FFF

cfibelkorn

The boss is going to be out of the office today so Im looking forward to an eventful FFF

annddd.......... GO!!

NMac2010

I don't have anything uber juicy today.

But, I flame my mom for being a manipulative little witch. I KNOW she saw my fb post yesterday about me scheduling my TTD session, because she threw a huge fit a while back about not being able to see any of my posts. So, I unblocked her.

She emailed me last night and said "I have someone who may be interested in buying your dress, do you want to sell the veil and dress together?" I am 110% she saw my post, is pissed off about it, and wanted to see if I would lie to her about doing a TTD.

That's typical of my mother. Very manipulative. Instead of just coming out and saying "Are you doing a TTD?" she finds another way around it.

And she wonders why I don't call very often, and go out there.

cfibelkorn

That's annoying....I would tell her as seriously as possible "No Im actually just going to throw my dress away, I don't want to deal with trying to sell it" haha

bsn1752

I would say "Thanks Mom, but I'm trashing it.  I will send you pictures of it!" 

DFWIndian

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:7db4347a-19ea-4cc3-b496-eb51b75d6e21">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]I don't have anything uber juicy today. But, I flame my mom for being a manipulative little witch. I KNOW she saw my fb post yesterday about me scheduling my TTD session, because she threw a huge fit a while back about not being able to see any of my posts. So, I unblocked her. She emailed me last night and said "I have someone who may be interested in buying your dress, do you want to sell the veil and dress together?" I am 110% she saw my post, is pissed off about it, and wanted to see if I would lie to her about doing a TTD. That's typical of my mother. Very manipulative. Instead of just coming out and saying "Are you doing a TTD?" she finds another way around it. And she wonders why I don't call very often, and go out there.
Posted by NMac2010[/QUOTE]

My mom is the exact same way. She will also question my sister and me about the same thing to see if she can catch us in a lie. No matter what it might be.

NMac2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:78b1540b-c556-4189-8ed1-c61fef42c987">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : My mom is the exact same way. She will also question my sister and me about the same thing to see if she can catch us in a lie. No matter what it might be.
Posted by DFWIndian[/QUOTE]

The thing is I haven't lied about anything.

My initial plan was to sell the dress. Over the course of the last few weeks I changed my mind, and haven't talked to her about it. I didn't plan on bringing the subject up, because I knew she wouldn't agree with it. But if she asked me, I would tell her the truth.

MissAngel

I don't know why some people do this...

--- check out theknot dot com ----

What's wrong with theknot.com.  Do we have to spell out the punctuation marks?

MissAngel

Also, I know some of the married ladies here in hindsight know that everything will work out on your wedding day and that there really is no need for stressing out as much as some of us do, but sometimes it's just stressful.  The engaged ones on here have a lot to work through (I'm sure you may remember before your wedding was done) and there is no way you could know EVERY little detail that combines together to make a stressful situation, but sometimes we just need to vent and need help figuring things out.

I know, in hindsight, every "big" thing is probably trivial, but instead of complaining about it, just calm people down instead.

NMac2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:c747bbed-fd09-4724-a112-58d2c45636c8">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]Also, I know some of the married ladies here in hindsight know that everything will work out on your wedding day and that there really is no need for stressing out as much as some of us do, but sometimes it's just stressful.  The engaged ones on here have a lot to work through (I'm sure you may remember before your wedding was done) and there is no way you could know EVERY little detail that combines together to make a stressful situation, but sometimes we just need to vent and need help figuring things out. I know, in hindsight, every "big" thing is probably trivial, but instead of complaining about it, just calm people down instead.
Posted by MissAngel[/QUOTE]

I agree everyone needs to vent. That's half the reason we are all here....totally agree.

However, I refuse to respond to some people who I feel are overreacting about something trivial with something like "OMG you're sooooo right that's AWFUL and it's going to ruin your whole day". I am not going to pander to the freak out.

My idea of calming someone down, and what always helps me, is to help them see the bigger picture and tell them that everything will be OK. I promise. That's how I calm people down. When you come to a message board, you have to understand that everyone will have different responses to your "vent" or problem, and that you aren't always going to hear everything you want. That's just life.

lesalyric

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:bda43f77-de8b-48e4-9556-e7584eecd6a0">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]I don't know why some people do this... --- check out theknot dot com ---- What's wrong with theknot.com.  Do we have to spell out the punctuation marks?
Posted by MissAngel[/QUOTE]

For email addresses this is a way to get around an email search bot being able to fish your address from a knot post and add you to spam lists.

lesalyric

If I ask you what you are working on at 9:30, after you have been here an hour and a half and you say "nothing", I will be mad. Argh.

angieandjames

I am furious with my manager.  Wednesday was a HUGE deadline for us (aka, extended business tax return deadline), and we've all been working a lot - like between 65 and 75 hours per week, without overtime pay.  I get that we have another deadline on October 15, and that there is a LOT that still needs to be done, but do you really need to email us on FRIDAY with a HUGE weekly goal that is barely attainable???  AND THEN, I flame-flame-flame the non-manager-manager who thinks she knows eeeeeverything we need to be doing, for following Real Manager's email with her own two-cent email about how if we don't meet those goals, we'll be working "more overtime than we can even imagine."  Honey, 1, I'm already working more than you can imagine, and  2, you didn't get promoted for a reason - stop acting like you are a manager.  Flame is NOT the F-word I'm thinking of right this minute.

DFWIndian

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:5b3ba8b4-d975-46fb-ad69-2c41b24deff7">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : The thing is I haven't lied about anything. My initial plan was to sell the dress. Over the course of the last few weeks I changed my mind, and haven't talked to her about it. I didn't plan on bringing the subject up, because I knew she wouldn't agree with it. But if she asked me, I would tell her the truth.
Posted by NMac2010[/QUOTE]

We normally didn't lie either. She is convinced we do. If she happens to lose something. She'll say I stole it and sold it. I don't know where this comes from because I've never done that before. I think she's a little bonkers.

MissAngel

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:9728d4ef-b910-4926-883c-44ddbee4200a">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: FFF : For email addresses this is a way to get around an email search bot being able to fish your address from a knot post and add you to spam lists.
Posted by lesalyric[/QUOTE]

Hmmm I never thought about that.  What if you don't even put the ".com" would it still do it? Like... <a href="mailto:MissAngel@theknot">MissAngel@theknot</a>

cfibelkorn

I flame technology (to a certain degree)! This society with technology being as big as it is makes people think its okay not to have verbal communication anymore....I hate that people no longer pick up a phone to tell you happy birthday or that someone will wait days for you to respond to an email or Facebook message when all they have to do is pick up a phone!!

I cancelled my Facebook last week b/c I am getting so annoyed with listening to people post every detail of their lives...NO I don't need to know that you are clipping your toenails or have lasanga for dinner...SHUT UP!

I have gotten at least 10 EMAILS asking why I took someone off my friends on Facebook....I cancelled it number one which is different but number two YOUR ASKING ME VIA EMAIL!!! That should be a clue!!

UGHH! Rant over...

lesalyric

I flame girls who do different things with their RSVP cards and then get all bent out of shape when someone doesn't list the song they want to dance to, specify to which degree of "with bells on" in which they will be attending, fill out the mad lib, etc.

Mad libs weren't something your great grandmother was sitting around doing during WWII, some people don't like to dance and others are just too straight laced to bother with bells. Get over it.

Tiffany618

OK.....so I'm stealing Brandi's helmet.   I actually left my keys in my car, running in the parking lot at my office.  About an hour after I got here, a coworker brought them to me and told me someone had noticed it. 

I'm FURIOUS with my partner on a group project/presentation due tommorrow.  He is an international student and has trouble with things, and I get that.  However you can't expect me to write the entire report, build the entire powerpoint, AND make the whole presentation.   Which is what he suggested yesterday "why don't you do the presentation since you are more familiar"  ... I told him flat no.  We are in this class together and I refuse to let you get credit for my work.

bsn1752

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:34046e30-8d3f-4ce5-991c-2a4f8db7fb65">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]If I ask you what you are working on at 9:30, after you have been here an hour and a half and you say "nothing", I will be mad. Argh.
Posted by lesalyric[/QUOTE]

This.

courtski2004

I FLAME Fantasy FREAKIN Football...FI has 7. SEVEN!! teams, including one with guys at work (where I work as well). Needless to say, every guy with a team has been less than productive lately--including our manager and owner--while more 'time sensitive' tasks fall on me and others who aren't devoting 5/8 working hours to this insanity. I don't mind the general idea of FF, and I do love watching football, but when it starts to affect my workload and stress level because YOU can't do your job suddenly--excuse me, we have a problem. I can't wait until our end of the month deadlines are upon us and they ask me to help them...I think I'll be a tad too busy for that.

cfibelkorn

Well FFF is slllloooooowwwww today BOOOO!!!

juliebug1997

I've been on here almost two years now and if the nail color doesn't exactly match the one flower that you are carrying and you say that it's going to RUIN YOUR ENTIRE WEDDING, then I'm going to call you overdramatic.  And if you're going to say the exact same thing as ten other people, then you're fanning the flames of that fire. 

Do I feel bad that her MUA is apparently incompetent in using all forms of communicative technology?  Yes.
Do I want her (and every one of you) to have the kind of wedding that she wants to have?  Of course. 
I just felt that it was extreme overload. 

meghanttu08

I don't have anything to say!!!

ezzyv

There are different degrees of bad things that can happen that can throw off your wedding day. After reading my month board and this board, I see where people freak about the littlest thing (in the scheme of things). Some things are bigger than others. It sucks to lose money and to have to find a replacement but if you are affected that much by something then maybe it needs to be changed.

mseale

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:b30ed391-b63a-41e5-874b-dc4787e4eefe">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]  I just felt that it was extreme overload. 
Posted by juliebug1997[/QUOTE]

This.

DFWIndian

I flame the girl who decides to give her SIL a cheap gift for her baby shower because she didn't send her a TY for her wedding gift.... Petty much?

SoonToBeMrsHoz

In Response to <a href="http://dallas.weddings.com/Sites/weddings/Pages/main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:b30ed391-b63a-41e5-874b-dc4787e4eefe">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]  Do I feel bad that her MUA is apparently incompetent in using all forms of communicative technology?  Yes. Do I want her (and every one of you) to have the kind of wedding that she wants to have?  Of course.  I just felt that it was extreme overload. 
Posted by juliebug1997[/QUOTE]


I couldn't bring myself to read post and after post but basically skimmed through them, but if you can pay an extra $50 and make things all better, then just do it. I found out after the fact that if I wanted somethind done a certain way then my MUA would charge me an extra $50 so I paid the extra $50 for my piece of mind, and guess what in the grand  scheme  of things and all that we are paying for our weddings, if $50 would make things alright and stress free, then by all means, pay up and get her there early.

Even at the earliest stage of wedding planning, all brides come to the realization that when you  brand something with being wedding related, the price tag increases exponentially and fees likes this do up pop from time to time...

mseale

I flame people who go into the bathroom at work and talk on your cell phone.  I do not want to listen to you have a conversation while I pee, and I'm sure the person you are talking to does not want to listen to me pee.  I get that you work in a cubicle and maybe don't want others to listen to your conversation, but you aren't in private in a public restroom!  We have huddle rooms throughout the office, go into one of those.

FYI - this is a reoccuring issue with this one lady. Ugh, it's gross.

SoonToBeMrsHoz

Michelle,
I hate it when people happen to walk in at the same time as me, and they start a conversation and insist on continuing once both parties are in the stalls and the doors are shut.

I REALLY don't enjoy conversation like that.. there should be a law.. once the latch is closed on the door, all talking must stop!

fallbride1109

I don't like wedding venues that are built for weddings and nothing else, no matter how pretty they are.  Except for Piazza.  It gets a pass.

fallbride1109

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_fff-26?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a6d8d88-7d4e-4ca8-ad52-58bad2f0d232Post:bfb7146c-4020-4140-b307-98a51dae585d">Re: FFF</a>:
[QUOTE]I flame people who go into the bathroom at work and talk on your cell phone.  I do not want to listen to you have a conversation while I pee, and I'm sure the person you are talking to does not want to listen to me pee.  I get that you work in a cubicle and maybe don't want others to listen to your conversation, but you aren't in private in a public restroom!  We have huddle rooms throughout the office, go into one of those. FYI - this is a reoccuring issue with this one lady. Ugh, it's gross.
Posted by mseale[/QUOTE]
There used to be an older lady who worked here who would come in early and read in the ladies room.  And our ladies room is small with only 2 stalls.  It grossed everyone out. 

mseale

I just don't understand people's mentality.  I think public restrooms are gross, and I spend as little time in there as possible.  Why would you want to have a conversation on your cell phone while sitting on the toilet?  Or read? Gross!

And Kathy, I agree.  Lets talk and be nice while walking into the restroom, but please shut your mouth once you walk into a stall.