All he should have said was, "I'm sorry for creeping on a 17 year old. I learned my lesson." Not, social media is hard and I'm a celebrity, waaaah. Stop spinning. Just stop. It's not even a convincing argument.
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I'm getting married in June and UGH, I can feel this pain in so many ways. Bridal lines often advertise that they come in 0-24 or something like that but the sample sizes in the stores are usually 8-12. I can usually jam the 12 on but it will never come close to fitting in the chest so I have no real idea what things…
How about involve the groom? For a while I thought I was going to be a spectator at my own wedding as my lovely bride wouldn't give up control of anything. As it was I had to assume the role of troubleshooter and did my best to solve any and all hiccups as they came along.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard things like, My mom is insisting on inviting my aunt that I don't know very well, she's taking over my wedding! and then you find out that mom's paying for the whole thing. Shut up, say thank you, and invite your aunt. For fifteen grand your mom could've insisted on picking…
The most important lesson I learned is related to #5, and it's You Are a Team Now, So Communication is King. Mom asks if she can invite her coworkers to the wedding? Let me check with the groom and we'll let you know if we have room on the guest list for a few more. Father-in-law insists on a top-shelf open bar? We've…
As a veteran bridesmaid, let me throw this out there re: #10. Do NOT buy me a nice gift to thank me. I love you; I'm happy to be here, it's why I agreed to be your bridesmaid in the first place, and I do not need a memento—I have 300 pictures of myself at your wedding to remember it by. If you really want to do…
We gave customized pint glasses. The design was super simple/modern (a tree, our first names, the place, the year). We've been to a few of our guests' homes since our wedding and it delighted us to see the pint glasses in use. Even the non beer drinkers love them!
I do think the rules are more flexible for small weddings. While I don't necessarily subscribe to the "no ring, no bring" rule, if you're dealing with someone who lives in the town where you're getting married, he'll have a good group of friends at the ceremony and he's only been dating his lady friend for six weeks,…
FUCKING PEONIES. I am currently in the final stretch and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME PEONIES COST MORE THAN MY EYEBALLS. Um. Sorry.
Don't go into debt for this ONE day. Spend your money on the things most important to you. For me it was flowers and photography.
We gave out halloween-esque finger monsters at our wedding. They were inexpensive and people had fun playing with them. Plus, they made great photo booth fodder.
15. Don't take money from anyone for the wedding if you don't want them to have a say in the proceedings.
To be fair to your friend, there are different levels of lactose intolerance, and an intolerance is different than an allergy. I can take a little half and half, but if I drink a glass of milk with a cookie or something, my body makes its displeasure known. However, it's not so bad that I am giving up milk and cookies…
I'm laughing at the "gluten allergy." My wife and I have a good friend, a lovely person, who claims to be lactose-intolerant but must have half-and-half with her coffee (none of that 0% or soy milk for her!) and eats cheese regularly with no ill effects.
Ohhhh the smoked salmon one... I once worked the salad/apps station in the kitchen at a casual chain restaurant, and one our most popular orders was a salmon salad. The menu clearly said that it came with smoked salmon, but you couldn't go a week without having a server bring back the salad saying that the customer…
Working in computer sales leads to a lot of similar conversations with people who are verrrrry overconfident about their computer knowledge. I don't care about customers who have no clue what they want or what they're looking at, that's what I'm here for. I want to help, and I love explaining things. But when…
When I read stories like this, I get so irate on the server's behalf. And I could never be a server. I would literally get into a yelling match with a customer because I don't buy that "the customer is always right" bullshit. I'd lose my job for making a scene and it would just be... bad. Kudos to anyone that can…