flojo
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Post by flojo on Apr 26, 2023 9:01:22 GMT -6
Oh I love attending other people’s weddings but I turn in to a pumpkin towards the end and want to go pass out. I just thought mine was a waste for various reasons. I get that but you said "Weddings are such a waste." If you'd said "MY wedding," I'd understand. I could’ve been clearer, I meant my wedding. Another fun fact - my FIL got so drunk that he threw up at the reception and had to be escorted out of the venue in a wheelchair. Good times!
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Cher
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:02:13 GMT -6
Truly. I was shot down by my and his parents that I’m legally obligated to gather all family in one ballroom. Btw. I just had to find out what the going rate in NY was for an envelope these days. STICKER SHOCK. I told H how much we need to put in communion envelopes last weekend and I thought he was going to have a stroke. We just had my daughter’s Christening. Someone (not a family member) gave her a Diamond necklace. 🤣🤣🤣 It’s really pretty though.
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McBenny
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Post by McBenny on Apr 26, 2023 9:02:27 GMT -6
She's horrible to women. She celebrates the Toms and shuns Kristen. It's absurd. Her love for the toms baffles me She saw a money opportunity and went for it. She basically used their NIL up and offered them penny percentages in the "partnership."
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Apr 26, 2023 9:06:46 GMT -6
I told H how much we need to put in communion envelopes last weekend and I thought he was going to have a stroke. We just had my daughter’s Christening. Someone (not a family member) gave her a Diamond necklace. 🤣🤣🤣 It’s really pretty though. The funniest part was that I got my mom on speaker so she could back me up 🤣
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McBenny
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Post by McBenny on Apr 26, 2023 9:08:10 GMT -6
Oh wow, I didn't know Anabelle from Ladies of London died. RIP
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Cher
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:08:53 GMT -6
We just had my daughter’s Christening. Someone (not a family member) gave her a Diamond necklace. 🤣🤣🤣 It’s really pretty though. The funniest part was that I got my mom on speaker so she could back me up 🤣 Totally understand. We had a friend’s daughter’s communion last year and we had to tell our one friend from upstate on group text that we weren’t being ridiculous, that’s actually what people give. Because it sounds ridiculous to everyone else. Because it is.
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Post by icedcoffee on Apr 26, 2023 9:08:59 GMT -6
I still love what we did. Courthouse marriage in February just me and H and then threw a big outside party for family and friends during the summer.
We rented a large shelter so no worries about having a specific count of people, a ton of food, and drinks. The kids brought bathing suits and we had all kinds of games and water toys in the lawn. The adults had corn hole and card games. We also had a dj and didn't have to leave the shelter til 11 pm so most of the kids left after cake and the adults just hung out and danced.
If ever do a vow renewal or anything I want to do a destination type thing for sure
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Post by unheardof on Apr 26, 2023 9:10:09 GMT -6
I truly with all my heart feel people should pay for their own weddings. I feel a lot of bullshit would be cut out if people planned the wedding that they the couple could afford. My sister is getting married in Oct this year. Originally she wanted to elope and basically have a big BBQ/backyard party (which I told her her to do cause it's what I wish I had done but I'm not her). H and I had a backyard wedding and it was still way more than I wanted. Fiances' parents asked them to wait a year and they would pay for it. But the ILs are only paying for the venue and a few other things - the stuff my sister and her fiance are still responsible paying for is adding up and I think she's regretting taking the soon to be ILs up on their offer because a lot of other things have come up in their lives that they'd rather spend the money on. I guess my early FFFC is I genuinely dislike weddings. But I'm not someone who enjoys getting dressed up in any way.
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Post by icedcoffee on Apr 26, 2023 9:10:41 GMT -6
I thought Lisa's daughter and husband seemed like a good match and they both seemed down to earth and "normal". That makes me sad for her
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McBenny
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Post by McBenny on Apr 26, 2023 9:14:37 GMT -6
I also hate when people say things like "I love a reason to dress up." If you want to dress up, then dress up. Make up the occasion. Throw a dinner party. If it brings you joy like that then do that. It still isn't a bullet in support of an over the top wedding. IMO
ETA - I just don't see why - if it brings you joy - you would wait for someone else's wedding to do it.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Apr 26, 2023 9:15:37 GMT -6
The amount of money that I see wasted at weddings is something. It's all for the pictures and video. My friends and I talk about how we basically did this to ourselves with the elaborate styled shoots we put together from like 2015-2019 for SMP and Ruffled and Modern Luxury, and now there's no going back. It also just feels so important in the moment. Of course I want a Mac and cheese bar and an old Italian man making fresh mozzarella! But, after 20 years of attending tri-state weddings, they’re all so similar. And when you’re paying hundreds of dollars per person, it just feels like so much for people who are checking their watch and wondering if there’s still surge pricing if they call an Uber now. And here I was feeling all fancy with my chocolate fountain and a fruit/cheese cascade.
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Cher
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:16:55 GMT -6
April 3, 2023
This might be going to jail CEO of a sports entertainment company, knows the pressure would be on to throw him in jail if he sold his company to the actual highest bidders, so is hoping that selling it to the management company and all of their connected political donors, will see any possible charges float magically away.
Vince McMahon/WWE/Endeavor Group Holdings
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:17:05 GMT -6
Is Pandora getting divorced?
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Apr 26, 2023 9:19:00 GMT -6
If you want a big wedding, have it. I had it! We had two reality shows ask to feature my wedding because it was so over the top. If my kids want one, I’ll oblige. It’s their day and all that. It’s just as I get older, they’re all very similar and are so much money. I still am the most gracious guest and tell the B+G how lovely everything is and how it’s the best day ever. I just would be thrilled if my kids want to do something a little out of ordinary. Now I am sad about such a missed opportunity.
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Post by elle on Apr 26, 2023 9:19:46 GMT -6
Oh wow, I didn't know Anabelle from Ladies of London died. RIP I remember how shocking it was when it happened. Quite sad.
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:24:10 GMT -6
It also just feels so important in the moment. Of course I want a Mac and cheese bar and an old Italian man making fresh mozzarella! But, after 20 years of attending tri-state weddings, they’re all so similar. And when you’re paying hundreds of dollars per person, it just feels like so much for people who are checking their watch and wondering if there’s still surge pricing if they call an Uber now. And here I was feeling all fancy with my chocolate fountain and a fruit/cheese cascade. I love a chocolate fountain. I love all cocktail hour and dessert wedding foods. That’s the main meal. We all know the actual sit down portion is subpar.
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:24:41 GMT -6
April 3, 2023
This permanent A list actor with multiple hit shows is still alive. One night, back in the day, he and this foreign born permanent A list artist, who sold his work in mass quantities as he aged, used to go out and pick up women together and used the pickup line that either the actor would put the women in a show, or the artists would paint their picture. Neither of them ever followed through.
Dick Van Dyke/Salvador Dali
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:26:49 GMT -6
We all know I love any opportunity to throw a party. My kids’ weddings are going to be like my SuperBowl.*
*IF THEY LET ME. Relax, everyone, I know.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Apr 26, 2023 9:27:52 GMT -6
We all know I love any opportunity to throw a party. My kids’ weddings are going to be like my SuperBowl.* *IF THEY LET ME. Relax, everyone, I know. Something tells me they will let you go all out.
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Post by Cher on Apr 26, 2023 9:31:13 GMT -6
We all know I love any opportunity to throw a party. My kids’ weddings are going to be like my SuperBowl.* *IF THEY LET ME. Relax, everyone, I know. Something tells me they will let you go all out. From your lips….
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thatgolfb
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Post by thatgolfb on Apr 26, 2023 9:34:12 GMT -6
Loved my big wedding that my parents paid for 18 years ago and counting, when I was 23. I guess I'm a special unicorn around here or something. Weddings are lovely. Life is short. When else do we get to dress up, go to a big party, and celebrate people we love? It's the least wasteful thing out there, IMO. Yes, people get lost in the minutiae and all that. But I love going to weddings. And I'll compliment your donut wall even though it's kind of unsanitary. Because this is your day. We don't get a lot of days just about us in our lives. I have the same feeling! And our extended family members still comment on how fun our wedding was, so… ::hair flip::
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Post by angelashly on Apr 26, 2023 9:39:51 GMT -6
Is Pandora getting divorced? No but her husband has been accused of work sexual harassment
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Apr 26, 2023 9:42:50 GMT -6
Nodding along to STP and thatgolfb. If you can't do it up for your wedding, then when? I love weddings - mine, of course, but I just love going to weddings and seeing two people get married but yes, also, the food, the decor, the fashion (including a chance for me to get gussied up), the dancing. What's not to love? I have not yet been to a wedding with a donut wall, which I'm sad about and MH would have loved that but it was chocolate fountains in our day. I went to one with a taco bar AND a sundae bar and I'm still kind of wishing I were there right now.
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STP
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Post by STP on Apr 26, 2023 9:46:16 GMT -6
Is Pandora getting divorced? No but her husband has been accused of work sexual harassment She has a baby too.
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Post by angelashly on Apr 26, 2023 9:47:46 GMT -6
No but her husband has been accused of work sexual harassment She has a baby too. Pandora? I wasn’t saying she should leave him. I haven’t dug into the allegations yet either ETA: and yes I remember the baby. Lisa seemed to enjoy being a grandmother
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loony
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Post by loony on Apr 26, 2023 10:02:58 GMT -6
We had never planned on getting married, but when I got this job, it saved us $600 in health insurance a month to have him on my plan.
Our courthouse elopement was nothing special, and DD, who was 5 at the time told us that "this is the most boring wedding ever" and asked to go back to school...so I'm going to start saving now, because I'm guessing she's going to want something fancier. haha
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Post by newspapers on Apr 26, 2023 10:16:10 GMT -6
And here I was feeling all fancy with my chocolate fountain and a fruit/cheese cascade. I love a chocolate fountain. I love all cocktail hour and dessert wedding foods. That’s the main meal. We all know the actual sit down portion is subpar. This has been my belief and subsequent wedding strategy since the mid-aughts.
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Bookshelves
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Post by Bookshelves on Apr 26, 2023 10:18:23 GMT -6
Is this the Knot? Can we go back to arguing about Bernie? 😂
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Apr 26, 2023 10:19:17 GMT -6
And here I was feeling all fancy with my chocolate fountain and a fruit/cheese cascade. I love a chocolate fountain. I love all cocktail hour and dessert wedding foods. That’s the main meal. We all know the actual sit down portion is subpar. So you're saying a Cescaphe wedding is your jam.
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Post by newspapers on Apr 26, 2023 10:21:56 GMT -6
Is this the Knot? Can we go back to arguing about Bernie? 😂 Talk about a simpler time... My bridesmaids' dresses were teal with a white sash and a bubble hem. A BUBBLE HEM. My dress was Pronovias and had a whole lotta ruching. Two words: CALLA LILLIES. Ah. To be young. ETA because I am losing basic spelling ability.
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