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What are some of your first remembories
of when you joined this particular group? Did you hate somebody who you like now? Did you come out of lurking gradually or all at once? Do you have somebody who you consider your BFF on the board?
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
Re: What are some of your first remembories
I'll share:
1. Christin had the close-up of beer in her sig and was holding back on her funny.
2. I always disliked Babbs. And I never understood the "one of us! one of us!" in her sig.
3. I posted on P&E for a short while, while actually planning my wedding, then moved over to AFB where I mostly lurked.
4. I do not have a BFF on the board. I will submit an application if someone is interested. Ha! Just kidding! I don't even want a stupid BFF on this stupid board.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
I rhink I started posting on NEY when Chloe was being outed, before that I mostly hung out on P&E.
I remember I posted some wedding pictures and I think chop was the only one to comment and she said "it looks like everyone had a great time" which to me is equal to breathtaking.
my favorite was Mulva and I kind of didn't like Lanie at first, I'm not sure why though, I grew to love her but now that she's gone I dislike her for leaving.
I had been posting on P&E for a little while but wasn't really jiving with it. Then, the Chloe outing happened and drew my attention to NEY, and I lurked for a few days and started posting. Then, I just rode that train to AFB and here.
I don't remember hating anyone. I probably did, but I've forgotten now.
I remember not liking Pixy most of the time because she was very high horse-y or maybe she was soap box-y. But then she would say something funny and I would laugh.
I think the first time I lurked on AFB, someone asked about wearing black on black (in reference to men's tuxes or something). The comments were long the lines of, "lay off the crack pipe" and there were some PIPs of scary looking people wearing all black, and then the obligatory comments about how it's perfectly acceptable for black people to have sex with black people. I felt like I hit a gold mine.
11/11/11 = 5 years. Woah!
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
I got sucked in quick during a "how much should guest's give for a cash gift" debate. I remember Fenton being involved and I think maybe Cali? It ended up being a 3 or so page thread that I kept signing back in for. I could not beleive that people found it acceptable to give $50 or less per person.
I have no BFF here.
I came from the Chicago board to NEY because the Chi board was bitching about how mean the NEY board was. I checked it out and found Bravata and stayed and stayed. I don't remember my feelings on anyone changing. I will say I never fully understood the Dollie love. I was intimidated by AFB, which seems redonkulous now.
The very first time I ever logged in to the message boards there was a Ramey rampade against cash bars, then followed up with numerous pages to her asking for help with how much alcohol was needed for xx people. Then someone DD'd and there was a big giant huff about that. I thought W.T.F. I have entered in to crazytown. People post on the internet about this shitt? It was actually the first time I had ever saw an internet message board.
I looked at NEY when the bunny prostitute cone woman was C & P'd from the Rhode Island board. My first memory was of benswife and how LAME she was. I thought most people really liked her and I was confused.
I lurked for a long time.
I was lurking on the boards when my MOH was planning her wedding. Before I even moved to AZ. I saw a reference to the NEY board and I was like "say what?" I stopped visiting the boards when I moved and for a few months after. Then I knew I was going to get engaged, so I started lurking again. You're fascinated, aren't you.
My first post was a c&p of some super trashy wedding pics, a Christmas themed wedding, complete with pro pics of the groom puking in the bathroom.
I was super intimidated by a few people, namely Mo and Ali. I was SO scared of Ali for some reason.
I think NP was my first BFF, then at some point Moo and I started daily emails.
I remember totally kissing Fallin's ass when she posted her wedding pics. I was like "WOW SOOOO PRETTY!!!!!!!!!" lol. Not that they weren't pretty, of course. But I was like falling over myself to compliment her, loser!
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
AFB was my Everest. A bunch of funny and intimidating people that I just had to befriend.
I remember one of my first comments was asking Winged about her name and if she was married to Joe Hackett and living on Nantucket? I thought about writing a limerick, but then I was like, "no November, just be cool. Just be cool."
I went to NEY when I knew I was a few weeks from actually getting engaged. I was curious what people would be saying there. It was the end of Oct-beginning of Nov 2005. There were mostly REAL NEY's but young, virgin, or re-virginized (Calins) religious folk (SamfordSoprano), students wanting to get married on a tuesday in the park and the parents didn't agree (elenafaerie), grandmothers (dragonscalm), and the queen bee (pendragon).
Then some people got banned or moved over to some other board, sort of equivilent in "mean" to NEY/AFB, but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of the board and it's gone now. It might be "WW" but I don't remember what that even stands for. I just remember a vampire-y bride with fangs, blond hair and black & white dress being on it. I also remember Tarpon Monoxide and LucyHoneyChirch being around a lot.
Ali was my first "friend" on NEY and we were also both on the NJ board. Mulva was Carin76 back then, I was not into the Dollie love, I liked then hated then didn't give a sh*t about Joon, and that's all I got.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
I had wandered to Chit Chat after getting bored with my local really quickly. I might be mixing this up, but I think someone from AFB posted that they were looking for new recruits and I was more than happy to jump in. I spent a little while deciding whether I wanted to pledge to the AFB sorority, P&E sorority, or WW sorority. I wavered mostly between AFB and WW, but I think I got noticed a bit more on AFB so ended up choo-choo-choosing them.
I spent very little time on NEY compared to some of the other AFBers -- usually I'd peek over in the afternoons when people not on the west coast disappear.
I remember liking Bethie and Moo and Dolly and Buddha a lot. And I got such a kick out of torturing Star. I thought Chop seemed okay at first, but as the board dynamic shifted and she sort of became the exalted leader to many, I couldn't stand her. Some people can't handle their fame.
I will never forget Bethie berating me for not weighing in with my opinion on Elfstergate. "Really, Cali? REALLY?" Bwahahaha!
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
You were my favorite, ok????
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
I should say that I, too, checked out NEY before I was engaged (July 2005) and it was legit filled with actual NEYers. I asked a complete lame-o question or two and got actual answers.
I, too, came over from the RI board with the prostitute cone stuff but I got a little freaked when I got c&ped back to my local because, well, I was planning an OOT wedding and still needed them. I think it's hilarious that the RI board was so small, yet Kay and I both wound up here.
Then I came back after the wedding and went back to NEY.
Bethie was my first NEY BFF, then Ali and I got close, too. And we still are, hooray! And then Bethie moved to 20 minutes away from me and the birds sang and the sun shone for the very first time.
I was actually pretty close to Star for awhile and sometimes I miss the part of her that wasn't a mess.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
CamilleandTim
It cut me deep to let you down like that.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
I have zero recollection what my first post was.
My first BFF was Martha. Now, I'm closest with Winger, and I love me some Fallin and Mod.
Whatever happened to Martha? She was Giggling, right? The nutritionist?
Mod is my interwebz BFF, and I chat with Buddha, Winged, and Noisy, with fair frequency. Now, THAT is a huge change from when I first arrived.
I was afraid of Roses and Proud. I imagined Proud as this toughass gansta chick with the dark lipliner.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
I still get intimidated by Hezz. When she opened her door before Finger Lakes, man. I was just like whoa. WHOA.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
I have no idea what my first post was, but one of my earlier posts was a reference to the Big Lebowski in a post about Christmas Jesus dolls, and Winged started talking to me about it, but this was when Winged was also pretty new and was not super liked by everyone (but before the faked picture outing) and I remember being worried that if I was friendly to Winged then no one would like me, and then I thought, "Why am I so worried about what these strangers think of me?" And then Winged and I were friends. But then Joon said something about me being awesome and I was all excited, and then I felt lame because I really did care what the internets thought of me.
I lurked way before I posted though; things were usually too busy for me at work to really join in before I got married, so I remember the early NEY days and the actual NEY people and when it was like, Ali and TSD and Mulva vs. all the nutjobs. When my old company started to go downhill was right around the Chloe outing, and when OOT called CPS, and I had nothing to do, I joined in. Then Mod and I spent all night talking to Cherished and Toots and I was completely hooked.
I also remember, way before I posted on NEY, when Cali had the picture of herself in the burrito, and I would sometimes lurk on AFB, and then someone I'd made friends with through my local got in a fight with someone on the local who was on AFB about bringing local things to AFB. (Melissa&Eddie? or something like that?) And it all seemed ridiculous and drama-filled and hilarious. But I can't remember any details beyond that.
Claire Elizabeth 12/31/2011
Married Bio
when I first started posting on P&E mightyspork and weeza seemed to be in charge, then something happened and a bunch of people got banned and I never really learned what happened. Soon after that I moved to NEY.
I was also intimidated by AFB, they seemed like a tight bunch who would not be easy to win over.
I have no internet BFF
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.