I just need a minute to snark before FH gets home!

japlanet

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

RebeccaFlower

Wow, that sounds like it's going to be a total shit show. I'm a douche bag and would probably change my plans to attend. 

banana468

Eff that. So you are not only supposed to cater their wedding but work it too?

Yeah, I can't think of many people that would get me to do this.

climbingsingle

Holy shit. That's fucking crazy. Hey, come to my wedding and make food and bring whatever you want to drink and help serve and clean up! Sounds like a GREAT time. 

lovegood90

Ahh! Cannot unsee!

Yeah, there is nobody on this earth I'd put up with any of that for.

littlepep

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

Kahlyla

Yeah, I'd be declining that. Or going to my hotel and just, you know, skipping it at this point.

banana468

And I know you said you're going but I'd seriously sit my DH/FI down to say that I work too effing hard to take time OFF from work to work a wedding.  And if I was going to be convinced to do this then I wouldn't be buying a gift.

sheknows6

japlanet

Yeah, well at this point we are making the trip.

I was reminded of one of the many reasons I love FH when he did come home - I started reading off the website in a neutral voice, like, "oh, it's BYOB and a potluck!" and he looked up at me like 

So we had a good laugh and decided, yeah, we will go but just for ceremony and stay a bit, then leave and have a nice dinner out together.

sarahufl

The mashed potatoes are the best part of this thread.

anjemon

Sounds like you guys have come up with a good plan.

My FI's friends have a big camping thing every summer for a weekend. I like his friends, they're very fun. And every year after we arrive I start to think "man, why didn't we come yesterday? These people are so fun!" And then we sleep in a tent or in a camper (I think it was a single bed we shared) and I remember why. Because I hate camping and I sleep so poorly.

But hopefully you'll be having so much fun with everyone you won't mind.

climbingsingle

sarahufl said:

The mashed potatoes are the best part of this thread.

I keep picturing like a large vat of potatoes with a line of people and a timer.

Chipmunk415

I'd bring a metal chicken. With a loud, annoying alarm inside. Loud enough to wake up the entire camp. Cause, you know, you gotta get up at the asscrack of dawn to get everyone up and cooking/cleaning/prepping everything for your wedding..

drunkenwitch

Chipmunk415 said:

I'd bring a metal chicken. With a loud, annoying alarm inside. Loud enough to wake up the entire camp. Cause, you know, you gotta get up at the asscrack of dawn to get everyone up and cooking/cleaning/prepping everything for your wedding..

You Beyoncé the giant metal chicken?

Chipmunk415

drunkenwitch said:

Chipmunk415 said:

I'd bring a metal chicken. With a loud, annoying alarm inside. Loud enough to wake up the entire camp. Cause, you know, you gotta get up at the asscrack of dawn to get everyone up and cooking/cleaning/prepping everything for your wedding..

You Beyoncé the giant metal chicken?

Something like that. Though I'd pick a really, really annoying song for the alarm...perhaps the Narwhal song? Or, since it's a wedding, Single Ladies?

Extra points if the chicken has articulated joints and animatronics and does a noisy, clanky dance to the tune.

fyrchk

Is it wrong that I want you to wrap a box of instant masked potatoes and give that as your gift?

bizzy592

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

japlanet

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

Since you asked:

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bizzy592

Holy shit. That's worse than I imagined.

allispain

japlanet said:

bizzy592 said:

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

Since you asked:

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Eww. Eww. Eww eww eww.

banana468

Why is accept such a hard word to spell? 

TrixieJess

japlanet said:

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

Since you asked:

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What is a Banana Un-Peeler? I peel a banana every morning for my toddler son. Usually after coffee, I don't find it that difficult, what the hell is this? I'm intrigued...

[Deleted User]

Do they mean the banana slicer?  http://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII  Because this has made the news for the amazing amazon reviews.

TrixieJess

adk19 said:

Do they mean the banana slicer?  http://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII  Because this has made the news for the amazing amazon reviews.

FI's work used to sell these and the hot dog slicer. It made me weep for the demise of mankind as we know it.

anjemon

japlanet said:

bizzy592 said:

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

Since you asked:

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So here are my questions:

 - Who gives tomatoes as gifts? I don't even see giving something like tomato sauce as a gift.

- Who gives livestock as gifts? I'm assuming even in the farming community that's not typical. My one friend is married to a working farmer and I didn't see any livestock at their wedding.

- Why all the hate on the Banana Un-Peeler? Doesn't that count as a random kitchen gift they don't have on their registry?

japlanet

TrixieJess said:

japlanet said:

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

Since you asked:

Please Kindly Avoid Giving Us:

• Random kitchen items not on our list (we probably already have it)
  
• Something just for the sake of giving us something, ie random non-sentimental trinkets. 
  (Heirlooms, and/or things that aresentimental or beautiful or meaningful to/made by you are TOTALLY excepted.  And with all due respect! We just want to avoid having more Things in our piles of "Stuff”, if they're not sentimental -- We've already done a ton of downsizing!) If you're struggling to give us something, just give us your love and enjoy the party!
  
• Tomatoes: [Groom's] allergic
• Livestock: we already have a Mikey (yes, they have a pet goat)
• a Banana Un-Peeler

What is a Banana Un-Peeler? I peel a banana every morning for my toddler son. Usually after coffee, I don't find it that difficult, what the hell is this? I'm intrigued...

If you click the link it take you to a youtube video. I think it was supposed to be a joke?

TrixieJess

japlanet said:

TrixieJess said:

japlanet said:

japlanet said:

So FH and I are getting married in June (thanks for everyone's input on my other thread)! We also have a number of friends getting married this summer. One in particular, I just got the invite when I got home today and I need to vent for a minute about this before he gets home because I don't want to say anything mean about it to him (it is the wedding of one of his friends).

So background, we have known about this wedding for a while (date/location) even though no STD or invite had been sent. So we have already planned to fly cross country for this wedding (we both have taken time off work, booked flights and hotels) - it is important to FH to be there, and I want to support him/meet his friends prior to our wedding.

So today we get the invite, 6 weeks before the wedding date (ok fine) - a postcard with a personal note (fine) - RSVP on the website (fine).

On said website I discover - wedding is at a campsite, they are camping Fri/Sat night and guests are invited to camp with them for free if they bring their own tents and food (we already booked hotels, which is fine with me, I don't want to camp anyway, but might have been nice to know prior). The wedding on Saturday is a potluck (but there is a note that if you are flying to be there, you get a pass on bringing food, so we are exempted) and BYOB. For a registry, you can sign up to help/work during the wedding day (one of the things you can sign up for is making a big pot of mashed potatoes for dinner) or contribute $ to something on their 'wish list' - also there is a list of things to "please refrain" from buying them.

I will go with a smile on my face and a card with a cheque in it but, gah. Just needed to vent for a sec!

This is what I'm really curious about. What isn't good enough for the couple registering for physical labor?

Since you asked:

Please Kindly Avoid Giving Us:

• Random kitchen items not on our list (we probably already have it)
  
• Something just for the sake of giving us something, ie random non-sentimental trinkets. 
  (Heirlooms, and/or things that aresentimental or beautiful or meaningful to/made by you are TOTALLY excepted.  And with all due respect! We just want to avoid having more Things in our piles of "Stuff”, if they're not sentimental -- We've already done a ton of downsizing!) If you're struggling to give us something, just give us your love and enjoy the party!
  
• Tomatoes: [Groom's] allergic
• Livestock: we already have a Mikey (yes, they have a pet goat)
• a Banana Un-Peeler

What is a Banana Un-Peeler? I peel a banana every morning for my toddler son. Usually after coffee, I don't find it that difficult, what the hell is this? I'm intrigued...

If you click the link it take you to a youtube video. I think it was supposed to be a joke?

That's too bad, on cranky days where the coffee isn't cutting it, it may come in handy...

charlottesmom0626

I would probably give as many of those things as possible. Like a basket  with an ugly photoframe, useless kitchen gadget, banana thing, and a whole bushel of tomatoes. 

justsie

I have not stumbled across that video before and I have to just say thank you for that laugh!

zitiqueen

You forgot to mention that they're generously providing drinks/chocolates for the people who cook the mashed potatoes and do the dishes all weekend. Or that people who decide to camp have to pay to take a shower.

You really made it easy to find.