FFF

bsn1752

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : Yup.  At least, that is what the website claims.... :)
Posted by mseale[/QUOTE]

WOW... those look like crystal!  You're making me a believer.  :)

MissAngel

Okay I have one more thing and I'll be a lurker for the rest of the day

Please don't just say "budget" venue/flower/cake etc.  What does your budget mean?  Give me a range you are looking for.  Budget for you doesn't mean the same thing to everyone.  I told my cousin I was working on a tight budget.  She said she was too and how difficult it was, and come to find out her budget was $40k more than me!... I wouldn't call that working on a "tight budget".

So if you ask for "budget" or "budget-friendly" suggestions, please give a number/range you are looking for.

On another note, I agree... FFF makes me feel snarky...

I'm out.

cfibelkorn

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : The 2nd picture is plastic?!?!?!
Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

They even have plastic silverware that is silver in color and looks real (until you pick it up of course)  :)

So there is away to make plastic look nice, although it never beats the real thing IMO.

mseale

AGain, my preference is for real.  And I think it is silly to sell glasses that you have already purchased.

BUT... if funds are tight, it is one way to save, and not be tacky.

bsn1752

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[QUOTE]Okay I have one more thing and I'll be a lurker for the rest of the day :) Please don't just say "budget" venue/flower/cake etc.  What does your budget mean?  Give me a range you are looking for.  Budget for you doesn't mean the same thing to everyone.  I told my cousin I was working on a tight budget.  She said she was too and how difficult it was, and come to find out her budget was $40k more than me!... I wouldn't call that working on a "tight budget". So if you ask for "budget" or "budget-friendly" suggestions, please give a number/range you are looking for. On another note, I agree... FFF makes me feel snarky... I'm out.
Posted by MissAngel[/QUOTE]

I agree.... you ever notice that the very first question we ask if "what would you consider 'budget friendly'?"...

Budget is definitely a relative term.

DFWIndian

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[QUOTE]I may be a little late on this.. but I didn't understand the need to start planning before the engagement and why there was a need to encourage it. I totally understand if you are bound of religious, cultural, or other reasons out of your control to start planning your wedding, but why jump the gun if you are not obligated? So many things can happen over such a long period of time, and why not enjoy each phase of the relationship as is, and let things flow naturally? Dresses, venues, photographers, etc. will always be there. I am not discounting the relationship or anything like that, but  I don't understand why a person would want to plan their wedding prior to actually being engaged.
Posted by SoonToBeMrsHoz[/QUOTE]

I'm 9 months out and because I started early I can take the break I need from wedding planning to get other things done. Honestly, I think people know where they stand and can make the decision to start planning before, after, whenever they want.
Yes, culture sparked my early planning. Both parents sat down and decided, we knew before they met we wanted this (not to get things wrong). I was fine with it. I even went to a G2G without a ring. Granted it was a little embarrasing to me, but I met some great people. I wouldn't have done it any other way!

mseale

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[QUOTE]Please don't just say "budget" venue/flower/cake etc.  What does your budget mean?  Give me a range you are looking for.  Budget for you doesn't mean the same thing to everyone.  I told my cousin I was working on a tight budget.  She said she was too and how difficult it was, and come to find out her budget was $40k more than me!... I wouldn't call that working on a "tight budget". So if you ask for "budget" or "budget-friendly" suggestions, please give a number/range you are looking for.
Posted by MissAngel[/QUOTE]

AMEN!  Budget doesn't mean a thing....

and holy smokes.. 40k more? I wish I had 40k to work with.  Period.

NMac2010

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[QUOTE]So many things can happen over such a long period of time, and why not enjoy each phase of the relationship as is, and let things flow naturally?
Posted by SoonToBeMrsHoz[/QUOTE]

Completely 100% agree with this.

I was in a long term relationship before DH. I was with him for about 4 years longer than I've been with DH, in fact. We dated 5 years, lived together a year, and were engaged for 6 months and then broke up. We just weren't right for each other, and realized it luckily before we said I do. But, we had been talking about getting engaged for YEARS before it happened. I think i was caught up in "wedding fever" during college, seeing everyone else getting engaged and I was in love with the idea of getting engaged and married more than I was actually in love with my ex-FI. That, and we had been together so long, we just thought it was the next natural step. We didn't stop to think "Hey, is this what we both really want?" But, had I started planning the wedding and booking vendors before we were engaged, I would have been up sh!t creek when we broke up. Luckily since we were planning on a 14 month engagement, I hadn't done much but book the venue and bought a dress..oh and photographer. It was a little bit of a mess to say the least...but if I had done more of that early on, it would have been worse! 

My point is, you just never know what can happen. You think you have everything planned out, but until you say "I do", nothing is set in stone. Just relax and enjoy the relationship. I think if my ex-FI and I hadn't talked SO much about getting engaged (ok, I did more talking than he did), and we would have let it happen naturally, then he may not have proposed at all and it may have fizzled out before we got to that point and it would have saved me a lot of trouble at the end.

cfibelkorn

Ugh I agree! There are so many different factors that make up a "budget"

My budget could be $5,000 but I only have 10 guests OR my budget could be $15,000 but I have 250....one is way less in the monetary sense but the larger guest list means that person has less money to work with in all honesty


HELLO peeps!! Get a clue!! haha

Tiffany618

Budget doesn't mean cheap.  I'm not sure where that originated from.   Budget means a plan.

Your "budget" could be 100K, and it's still a budget.   Granted, you probably wouldn't be on this board asking for rec's if you had 100K to blow. 

ETA:  Four pages before 11 am and no one has gotten seriously offended.  You ladies have made me proud today.

NMac2010

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[QUOTE]Hi people! I'm lurking today. I don't get the big deal made by so many people about pregnancy test pictures. If I saw someone's positive results, I'd be excited for them, not think "OMG, once upon a time, the last inch of that test that's hiding under that cap had urine on it!!" Seriously. It's really not that gross.
Posted by cherrrylll[/QUOTE]

I don't think it's gross at all. I just think it's something very private to be posting on the world wide web. But, that's just my opinion. Not to mention, I also think telling the world as soon as you find out via pee test isn't so smart either. 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage. How would you feel having a miscarriage a week after you tell the entire world you were pregnant? Just sayin. Because it's happened to me. We didn't tell a soul, not even our parents, and we were glad we didn't, for that exact reason.

brooke.anne

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[QUOTE]I flame all of you for not agreeing with me!  *hmph* :)  totally kidding... <strong>FFF has been great the last few weeks!</strong>
Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

<div>I love FFF. I don't think people should feel "snarky" (I hate that word!) I think it is a good way to express how you feel or things that are bothering you. Everybody is usually understanding on this board and it is interesting to see all of the different opinions. If it was mean and everybody got out of hand, I probably wouldn't like it but...</div><div>
</div><div>I say, keep flaming! </div>

cfibelkorn

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : I don't think it's gross at all. I just think it's something very private to be posting on the world wide web. But, that's just my opinion. Not to mention, I also think telling the world as soon as you find out via pee test isn't so smart either. 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage. <strong>How would you feel having a miscarriage a week after you tell the entire world you were pregnant? Just sayin. Because it's happened to me. We didn't tell a sole, not even our parents, and we were glad we didn't, for that exact reason.
</strong>Posted by NMac2010[/QUOTE]

THIS EXACTLY!!! I had a cousin who got pregnant at 16 and told everyone within a month of being pregnant....my thought was "Why would you tell this to everyone right now"

I would personally wait about 3 months into being pregnant before sharing the news. Especially if I was 16 because if you end up having a miscarriage now everyone knows your having sex at 16....I dont know, it's just weird to me

NMac2010

I know, I used the wrong "soul"...and someone quoted me before I had a chance to fix it, dang it!

bsn1752

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[QUOTE]Four pages before 11 am and no one has gotten seriously offended.  You ladies have made me proud today.
Posted by Tiffany618[/QUOTE]

Haha... I know! Look at us go... we're growing. :)

cfibelkorn

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[QUOTE]I know, I used the wrong "soul"...and s<strong>omeone quoted me before I had a chance to fix it</strong>, dang it! ;)
Posted by NMac2010[/QUOTE]

hahaha sorry....that would be me! I knew what you meant :)

NMac2010

But yes, I understand the excitement of finding out you're pregnant and wanting to tell everyone. I know, I've been there! But the fear of losing the baby in the first tri, and then having to go and tell everyone that, was larger than the excitement for me.

I guess I felt that if we God forbid had to deal with that loss, I wanted to deal with it privately.

DFWIndian

New Flame: I flame the rumor I just heard at work. Just because my hips are wide does not mean I've had sex! When did this become a way to tell that stuff??  Honestly were does that come from? I don't care what you and your SO do, Why the crap would you care what I do!

cfibelkorn

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[QUOTE]New Flame: I flame the rumor I just heard at work. Just because my hips are wide does not mean I've had sex! When did this become a way to tell that stuff??  Honestly were does that come from? I don't care what you and your SO do, Why the crap would you care what I do!
Posted by DFWIndian[/QUOTE]

That's a very odd rumor to hear amoungst 20 plus adults.....Sounds like you have juvenile coworkers

NMac2010

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[QUOTE]New Flame: I flame the rumor I just heard at work. Just because my hips are wide does not mean I've had sex! When did this become a way to tell that stuff??  Honestly were does that come from? I don't care what you and your SO do, Why the crap would you care what I do!
Posted by DFWIndian[/QUOTE]

*eye roll*

That's so stupid. They also say women with big hips have "child bearing hips". I don't know who comes up with these things.

People need to get a life!

DFWIndian

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : That's a very odd rumor to hear amoungst 20 plus adults.....Sounds like you have juvenile coworkers
Posted by cfibelkorn[/QUOTE]

Yea I'm one of the younger ones here at work! They were shocked at 24 when I started work, I didn't have a kid. I just heard this new one and I'm pissed.

bsn1752

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : *eye roll* That's so stupid. They also say women with big hips have "child bearing hips". I don't know who comes up with these things. People need to get a life!
Posted by NMac2010[/QUOTE]

Child bearing hips. That term is ridiculous... every woman has "child bearing hips" regardless if they have larger hips or not... its NATURAL.

I have no hips. Literally. No hips, no butt.  I had a child... with no issues and my hips? No wider.

Stupid, ignorant people.  That seriously irritates me.

bsn1752

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : Yea I'm one of the younger ones here at work! They were shocked at 24 when I started work, I didn't have a kid. I just heard this new one and I'm pissed.
Posted by DFWIndian[/QUOTE]

That's grounds for an HR call dude!

cfibelkorn

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : Yea I'm one of the younger ones here at work! They were shocked at 24 when I started work, I didn't have a kid. <strong>I just heard this new one and I'm pissed.
</strong>Posted by DFWIndian[/QUOTE]

I really wouldn't put much thought into it. You know yourself and what you do or do not "do"

There will ALWAYS be that coworker that tries to start drama because they are so bored with their own life....just roll your eyes and move along :)

shortgirltx

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : They even have plastic silverware that is silver in color and looks real (until you pick it up of course)  :) So there is away to make plastic look nice, although it never beats the real thing IMO.
Posted by cfibelkorn[/QUOTE]

This is what we used.  Then we used the same stuff at my grandparents anniversary party shortly after the wedding and one guy was going through the trash in the kitchen,  thinking people were throwing away the silverware.

mseale

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : This is what we used.  Then we used the same stuff at my grandparents anniversary party shortly after the wedding and one guy was going through the trash in the kitchen,  thinking people were throwing away the silverware.
Posted by shortgirltx[/QUOTE]

Hahahaha... D'oh!

Tiffany618

If having big hips means you've been intimate...then I guess that means I was intimate when I was oh... 12-14?  Notsomuch.

I have seriously big hips. No joke. 

DFWIndian

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : This is what we used.  Then we used the same stuff at my grandparents anniversary party shortly after the wedding and one guy was going through the trash in the kitchen,  thinking people were throwing away the silverware.
Posted by shortgirltx[/QUOTE]

Hilarious!!!

cfibelkorn

Another thing that ticks me off:

Why do people ASSUME that if you have talked to them even once in your lifetime that they are invited to your wedding!!!! GRRR!!

I have people stating things like "We can't wait for your wedding" and "Oh yea my ::fill in the blank:: already said they will be coming to the wedding". I'm thinking "Umm your not invited" I have ended up having to watch everything I say because I do not even want to MENTION the word wedding infront of someone if their not invited. But its not fair that I can't be excited and post things on Facebook for fear of someone misinterpreting it as an invite

mseale

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[QUOTE]Another thing that ticks me off: Why do people ASSUME that if you have talked to them even once in your lifetime that they are invited to your wedding!!!! GRRR!! I have people stating things like "We can't wait for your wedding" and "Oh yea my ::fill in the blank:: already said they will be coming to the wedding". I'm thinking "Umm your not invited" I have ended up having to watch everything I say because I do not even want to MENTION the word wedding infront of someone if their not invited. But its not fair that I can't be excited and post things on Facebook for fear of someone misinterpreting it as an invite
Posted by cfibelkorn[/QUOTE]

I had someone that I worked with in Chicago 5 years ago, and haven't talked to since send me a message last week. "Wish I had been invited to the wedding, I would have been there" UGGH, delete.