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pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
edited November 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
A friend of mine has told me the following

He was invited to a wedding via facebook invitation.... attend a church service

the following day, the reception is a picnic with BYO EVERYTHING....

IF that's what you are into, and that's what you can afford that is cool... not my cup of tea...

All the best to the happy couple
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  • pinkbutterflypinkbutterfly Posts: 1,391
    edited November 2011
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  • Jamminonthe1Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    Dropped $30,000 on a wedding and got some of it back from gifts. After paying some bills we started our new life with $3,000. These people are smart...
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    A friend of mine has told me the following

    He was invited to a wedding via facebook invitation.... attend a church service

    the following day, the reception is a picnic with BYO EVERYTHING....

    IF that's what you are into, and that's what you can afford that is cool... not my cup of tea...

    All the best to the happy couple

    Disgraceful.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i hope the happy couple at least supplied a cake... and not just their wonderful selves.
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    wow
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Dropped $30,000 on a wedding and got some of it back from gifts. After paying some bills we started our new life with $3,000. These people are smart...
    Wow..

    Weddings are nothing but a sham
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,859
    I was working at a Best Western in Frisco, CO many moons ago. There was a wedding one day. Couple must have spent a bunch of money on this horse drawn decorated carriage. They pulled up like the King and Queen of Uranus. Get this: no open bar, NO FOOD, all they did was serve up a wedding cake after a an hour or 2 of people standing around looking really hungry. That was bad form.
  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    We had 6 people at our wedding. We're just very selective :shifty: :lol: As long as I got to wear a dress and eat cake I really didn't care about anything else. Probably helps that I have a tiny family and my in-laws are on the other side of the world, but I really can't see spending a ton of money on a party...especially when there are so many shoes in the world just waiting to be bought so they can have a good home :lol: Gotta keep the priorities straight :thumbup: I do think if you're going to have guests you pay for those guests and make sure they have a good fucking time.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,150
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    A friend of mine has told me the following

    He was invited to a wedding via facebook invitation.... attend a church service

    the following day, the reception is a picnic with BYO EVERYTHING....

    IF that's what you are into, and that's what you can afford that is cool... not my cup of tea...

    All the best to the happy couple

    Disgraceful.

    Yea being low on cash is disgraceful :roll:.
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  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    we got married in a small hole in the wall chapel
    i wrote our vows
    the ceremony lasted three minutes
    the reception - two days
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    A friend of mine has told me the following

    He was invited to a wedding via facebook invitation.... attend a church service

    the following day, the reception is a picnic with BYO EVERYTHING....

    IF that's what you are into, and that's what you can afford that is cool... not my cup of tea...

    All the best to the happy couple

    Disgraceful.

    Yea being low on cash is disgraceful :roll:.


    But thing is, where I am from, and where they are having the wedding isn't exactly in a low-socio economic area... Doesn't mean they're not low on cash.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I hate weddings.


    If my future wife wants one, fine, but I ain't spending more than a few grand on it out of my pocket.


    What a waste for one night.. and they are so cliche. I like the White Castle idea though!
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    A friend of mine has told me the following

    He was invited to a wedding via facebook invitation.... attend a church service

    the following day, the reception is a picnic with BYO EVERYTHING....

    IF that's what you are into, and that's what you can afford that is cool... not my cup of tea...

    All the best to the happy couple

    Disgraceful.

    Yea being low on cash is disgraceful :roll:.

    Disgraceful.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Why have a wedding if you cannot afford it.
    Wait and save your money for one.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    I don't understand the whole concept of spending thousands on a cookie cutter day, when most of the people invited have never even been to your house.

    We got married in a registery office with 5 guests then went out for lunch. Society has such a skewed view that a huge wedding is a great way to show everyone how much you love your partner. For us we got married to show each other how much we love one another not the rest of the world.

    Good on the OP's friends! Why should they do what everyone else does?
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,859
    Weddings generally cost money because of the amount of guests involved. Many people don't want to 'offend' and invite everyone under the sun. Personally, i've always felt the smaller the wedding the better. I got married in Rome. My wife is Irish. We had 14 American and 12 Irish guests. Didn't cost a bomb and I have cool wedding pics in front of the Coliseum. :lol:
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    I find it so pathetic how you get invited because the bride/grooms parents are friends with your parents and you don't even know their son/daughter.
    I turned down an invite like this not long ago.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,842
    I had to pay for my own wedding.
    Late luncheon at a five star place. Champagne toast, only beer and wine open bar.
    Beautiful cake, good band. About 80 people. Total cost $11K.

    The only thing I regret is no spending more on a photographer-went cheap on that and it was a mistake.

    But seriously, I don't have a problem with people that have simple weddings. Its financially responsible.
  • guacamolejoeguacamolejoe Posts: 2,396
    eddiec wrote:
    I was working at a Best Western in Frisco, CO many moons ago. There was a wedding one day. Couple must have spent a bunch of money on this horse drawn decorated carriage. They pulled up like the King and Queen of Uranus. Get this: no open bar, NO FOOD, all they did was serve up a wedding cake after a an hour or 2 of people standing around looking really hungry. That was bad form.

    I met my wife in the " Moose Jaw" in Frisco, CO :o .
    Proposed at the Continental Divide Summit at LOVELAND 8-) .
    And eloped on the beach in Key West :mrgreen: ( saving thousands :ugeek: ).

    I've been to too many "extarvagant" weddings in NY, including my 1st :evil: .
    Way overpriced & way over-rated :roll: .
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  • cross7806cross7806 Posts: 222
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Why have a wedding if you cannot afford it.
    Wait and save your money for one.
    Why have a big extravagant wedding if you can't afford it or you don't want one? I always wanted to get married on the beach at sunset but couldn't afford it my grandma told me one day that if I kept waiting till I could afford it that it wouldnt happen. Just be happy with what you got and what you can afford. Three months later we got married in the same 160 yr old school/church that my wife's great great grandparents got married in 155 yrs. to the date. I payed for it all by recycling aluminum cans and siding that I had been saving. Dress, rings,service,and reception was around $5000. And everyone said it was one of the most beautiful ceremonies they went to. A wedding doesn't have to be big and fancy or expensive to be special. I don't understand why people would want to try and start a life together with a $30000 wedding that they will be paying for a long time. But then again I'm a tight ass. I save my money for PJ lol.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I find it so pathetic how you get invited because the bride/grooms parents are friends with your parents and you don't even know their son/daughter.
    I turned down an invite like this not long ago.


    in polite society this would be called manners or decorum or etiquette or something... i dont actually live in polite society.

    its no biggie.. just say no... like you did. its bad enough rocking up to extended family weddings.
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    i couldn't take it any fucking longer. so i simply brought up youtube and well, here it is

    http://youtu.be/cM8U6Txc6nc
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I find it so pathetic how you get invited because the bride/grooms parents are friends with your parents and you don't even know their son/daughter.
    I turned down an invite like this not long ago.


    in polite society this would be called manners or decorum or etiquette or something... i dont actually live in polite society.

    its no biggie.. just say no... like you did. its bad enough rocking up to extended family weddings.

    That's all it is, etiquette, a rule with the European families, looking back at my sisters wedding her and her husband only see like 5% of the guests that came. It's all bullshit, it's like Facebook, the more you have the better your ego. My parents were so pissed off at me not going to this one not long ago.
    Why would I, the bride never talks to me, if I see her at place out she doesn't make an effort.
    To hell with that.
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