Women who spend too much time planning a wedding

[DrewEckhardt 0]

You'll need to find a practical woman if you don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a big ring and bigger production, like an engineer.

My wife and I had a guerilla wedding. We rented a limo, drove ourselves + nuclear families + my best friend to our favorite romantic spot down town, added two floral arrangements to frame the event for photographs, and married ourselves (in Colorado, the parties to the marriage can do that) with all the guests signing the marriage certificate. Within fifteen minutes we moved everyone to our favorite French bistro for the pleasant gourmet meal of their choosing. Afterward, we continued the reception back at home with all the cake (a carrot cake and chocolate cake instead of boring white frosted "wedding" cake), ice cream (Ben and Jerry's), and micro-brewed beer as our guests cared to consume.

It was lovely, took little effort to plan, and we spent a _lot_ more on the honeymoon.

[Andy9o8 2]

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"Mine" was a drive-thru wedding in Vegas,

a Shotgun wedding?

[wildcard451 0]

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My two friend Matt and sarah are getting married in June and these people know how to do a wedding. Go to www.skydivewedding.com I can;t wait for their wedding in June. Check out the information page with a breakdown of the afternoon's events. These are the two coolest and nicest people you will ever meet.

This one is gonna be fun and it stinks that I am not gonna be able to go to it

[amstalder 0]

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You'll need to find a practical woman if you don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a big ring and bigger production, like an engineer.

My wife and I had a guerilla wedding. We rented a limo, drove ourselves + nuclear families + my best friend to our favorite romantic spot down town, added two floral arrangements to frame the event for photographs, and married ourselves (in Colorado, the parties to the marriage can do that) with all the guests signing the marriage certificate. Within fifteen minutes we moved everyone to our favorite French bistro for the pleasant gourmet meal of their choosing. Afterward, we continued the reception back at home with all the cake (a carrot cake and chocolate cake instead of boring white frosted "wedding" cake), ice cream (Ben and Jerry's), and micro-brewed beer as our guests cared to consume.

It was lovely, took little effort to plan, and we spent a _lot_ more on the honeymoon.

I like your wedding
Oh and the ring comment. If the guy who proposes to me buys me a ring it will be taken back. Have a lot of friends that have gotten engaged recently. Most have paid in the $8000 range for the ring... Do you know what you can buy with EIGHT THOUSAND dollars?? (you better, youre all skydivers! ).

[Bolas 5]

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Oh and the ring comment. If the guy who proposes to me buys me a ring it will be taken back.

Those gum machines generally don't give your quarter back.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[amstalder 0]

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Oh and the ring comment. If the guy who proposes to me buys me a ring it will be taken back.

Those gum machines generally don't give your quarter back.

Damnit.

[ryoder 1,590]

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I think our wedding cost about $2000 when it was all said and done. It was a very nice wedding at a pretty country chapel. It also had two kegs of Shiner free for the taking.

This sounds familiar;
Were the Groovers there, and did the band play a Fandango for the dance?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[billvon 3,119]

For some people it's obsessing over weddings. For some people it's the design of their rig or their jumpsuit. For some people it's their house, and for some it's their car or their motorcycle. "Dude, any piece of shit will get you to work, stop with all the car calendars and the accessories and the magazines and the polish and the seatcovers and just freaking go to work!" For some people the objective isn't just going to work.

>And for the love of god don't write your own vows! A simple "Woo hooo I got
>one who doesn't ask me to pull his finger mom!" will do!

Uh, dude - that would be writing your own vows.

[Shotgun 1]

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"Mine" was a drive-thru wedding in Vegas,

a Shotgun wedding?

Absolutely not! I was a virgin!

[PLFXpert 0]

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Not all women want a big wedding, but just about every women I have ever known wanted *their* wedding.

Yep. "Mine" was a drive-thru wedding in Vegas, with some strange dude as our witness. (Can't say I had been planning that since I was four years old though. I spent most of my younger years thinking I never wanted to get married.)

I am not what one would call a "girl's girl" and part of the reason is I was always a tomboy and could not relate to the conversations regarding future baby names and wedding plans and everything before, after and in-between.

As God is my witness, I have never spent a moment imagining my wedding day. I always dreamed of being a big career woman and what my dream house would be, and when I thought of men it was purely sexual and not at all about getting married, much less having babies.

With regard to the latter, I am thankful love hit me over the head and I have Bill in my life as my best friend and lover, but marriage? Wedding day? Eventually, we might marry for practical purposes, but it will not be anything that inconveniences me and not very big, as I do not even like that many people--I mean enough to must-have at my wedding.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[JohnMitchell 16]

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My wife and I had a guerilla wedding. We rented a limo, drove ourselves + nuclear families + my best friend to our favorite romantic spot down town,

That is spot on perfect. A good balance of eloping, but having your friends and family there.

Our DZ has hosted a pot luck wedding or two, everyone dressed in their best Hawaiin shirts, if I remember correctly. It was a lot of fun.

[Bolas 5]

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For some people it's obsessing over weddings. For some people it's the design of their rig or their jumpsuit. For some people it's their house, and for some it's their car or their motorcycle. "Dude, any piece of shit will get you to work, stop with all the car calendars and the accessories and the magazines and the polish and the seatcovers and just freaking go to work!" For some people the objective isn't just going to work.

Exactly. We all have different desires and most if not all cut expenses some places for extra money for what they like most after essentials.

For me it's traveling and doing stuff. I drive older vehicles, have a modest house in a safe but cheap area, jump older non gear, don't go out much, etc.
For me, the sacrifices are worth it.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[Nightingale 0]

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Remember that women has been planning her perfect wedding since she was about 4 years old. She has dreamed for her entire childhood about being a princess, about being that Disney fairytale that gets to live happily ever after.

Weddings were something I never really thought about, til I saw my cousin's. The dress cost more than I make in a month (and the thing was about five seams, a zipper and a hem! I could've sewn it myself!), and the reception was way over the top! They're going to be in debt for years paying that off. I thought they were insane then, and still do.

So, I guess my only real thoughts on a wedding are how to make it as stress free as possible. After all, you should be celebrating your relationship with your family and friends, not fussing over whether the black irises are a bit too purple and OMG the bridesmaids shoes don't match exactly!

[kallend 2,150]

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You'll need to find a practical woman if you don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a big ring and bigger production, like an engineer.

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My wife is a mathematician (PhD). We got married on the beach in Key West. No one else but us and the officiant.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Squeak 17]

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....I can't find any critique. Well said.

A priest, the two of you on a beach at sunset. Come back. Throw a hell of a party. Game Over.

My wedding, Sunset on a beach in Bali, me my wife, a random who I lent my Camera to for them to take pics, and the Head of the Cleaning Staff of the hotel, she was our witness


Oh and a very large breasted young lady bathing topless in the background, directly behind my wife

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My Life ROCKS!
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[airtwardo 7]

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Nothing and I do mean nothing annoys me more than these chicken heads and their infinite attention to detail when it comes to planning their weddings.

Oh yeah??



Ever try to Tango with a one legged fat chick?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[VTmotoMike08 0]

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For some people it's obsessing over weddings. For some people it's the design of their rig or their jumpsuit. For some people it's their house, and for some it's their car or their motorcycle. "Dude, any piece of shit will get you to work, stop with all the car calendars and the accessories and the magazines and the polish and the seatcovers and just freaking go to work!" For some people the objective isn't just going to work.

This is generally true. However, you are probably kidding yourself if you think your woman's "one thing" is the wedding. My experience has shown that the ones who want the big wedding also want the expensive luxury cars, the huge house full of useless consumer goods and are generally obsessed with "keeping up with the Jones". The wedding is just her "one thing" for "right now". Bottom line is that if you marry one of these women, don't expect her to be any less high maintenance after the wedding- it only gets worse from there!

[skyrider 0]

Our wedding...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/apes/wedd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/wedding.jpg

two weeks later..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/knife.jpg

[Airman1270 0]

If women would put as much effort into their marriages as they do into their weddings this country would be saturated with happy guys, divorce would not be ubiquitous, and there would be no such thing as "family violence" laws.

Cheers,
Jon

[amstalder 0]

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If women would put as much effort into their marriages as they do into their weddings this country would be saturated with happy guys, divorce would not be ubiquitous, and there would be no such thing as "family violence" laws.

Cheers,
Jon

ok, so more than one guy has made the statement that "If women would put as much effort into their marriages as they do into their weddings..."

Why does a fucked up marriage have to be the result of the lady?? Not trying to say it never is or that its always the guys fault, but a lot of times there really seems to be no one to blame, just the fact that the two people were never really that compatible...

[airtwardo 7]

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Why does a fucked up marriage have to be the result of the lady??

I dunno either...but glad to see we're in agreement!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Squeak 17]

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If women would put as much effort into their marriages as they do into their weddings this country would be saturated with happy guys, divorce would not be ubiquitous, and there would be no such thing as "family violence" laws.

Cheers,
Jon

Dude that has got to be the single DUMBEST statement made on these boards EVER

and there's some seriously dumb shit posted here...


Well done that man

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[JohnMitchell 16]

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Oh and a very large breasted young lady bathing topless in the background, directly behind my wife

Need we say "this thread is worthless without pics."?

[JohnMitchell 16]

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ok, so more than one guy has made the statement that "If women would put as much effort into their marriages as they do into their weddings..."

Why does a fucked up marriage have to be the result of the lady??

Okay, whatever, but every fucked-up wedding is the woman's fault. You never see the guy pushing that crap over the top like that.

[Squeak 17]

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Oh and a very large breasted young lady bathing topless in the background, directly behind my wife

Need we say "this thread is worthless without pics."?

Dude I am standing there Looking at Mrs Squeak and the Reverend his doing his thing, grabbing a camera (did cross my mind) was not going to be a real smart move on my part
When you get the chance ask Mrs Squeak it really happened
My wedding ROCKED, it was sureal

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?