September 2008 Weddings
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Wedding invite gem
So 6 months ago we recieved a STD card for DH's cousin's wedding (who BTW, has 3 kids, by 2 moms, is 24 years old, and is not marrying one of the baby-mamas).
The wedding is June 18th. We received the invitation yesterday. Yes, one month out, and they want replies by June 1, so less than 2 weeks.
My favorite part, the wedding is at 6:30 on a Friday. The invitation says to "Join us for a reception of light appetizers, drinks (cash bar), and dancing"
OH EM GEE, they listed on the invite that it was a cash bar.
Then of course the obligatory "The couple is registered at BBB".
I was dying of laughter. Poor kids, I feel so terrible for making fun, but so amused.
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I'd rather have a cash bar than no bar and know if I need to bring money. We're going to a reception next Friday. No booze for me...drinking is a sin for them.
Can you guess who's friend this is? Mine or Andrew's? We weren't invited to the ceremony because we aren't "temple worthy" so we couldn't get in anyway.
Now that all the wedding stuff is over I am realizing that a one month advance notification and 2 week reply timeframe isn't that bad, unless there's going to be out of town guests. I'll know almost right away if we can go or not. I don't need 2 months to make the decision. Sorry, not picking on you...just looking back and thinking how "stuffy" the etiquette is.
6:30 reception = full on dinner to me. I would be disappointed if there was no real food. At least they warned you. I went to one that was during dinner time and there was no warning that there wasn't going to be a meal served. Talk about being hungry all night!
24, two baby momma's, 3 kids, and not marrying any one of them....
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This sounds like my DH's "step siblings" his dad re-married about 5 years ago so I use that term loosely since we barely know them. We went to the the step brother's wedding a few years ago and it was awful. First the theme was disney's cinderella
. He also has 3 kids from 2 different woman, although the bride was the one of the moms at least. Then they took the pictures in the same place that the ceremony was held which was also where the reception was going to be. So we stood around in 98 degree August desert sun waiting for the pics to be over. Mean while there was only a cooler of bud light and nothing to snack on. No water, no sodas and not even some chips and salsa. 
The wedding was held at a golf club so a group of us (including my step-MIL, mother of the groom) ended up bailing while waiting and went to the club house so we could eat something, have some cocktails to deal with the situation and be in some air conditioning. Then we went back to the reception where all they had to eat was spagetti with meatballs and some very bad salad catered from Quiznos'. To top it all off they ended up breaking up on the honeymoon a week later.
I wont' even go into the "step-sister" between her and her brother there are 7 kids from 5 different SO's and the step-brother is 32 and the step-sister is 34.
For real? What does that mean?
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I am guessing it's a mormon wedding.
CORRECT! They are so boring! Thankfully it's Andrew's friends wedding and if all the guys show up it will be at least comical. They are the biggest goof balls.
Mormon's go to temples for certain occasions (weddings being one) and in order to be allowed in one you have to follow their religion, pay tithing, and live up to their standards and do certain things for the church. Andrew doesn't practice his religion and I'm atheist (which means I definitely don't live up to their standards) so we are not temple recommended...meaning we are banned from going inside. Andrew has never been to any of his family's wedding ceremonies because he has never been allowed to go into the temple. Not even any of his brother's and sister's ceremonies. Sad. He really hates that part of the religion.
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