asks me something about our wedding and then just says, "oh that sounds nice". But you know what, it's never gonna happen. People just can't seem to help themselves. Sample from a recent conversation that I tried to avoid even having:
Friend of a friend: "What are you doing for _______ ?" (flowers, venue, insert anything)
Me: In a confident tone that conveys I'm happy with our choices, "Blah blah blah blah blah :-D"
Friend of a friend: With somewhat of a frown on her face, "well what about _______? (insert the exact opposite of my answer, from 1980 and/or tacky; honeyfund anyone??)
Repeat 10 times depsite as many attempts to bean dip. I finally just said something to the effect that we're no longer in the planning stage, happy with our choices and really excited for the wedding. Then managed to finally steer the conversation elsewhere. But what I would have liked to say to her is that you have outdated and tacky taste. Why would I incorporate any of your shitty ideas into the tasteful, lovely wedding we're planning? Just becaues YOU don't get it, doesn't mean everyone else is wrong. Now please STFU and pass the wine.
And while I'm at it... we weren't going to have a WP or bridal shower and have just reversed course on both recently. So newly appointed MOH is nicely hosting a bridal shower for me. I posted before about the nightmare it was to set up a registry, etc. We have different styles, so I brought her up to speed on what the invitation will look like, colors we're using etc. because my understanding is that the bridal shower invite can echo the style of the other invites. Well the whole point was lost on her, evidenced by the samples she sent me. They were pretty lame invites, and not at all indicative of the style of our wedding, my taste / style or even the freakin' theme of the shower. So she asks me for links to ones I like and then proceeds to send me more samples that, again, are really off base, including two for a couple's shower, which we're not having. Um, hello?. I tried to make light of it, asking what was wrong with the ones I sent and she said I'm just trying to be creative. Um, ok.... then don't ask for my input and then proceed to ignore it and make opposite choices. I find that very very annoying. In the end, it's a peice of paper that will be tossed and doen't matter that much. And I'm grateful that she's hosting the shower. I am. I just wish she didn't have to make simple tasks more complicated than necessary.
Thank God for this board and being able to get this stuff off my chest.