I juat realized that I missed out this weekend on a sorority sister's third wedding. Her first was a drunk episode in college (They thought they were in line for margaritas in college and figured out later that nope! this was the quickie wedding line). Her second was a huge $25k event at which I got hate-drunk on allllll the red wine. This is her third, to which I recieved an invitation via text message. First was the ceremony at the Hagia Sophia (In Istanbul) during call to prayers. We were not invited to attend this super special event. The second phase is a Napa Valley wine train event that stuck me as very poorly planned.
The invite itself wasn't bad, it was just everything around it. The wedding and reception were at a local park, and motorcycles were welcome. Given it was a small low budget wedding of DH's relative, NBD. We were to email our RSVP, but it was never acknowledged, even when I asked if they were registered. MIL said we should give them our furniture castoffs as a gift. We went with a GC. MIL told us they got it, but not to expect a TY because "they aren't doing that". I finally introduced myself to the bride a year later at a family GTG as no one else could be bothered, including her husband.
Post by MadamePresident on Apr 6, 2015 11:13:07 GMT -5
My friend invited me to her little sister's wedding.
Her younger sister had insisted the death even though she was getting married a year after she graduated all of her college friends would travel to her wedding which was a couple hours away. It wasn't even a real wedding since she had actually gotten married about 8 months prior at the courthouse. Needless to say the reception was half empty. I was kind of sad for her, but she hed very unrealistic expectations.
We got a very nice STD from a friend of DH's and his FI in February for an October wedding. Then, a few weeks later after an event where said friend had been drinking and got angry at me, he cocked his hand and arm back to punch me, then told me to jump out the window. We were on the 30th-something floor of the Borgata in AC, so no thanks. When DH called him the next week and told him to apologize to me for threatening me, calmly and rationally without the influence of alcohol, he told DH to fuck off. We never received an invitation. Such a shame.
We got a very nice STD from a friend of DH's and his FI in February for an October wedding. Then, a few weeks later after an event where said friend had been drinking and got angry at me, he cocked his hand and arm back to punch me, then told me to jump out the window. We were on the 30th-something floor of the Borgata in AC, so no thanks. When DH called him the next week and told him to apologize to me for threatening me, calmly and rationally without the influence of alcohol, he told DH to fuck off. We never received an invitation. Such a shame.
We're flying....so not easily. We could do a Phil and Ted's Lobster, but I don't think those are supposed to be used on round tables (which most banquet hall tables are) and I don't really want to shell out the money for one event...
We got a very nice STD from a friend of DH's and his FI in February for an October wedding. Then, a few weeks later after an event where said friend had been drinking and got angry at me, he cocked his hand and arm back to punch me, then told me to jump out the window. We were on the 30th-something floor of the Borgata in AC, so no thanks. When DH called him the next week and told him to apologize to me for threatening me, calmly and rationally without the influence of alcohol, he told DH to fuck off. We never received an invitation. Such a shame.
To what part? The part about being upset over not getting an invitation is a joke.
To what part? The part about being upset over not getting an invitation is a joke.
Er, the punching part.
Tell me about it. He's an asshole, who had the nerve to say he felt HE had to avoid ME because of my bad behavior when we went to another friend's wedding the next summer. Oy.
Someone I know was using 2 invites and only inviting half of the people to the ceremony and reception. The rest were given a invite to the reception only.
We're flying....so not easily. We could do a Phil and Ted's Lobster, but I don't think those are supposed to be used on round tables (which most banquet hall tables are) and I don't really want to shell out the money for one event...
We we paid under $13 at Walmart but it was a year ago, they may have gone up
Yeah, based on my conversation with the bride, I'd be really surprised if they even had a chair, or place setting at the table, for the babies. Maybe we'll just bring his stroller so he can sit in that while we feed him? Like I said they are kind of clueless about weddings and know nothing about kids.
My cousin's wedding invitation a few years back specifically stated something along the lines of "we are working on our house so instead of giving us gifts we would prefer cash". Then they ended up divorcing like a year later...
Someone I know was using 2 invites and only inviting half of the people to the ceremony and reception. The rest were given a invite to the reception only.
See, I'm ok with this.
If you want to feed me a nice-ish dinner, and let me dance with with husband to cheesy wedding music and basically give me a night out for free it's a bonus if I don't actually have to sit through a schmaltzy exchange of vows. I have an issue when you want me to get dressed up, come and sit through and hour long ceremony and then kick me out with not so much as a cookie and send me home.
Now, there are some people who I love and would really want to be at the ceremony but I absolutely would be invited to those.
This is common here but it doesn't mean that you get dinner and dancing. You would get dancing only and most likely a cash bar as well.