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MissAngel

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MissAngel

Dear Vendors,

Just FYI... Maybe you don't know how this works, but we have a community here.  Although it might appear to be a good place to cryptically post about your company, pretty much the minute anyone figures out that you ARE a vendor, you pretty much lost a customer.  It's annoying to see the posts and you are more likley going to lose more business/referrals rather than gain anything from them.

-a fellow un-cryptic Knottie

juliebug1997

I know that his doctors are looking out for his best interests, but I don't know why they are accusing my dad of being reckless and irresponsible.  He fell getting up from the toilet.  He started bleeding in the shower and YOU told him it could happen at any time.  It's not like he was skateboarding or climbing a ladder.  He doesn't need to be in a home.

I need Prudential to get their butts in gear so that we finalize all this stuff from Mom's work.  She passed away two months ago.  They had all the paperwork six weeks ago and asked for another set for some reason.  They now have had it for over a week.  That was my mother's money.  Give it to my dad already.

I want to go back to NYC like now. 

cfibelkorn

I am TIRED of crappy friends....

I HAD a bridesmaid who is pregnant so I have been very easy going on her about getting a dress. The other bridesmaids bought their dresses months ago...obviously since she is now 8 months pregnant she had to wait until the last minute.

Crappy thing is that about 2 months ago she stopped returning our calls, emails and FB messages....she apparently "lost her phone" and "lent her computer to someone" but yet somehow she was updating her FB posts everyday still.....

Still Im pretty nice and I just let it slide. Well I get a FB message this morning that she cannot find a dress so she doesnt think she should be in my wedding party anymore but she will still be at my wedding!!!! She has known she needs a dress for over a year!! And b/c she wasn't answering calls we werent able to invite her to my bachelorette party....

Flame me ALL YOU WANT ladies for my poor ettique but she is becoming officially UNinvited from the wedding today (I will be bringing this to her attention in about an hour)

You don't get to treat me like sh*t and then expect me to still pay for you to come to my wedding...UGH!! Why did she have to start my Friday off so badly!

bsn1752

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:49859d80-911a-482d-9417-58c4fa85a2d3">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]I am TIRED of crappy friends.... I HAD a bridesmaid who is pregnant so I have been very easy going on her about getting a dress. The other bridesmaids bought their dresses months ago...obviously since she is now 8 months pregnant she had to wait until the last minute. Crappy thing is that about 2 months ago she stopped returning our calls, emails and FB messages....she apparently "lost her phone" and "lent her computer to someone" but yet somehow she was updating her FB posts everyday still..... Still Im pretty nice and I just let it slide. Well I get a FB message this morning that she cannot find a dress so she doesnt think she should be in my wedding party anymore but she will still be at my wedding!!!! She has known she needs a dress for over a year!! And b/c she wasn't answering calls we werent able to invite her to my bachelorette party.... Flame me ALL YOU WANT ladies for my poor ettique but she is becoming officially UNinvited from the wedding today (I will be bringing this to her attention in about an hour) You don't get to treat me like sh*t and then expect me to still pay for you to come to my wedding...UGH!! Why did she have to start my Friday off so badly!
Posted by cfibelkorn[/QUOTE]

Etiquette or not... I don't blame you one bit!

juliebug1997

Chelsea,
I agree with you. 

I invited a friend to the wedding and she promised me for five and a half months that she was going to be there and she was willing to help out.  Then she starts texting me about how to get to the reception from FW.  She didn't come to the ceremony--she just came for the free food and booze.  I don't talk to her anymore.

cfibelkorn

Thank goodness Im not just a mean b**tch     (okay maybe I am just a little bit)

But at this point it is taking everything in me to continue to be nice to everyone. I am a nice person and even when someone is rude to me I try to always have respect for others but with a year and a half engagement and two weeks left til the wedding...I am sooo over people only caring about themselves! I know MY wedding isn't as important to everyone else...but as a so called "friend" have compassion and understanding as to how important it is for me. I go out of my way to always help others and it is really frustrating that others cannot go out of the way for us  

serlace

Chelsea - I so completely understand where you are coming from.  It's also hard because you are two weeks out and you have a trazillion other things to worry about besides a crappy friend.  I'm sorry you are having to deal with this right now.  It's hard not to think about it, I know.  Sergio told me - when I went through something similiar - is to put your negative thoughts on hold about this person until after the wedding.  That way these thoughts are not what you remember when you look back on the planning time before your wedding.  Hang in there - two more weeks!!  How exciting!!

cfibelkorn

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:4295245e-d28c-4238-bc89-93e34c731367">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]Chelsea - I so completely understand where you are coming from.  It's also hard because you are two weeks out and you have a trazillion other things to worry about besides a crappy friend.  I'm sorry you are having to deal with this right now.  It's hard not to think about it, I know.  Sergio told me - when I went through something similiar - is to put your negative thoughts on hold about this person until after the wedding.  That way these thoughts are not what you remember when you look back on the planning time before your wedding.  Hang in there - two more weeks!!  How exciting!!
Posted by serlace[/QUOTE]

Thanks :) Your husband sounds like my FI...the one to always calm me down when Im about to combust haha  

Bootsie12

I flame my previous DOC for going MIA only a few weeks before the wedding! If you can no longer provide your services for the wedding, then let me know. Don't just no longer answer the phone or respond to emails. Thank goodness I found a wonderful new DOC and booked them with only 15 days left.

DFWIndian

Chelsea, No we don't flame you for that. I think it's crap she would do something like that. If it was too much for her she should have said something to you before today. Hope the next two weeks are better! You're almost there!

MsLaura31

Bootsie - Do you mind telling us who the old and new DOCs are? I'm so sorry they flaked out... That's the one vendor who you don't expect to do that!

FebDallasBride

Oh chelsea, I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. I don't blame you one bit. So crappy on her part.

I very much am getting turned off by all these Cryptic posts. Do vendors think they are that slick?

Also, sometimes "ask your photographer" is not the answer we're looking for, particularly when we know what we are looking for just not where it's located. Luckily, my MOHs and I are going on a a Pegasus scavenger hunt in Jan when they are both in town to find more of them.

NathanandJordan

I flame my bartender who backed out of our wedding.  I know I'm still eight months out, but it took me over a month to get in touch with her and get an answer and then a couple days later she tells me she has an annual trip she takes with her sisters.  That's nice and all and it won't be hard to replace her, but its an ANNUAL trip!  She knew about it and when it was!  She could have just told me that rather than giving me the runaround for a month! 


Also, I'd like to double flame (can you do that?)  the crypticism (idk if that is a word, but if not then chalk one up to my creative license) on the boards lately.  If you have to sneak around to drum up business then you are obviously not a very good vendor and I wouldn't want to book with you anyways.

shortgirltx

I flame my dang coworker.  My "surprise" party is tonight (which she spilled the beans on earlier this week) and then she spilled where it was a few minutes ago.  I feel bad for my husband because this is the first time he has attempted to do something for my birthday and she opened her mouth, multiple times.

lacy1603

Chelsea - I don't blame you either!  Shady people, I swear!

fallbride1109

Sorry, I didn't mean "ask your photographer" as in "ask them, not us."  I think I was just in a hurry.  But your photographer should know some good locations for what you are looking for.  That was all I meant.  I should have elaborated.

DFWIndian

Ok.. I'm as bad as Brianna last week and I don't see these cryptic messages by vendors. I guess my mind just skips over it.

serlace

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:25d1db1e-efe7-480a-815c-c59a103db5e3">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]Ok.. I'm as bad as Brianna last week and I don't see these cryptic messages by vendors. I guess my mind just skips over it.
Posted by DFWIndian[/QUOTE]

Look down the page for the one regarding the videographer.  That one isn't so cryptic.  She has only posted once.  She is 'in love' with her videographer.  Oh and if you need a videographer - here is all his information.  Blah, blah, blah.  I agree with PPs.  I would never book a vendor that posts on here 'trying' to be a knottie. 

DFWIndian

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:8cbc5120-4e3e-4fe4-8a94-3bbc438fce4a">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : Look down the page for the one regarding the videographer.  That one isn't so cryptic.  She has only posted once.  She is 'in love' with her videographer.  Oh and if you need a videographer - here is all his information.  Blah, blah, blah.  I agree with PPs.  I would never book a vendor that posts on here 'trying' to be a knottie. 
Posted by serlace[/QUOTE]

Yea.. I was right. My naive self thought it was an actual bride posting about them. I just ignored the post since I have a videographer already.

FebDallasBride

[QUOTE]Sorry, I didn't mean "ask your photographer" as in "ask them, not us."  I think I was just in a hurry.  But your photographer should know some good locations for what you are looking for.  That was all I meant.  I should have elaborated.
Posted by stephiehall[/QUOTE]

It's cool, I had just gotten back from a meeting with my photog and we were bouncing ideas off each other for engagements. I just figured some of the gals on here had maybe ventured downtown/Deep Ellum and had seen some uncommon ones out there.

Bootsie12

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:80eee824-73f7-4457-99d1-467e79348a7e">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]Bootsie - Do you mind telling us who the old and new DOCs are? I'm so sorry they flaked out... That's the one vendor who you don't expect to do that!
Posted by MsLaura31[/QUOTE]

The old vendor was Weddings your way. My new vendor is Bride Associates, Chelsea is awesome.

TexanTreasure08

Yes the vendors are really irritating. That BrinCasey name, all but 2 of her posts are about that group of companies. Really, you think we're that stupid?? Now I won't be taking ANY recommendations for them seriously, even if it is from a real person!

ewinkler1977

I flame all of these vendors that are backing out of weddings.  Very unprofessional and they don't realize how much extra stress that adds. And some for stupid reasons.

NathanandJordan

ok feel free to flame me but I just opened my bday present and FI got me a Kindle!!

FebDallasBride

I flame people who don't understand why rates on peak nights are higher than off-peak days, especially during the holidays. I just had someone tell me they had a not-even $20/head budget and they want a Friday night. I almost started laughing on the phone when I heard that.

FebDallasBride

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:03c13852-74e7-42bb-9b0d-97a6875975a3">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]ok feel free to flame me but I just opened my bday present and FI got me a Kindle!!
Posted by NathanandJordan[/QUOTE]

OOOOH Let us know how you like it. I think I'm getting my mom one for Christmas

fallbride1109

I flame myself for not knowing what a kindle is.

I think 18 is too young to get married.  And there is no exception to this.

bsn1752

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:48dd5d85-a68c-43c3-9ac0-70b88ae21c26">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]I flame all of these vendors that are backing out of weddings.  Very unprofessional and they don't realize how much extra stress that adds. And some for stupid reasons.
Posted by ewinkler1977[/QUOTE]

Given my current issue... AMEN! 

sparklingdiamond

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-33?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:4a2620cf-b7d4-4909-94d5-478440669e99Post:9cd97f39-2d81-45d1-97c8-0904ae998cc8">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]I flame myself for not knowing what a kindle is. I think 18 is too young to get married.  And there is no exception to this.
Posted by stephiehall[/QUOTE]

A kindle is the thing from amazon where you can read books on it.  An e-reader I think they are called?

And I agree, 18 is way too young!

cfibelkorn

So I told that "friend" she was out of the wedding....who is the mean, bad guy here...you guessed it...ME haha some people are so ridiculous


Stephie - A kindle is basically an electronic book. You can download books on it and read whatever you purchase...it is nice if you read a lot b/c then you dont have to carry multiple books just one small device