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Craziest Wedding Advice or Idea?

Disclaimer: I'm bored & feeling unmotivated to work, so I'll probably be posting a lot of random things today!  = )

What is the craziest wedding advice or idea someone has thrown at you?

I don't want this to turn into a judgement thread, so be nice to others!  I'm just wondering what advice/idea you got that made you go... "REALLY?!?"

GO!  = )

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  • edited December 2011

    I had someone tell me to just have a potluck reception.  Riiiiiight...as if that's not the most tacky reception you can have. 

    Also had a few family members tell us we should have just gone and eloped in vegas, or on the beach in Mexico.  After we had everything already booked. 

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  • edited December 2011
    My best friend suggested blue shoes to go with my bridesmaids' dresses.  Our colors are blush, ivory, and burgundy.  NOT HAPPENING.

    My dad suggested that instead of having a big wedding we should save the money and go on a big family trip with them.  Ummmm... not having the money is just the excuse I use to not spend two weeks traveling with my parents.  I love my mom, but we're like oil and water when we try to travel together.
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  • edited December 2011
    I had a friend tell me that I am going to need to register for at least 3 items per guest so that everybody has plenty to pick from. With 275 guests, how in the heck am I going to register for almost 900 things? You can only have so many little kitchen gadgets, towels, and tools.
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  • edited December 2011
    This was a joke, but after getting engaged my dad suggested we get married at the chapel at the Mall of America and then go shopping afterwards.  HAHA!  It made me laugh.  Remember in Father of The Bride where Steve Martin pictured a backyard BBQ - my dad also suggested something similar.
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  • edited December 2011
    I think my dad wanted a BBQ wedding, too, but there's no way that would've worked out.

    My MIL suggested that instead of paying for live musicians, to just play some Elvis on a boom box.  Yeah... never going to happen.  Plus, that's exactly what they did at H's aunt's funeral - don't really want to bring that back for my wedding.
  • edited December 2011
    H asked if he could bring some buddies on the HM with us. umm Hell No, we can do a friends vacation but NOT for our honeymon. WTH am I going to do the entire trip?
  • edited December 2011
    My FFIL told my FI to do whatever makes me happy.... haha that would mean massive debt.

    The other one I've been getting is a "look" when we tell we're getting married by a judge not a religious figure.
  • edited December 2011

    I had mentioned the printing problems to my co-workers during a get together for someone's birthday, here at work.  A new co-worker, who has worked here 1 week, said there's always e-mail.  Meaning I'm wasting my time with invitations & should send everything by e-mail.  Then someone mentioned that some older folks don't have e-mail & her response was, make a phone call.  REALLY?!?! 

    Another one is from FMIL who kept insisting that we put "somewhere on the invitation" that it's a cash bar.  What part of, we're spreading that news by word of mouth, do you not understand!?  Needless to say, they were printed without any mention of a cash bar!

  • Sarahsue1684Sarahsue1684 member
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    edited December 2011
    My FI proposed to me with a brand new ring but my moms stone that my dad proposed with and passed down to my FI....super special to me....well after we got engaged FMIL said oh Im getting a new ring and you can have my stone when im done with it ...it's bigger too......then you can take your stone you have now and make it into a necklace or something. Ok for one I would rather have my moms stone and my parents have been married for 30 years....I dont need or want a big stone and why would I want yours versus my own mom's...This really ticked me off actually....i felt like she was saying my ring wasnt good enough or something....grrr.... i have put it behind me and forgotten about it but at the time i was really upset about it.
  • colstj1colstj1 member
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    edited December 2011
    Haha these are great to read. My dad was not serious about this, but at one point he told me I should just get married in my high school auditorium and hold the reception in the cafeteria. haha I am so glad he was joking about that. :)
  • drdifabiodrdifabio member
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    edited December 2011
    When we first told my parents that we were engaged my mom told me that I could easily do the entire wedding for under 1k. "You can get married at the church and then move to the gathering space to have punch and cookies." In her defense, she was going through some of her own issues but REALLY a punch and cookie reception in the back of a church was NOT what we wanted. :) Luckily she got on board with the whole big wedding later but it took some time. Plus Joe and I funded the entire thing ourselves so it really wasnt up to her :).
  • edited December 2011
    My husband's aunt and uncle (very vocally) suggested we get married in Vegas in March. Because they wanted to go to Vegas in March.
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  • edited December 2011
    My dad wanted to do the father/daughter dance to "The Chicken Dance" so he wouldn't cry.  He was entirely serious. 

    I said OK... but thankfully he changed his mind on his own later. 
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_craziest-wedding-advice-idea?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:81Discussion:730aad45-639f-4d1b-bd0e-2e90684a2dd9Post:5c8b35c1-364c-462b-98e4-94763e1eecd0">Re: Craziest Wedding Advice or Idea?</a>:
    [QUOTE]I had someone tell me to just have a potluck reception.  Riiiiiight...as if that's not the most tacky reception you can have.
    Posted by SuperRNluvsChef[/QUOTE]

    I had this exact suggestion too. And it was from one of my relatives that lives in South Carolina, who also suggested that said potluck wedding should have taken place down there, so that part of my family wouldn't have to travel as far. When I said "Well, then the other 3/4 of our family and friends WOULD have to travel!" they suggested the possibility of renting a charter bus to ship people down en masse.
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    edited December 2011

    I got laid off about 6 months before the big day and my Dad suggested that DH and I get married at the courthouse so I could get his insurance benefits but not tell anyone and then "get married" on the day we planned.  I said no.

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    edited December 2011
    When we met with FI's parents to tell them that we were engaged (the day it happened), their first response was "are you sure you want to do this?" as if their advice was to not get married.

    The idea where everyone brings a cake also floors me. If you can't afford a cake, why have a wedding at all?
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  • edited December 2011
    These are so funny!

    My FMIL told me to buy chocolates for favors... in February. She thought I could get a good deal on leftover Valentine's day chocolate. Um gross? Who wants stale chocolate for a wedding favor.
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    edited December 2011
    My aunt is full of ideas.. most are ok but then she suggested the drink ticket idea where everyone gets a certain number of drinks free. No thanks, this isn't the carnival.

    Also my mom keeps suggesting getting married in Hawaii. I would LOVE to do that, but I want my friends and family there, most who probably couldn't afford the trip. And I most definitely can't afford to pay for anyone!
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