aww thanks! that is an awesome gif!

My relationship with my mom is very complicated. It’s one thing to innately know and be told you are loved, but it’s hard to know what to do or feel when most of her actions and reactions to me don’t say “love”. I could go on a long rant about her, and stuff she’s done on my wedding and other key events, but that…

This is part of the reason why I enjoyed having a desi-style wedding without a wedding party. I hate picking favourites, and just having my best friends around me before the actual day was fun. And desi weddings are just a lot less formal.

A colossal red dragon :) The eyes are under the massive scales.

squeeee!

Thanks! We were lucky that we had a baker friend who was willing to make this for free - I provided all the materials and gold liners, gold sprinkles, etc. I find cupcakes to be a lot more forgiving then a cake - you burn a few, the whole thing isn’t ruined. Plus, much more mobile and we can have so many more flavours!

love it!

Hubby and I are big D&D geeks, so we had a dragon-themed affair. It was a golden cupcake thing and two dragons guarding their ‘hoard’. Used two of our colossal miniatures that we had at home as cake toppers, and a sword letter opener (found Game of Thrones’ Ice at Chapters for $16) embedded in one cupcake as a…

It had been a dream of mine to try doing it in the hot tub/Jacuzzi/swimming pool - to the point of making sure the place we got had an in-suite hot tub. Got a decent deal on rooms, went and got a ‘sexy times’ bikini - just got the biggest size in Walmart that was cheap because I didn’t expect it to stay on for more…

I’d say Good Riddance. Given the stuff on the news nowadays, having less racist and misogynistic cops on the force is a good thing.

We didn't have a honeymoon right away because we were poor, and hubs had a new job with the probation period. But we had the opportunity to take a long weekend off about 4 months after we got married and we decided to drive up to Montreal. I had also just returned from a mandatory trip from Dubai, and I caught some…

Does my too long hem count?

I had something that could be called 'post-wedding blues' but was for very different reasons than the ones above. At most, I think I agree the feeling of loss/grief after the wedding was over because of the amount of time it took to plan and the special feeling you get when it's your special day. Mine was very modest…

my MIL too!

Winner right here. Those printers are assholes.

Oh man that sucks. I went with "I and HUSBAND invite GUEST to the union of our HOUSES LAST NAMES on DATE at VENUE" and I still never heard the end of it from relatives on my side (the Indian ones). I did it so that I wouldn't have to put my dad's name on it and yes, the ones who complained were from my dad's side.…

I'm the Indian one and I totally feel you. We had three sets of invitations handed out in mine - those made shortly after we got engaged and about a year before the wedding that I rushed to get done before my dress shopping in India so that my mom could hand them out to the entire city, and then a set to my…

That's the exact stuff they say to me too. So now I have to be estranged from most of my family and extended family because they don't respect my wishes and chose his.

Yep, as we were opening gifts and cards, I documented them all. And used the RSVP, Guest Book to track who showed up at the wedding. It may seem gauche to some, but it was a lifesaver when it was Thank You Card time. It may be easier doing the gift opening in private - so it doesn't look like a stock inventory lol.

Google docs is awesome for stuff like that - I still have mine for when I had to mail the Thank You Cards, esp the columns that said whether they came or not, or if they had sent us a card and/or gift.