Bridal Bouquet pricing

Megbo2012

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[QUOTE]All I have to say is wow...
Posted by Zimsgirl[/QUOTE]

<div>What, am I being too snarky?</div>

Zimsgirl

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bridal Bouquet pricing : What, am I being too snarky?
Posted by Megbo2012[/QUOTE]
I don't see why people have been acting like this lately towards me. If I did something wrong just let me know so I can try to fix it. I've been trying to stick to just wedding posts to avoid this but I obviously can't so please tell me what's wrong

kipnus

And...I'm going to post on topic: I was quoted $90 for my bouquet which will consist of tiger lilies, green kermits, green hypericum berries, and some other random greenery. This is from the least expensive (but also highly recommended) florists in town. I'm trying to keep our total flower costs around $250, so I'm going to see if I could get my bouquet made a little smaller, and I'll do the BM bouquets myself with white gerbera daisies from Costco. 

Zimsgirl

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[QUOTE]And...I'm going to post on topic: I was quoted $90 for my bouquet which will consist of tiger lilies, green kermits, green hypericum berries, and some other random greenery. This is from the least expensive (but also highly recommended) florists in town. I'm trying to keep our total flower costs around $250, so I'm going to see if I could get my bouquet made a little smaller, and I'll do the BM bouquets myself with white gerbera daisies from Costco. 
Posted by kipnus[/QUOTE]
Your bouquet sounds really pretty! I love the hypericum berries and button poms. Those are in some of my florals too

kipnus

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bridal Bouquet pricing : Your bouquet sounds really pretty! I love the hypericum berries and button poms. Those are in some of my florals too
Posted by Zimsgirl[/QUOTE]

<div>Thanks! We're using hypericum berries in the bouts, too.</div>

courtneyclare103

Y'all...it's okay to get off topic and have a little fun every once in a while. Really. No one is making fun of anyone here. Just a little bridal humor.

Zimsgirl

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[QUOTE]Y'all...it's okay to get off topic and have a little fun every once in a while. Really. No one is making fun of anyone here. Just a little bridal humor.
Posted by courtneyclare103[/QUOTE]


Personally I feel like its gotten past the point of humor. I feel like its always me that gets the comments and literally just spent 15 minutes crying to FI because I used to love this board and feel like I can't post anymore.

courtneyclare103

I'm sorry you're feeling upset, but I really don't see how you think any of our posts about the flowers were about you. I mean, really, if I was making fun of anyone, it was myself...$250 is a ridiculous amount to spend on roses and peonies tied together.

Zimsgirl

I'm not just talking about this thread. There are others as well where I feel people just like to gang up on my post

courtneyclare103

I can't speak for other threads, but no one was ganging up on you in this thread. I still don't see anything wrong with our posts about the flowers--we were not making fun of anyone on this board.

Zimsgirl

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[QUOTE]I can't speak for other threads, but no one was ganging up on you in this thread. I still don't see anything wrong with our posts about the flowers--we were not making fun of anyone on this board.
Posted by courtneyclare103[/QUOTE]
I just felt the way Megbo said because it's my wedding was aimed at me because that's how I worded mine. I mean for my wedding I'm willing to spend that much on my bouquet but if I were to get flowers for something NWR I wouldn't spend that much. 

midgetthemighty

Zims, please take this as the constructive criticism that you asked for and not me being mean. A lot of your WR posts come off as bragging that you can afford something expensive and we're doing it wrong if we can't afford that. That's going to offend people. Maybe you don't mean for them to come across like that, but that's oftentimes how they do come across to others.

MMRoberts11

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[QUOTE]Zims, please take this as the constructive criticism that you asked for and not me being mean. A lot of your WR posts come off as bragging that you can afford something expensive and we're doing it wrong if we can't afford that. That's going to offend people. Maybe you don't mean for them to come across like that, but that's oftentimes how they do come across to others.
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

I agree.  Plus, I think you take everything too seriously.  If someone makes a joke or uses sarcasm you always seem to comment lately about it being offended. 

Anyway, to answer the question, my bouquet is about $30 but I'm using silks.  For real flowers for what you described OP I think the price is what the norm for that around here would be.

Megbo2012

Zims, I don't understand why you are getting all defensive about this.  I was kind of making fun of ridiculous brides who throw their weddings in other people's faces and act like their wedding is the end all be all and ruin friendships over it. If you think that it is specifically calling you out, and you are getting upset about it, then perhaps you should listen to Midge and shop for a new attitude. 

Megbo2012

I should also answer the question, I couldn't last night because my mom has all the paperwork so I had to have her look it up  My bouquet is mostly english/blush/ivory roses and maybe stephonias or something I don't really know for sure it was awhile ago but it was priced at $175.  I don't think I'll get a cascade though so I'm not sure if that will make it cheaper. 

Zimsgirl

I didn't mean for it to come off like that. I meant I was ok with that price for my wedding but wouldn't normally pay that for flowers. When you talked about kicking someone out like that I thought it was aimed at me because I've had problems with that

Zimsgirl

Also Midge if it's just the way I comment on here that bothers you why'd you block me on fb when I sent you a message asking a question?

midgetthemighty

Well, now you have been informed by more than one person that the way you post about money in relation to your wedding comes off as rude. You don't mean it like that, so maybe you should reread your posts regarding money/cost before submitting and see if it could be taken that way. That would help out a lot.

As far as FB is concerned, if you must know, involves a lot of factors.

First of all, I unfriended you when I realized that you deleted a post of mine on one of your statuses simply because I politely disagreed with you. I don't even remember what it was but that's extremely childish.

Secondly, I prefer my Facebook to only be accessible to people I want to access it.

I also never said it was only your posts on here that annoyed me. There are a lot of places where I've noticed entitlement and and "I'm better than you attitude" issues on your part.

Sorry if that hurts your feelings, but I'm honestly just trying to point out areas that you need to work on in your life. No one is perfect, including myself.

Zimsgirl

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[QUOTE]Well, now you have been informed by more than one person that the way you post about money in relation to your wedding comes off as rude. You don't mean it like that, so maybe you should reread your posts regarding money/cost before submitting and see if it could be taken that way. That would help out a lot. As far as FB is concerned, if you must know, involves a lot of factors. First of all, I unfriended you when I realized that you deleted a post of mine on one of your statuses simply because I politely disagreed with you. I don't even remember what it was but that's extremely childish. Secondly, I prefer my Facebook to only be accessible to people I want to access it. I also never said it was only your posts on here that annoyed me. There are a lot of places where I've noticed entitlement and and "I'm better than you attitude" issues on your part. Sorry if that hurts your feelings, but I'm honestly just trying to point out areas that you need to work on in your life. No one is perfect, including myself.
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]<div>I honestly don't remember deleting your post. I'll delete things if they can turn into an argument because I don't like to argue with people on facebook and I have many family members on facebook so I don't want them to be like what's this? Where else have you seen my attitude if we're not fb friends and only see each other on the knot?

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Megbo2012

Zims I call bs. Most people spend more on wedding flowers than "everyday flowers" whatever that means. It's your delivery. You come off as entitled and snobby as if you couldn't possibly have anything less. It didn't relate to the OPs question.

Zimsgirl

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[QUOTE]Zims I call bs. Most people spend more on wedding flowers than "everyday flowers" whatever that means. It's your delivery. You come off as entitled and snobby as if you couldn't possibly have anything less. It didn't relate to the OPs question.
Posted by Megbo2012[/QUOTE]
She asked for pricing so I gave her mine. Some people don't want to spend a lot on flowers. The reason I'm ok with the price of my bouquet is because it's my wedding and not just another day. There are plenty of brides on the knot that don't want to spend a lot on flowers so it's not BS just my reasoning in case anyone thought it'd be too much. FI and I are paying for our wedding ourselves. I've done a lot of research for our budget and it's gotten us to be a good chunk under. Why would I brag about spending a ton of money when I can't with our budget?

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bridal Bouquet pricing : I honestly don't remember deleting your post. <strong>I'll delete things if they can turn into an argument because I don't like to argue with people on facebook </strong>and I have many family members on facebook so I don't want them to be like what's this? Where else have you seen my attitude if we're not fb friends and only see each other on the knot?
Posted by Zimsgirl[/QUOTE]

And that is extremely childish behavior. I wasn't going to turn it into an argument. I almost did when you deleted it though, but I decided it wasn't worth it.

We <em>were </em>FB friends so that's where I saw it. I also remember you from your SB days as Katelyn.

I don't understand how you don't get that it's your delivery that bugs us. Yes, she asked for pricing and if you would have just said "my bouquets costs x amount", it would have been fine. You had to add the "It's my wedding day and no cost is too much" line in there.

sleblanc72

Ditto what Midge and Meg have said so well.

Zims, again, it's all in your delivery and how things come off.  For example, in the ring thread that DrPB started you talked about how you were on your third ring.  That really rubbed me the wrong way and came of as bragging about what you have and the things you buy.  Also in that Tutera thread, you were being ridiculous about it.  We share different opinions on him and there's nothing wrong with that, it's ok for us to dislike him and you to like him.  I have other examples but don't really feel like pointhing them all out.

Zimsgirl

I'm on my third set because I had problems with the first two. It's the exact same set thats been replaced through our warranty. FI hasn't bought 3 rings. I have less sentimental attachment because it's not the original so I'd be ok with FI upgrading

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]I'm on my third set because I had problems with the first two. It's the exact same set thats been replaced through our warranty. FI hasn't bought 3 rings. I have less sentimental attachment because it's not the original so I'd be ok with FI upgrading
Posted by Zimsgirl[/QUOTE]

I don't remember the thread in question here, but was the fact that it was your third ring relevant to the conversation or was the thread just about the ring you currently have on your finger?

sleblanc72

The thread in question was about asking how sentimental you are towards your ring essentially.  DrPB was talking about getting on ring for the wedding and some years down the line upgrading it.

Zims your comment came off as is well I've already got 3 rings so I don't care and it sounded entitled.  Had you said something about you've had to replace it a few times since you had problems with it so you didn't have much sentimentality attached to it I may have thought differently.  But my opinion still stands on everything.

DrPB2b13

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[QUOTE]I'm on my third set because I had problems with the first two. It's the exact same set thats been replaced through our warranty. FI hasn't bought 3 rings. I have less sentimental attachment because it's not the original so I'd be ok with FI upgrading
Posted by Zimsgirl[/QUOTE]

Which is completely fine, but the way it was phrased - "I'm on my 3rd set lol" - makes it sound like you've been changing rings more often than clothes.  Especially the comment about how you think you'll be getting a new one soon anyway.

TBH, most of the things you're talking about or explaining are completely understandable and normal - but again, the way they're phrased makes it sound like you're trying to brag or establish yourself as a more affluent member of our community, when there really is no reason to.

Megbo2012

Stop defending yourself. You ask what you are doing wrong. Several people tell you (again, this isn't the first time) and you either deny it or try and defend it. How is that changing? You don't have to change, obviously, but it seems like you want to so either take the advice given or stop asking for it.

Zimsgirl

I really not trying to be defensive just trying to explain it. I admit I could've worded it better but people who remember my thread about it know how upset I was. I was bawling. I had to have my e ring sent in so I wore my wedding band. I had a diamond come out of the band and started bawling and it was outside so I was on my hands and knees looking for it. It sucks that I don't have my original ring but it's not something I can dwell. FI looked at upgrading my ring this weekend. It's something he's been wanting to do and I don't know when it will happen but I know he wants to. I will take all of this in and work on rephrasing things from now on

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]I will take all of this in and work on rephrasing things from now on
Posted by Zimsgirl[/QUOTE]

THANK YOU. That's all we've been asking. If someone points it out again, just take it like this.