November 2010 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
WTF Wednesday?
Open letters anyone?
I'll start.
Dear Mom,
I realize that my sister has epilepsy and can't drive. This is why I offer to drive her places. However, it is REALLY NOT COOL of you to volunteer to drive her, and then change your mind and insist we pick her up/drop her off, or insist that we meet you halfway to get her. If you want to make those plans originally, go head. Not cool when you throw it out there after we've already left.
I love you, but come on.
Bay
Dear Week,
Please go faster. I have an amazing weekend planned and Wednesday and Thursday are just sort of cramping my style.
No love,
Bay
Books read in 2012: 21/50
Re: WTF Wednesday?
Dear job,
Go do yourself.
No love, me.
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Dear head,
STOP hurting already! It's no fun.
Still no love, me.
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Dear DH,
Thank you for the sweet birthday card yesterday. I know you aren't normally a card person, so that made it extra special. I'm SO looking forward to my massage gift certificate arriving in the mail - I'm desperate, given the two letters above!!
Much love, your wifey
Dear Coworkers,
Stop changing things at this stage in the game. If you need to change something, you should have done it earlier. It just adds way more work to my plate, work that I have not budgeted for and it pisses off my manager when I tell him that you added more work to my plate and I can't meet my deliverables because everything for some reason goes to the top of the stack.
Love,
Me
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Dear DH,
Stop being sick. You've made me sick. And I don't want either of us to be sick for our cruise in 10 days.
Love,
Wifey
Dear Team Members,
When you decide to slack off on what you deem to be an unimportant task, it makes my work more time consuming. I shouldn't have to babysit you. Every job you're assigned needs to be be completed.
No love,
Team Lead
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Dear self,
You've been doing really awesome with eating better lately. Keep it up! You might want to start getting to the gym with more frequency, though.
You're doing good!
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Dear DH,
I really want to get in better shape. I know you love spending time cuddling in the morning, but I really need to get to the gym more often in the morning. So, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop trying to sabotage my workout plans by asking me to come back to bed. You're too hard to say no to when you're all sleepy.
Love you!
Your wife who's just trying to get in shape
Awe, Scarlette, that's a cute one to DH.
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Dear snow,
Please visit us here in Seattle!! You've been everywhere else in the country, now it's our turn! You're just outside the city limits right now, come dump on us so we can have a snow day tomorrow!!
- snow freak-out ladies of Seattle
Married 11/6/10
Dear parent of really annoying student:
Why the he!! do you believe everything your daughter tells you?? Her teacher is not "stuck on herself," as you stated to me over the phone, just sick of your daughter's noncompliance. You asked me "What's wrong with your behavior!?!?" Have you not seen the daily behavior sheets I've been sending home with her every night???? One glance at those should be enough to clue you in that she's a freakin' trainwreck! I look forward to seeing you at our conference next week so that we can hopefully get your precious child straightened out before she gets herself knocked up and drops out of high school.
Best,
PalmTree
Dear A$$
Stop getting bigger.
That's all.
Dear IL's
Why are you planning your other daughters shower on a day we already discussed wasn't good because I can't be there and I am a BM and these things really mean something to me and I want to be there for her! Just because the other daughters have off season practice doesn't make the whole weekend unavailable! They need to learn not everything revolves around their practice! And way to not even tell me... that was the rudest part of all! Being she has been engaged for almost a year this could have been planned a long time ago and then the weekends to chose from wouldn't be so small! The wedding is in 3 months!
Lots of love - your obviously excluded DIL / SIL
Dear Fellow Nesties,
I love all of you wonderful ladies! You have helped me maintain sanity, excitement, and serenity in this crazy life of mine and I truly appreciate your shoulders, advice, and thoughts
Much appreciation,
Me!
Dear work,
I know I've only been working for the company since October, but I'm tired of getting yelled at by kids and having balls thrown at me. Can I please tell these parents that their kids are not allowed back to Kids Club until they can learn to behave or be respectful, but I'm tired of being treated like crap by a 6 year old..
Lucky to have a job, Unlucky to do it
Me
Dear Loving and Wonderful and Patient Husband,
I cannot thank you enough for being so supportive of me and taking care of me when I feel horrible. Thank you for starting to be interested in baby furniture and items. It makes me so excited to see you searching the web for the best baby travel system and I love it when you kiss my belly or try to hear the heartbeat (even when I know you won't be able to), thank you for being so patient and dealing with me when I am having a bad day and I'm cranky and frustrated and overwhelmed. Thank you for bringing me back to reality and loving me so much. I'm so grateful to have you as my husband for life.
Love,
your sincerely grateful Wifey
I know you'll hate this, but it made my day. Only the simplest things can make me laugh lately, and I'm giving you props for making me laugh today. I feel that way about my hips and boobs lately... most people might like larger boobs, but I was completely satisfied with my tiny B cups
I hate that they grow 
we haven't had snow in years
I'd like just one day please. I don't want to drive an hour just to see some melting snow at the mountains. Nice clip though haha.
DEAL!!! I don't want them!! I like my petite chicken cutlets... they used to fit everything!
Dear Job:
I wish we could break up. It's just that time. It's not you, it's me. Sadly, H and I need the income still. I promise I'll do my best, but I will still be daydreaming of the day I can move on.
Sincerely,
Burnt out employee
Dear Body:
Seriously, why won't you just work? 3+ months of marriage, and we're livin' like celibates. This is seriously unfair. And if one more person winks at me regarding "married life" or says, "are you suuuure you're not pregnant yet?"... SCREAM. We don't even have the excitement that comes with family planning discussions because a baby is almost impossible when ya can't have sex. And oh, wait, my physical therapist said my JOB which has me sitting all day may have caused all this. Former single life... I lived you long enough. Please go away.
Sincerely, married woman who wants some action
Dear Spring -
Just hurry up and get here already. It's obvious the snow is just going to dance around the city for the rest of the winter. Boo.
Sincerely,
Girl who jinxed our winter weather by buying snow boots
Dear Job,
While I don't mind the work, I hate the hours. I'm not a night person. You are driving me and my body to the brink of a break down.
Sincerely, RN who just wants to do her job
Dear Body,
Please work right so we can make a baby. While the practice is fun the guessing about whether you are cooperating is...well...not fun. Just wake up and do what you're supposed to.
Signed, Me
Dear MIL,
PLEASE stop trying to drag me into drama! You emailing all of H's siblings that I'm in danger of losing my job is not only not cool, it's NOT TRUE! You blasting me on fb saying you're the only one I didn't share our wedding pics with was not only not cool, but NOT TRUE! Check your email lady!! You must be getting bored on your Florida trip if you feel the need to strike up all this mess all the way back here in Tx. Have a Mai Tai and get over it!
Sincerely, Ticked off DIL
Dear H,
I love you. Thank you for being so amazing.
Love, Your Wife
Dear Odyssey Drivers,
You are so abundant in my town and I know your vehicles are awkwardly shaped and under-powered.... and the weather is dark, wet, icy, and slippery... BUT please please please look before lurching into the next lane or reversing in the parking lot. If you can't see me driving a car, what would happen to a pedestrian, dog, or motorcycle?
- Don't want to be run down in the India Cash and Carry parking lot!
Dear Loud Stinky Neighbors,
Thank you for moving! Hallelujah! No more Tuesday night parties and whatever that stench you produce is! No more loud religious music at really inappropriate times! No more weird drunken uncle in underwear on the balcony!
- Residents who can now live peacefully