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This should bother me, but it doesn't...

I saw this on another board, and I liked it. 

Basically - tell us what should (by all etiquette, family or whatever rules) bother you, but really doesn't.

For instance:

Honeymoon registries - I'm pretty traditional in most sense, but HM registries just don't both me at all.  In fact, when I saw my first one, a few years ago, I thought that it was a pretty cool idea.

What about you?

Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...

  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
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    edited December 2011

    Cash bars (as long as I know beforehand to bring some cash).  I'd rather buy a drink than not have one.

    Obviously, HM registries don't bother me either.  ;)

  • tdqtdq
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    Second time brides wearing white.
     
    I know times have changed since my last rodeo, but this used to be a major taboo. I didn't think I would ever want another white wedding dress. But FI has his heart set on seeing me in a white dress, and I'm finding that I'm really not bothered at all.
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  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_this-should-bother-but-doesnt?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:e62cc5f8-0b20-440e-b652-f7c8a9e42a20Post:c01b9311-1522-479f-9126-75a10897d50b">Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...</a>:
    [QUOTE]Second time brides wearing white.   I know times have changed since my last rodeo, but this used to be a major taboo. I didn't think I would ever want another white wedding dress. But FI has his heart set on seeing me in a white dress, and I'm finding that I'm really not bothered at all.
    Posted by tdq[/QUOTE]

    I tried to get ivory--my dress was "diamond white" but the sample was definitely off white, I guess due to age, etc., so I thought that was what it would be.  I was shocked how white mine was when it came in.  I didn't really care though.

    What I really was against was a bridal shower and I tried to politely decline several times.  To no avail.
  • bsn1752bsn1752 member
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    edited December 2011
    This is NWR -

    People having a baby shower for their 2nd child... doesn't bother me one bit.  I think that it's perfectly okay to have baby showers for 2nd or 3rd children, especially if they're not close in age. 
  • tdqtdq
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_this-should-bother-but-doesnt?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:e62cc5f8-0b20-440e-b652-f7c8a9e42a20Post:35efd89c-4a98-4252-9d2a-ac9918e1fd6a">Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...</a>:
    [QUOTE]This is NWR - People having a baby shower for their 2nd child... doesn't bother me one bit.  I think that it's perfectly okay to have baby showers for 2nd or 3rd children, especially if they're not close in age. 
    Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

    Hehe! I didn't have a shower for my oldest, I was in college. But I had two for my middle child because we'd gotten rid of all of our baby stuff. Then two more when my daughter was born because we had no pink stuff. Funny how life works out.
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  • edited December 2011
    Cash bars and honeymoon registries don't bother me either.
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  • edited December 2011
    - Yea I don't care about cash bars 
    -  As a BMpaying for my own jewerly, shoes, hair, make up and etc.
    - I don't have a problem with Honeymoon registries, but I do get annoyed when they flat out ask for money.
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_this-should-bother-but-doesnt?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:e62cc5f8-0b20-440e-b652-f7c8a9e42a20Post:441d4deb-c344-4d9a-9138-e169c32eaa09">Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...</a>:
    [QUOTE]Cash bars (as long as I know beforehand to bring some cash). <strong> I'd rather buy a drink than not have one.</strong> Posted by stephiehall[/QUOTE]

    THIS!
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  • kmosummer11kmosummer11 member
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    edited December 2011
    All of the above doesn't bother me.

    Not having inner envelopes or written addresses.  Labels and 1 envelope are perfectly fine :)
  • MLandCJMLandCJ member
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    edited December 2011
    My current ring isn't my first e-ring from FI. I ended finding an AMAZING deal on eBay which included my current e-ring, wedding band and FI's band. The retail was over $10,000. Everything was legit. It was used, but it doesn't bother me, but I guess it should because they were someone else's.
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  • juliebug1997juliebug1997 member
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    edited December 2011
    I am such a stickler for rules and tradition that a lot of those things bother me.  However, I don't go to other people's weddings looking for drinks so, if there wasn't a bar, I really wouldn't care. 
  • edited December 2011
    HM registries don't bother me. I don't really care as long as they don't flat out ask for cash. Now that, is tacky. It didn't bother me when people would tell me to have perspective and not sweat the small stuff while I was wedding planning. I know it bothers a lot of people, but it didn't bother me. It actually helped me take a step back and say "Ok Natalie, chillax". I also don't care if people have baby showers for subsequent children after #1. You don't know their situation. Maybe they didn't plan on having another, so they got rid of their crap. Maybe they have a pushy SIL or MIL who insists on throwing them one and they don't have much say. Maybe the baby was a surprise and they can't afford to buy the 28562936 a baby needs. Who knows.
  • courtski2004courtski2004 member
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    edited December 2011

    None of the above really bother me either. I will only come to the first 2 baby showers though. If you're a Duggar, you're on your own, sista.

  • bsn1752bsn1752 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_this-should-bother-but-doesnt?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:e62cc5f8-0b20-440e-b652-f7c8a9e42a20Post:d9a2bd32-78db-4fd6-87d5-2b5bf285e3c6">Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...</a>:
    [QUOTE]None of the above really bother me either. I will only come to the first 2 baby showers though. If you're a Duggar, you're on your own, sista.
    Posted by courtski2004[/QUOTE]

    HA!  That's exactly who I was thinking of.

    I had a friend that had 2 little girls... 5 years later, an OOPS boy came along.  So, she had 3 showers, but I think they're all well deserved.  :)
  • courtski2004courtski2004 member
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    edited December 2011
    I could be on board with an oops shower :) By the time that we get to the 3rd shower, do the non-preggos get rewarded with wine?
  • bsn1752bsn1752 member
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    edited December 2011
    Well yeah!

    Wait, you didn't get wine at the first two?  You were robbed!

    Haha, I kid, I kid.
  • courtski2004courtski2004 member
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    edited December 2011
    I had to sneak it in prohibition style in a mason jar ;)  I think it was the pink or blue coordinated food coloring that tricked everyone else.
  • edited December 2011
    HM registries don't bother me, we just registered for one. ;)

    I used labels and I did not handwrite on my STDs.


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  • edited December 2011
    Is it bad I have no idea what a HM registry is?
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  • MLandCJMLandCJ member
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    edited December 2011
    I used labels on my save the dates. I plan on using them on my invites too. On the invitations, I think I will do the wrap style type though....you know jazz it up :)
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  • carmen9311carmen9311 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_this-should-bother-but-doesnt?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:102Discussion:e62cc5f8-0b20-440e-b652-f7c8a9e42a20Post:c0b60e86-951e-470f-8c6f-337417bac6f8">Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...</a>:
    [QUOTE]Is it bad I have no idea what a HM registry is?
    Posted by marksle84[/QUOTE]

    <div>honeymoon registry. when you ask people to pay for excursions, spa treatments, tours, etc for your honeymoon.</div>
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  • edited December 2011

    putting your registry on the actual invitation.... EVERY book and magazine ever has said don't do it and after being in 6 wedding last year every since one put it on there.
    The cash bar has me indifferent (it's expensive so I understand!!)

    I was worried about the honeymoon registry and I'm very shocked, I'm getting more hits on mine than any other place I registered.

    What about being asked when you want kids at showers, breaking bows...ect! I'll let you know, someone people have some nerve. I think it's rude anyone else getting hounded????

  • MLandCJMLandCJ member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_this-should-bother-but-doesnt?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:e62cc5f8-0b20-440e-b652-f7c8a9e42a20Post:8f771669-de19-4a49-8e65-b4d6cb35561e">Re: This should bother me, but it doesn't...</a>:
    [QUOTE] <strong>What about being asked when you want kids at showers, breaking bows...ect! I'll let you know, someone people have some nerve. I think it's rude anyone else getting hounded</strong>????
    Posted by chelsien[/QUOTE]

    I hate that. I've always wanted to reply with something equally as awkward back.  I've never had the nerve too though.
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