Could say this in reply 98% of the time with him and be correct.

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Fuck that. Went to a NYE wedding a couple years ago and it SUCKED. All my friends were out doing something and I had to be at this damn wedding. Maybe if it was a close friend or something but it wasn't.
I think it takes huge balls to have your wedding on NYE. The worst Jerry. The worst.

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Frank! Take that burning bag off of your head! You're gonna mess up my wedding pictures!

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Most weddings are interchangable memories to the guests unless they are close family. Hire the best photographer you can, not a friend of a friend, and make an effort to look good in your pictures. Have decent food and ridiculously good desserts. Nobody cares what the wine on the table is. insist on top shelf for at least 2 vodkas, 2 whiskeys, and a gin, call is fine for everything else. Dance with your mom and your mother-in-law.

Mostly the pictures and the Mom stuff. Nobody really cares about the rest of it.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

That's just bad form. You would be right to castigate them publicly for bringing shame upon your house. Anyway, you, me, JORR, and bigfan can go over all the finer points of this stuff with Frank at the fitting.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

I offered a toupee if his hair burned.

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I've been alright with Panther for awhile. I don't think he's too bad. I think he said some fucked up things in this thread but it's clear Frank doesn't give a shit so whatever. Three songs is a pretty damn long slide show.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

We're going to have 8-12 draft beers at our wedding...and probably call liquor and whatever wine.

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@audioidkid

Douchebag's wedding sounded cool. IIRC they sorta planned it with the guests in mind.



Again, for the record, Im AGAINST this slideshow Frank. This is going to be a disaster!

Yeah. I really don't care what anybody thinks about the slideshow. Its our wedding, we want it, so we're doing it. Thats pretty much all that needs to be said. Couldn't care less about anybody else's opinion on such matters. Its our wedding so if we want things done a certain way, or on a certain day, or to a certain song, that is the way its going to be done and to hell with what anybody else thinks.

For those that have replied/PM'd with serious responses, thank you very much.

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I want to let the record show that I don't agree with anything Panther has said in this thread.

Some of it hits home. The "loser parent-having" comment bothered me quite a bit. Her parents and mine work their asses off. There are a lot of hard-working people out there who aren't wealthy. I don't like the tone of some of what I read here.

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single misanthropes should probably stay away from a groom a few days before the wedding

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

...Furthermore, this is what you open yourself up to when you talk in detail about your life on this board. I learned that lesson a few years ago.

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Kid Cairo: 2013 March Madness Tournament Winner!

"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

People are idiots when it comes to judging others on the wedding. I wouldn't worry about it. There are people that would complain that the ice was too cold if everything else was perfect. Create the wedding that you've dreamed of since you were a little boy and hopefully people like Panther either don't go or accept that they don't matter on that day.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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Don't take it personally.

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Kid Cairo's Boers & Bernstein YouTube Channel

Kid Cairo: 2013 March Madness Tournament Winner!

"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

The slideshow thing is common these days.

We are doing one that will just be playing in the background through dinner...

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I'm not going to apologize for showing sympathy to Panther and his family because he was financially unable to provide them with a proper vacation,

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How many PM's have you received yet?

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If I get married, my parents will be a cost, not a fund.

Ask for the parents W-2's before proposing.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Coincidentally featured on The Chive today....

over/under on this is 6.

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Wow! I was wondering why this thread was so long. My daughter gets married next May and guess what? Her and her Guy are footing most of the bill. Real life sucks and too often interferes with plans on saving for something like a wedding. We are paying for the Wedding Shower and tossing a couple of grand in a busta for her. What can't be overlooked is living at home rent free while making 35-40 k a year. It seems like that is a great headstart to pay for your own wedding to me.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

My wife and I paid for our own wedding and that's how I wanted it. I was getting married and that way I could do whatever the hell I wanted (like keeping the bar open for an extra hour) without having to "clear it" with whoever.

I stopped taking money from my parents when I was 18 and moved out. You get used to your independence and freedom of choice at that point. Why would I want to take money from somebody else's parents? I had a job.

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You know me like that.

This is turning out to be a very interesting thread

Unless things have changed and really gotten out of hand I seem to recall me and most of my closer friends broke even at least on the wedding with all the gifts and envelopes.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

On my 25th wedding anniversary which we had at a hall with like 150 people,it ended costing us like 3 grand after the envelopes were counted up. Before somebody says that's 3 grand you could have gave your daughter, maybe but I payed for my wedding (with my wife) and no reason my kids can't foot the bill.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I paid my first time around.

We are paying this time. The lady's parents paid for most of her 2 sisters' weddings (everything except the dresses and bar bill), but my fiancee his a hell of a lot more independent than her 2 sisters. She was set that she didn't want them paying for stuff, but as they've pushed, she's relented a bit (splitting costs on a couple of things). More than anything, we wanted to pay because in the end, it's our party, and want it run without having to clear anything with anyone else.

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this is probably the best post in this thread and a great point too.
Weddings are when meddlesome relatives and friends get more meddlesome and obnoxious.
Fuck all that.

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