Reminiscing...

akhensley81

In celebration of my 1,000 post landmark - and because I'm bored - I decided to go back through my own post history and see what my first post was like.

It makes me wonder how I survived.

My first very own thread regarding how to properly incorporate camouflage in to a wedding....
http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_camouflage

And my first advice that I gave any bride started off with the famous "it's YOUR wedding..." line. Oy.
http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_should-change-wedding-date

OK now it's your turn... 'fess up!! Show me your newbie selfs!

Stackeye210

I don't think I can get to my newbie stuff since the change over.  However, the first post I think I started was talking about my BIL wanting to get married the day after us and my a$$ was handed right back to me with a few footprints and bruises on it. 

wadingmoose

How did you ever survive.

My first posts are lost to the sands of time, sadly.  I do know my first question ever was about having a surprise wedding back when H(erbert) thought that was the greatest idea in the history of awesome ideas.  Yeah.  We didn't.

buddhagouda

I can't even remember back to the days of the dinosaurs when I first started posting. 

mags0607

Buddha- what a precious picture!

I can't get back to my first post, but I know it was asking about who should walk me down the aisle.

akhensley81

Haha moose the camo thing happened on the Attire board, which is probably how I got away with that one. I think if I did it here, I would have been crucified.

I had a friend who had a surprise wedding once... it happened during half time of the superbowl at his own Superbowl Party. It was hilarious.

I'm still going thru the posts to find the first time I got flamed... I'm sure it's in here somewhere.

AdeleDazeem

I was excruciatingly careful about what I posted from the beginning.  I had lurked for several months before I ever plucked up the courage to post.  I do think it had something to do with the Phillies winning the NL last year, though.  Ahhh... memories

AmoroAgain

My first post was lost to the changeover, but it was about how much I hated my engagement ring, and I was jealous because a friend of ours had gotten engaged and given his FI a big ring (I thought it was ugly, but still) and I was sad and depressed about our engagement blah blah blah WHINE WHINE WHINE.  It was baaaad.

kikibaby

I've seen 2 surprise weddings in my time here, and they both looked like they turned out awesome!  Seriously, I'm all for surprise weddings now.

And uh... I really really don't want to talk about my start here.  I like cheese!

wadingmoose

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[QUOTE]Haha moose the camo thing happened on the Attire board, which is probably how I got away with that one. I think if I did it here, I would have been crucified. I had a friend who had a surprise wedding once... it happened during half time of the superbowl at his own Superbowl Party. It was hilarious. I'm still going thru the posts to find the first time I got flamed... I'm sure it's in here somewhere.
Posted by akhensley81[/QUOTE]


Yes, well, I prefer to leave my first flaming where it is.  It was hilarious and completly uncalled for and perpetrated by one person who appeared to be unhinged.  It just doesn't need a replay.

danieliza1127

Buddha, hi and great picture! 

I have no idea what my first post was, and like the others, it was lost to the board format change. 

akhensley81

Amoro- aww!! I always feel bad for people who don't like their E rings.

When exactly was this big board format change? Obvs it was before I got here... but it was just sometime at the end of last year right?

buddhagouda

Thanks guyth. I think they're cute. They amuse me to no end. 

Brie2010

The format was mid-October of last fall. 

My first post was asking for help picking out shoes, I think.

My first reply was to someone asking for diet advice.  I was really nervous.

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]Amoro- aww!! I always feel bad for people who don't like their E rings. When exactly was this big board format change? Obvs it was before I got here... but it was just sometime at the end of last year right?
Posted by akhensley81[/QUOTE]

The boards used to be a little different.  People had balls.  Blue ones, actually.

ohwhynot

I think my first was wondering about just how awful it would be if I had a shindig, seeing how it is my 3rd marriage but my fi's first.  PP jumped on it, and a couple of others agreed, saying I should just JOP it.  I expected that reaction, though, and it didn't throw me.  Everyone chimed in with their opinions, so I found the board immediately helpful.

I think the first FFF I witnessed had someone call out PP for being rude to me, but saying I, the newbie, "took it like a champ" or something along those lines.  I felt a deep glow of happiness. 

akhensley81

Omg how could I forget my first FFF? I was sitting right here at work when it started, and I had absolutelynofuckingclue what was going on.

sarabellam

Hmm, I think my first post off of my club board was asking if it was okay to invite only 2 children from a family, but exclude the third. After hearing the backstory, everyone said I was absolutely justified to exclude the child in question.

mwhitson14

ak, are y'all sticking with anything camo? Shane desperately wanted a camo something, so we did a camo groom's table.

My first flaming and post was kicking out a BM, and almost every poster took me to task because of my age and that's why I was kicking her out. NO ONE was reading that I was not the one causing all the drama, but the second I answered the age question, I was screwed.

This was before we were using the line, "if you're ok losing the friendship. . ." because I was and it did and it worked out fine. We were still spouting off, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES.

akhensley81

whit actually yes, we are having the tux vests made out of camo fabric (Mossy Oak). I think they actually look pretty sharp... with a black tux, white shirt and peridot tie to match my girls' dresses. There's a pic of what it will look like in my bio... except the tie in that pic is too dark green.

I had a near-miss for kicking out a groomsman... I think my only saving grace was that I blamed FI because he did, indeed, do the deed. Before I had a chance to protest.

mwhitson14

The girl was a biitch and I'm glad I did it. It would have been miserable keeping her in. Her boyfriend of 3 years broke up with her about a month after I asked her, and she turned into a man hating, shiit stirring, heiferface.

I think the camo is going to be fine! I definitely recognize the Mossy Oak pattern Shane refuses to wear anything other than Mossy Oak Break-Up, even though I keep trying to convince him the deer can't tell! He refuses to let me wear my amazingly warm pink Browning jacket hunting.

akhensley81

You know, in the right situation I totally understand kicking out a WP member. I stand by FI's decision to cut his loose. What I didn't agree with is that he actually had a "back up" ready and waiting for "the call." Ouch.

Mossy Oak Break Up is exactly what we got! It was a huuuge ordeal but it was the only thing FI really wanted with the wedding... at first MOH's MIL was going to make them... then she filed for divorce and MIL told her where to stick it.... then my FMIL was going to make them... bought the fabric and waited 5 months to decide maybe it was too complicated... then a BM said she'd try it only to realize she didn't have enough time... so we finally had to order them. $400 later!

mwhitson14

Yep, that's exactly why we didn't do them. I couldn't justify the cost, and he wasn't paying for them

akhensley81

Paying for them was my last resort. And it was only because way back when we started planning, I promised him that I would find a way to get him his camo vests.

Three of the four groomsmen have offered to pay us back for their vests... which is totally unnecessary but very appreciated. I told FI he can work that out with his guys, however he wants.