Why?! Why?!

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i don't really understand the whole "wedding" and inviting everyone to it personally. it's a show of love and a contract between two people and i just don't get the whole 'invite a 100 or more people... spend an obscene amount of $$ and sit back and accept a bunch of gifts'.

i think 'back in the day' weddings were great... a celebration which everyone pitched in a cooked for, sewed for... the whole nine yards. but now... everything is catered and soooooo freakin expensive.

/rant over

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I think it is great that they want to share their day of happiness, but yes, catering makes you drop some $$$. My boss and I were talking about this the other day. You spend xxx amount of money and a lot of people invite more people so they can get the gifts and money to help them start off. How much would you have to spend to get all that same stuff if you did not have the huge wedding?

nate, no pics??? :please:

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

nate, no pics??? :please:

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hahaaaaa

not today

I'm sorry to hear that you don't like the dress and that it doesn't look good on you. Unfortunately, unless all the bridesmaid's are scrawny cat-walk like models, no one dress is going to look good on everyone.

My one and only time as a bridesmaid, I was the maid of honor for my best friend from high school. Her favorite color is green - and I mean GREEN. I'm tall and full figured (no scrawny model here, boys), so I looked like the jolly green giant. To make matters worse, the bride, the groom, well the whole damn bridal party including the minister, were shorter than I was - I looked gargantuan. But I took comfort in the fact that I had cleavage (bow chicka chicka bow bow) and no one else in the bridal party did (well, maybe the minister).

The great postscript to that story is that I was able to rip the dress to shreds and use for a "Seymour the plant" puppet I helped make for a community theatre production of 'Little Shop of Horrors' - it was the best that dress ever looked, hehe...=)

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Wear the dress, eat the food, drink the cocktails and don't worry about spilling anything on it. Afterwards, use it to line a cat box or something...the thought of that will help you through wearing it. :D

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Oh and since I was just the evil bridezilla, to redeem myself, I told my one bridesmaid (my aunt who was my matron of honor) to pick out her own dress, just told her the general color. She looked HAWT! =D

Well hon at least there are no ruffles, a parasol or a bow on your butt LOL. Bet your little girl will enjoy making some nice doll dressed out of that *cough* lovely color afterwards.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

I was really hoping the link was a picture of you in the dress. Damn David's Bridal!

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MAYBE in April, when I HAVE to put the thing back on again.... and if you ask REALLY nice. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i don't really understand the whole "wedding" and inviting everyone to it personally. it's a show of love and a contract between two people and i just don't get the whole 'invite a 100 or more people... spend an obscene amount of $$ and sit back and accept a bunch of gifts'.

i think 'back in the day' weddings were great... a celebration which everyone pitched in a cooked for, sewed for... the whole nine yards. but now... everything is catered and soooooo freakin expensive.

/rant over

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I don't think everyone needs that large wedding, but when you come from a large family it gets big quick. I am very close with my family, so it was important for me that they be there. Although it was very expensive. My brother in law thought it would be funny, so instead of walking under swords after leaving the church we walked under old (and broken) hockey sticks. :rolleyes: My 10 year anniversary is coming up soon, and I'd love to celebrate it by renewing our vows on a beach in Hawaii in a very private ceremony.

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Originally Posted by ZEKESMOM

ummmm.....at first I thought the dress was on a manaquin (SP?) LOL It's not the best dress but I have definitely seen worse:D

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I agree. I'll have to take some pics of the other monstrosities.... :D

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Originally Posted by Sausage

Come to NC? What a priviledge! :D

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I'll wave as I drive through. :sunny:

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

nate, no pics??? :please:

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Oh I agree with Aleesha. :yes: