Hashtag Help

mcmahon2017wedding

My fiancé and I got engaged in December and after asking around I decided for our hashtag to be #mcmahonandwife with the year. 

Last week my FI's brother proposed and already my future SIL snagged it

I've had a lot of trouble coming up with a fun hashtag. My name is Crabbs and his is McMahon. Help me!

OliveOilsMom

How dare she?????

AddieCake

#CrabbsMcMahonWedding

Why has freaking out over wedding hashtags become a thing? #YouNeedAMargarita

jacques27

What did the police say?!?!

AddieCake

What exactly was so "fun" about the one she stole, by the way?

ThisShamanluvsaMage

JaxInBlue

AddieCake said:

#CrabbsMcMahonWedding

I'd go with this, because the first "fun" one I thought of is definitely not one I'd want associated with my wedding - or the wedding of anyone I thought highly about.  (#McMahonGotCrabbs, btw, if anyone was interested...)

AddieCake

That is brilliant, @JaxInBlue

lovesclimbing

Why not use your username?

justsie

I would bet money the one that @JaxInBlue suggested is open.....

justsie

I would bet money the one that @JaxInBlue suggested is open.....

kahluakoala

I will never for the life of me understand why everyone is such a stick in the mud about this. What's wrong with a goofy hashtag?

Also the OP's question wasn't "My FSIL stole my hash tag what a bitch how do I confront her about it" it was, "help me think of something new".

Unfortunately I can't think of anything, this really isn't my strong suit. I do appreciate a funny hashtag though. Good luck OP!

thisismynickname2

AddieCake said:

What exactly was so "fun" about the one she stole, by the way?

Mc-Man and Wife. I think it's clever. 

But, hashtags have to be unique enough to link to only your wedding, and easy enough to remember so guests can actually use it. Clever is only by luck. #CrabbeMcMahon2017 is totally acceptable and has a better ring to it than McMahonCrabbe2017, I think. 

JaxInBlue

KahluaKoala said:

I will never for the life of me understand why everyone is such a stick in the mud about this. What's wrong with a goofy hashtag?

Also the OP's question wasn't "My FSIL stole my hash tag what a bitch how do I confront her about it" it was, "help me think of something new".

Unfortunately I can't think of anything, this really isn't my strong suit. I do appreciate a funny hashtag though. Good luck OP!

@KahluaKoala - for me personally, goofy is fine, as long as it's fairly easy to convey to your guests.  For example, if the married couples' last name is going to be Belz, I'd probably be able to remember TheWeddingBelz2016.  But going for goofy when it's not there is harder - guests have to remember unique spellings or plays on words and it's not always second nature.  So then instead of one fairly easy to find hashtag, you've got five or six similarish hashtags, which kind of defeats the point.  I'd rather tag my pictures with TheNewSmiths2017 and know you've seen my memories of your event.

thespeshulestsnowflake

OT but I saw on facebook the other day that a friend from college has started his own business. He creates custom hashtags for 'people's special days.' (His words there). Not going to link because I am not a vendor...

kvruns

thisismynickname said:

AddieCake said:

What exactly was so "fun" about the one she stole, by the way?

Mc-Man and Wife. I think it's clever. 
 

I did not catch that at all. I just saw "last name and wife", oops

kvruns

KahluaKoala said:

I will never for the life of me understand why everyone is such a stick in the mud about this. What's wrong with a goofy hashtag?

Also the OP's question wasn't "My FSIL stole my hash tag what a bitch how do I confront her about it" it was, "help me think of something new".

Unfortunately I can't think of anything, this really isn't my strong suit. I do appreciate a funny hashtag though. Good luck OP!

my opinion on that is more along the lines of people who have never interacted in the community before coming in to ask for punny hashtags and having no other interaction with the PPs. If you want to crowd source ask your fb friends who actually know you and might have more insight that would lead to the kind of hashtag you want.

kimmiinthemitten

#McWedding2017
#McCrabbsWedding
#CrabbyMcMahons

I have a last name that is quite easy to dirty up but FI ruined my dream of having a funny newspaper announcement so our hashtag is going to be less fun than I would have hoped. 

Tyvm

#hashtag
ahahahahahhahahaha, I crack myself up.

madamerwin

Question: How does one "snag" a hashtag? It's not like a domain name you have to register... How does one lay claim to a hashtag?

bleve0821

TBH, this is a fun and clever hashtag, but McMahon is not really an uncommon name so I'm sure that it's not unique. That being said, you can add something else to the hashtag that you came up with to differentiate it from your FSIL, like #McMahonandWife4Life or go with something completely different like #ShestheMcMahon or #whenMcMahonLovesaWoman (too long, I know but you can really work with this)

kimmiinthemitten

madamerwin said:

Question: How does one "snag" a hashtag? It's not like a domain name you have to register... How does one lay claim to a hashtag?

Not sure if this meant to be tongue in cheek or not, but just in case:

For us, we want to use it to help collect photos taken that day, so we wanted to find a hashtag that other people were least likely to use.  I use hashtags all the time on Instagram, as do a lot of our friends, so for us it just made sense.

In this case, since the guest list will likely share a lot of the same guests, if both couples used the same hashtag, when looking through the photos, they'd have to figure out if it was their wedding or SIL's so I think OP was just going to let SIL have it rather than create a ridiculous stink over something ridiculous.

madamerwin

kimmiinthemitten said:

madamerwin said:

Question: How does one "snag" a hashtag? It's not like a domain name you have to register... How does one lay claim to a hashtag?

Not sure if this meant to be tongue in cheek or not, but just in case:

For us, we want to use it to help collect photos taken that day, so we wanted to find a hashtag that other people were least likely to use.  I use hashtags all the time on Instagram, as do a lot of our friends, so for us it just made sense.

In this case, since the guest list will likely share a lot of the same guests, if both couples used the same hashtag, when looking through the photos, they'd have to figure out if it was their wedding or SIL's so I think OP was just going to let SIL have it rather than create a ridiculous stink over something ridiculous.

I was being snarky. There is not a way to lay claim to a hashtag other than using it... So if OP decided to use the hashtag, but did not actually begin using it, then it was not really hers to begin with. If that makes sense.

OP, I do agree with @AtomicBlonde that there are a ton of ways to incorporate McMahon into a hashtag while still being clever... #NextMcMahonUp #2017McMahonAndWife and I do enjoy #McMahonCaughtCrabbs

ETA: Who is getting married first? Because most hashtag usage will happen on the day of the wedding, if you're getting married first, there really isn't anything stopping you from using it. Except possibly the wrath of FI's brother and his fiance.

lovesclimbing

kvruns said:

thisismynickname said:

AddieCake said:

What exactly was so "fun" about the one she stole, by the way?

Mc-Man and Wife. I think it's clever. 
 

I did not catch that at all. I just saw "last name and wife", oops

I didn't either. 

mcmahon2017wedding

Yeah it's pronounced "McMan" quite the upgrade from Crabbs. 

mcmahon2017wedding

kvruns said:

KahluaKoala said:

I will never for the life of me understand why everyone is such a stick in the mud about this. What's wrong with a goofy hashtag?

Also the OP's question wasn't "My FSIL stole my hash tag what a bitch how do I confront her about it" it was, "help me think of something new".

Unfortunately I can't think of anything, this really isn't my strong suit. I do appreciate a funny hashtag though. Good luck OP!

my opinion on that is more along the lines of people who have never interacted in the community before coming in to ask for punny hashtags and having no other interaction with the PPs. If you want to crowd source ask your fb friends who actually know you and might have more insight that would lead to the kind of hashtag you want.

Boooo. I've been active on this site for a while. Just haven't had much input to put on people's posts since I just got engaged!!

mcmahon2017wedding

madamerwin said:

kimmiinthemitten said:

madamerwin said:

Question: How does one "snag" a hashtag? It's not like a domain name you have to register... How does one lay claim to a hashtag?

Not sure if this meant to be tongue in cheek or not, but just in case:

For us, we want to use it to help collect photos taken that day, so we wanted to find a hashtag that other people were least likely to use.  I use hashtags all the time on Instagram, as do a lot of our friends, so for us it just made sense.

In this case, since the guest list will likely share a lot of the same guests, if both couples used the same hashtag, when looking through the photos, they'd have to figure out if it was their wedding or SIL's so I think OP was just going to let SIL have it rather than create a ridiculous stink over something ridiculous.

I was being snarky. There is not a way to lay claim to a hashtag other than using it... So if OP decided to use the hashtag, but did not actually begin using it, then it was not really hers to begin with. If that makes sense.

OP, I do agree with @AtomicBlonde that there are a ton of ways to incorporate McMahon into a hashtag while still being clever... #NextMcMahonUp #2017McMahonAndWife and I do enjoy #McMahonCaughtCrabbs

ETA: Who is getting married first? Because most hashtag usage will happen on the day of the wedding, if you're getting married first, there really isn't anything stopping you from using it. Except possibly the wrath of FI's brother and his fiance.

@madamerwin ... Much to my future SIL's dismay I am getting married first - actually I inadvertently picked her original wedding date that she wanted before she was even engaged. Commence bride wars. 

I do love #nextmcmahonup too. That's fun!!!

mcmahon2017wedding

madamerwin said:

kimmiinthemitten said:

madamerwin said:

Question: How does one "snag" a hashtag? It's not like a domain name you have to register... How does one lay claim to a hashtag?

Not sure if this meant to be tongue in cheek or not, but just in case:

For us, we want to use it to help collect photos taken that day, so we wanted to find a hashtag that other people were least likely to use.  I use hashtags all the time on Instagram, as do a lot of our friends, so for us it just made sense.

In this case, since the guest list will likely share a lot of the same guests, if both couples used the same hashtag, when looking through the photos, they'd have to figure out if it was their wedding or SIL's so I think OP was just going to let SIL have it rather than create a ridiculous stink over something ridiculous.

I was being snarky. There is not a way to lay claim to a hashtag other than using it... So if OP decided to use the hashtag, but did not actually begin using it, then it was not really hers to begin with. If that makes sense.

OP, I do agree with @AtomicBlonde that there are a ton of ways to incorporate McMahon into a hashtag while still being clever... #NextMcMahonUp #2017McMahonAndWife and I do enjoy #McMahonCaughtCrabbs

ETA: Who is getting married first? Because most hashtag usage will happen on the day of the wedding, if you're getting married first, there really isn't anything stopping you from using it. Except possibly the wrath of FI's brother and his fiance.

@madamerwin ... Much to my future SIL's dismay I am getting married first - actually I inadvertently picked her original wedding date that she wanted before she was even engaged. Commence bride wars. 

I do love #nextmcmahonup too. That's fun!!!

bleve0821

#McMahonUp

madamerwin

mcmahon2017wedding said:

madamerwin said:

kimmiinthemitten said:

madamerwin said:

Question: How does one "snag" a hashtag? It's not like a domain name you have to register... How does one lay claim to a hashtag?

Not sure if this meant to be tongue in cheek or not, but just in case:

For us, we want to use it to help collect photos taken that day, so we wanted to find a hashtag that other people were least likely to use.  I use hashtags all the time on Instagram, as do a lot of our friends, so for us it just made sense.

In this case, since the guest list will likely share a lot of the same guests, if both couples used the same hashtag, when looking through the photos, they'd have to figure out if it was their wedding or SIL's so I think OP was just going to let SIL have it rather than create a ridiculous stink over something ridiculous.

I was being snarky. There is not a way to lay claim to a hashtag other than using it... So if OP decided to use the hashtag, but did not actually begin using it, then it was not really hers to begin with. If that makes sense.

OP, I do agree with @AtomicBlonde that there are a ton of ways to incorporate McMahon into a hashtag while still being clever... #NextMcMahonUp #2017McMahonAndWife and I do enjoy #McMahonCaughtCrabbs

ETA: Who is getting married first? Because most hashtag usage will happen on the day of the wedding, if you're getting married first, there really isn't anything stopping you from using it. Except possibly the wrath of FI's brother and his fiance.

@madamerwin ... Much to my future SIL's dismay I am getting married first - actually I inadvertently picked her original wedding date that she wanted before she was even engaged. Commence bride wars. 

I do love #nextmcmahonup too. That's fun!!!

Did she know you planned to use #McMahonandWife? Is it possible that she was so upset you "stole" her wedding date that she decided to steal your hashtag? If so, tread lightly... I mean, you really could just use the original hashtag since your wedding is first, and then you will have established ownership, so to speak. But if she is really upset you might be "stealing her thunder" then using another hashtag could save you a headache.

holyguacamole79

#shesthemcmahon