we think this world
Is a real nice place
But we think that it’s a crime
That we should have an older brother
Who picks on us all the time
So, next time he’s sleeping in his room
We’re goin’ to sneak in and tie him
Then we’ll take him out into the street
And see if someone will buy him
Chorus
Brother for sale
Only fifty cents
Brother for sale
He’s not a big expense
You can hug him
You can bug him
You could buy or rent
Brother for sale,
Only fifty cents
Hey, would anybody like to buy
A slightly used big brother?
Even if you have one now
Trade him for another
He will help you with the chores
And he’s fairly clean
The only problem is, sometimes
He can be so mean!
Chorus
Brother for sale
Twenty- five cents
Brother for sale
He’s not a big expense
You can hug him
You can bug him
You could buy or rent
Brother for sale,
Twenty-five cents
If mom knew we were selling him
We would really get it
Buy him now, don’t pay ’til June
On approved credit
Buy him now, and we’ll tell you
What we will do, mister
We’ll even throw into the deal
Our little baby sister
Brother for sale
Only ten cents
Brother for sale
He’s not a big expense
You can hug him
You can bug him
You could buy or rent
Brother for sale,
Only ten cents
He will always pick you up
When you take a fall
And he’s good at showing you
How to catch a ball
He always tells these funny jokes
And does this crazy dance
Hey, wait!
He sounds like a pretty nice guy…
Let’s give him one more chance
Our brother’s not for sale
Not for any price
Our brother’s not for sale
We guess he will suffice
We like to hug him
We like to bug him
He’s really rather nice
Our brother’s not for sale
Not,
For any price!