Knottie of the Week - brittanyjterrell

TysWife2Be

1. First Name & Fiance's First Name

2. Your Birthday & Age and Fiance's Birthday and Age

3. City Born In?

4. City Live in?

5. Where did you go to college?

6. What was your major?

7. What is your current job?

8. What is your dream job?

9. How did you and your fiance meet?

10.  When did you get engaged and how did he do it??

11. When is the Wedding Day?

12. Where is the ceremony and reception?

13. What are your wedding colors?

14. Where are you honeymooning?

15. Favorite wedding vendor so far?

16. Biggest wedding splurge?

17. What is something you wish you could have at the wedding but don't?

18. Another knottie wedding you'd like to attend?

19. Favorite book?

20. Favorite movie?

21. Favorite tv show?

22. Favorite wedding dress designer?

23. Any advice you can give?

24. Anything you wish you could change about your wedding?

25. Share something about yourself!!

brittanyjterrell

Yaaaaayyy !!

1. First Name & Fiance's First Name: Brittany & DelRio

2. Your Birthday & Age and Fiance's Birthday and Age : 2/15 & 12/1- I'm 23, he's 22

3. City Born In? Chicago

4. City Live in? Chicago

5. Where did you go to college? Northern Illinois University..go huskies!

6. What was your major? Criminology

7. What is your current job? Youth Care Specialist at a residential treatment facility for girls 14-16

8. What is your dream job? Therapist at that same residential treatment facility or relationship therapist

9. How did you and your fiance meet? In highschool, he was a friend of my friends and they introduced us! But he was way too short for me at that time LOL

10.  When did you get engaged and how did he do it?? March of 2010, nothing fancy.. he just asked and I said Yes!

11. When is the Wedding Day? October 16, 2011

12. Where is the ceremony and reception? Belvedere Chateau, ceremony and reception in the same place

13. What are your wedding colors? Fall colors ; browns, ivory, gold, orange floral arrangment

14. Where are you honeymooning? Jamaica!! (Feb 2012)

15. Favorite wedding vendor so far? Venue!

16. Biggest wedding splurge? Venue! (ironically, my fav lol)

17. What is something you wish you could have at the wedding but don't? Photobooth

18. Another knottie wedding you'd like to attend? Whoever is in Chicago!

19. Favorite book? "Rich Dad, Poor Dad".. taught me so much!

20. Favorite movie? Daddy's Girls

21. Favorite tv show? Four Weddings

22. Favorite wedding dress designer? Allure Couture, but my dream dress would be from Pnina Tornai (sp?)

23. Any advice you can give? Destination wedding!!!!

24. Anything you wish you could change about your wedding? Destination wedding!! LOL

25. Share something about yourself!!
- I come from a huge family, family is absolutely everything to me! I love going out to eat and spending cuddly nights at home watching law TV shows with my FI I love my job (so important to me!) and I love helping others! I am so happy that everyone feels they can come to me in their times of need, helping people is my llife!

egammo3

OMG! Your day is so close... I see that we have things in common: Both of our FI's are a year younger than us, we have  pretty much the same wedding colors, and like you, FI and are high school sweethearts and at first he was kind of short for me, but now he's Waay taller!
Anyways, sometimes when I tell people FI's (23) and my age (24) (Our bday's are today as a matter of fact) they automatically say that we are too young to be getting married, and it's like I have to defend my engagement. Do you go through this, and if so, What is your reaction, and/or response?

Misskin

Hi There....is the reason you didnt op for a DW is because you wanted your family there? I thought of doing a DW but my family would have killed me.  Also, CONGRATS on your upcoming Marriage.  I look forward to hearing your recap!

brittanyjterrell

Hey hunny! Happy BIRTHDAY! I go through this a LOT (This is a reason why FI's family is not supportive of our  marriage -- his mom married his dad at 20 and they were divorced by 22), she has gotten everyone to be against us and feels as though we have a lot more "living" to do before we can commit ourselves to each other. 1) I always say, "I love him, he loves me. We are there for each other, we are making it on our own, we both have bright futures are I know there is no other person in this world I would rather be with... this is not a mistake, God placed us at certain places in each other's lives at the same time for a reason. Our age shouldn't matter" Hell, my friend got married when we were 18 and her and her husband are probably the happiest married couple I know.. even more than these people who waited years to get married and are "older" and more "established" than they are! People will always try to bring you down and tell you that you don't know any better when you are as young as we are...only thing we can do is prove them wrong. That's what FI & I plan to do

brittanyjterrell

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_knottie-of-week-brittanyjterrell?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:1743dec0-968e-4312-8cad-1ea02595eb7cPost:b25b446a-07e5-45ec-8eba-c4d2e83be0a2">Re: Knottie of the Week - brittanyjterrell</a>:
[QUOTE]Hi There....is <strong>the reason you didnt op for a DW is because you wanted your family there?</strong> I thought of doing a DW but my family would have killed me.  Also, CONGRATS on your upcoming Marriage.  I look forward to hearing your recap!
Posted by Misskin[/QUOTE]

Exactly this, FI and I even went to the resort in Mexico for a weekend and fell completely in love. My family was on board.. at first, but later retracted because my uncle lost his job and I just couldn't see my wedding going on with my aunt, uncle and cousins (they are probably my closest family members next to my grandmother). So, I cancelled .. NOW.. I am really regretting it because I feel I took away from something both FI and I loved, invested in and wanted and opted for this HUGE wedding back home that no one (but grandmother) is helping to pay for! We are both really regretting it, on the brighter side... everrryoonnne will be there!! We are thinking of renewing our vows in the future in Mexico :)

egammo3

Will any of his family members be at the wedding?

brittanyjterrell

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[QUOTE]Will any of his family members be at the wedding?
Posted by egammo3[/QUOTE]
 
His grandmother and Uncle have RSVP'd and no one else has, the last day is October 6th! We shall see!

ejagers

Hello Brittany, so nice to meet you!  We have alot in common as well.  I got my Bachelor's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice and I worked for a residential treatment facility called Youth Villages when I graduated.  Needless to say, that was not the job for me, but I did want to continue working with the youth.  You have a very special gift to work in that environment. 

Do you have a large or small bridal party?  How long are you gonna wait before starting a family?

island07b2b

So how are you feeling so close to your wedding day? 

Where in Jamaica are you honeymooning?  February is a great time to go.  My Mom's side is from Jamaica and I have been there several times.  I love it!!! 

What do you love most about your venue?

P.S.  I love Pnina Tornai gowns.  Just don't love the price tag that comes with it.  LOL!

mikimoto6

Hi Brittany,

Thank you for sharing with us.  Don't worry about people who think you are too young to get married. You appear to be extremely mature and as you said, age does not define the success of a marriage.  Even if you were older, people would have questions about that.  They would want to know why did you wait so long?  Are you going to have kids at your age?  What are you going to do if you end up not having kids?  And so on and so forth.....

I am so happy for you and hope that you enjoy your special day.  

MarryingmyKnight

It was very nice reading baout you and your FI. I hope you have a beautifule wedding day!  Hopefully FI''s family will come around; if not I know they will regret their decisions one day when they realize they miss out  on an important party of their son, brother, cousin, etc. life.

brittanyjterrell

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_knottie-of-week-brittanyjterrell?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:1743dec0-968e-4312-8cad-1ea02595eb7cPost:a2046bdb-49d8-42f8-9c39-7a4077992ef5">Re: Knottie of the Week - brittanyjterrell</a>:
[QUOTE]Hello Brittany, so nice to meet you!  We have alot in common as well.  I got my Bachelor's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice and I worked for a residential treatment facility called Youth Villages when I graduated.  Needless to say, that was not the job for me, but I did want to continue working with the youth.  You have a very special gift to work in that environment.  <strong>Do you have a large or small bridal party?  How long are you gonna wait before starting a family?
</strong>Posted by ejagers[/QUOTE]

My BP is very small! 2 MOHs and 1 BM! 4 Groomsmen! We are planning on waiting about 3-4 years before we start with the little ones ;)

& WOW.. We really do have a lot in common, I love working with the kiddies.. it's stressful at time but gives me such joy to see the smiles on their faces when they know I'm coming into work or when I've helped them see the good in a bad situation.. I really believe this is my calling!

brittanyjterrell

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[QUOTE]So how are you feeling so close to your wedding day?  Where in Jamaica are you honeymooning?  February is a great time to go.  My Mom's side is from Jamaica and I have been there several times.  I love it!!!  What do you love most about your venue? P.S.  I love Pnina Tornai gowns.  Just don't love the price tag that comes with it.  LOL!
Posted by island07b2b[/QUOTE]

I am feeling so cool, my family is worried that FI & I are too cool for it to be so close to our wedding day :p

We are planning on Secrets Wild Orchid in Montego Bay, I went to the Secrets in Riviera Maya and absolutely fell in LOVE!

I love my venue because it is absolutely beautiful and everything I could imagine with a small price tag! I felt it was in my budget and everything I could ever want.. plus.. THE FOOD IS ACTUALLY GOOD! I LOVE FOOD! Yummy :)

I love Pnina too.. but me & Pnina will never touch each other, not with those $10,000 and up gowns! lol! Nice to look at though :)

brittanyjterrell

& thanks to the two other lovely ladies who commented :

I really don't worry too much (as much as I used to) about what other people say about me getting married young because none of what they say have anything to do with FI  & myself. My grandmother always says, "If it don't apply, let it FLY baby!" and that's exactly what I've been starting to do

Hopefully his family does come around, FI is planning to talk to them tomorrow about whether they plan to RSVP.. we have our fingers crossed! They will definitely regret it, it will be a beautiful day and they have been more than welcome to all our events leading up to the big day (they have not shown up to any) , but I'm praying that they come through for him just this once! It would mean so much for both of us!

faithlady

Brittany thank you for sharing your story with us. You have such a sweet personality that comes through in your posts. I do indeed hope FI's family comes around to support you.

I see you guys are from Chi-town, I was born there but raised in the south. I've always toyed with returning to live. Do you think you and FI will stay or relocate somewhere else?

empegues

Hi Brittany!  Do you plan on wearing a different dress for the reception, or will you stay in the wedding dress?

brittanyjterrell

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[QUOTE]Brittany thank you for sharing your story with us. You have such a sweet personality that comes through in your posts. I do indeed hope FI's family comes around to support you. I see you guys are from Chi-town, I was born there but raised in the south. I've always toyed with returning to live. Do you think you and FI will stay or relocate somewhere else?
Posted by faithlady[/QUOTE]

Hiiiiii, thank you so much! You ladies are so easy to be sweet to :-) . We are actually planning on staying here (not even looking for opportunities elsewhere), I can't even see myself living anywhere else! LOL

brittanyjterrell

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[QUOTE]Hi Brittany!  Do you plan on wearing a different dress for the reception, or will you stay in the wedding dress?
Posted by empegues[/QUOTE]

Hi HUNNY! I plan to stay in the same dress alllllllll night, a big chunk of my budget went on my dress so I plan on wearing it as long as possible! :-)

M1ssJ

Brittany, your day is right aroun the corner! I love your colors, what do your BM dresses look like

brittanyjterrell

BM DRESS :-) , MOH has a different dress with a chocolate sash (she wasn't comfortable with this for her body size)

M1ssJ

Ohhh those look party ready! Nice