Married CAGs: How to deal with MOMZILLA?
- Thread starter Dead of Knight
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Man, I was lucky then....this is how my wedding went down;
Me: "wanna get married in Mexico in 5 months?"
Her: "Really? How? Wait, what?"
Me: "we could get married in the church down there"
Her "Really?, sure alright then"
Boom, Pang, Pow! We were married on 12/31/2008....actually it just worked out that that was our anniversary (we started datiing after dancing at a new years eve party on 12/31/1999) only cost us about $7-$8000 and we had like about 200 people attend....probably about 50 that we didn't even know and just came to party.
The funny part was the 4-5 "police men" that we had to hire for security. They were all Swat team attire with machine guns and a truck...kind of like this except it was only 4 or 5 of them:
Me: "wanna get married in Mexico in 5 months?"
Her: "Really? How? Wait, what?"
Me: "we could get married in the church down there"
Her "Really?, sure alright then"
Boom, Pang, Pow! We were married on 12/31/2008....actually it just worked out that that was our anniversary (we started datiing after dancing at a new years eve party on 12/31/1999) only cost us about $7-$8000 and we had like about 200 people attend....probably about 50 that we didn't even know and just came to party.
The funny part was the 4-5 "police men" that we had to hire for security. They were all Swat team attire with machine guns and a truck...kind of like this except it was only 4 or 5 of them:
DarkKenpachi
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I haven't read through the posts but let me say this:
weddings are not for the bride and groom they are for the guests. all that money you pay for food and whatnot, you don't even really get to enjoy it for the money you pay. sure it is your day, but it is everyone elses day also. lol
how big is your reception hall? can it even accommodate the added guests and how much more will it cost to invite these people? (side note even though people rsvp there is always a few who don't show at the last minute), so an extra 2-4 people ain't bad. lol)
I hope everything works out for you and you enjoy your day.
weddings are not for the bride and groom they are for the guests. all that money you pay for food and whatnot, you don't even really get to enjoy it for the money you pay. sure it is your day, but it is everyone elses day also. lol
how big is your reception hall? can it even accommodate the added guests and how much more will it cost to invite these people? (side note even though people rsvp there is always a few who don't show at the last minute), so an extra 2-4 people ain't bad. lol)
I hope everything works out for you and you enjoy your day.
Stark Rhavyn
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[quote name='DarkKenpachi']weddings are not for the bride and groom they are for the guests. all that money you pay for food and whatnot, you don't even really get to enjoy it for the money you pay. sure it is your day, but it is everyone elses day also. lol[/QUOTE]
My point exactly. If it ain't for you, why pay for it? You sure ain't gonna make that money back with 50 of the same $10 toaster from Walmart that all your relatives who don't know you anymore will get you.
Elope, have one of the guests throw you a party at someone's house and collect the booty. Then spend your money finding a country that doesn't hate Americans to vacation to.
My point exactly. If it ain't for you, why pay for it? You sure ain't gonna make that money back with 50 of the same $10 toaster from Walmart that all your relatives who don't know you anymore will get you.
Elope, have one of the guests throw you a party at someone's house and collect the booty. Then spend your money finding a country that doesn't hate Americans to vacation to.
[quote name='Stark Rhavyn']My point exactly. If it ain't for you, why pay for it? You sure ain't gonna make that money back with 50 of the same $10 toaster from Walmart that all your relatives who don't know you anymore will get you.
Elope, have one of the guests throw you a party at someone's house and collect the booty. Then spend your money finding a country that doesn't hate Americans to vacation to.[/quote]
My wife and I got enough cash to pay for our honeymoon (though we didn't count it up till after the fact). I'm sure the other gifts didn't add up to the cost of the wedding, but it's a pretty good subsidy, especially considering the parents paid for the vast majority.
To the topic at hand, I find moms will eventually get over whatever their issues are. My wife and I had planned to move in together shortly after we got engaged, but put it off due to her mom claiming they'd not contribute to the wedding if we were. After an awful couple of roommate experiences for her, we said
it and cohabitated anyway. Her mom pretended it never happened, but it worked out fine.
Elope, have one of the guests throw you a party at someone's house and collect the booty. Then spend your money finding a country that doesn't hate Americans to vacation to.[/quote]
My wife and I got enough cash to pay for our honeymoon (though we didn't count it up till after the fact). I'm sure the other gifts didn't add up to the cost of the wedding, but it's a pretty good subsidy, especially considering the parents paid for the vast majority.
To the topic at hand, I find moms will eventually get over whatever their issues are. My wife and I had planned to move in together shortly after we got engaged, but put it off due to her mom claiming they'd not contribute to the wedding if we were. After an awful couple of roommate experiences for her, we said
it and cohabitated anyway. Her mom pretended it never happened, but it worked out fine.
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