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Date set for June 19th, 2008 
Congratulations!
So who's the lucky guy?
Ok I'm sorry I always wanted to use that joke.
~Blix
So who's the lucky guy?
Ok I'm sorry I always wanted to use that joke.
~Blix
2008? Why are you waiting so long? You in college?
TheMightyMagnu wrote:
Date set for June 19th, 2008
Forgive me for naiveness, but isn't that a bit... well... long?
'Grats. though.
Aren't you 16?
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Maybe that is why it is set for 2008.
No, actually we're in high school...
It's only so long because that's how long it will take her to graduate. Sort of a long ways off but everything is pretty much all set.
So far, we've got over 400 guests who've already RSVP'd. We've hired the best caterers money can buy and they've calendared the date, plus we've reserved a 'special' location, one which I'm not entirely sure of because she chose it (she wants to surprise me). Projected costs are already at over 75k, so... it's gonna be good.
Plus this way the only excuse people will have for missing our wedding is untimely death!
Edited, Wed Nov 16 23:43:32 2005 by TheMightyMagnu
It's only so long because that's how long it will take her to graduate. Sort of a long ways off but everything is pretty much all set.
So far, we've got over 400 guests who've already RSVP'd. We've hired the best caterers money can buy and they've calendared the date, plus we've reserved a 'special' location, one which I'm not entirely sure of because she chose it (she wants to surprise me). Projected costs are already at over 75k, so... it's gonna be good.
Plus this way the only excuse people will have for missing our wedding is untimely death!
Edited, Wed Nov 16 23:43:32 2005 by TheMightyMagnu
You're damned rich, aren't you?
TheMightyMagnu wrote:
No, actually we're in high school...
It's only so long because that's how long it will take her to graduate. Sort of a long ways off but everything is pretty much all set.
So far, we've got over 400 guests who've already RSVP'd. We've hired the best caterers money can buy and they've calendared the date, plus we've reserved a 'special' location, one which I'm not entirely sure of because she chose it (she wants to surprise me). Projected costs are already at over 75k, so... it's gonna be good.
It's only so long because that's how long it will take her to graduate. Sort of a long ways off but everything is pretty much all set.
So far, we've got over 400 guests who've already RSVP'd. We've hired the best caterers money can buy and they've calendared the date, plus we've reserved a 'special' location, one which I'm not entirely sure of because she chose it (she wants to surprise me). Projected costs are already at over 75k, so... it's gonna be good.
Well then, let me be the first to congratulate you on both your marriage and your eventual breakup/divorce.
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we've reserved a 'special' location, one which I'm not entirely sure of because she chose it (she wants to surprise me). Projected costs are already at over 75k,
The V.F.W. Hall near you costs 75K?
You might want to look into the banquet hall at the nearest bowling alley to save a few bucks.
pointedly ignoring Flea's comment...
Ha, I'd love to see a bowling alley that can hold a congregation of 400+ people, that would be a sight to see.
And no, the location itself isn't costing 75k, it's just the combined costs of catering, receptions, and so forth that's costing so much. Personally I think it's extravagant but, eh, I like to see her happy. Besides, I'm not paying a dime for any of this.
Edited, Wed Nov 16 23:46:56 2005 by TheMightyMagnu
Ha, I'd love to see a bowling alley that can hold a congregation of 400+ people, that would be a sight to see.
And no, the location itself isn't costing 75k, it's just the combined costs of catering, receptions, and so forth that's costing so much. Personally I think it's extravagant but, eh, I like to see her happy. Besides, I'm not paying a dime for any of this.
Edited, Wed Nov 16 23:46:56 2005 by TheMightyMagnu
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Projected costs are already at over 75k, so... it's gonna be good.
First, congrats.
Second, I wanted a wedding like that. Things didn't work out my way, and I ended up at the JP with a few friends and the groom in blue jeans. I am still just as happily married three years later. I was sad, and maybe still sorta that I don't have pictures and a few memories, but geez...75K?!?!?!?!?! There is alot you can do with that. Tell her dad to throw down on a new house for you. I was planning my wedding on 10K, guest list of 100, and that included the church, flowers, renting out a fancy bar for the reception and having a full band. It can be done.
Have to kinda tone down the guest list though. No sit down dinner, either.
Do wine and beer, no mixed drinks. Those three things will save thousands, seriously.
TheMightyMagnu wrote:
pointedly ignoring Flea's comment...
..until you hear it ringing in your head a year or so from now...
..until you hear it ringing in your head a year or so from now...
Oh, and while I am on the subject on advice giving, I would suggest going to college first. Two married full time students=broke. Very very very broke.
Hell, I am just one full time married college student and we=broke. Maybe just with one or two verys, heh.
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Besides, I'm not paying a dime for any of this.
Explain. Are you wringing some poor parent dry? I feel sorry for the sucker who has to pay a (large) downpayment on a house for a wedding.
Congrats Magnu..wait a minute, repeating something that was said earlier, arent you 16? I mean, wow, why would you rush like that?
10k before the site's inevitable death or bust
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Flea wrote:
pointedly ignoring Flea's comment...
..until you hear it ringing in your head a year or so from now...
..until you hear it ringing in your head a year or so from now...
I'm aware of the statistics involved in teenage marriages. Very, very few survive. I'm not ignoring the comment itself, it's just that I've heard it about a billion times since we sent out the invitations.
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I was planning my wedding on 10K, guest list of 100, and that included the church, flowers, renting out a fancy bar for the reception and having a full band. It can be done.
Yeah, I know, like I said extravagant (her dad wants caviar and persian coffee
), but she seems to be happy with that sort of thing. I'm not really used to it. DodoBird wrote:
You're damned rich, aren't you?
Upper-middle class, myself. She, however, is like upper-upper class. I only found out like a month ago, but apparently her great-uncle controls all the oil shipped from Iran. So yeah. I guess I am damned rich.
EDIT: Hopefully that answers most of your money questions/advice
Edited, Thu Nov 17 00:07:14 2005 by TheMightyMagnu
Well, shoot. I guess if she is that rich, then you don't have to worry so much about being broke college students, now do you.
I don't envision someone with that kind of money trying to put their textbooks across whatever credit cards they can that aren't totally maxed out.
"Can I pay for half on this card, a quarter on that one, and the rest in cash?"
Edited, Thu Nov 17 00:08:29 2005 by Katarine
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I'm aware of the statistics involved in teenage marriages. Very, very few survive. I'm not ignoring the comment itself, it's just that I've heard it about a billion times since we sent out the invitations.
Now I know this is bullsh[/i]it. If she was as upper-class as you claim, she would know that this is as horribly tacky as it is, and bad wedding etiquette. It's too early for even a save-the-date, much less an invite.
[i]Edited, Thu Nov 17 00:05:29 2005 by Atomicflea
Yeah. Honestly I don't really see why she even bothers with education. However, if she starts to get lazy about it I'm going to push her to at least finish college. And even if we stay happily married our whole lives, I think it's important to work at a regular job. I've known both types of rich people: those who have so much money they just sit on their bums signing checks to charity foundations all day and have no real work, and those that work at what they enjoy.
Plus, in the unlikely event of a divorce I'll have something to fall back on if I push my way through college.
Plus, in the unlikely event of a divorce I'll have something to fall back on if I push my way through college.
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It's too early for even a save-the-date, much less an invite.
Very, very true.
Flea wrote:
Now I know this is ********* If she was as upper-class as you claim, she would know that this is as horribly tacky as it is, and bad wedding etiquette. It's too early for even a save-the-date, much less an invite.
Hey, I didn't send out the invites, and neither did she, so don't look at me. Besides, I doubt that even she knows the extent of her family...
Plus, you've got to understand that her culture (Persian) is very different from ours. I've offended a whole lot of her relatives by saying things we say normally here, and they've said some things that I'm not really comfortable with. You can't really look at this from an American point of view on this one.
To be quite honest, despite both of our objections, this wedding is pretty much out of our hands. Neither of us personally have the funds to even attempt a reasonable wedding by ourselves, and if we alienate our families we wouldn't even be given pledges.
Both of us fought for over 3 months for more control but eventually we lost. The only real control we have is choosing where to have it (our parents can't agree, her family is Muslim but mine are all hardcore athiests), and what our honeymoon will be.
Redjedblue wrote:
I'm from a light-blue collar background my self... hey wait a minute do I smell something???
Its my ******** meter.
Lets see 75k on a wedding and an Iranian oil magnate future father inlaw, who has no problem marrying off his teenage daughter some three years from now even though she has her whole life in front of her? Wow!!! and the guests even sent back their 'save a date'invitations, all 400 of them.
Work on making this more convincing.
Its my ******** meter.
Lets see 75k on a wedding and an Iranian oil magnate future father inlaw, who has no problem marrying off his teenage daughter some three years from now even though she has her whole life in front of her? Wow!!! and the guests even sent back their 'save a date'invitations, all 400 of them.
Work on making this more convincing.
If you'll tell me when I started caring about whether or not you thought my wedding was genuine...?
Edited, Thu Nov 17 00:24:42 2005 by TheMightyMagnu
College is more than just a vehicle for obtaining a job. Yeah, that's the primary reason people go. But you don't learn all there is to know in high school, by far. That is why you go to college.
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Upper-middle class, myself. She, however, is like upper-upper class. I only found out like a month ago, but apparently her great-uncle controls all the oil shipped from Iran. So yeah. I guess I am damned rich.
I'm from a light-blue collar background my self... hey wait a minute do I smell something???
Its my bullshi[/i]t meter.
Lets see 75k on a wedding and an Iranian oil magnate future father inlaw, who has no problem marrying off his teenage daughter some three years from now even though she has her whole life in front of her? Wow!!! and the guests even sent back their 'save a date'invitations, all 400 of them.
Work on making this more convincing.
Nevermind Flea beat me too it!!!
Edited, Thu Nov 17 00:14:12 2005 by RedjedBlue
Well. Congradulations on landing a rich chick. I guess you got to get in there early to save yourself a spot.
Call me pessimistic, but I'll be suprised if you make the wedding date. High School romances rarely last, and throw in the stress of planning for a wedding and it's almost sure to end up doomed.
Good luck on that though.
Call me pessimistic, but I'll be suprised if you make the wedding date. High School romances rarely last, and throw in the stress of planning for a wedding and it's almost sure to end up doomed.
Good luck on that though.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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Plus, you've got to understand that her culture (Persian) is very different from ours. I've offended a whole lot of her relatives by saying things we say normally here, and they've said some things that I'm not really comfortable with.
Things like "Hey is that a 'Weapons Grade Plutonium' manufacturing plant there next to the 'Baby Formula' factory???
Or this gem is sure to go over well with the older folks "So like when are you guys gonna let chicks like vote and stuff???"
Those kind of things?
Edited, Thu Nov 17 00:32:28 2005 by RedjedBlue
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