H went with me when I went to buy my Spanx before the wedding. While we were at the store, we started looking at lingerie and stuff for the HM. I came to realize we have VERY different ideas on lingerie.
Okay so I get a TON of crap emails in my work inbox, but this one is irritating:
A press release that claims 100% of Americans will be overweight by the year 2048. Also, all you have to do to fight obesity is take fish oil. "A study found that obese adults could lose weight while continuing to eat anything they wanted as long as they consumed daily fish oil and went on a 15 minute walk or performed other mild exercise each day."
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:ef23d04c-744c-4829-a189-d6f072f52e6d">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : You know...I have lived here my entire life and I can count the number of scorpions I've seen on one hand. The valley is so developed now that they don't have very much habitat here. Even all the time I've spent in the desert, I haven't come across them very much. Never seen a rattlesnake either. Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
Weird. I live in north Gilbert and I see at least 1 scorpion a week in my house year round. Most of my friends see scorpions in their houses at least a couple times a year, I guess I need to move to whatever part of the valley you live in.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:88b5f564-8167-4dd9-b549-469e1aadc04e">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]H went with me when I went to buy my Spanx before the wedding. While we were at the store, we started looking at lingerie and stuff for the HM. <strong>I came to realize we have VERY different ideas on lingerie.</strong> Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
<div>What do you mean, like what you found skanky he found hot?</div>
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:88b5f564-8167-4dd9-b549-469e1aadc04e">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]H went with me when I went to buy my Spanx before the wedding. While we were at the store, we started looking at lingerie and stuff for the HM. I came to realize we have VERY different ideas on lingerie. Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
Haha us too. I like what fits, he likes what seems... unrealistic?
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:df2a5765-f32b-44d5-949a-ab1b92bb6f06">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]Midge, I'm irrationally excited about your wedding night. Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]
This made me laugh out loud, for reals. :) I'm quite rationally excited about it.
I like things that look girly, like with some lace or a ruffle or something. He really liked things in two completely opposite groups: a cami and boyshort combo and a skanktastic contraption I didn't even know how to get into.
Plus, most of my weight is carried in my midsection., and I have a flat ass. The stuff I liked emphasized my fabulous rack or my legs or something, but the stuff he picked out was supposed to highlight the ass I don't have.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:4296db1c-0f81-47a5-97a8-60419f5d90ca">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Most definitely. I dont know why, but Midge, in my mind, you're going to have Cinderella lingerie and he's going to be dressed like Price Charming and basically there will be birds singing and animals dancing and life will be grand. Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]
And then I get to this and now I can't stop laughing.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:438e07ab-0c17-4631-ba47-2722790636cb">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : I'd love to see the fine print with that email. *Everything we say here is a lie. You can't eat whatever you want and lose weight, even with fish oil. Otherwise, everyone would be thin. And a 15 minute walk won't do a darn thing if you eat 24 doughnuts every day. But anyway, buy our shi!t.* Posted by cfaszews25[/QUOTE]
"Supplementing an obese person's diet with fish oil and daily walking is probably the least stressful weight reduction protocol we know of at this time,"
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:95974786-cff0-4d1f-80f4-944e56596725">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : "Supplementing an obese person's diet with fish oil and daily walking is probably the least <strong>effective </strong>weight reduction protocol we know of at this time," (still banging my head against the wall here) Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:df3fcfec-28e5-4889-b212-4de71ccb832c">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]My parents made H and I sleep in separate bedrooms before we were married. We lived together, but it was a "while you're under my roof" thing. I didn't mind. It's just a couple of nights apart. Posted by cfaszews25[/QUOTE]
<div>My parents have us sleep separately, but his parents don't care (they even redid FI's old bedroom and put a queen bed in there). My parents were quietly livid when I told them FI and I were moving in together (this june! very excited!). Ever since they keep dropping hints that FI and I should elope before we move in so we won't live in sin...but then quickly back down and say they'll still be helping to pay for our wedding later on. It's a weird passive aggressive thing that I just don't play into.</div>
Fish oil is supposed to help with all sorts of stuff, including reducing inflammation and being beneficial to your heart. It seems like it's recommended for everything, but I've never heard it recommended for weight loss.
I'm irrationally irritated that I put of writing what I thought would be an easy paper. It's not as easy as I anticipated, and it's not done yet. It's halfway done, and I feel like it's going to be super stupid.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:3e120c3a-fe08-464f-9df6-a4a1c766fa05">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Well, this is true. Eating right and exercising is WAY harder than popping a pill every day and walking half a mile. So, they got that part right. I thought fish oil just made your hair shiny anyway. Posted by cfaszews25[/QUOTE]
I just love how it says "don't change your diet, just take this fish oil, walk around the block once a day and wait for the MIRACLE to happen."
I am pretty sure fish oil is one of those heart healthy things you can take, but really, if it's supposed to help you lose weight, my grandfather should be in optimum health right now. But he's still overweight.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:db8a1ad4-f908-488c-8d42-47abb95e3bc0">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]It blows my mind that a lot of your parents weren't okay with you sharing rooms, even when you are engaged. LOL. Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:5386c7bf-41de-42a2-9983-cd4addfcb35e">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Why is that funny? Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
<div>Agreed. Jem, you have a way of coming across as an insensitive jerk. This is not an isolated incident.</div>
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:db8a1ad4-f908-488c-8d42-47abb95e3bc0">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]It blows my mind that a lot of your parents weren't okay with you sharing rooms, even when you are engaged. LOL. Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
<div>Why? Every family is different, I was raised in a very conservative Catholic house. That's not how I would describe myself now, but my parents are still the same, so it's their rules when we visit or get a hotel.</div><div> </div><div>ETA: it 'blows my mind' too (and FI's) but that's why there's no qualms between us about moving in together. That LOL is weird to me bc it's not like i'm going to be LOL'ing when FI and I visit my family and we have to sleep apart even tho we live together. It's annoying but it's also my parents house.</div>
It wasn't that they weren't letting us share a room even when we were engaged. They weren't letting us share a room because we were not married. Engaged is not married.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:db8a1ad4-f908-488c-8d42-47abb95e3bc0">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]It blows my mind that a lot of your parents weren't okay with you sharing rooms, even when you are engaged. LOL. Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
<div>Engaged is not really different than dating. But engaged is different than being married, for some more than others. LOL.</div>
H and I were not "allowed" to share a room when we stayed with his family until we were married. Engagement is nice but not marriage, as far as my in-laws are concerned.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:22cce61a-9b8a-4d99-a435-c013eed340e3">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]It wasn't that they weren't letting us share a room even when we were engaged. <strong> They weren't letting us share a room because we were not married. Engaged is not married. </strong> Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
<div>Exactly. </div><div> </div><div>Special I think that is simple and effective ;)</div>
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:779b8c79-fb63-4b66-a86e-e6d8b1498034">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Why? Every family is different, I was raised in a very conservative Catholic house. That's not how I would describe myself now, but my parents are still the same, so it's their rules when we visit or get a hotel. Posted by Jaridds68[/QUOTE]
Not 'blows my mind' in a bad way, I just don't personally know many people whose parents are like that (or more acurately, I just haven't heard about it). So it's surprising to find so many people on here who grew up like that.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:df55a64b-5781-44b5-8114-431b14a4df01">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Haha us too. I like what fits, he likes what seems... unrealistic? Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
H is this way. He's the same way about clothes too. Um, sorry honey I can't wear ass-crack jeans anymore. I need something that masks the muffin tops nowadays.
"Halloween may have loose women scantily clad... But Christmas has a pregnant virgin.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:22cce61a-9b8a-4d99-a435-c013eed340e3">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]It wasn't that they weren't letting us share a room even when we were engaged. They weren't letting us share a room because we were not married. Engaged is not married. Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE] <div> </div><div>This.</div>
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:06c30c10-b9d6-46af-8891-2c6ecd52edc2">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Agreed. Jem, you have a way of coming across as an insensitive jerk. This is not an isolated incident. Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
Examples please? I'm not trying to be combative, it's just it's not how I intend to come off, so if there's a different way I can word things, I'd work on it.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opinionsirritationswhatever?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7b4a862e-fce0-4430-9ac2-ce04e1b41a3fPost:eb071709-21bd-4f70-86e8-ccfef0121400">Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Not 'blows my mind' in a bad way, I just don't personally know many people whose parents are like that (or more acurately, I just haven't heard about it). So it's surprising to find so many people on here who grew up like that. Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
<div>Gotchya now, your first post came across as a flippant 'omygosh that's so weirrddd LOL' and that hit me funny.</div>
Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever
A press release that claims 100% of Americans will be overweight by the year 2048. Also, all you have to do to fight obesity is take fish oil. "A study found that obese adults could lose weight while continuing to eat anything they wanted as long as they consumed daily fish oil and went on a 15 minute walk or performed other mild exercise each day."
FFS.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : You know...I have lived here my entire life and I can count the number of scorpions I've seen on one hand. The valley is so developed now that they don't have very much habitat here. Even all the time I've spent in the desert, I haven't come across them very much. Never seen a rattlesnake either.
Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
Weird. I live in north Gilbert and I see at least 1 scorpion a week in my house year round. Most of my friends see scorpions in their houses at least a couple times a year, I guess I need to move to whatever part of the valley you live in.
[QUOTE]H went with me when I went to buy my Spanx before the wedding. While we were at the store, we started looking at lingerie and stuff for the HM. <strong>I came to realize we have VERY different ideas on lingerie.</strong>
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
<div>What do you mean, like what you found skanky he found hot?</div>
[QUOTE]H went with me when I went to buy my Spanx before the wedding. While we were at the store, we started looking at lingerie and stuff for the HM. I came to realize we have VERY different ideas on lingerie.
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
Haha us too. I like what fits, he likes what seems... unrealistic?
[QUOTE]Midge, I'm irrationally excited about your wedding night.
Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]
This made me laugh out loud, for reals. :) I'm quite rationally excited about it.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Most definitely. I dont know why, but Midge, in my mind, you're going to have Cinderella lingerie and he's going to be dressed like Price Charming and basically there will be birds singing and animals dancing and life will be grand.
Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]
And then I get to this and now I can't stop laughing.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : I'd love to see the fine print with that email. *Everything we say here is a lie. You can't eat whatever you want and lose weight, even with fish oil. Otherwise, everyone would be thin. And a 15 minute walk won't do a darn thing if you eat 24 doughnuts every day. But anyway, buy our shi!t.*
Posted by cfaszews25[/QUOTE]
"Supplementing an obese person's diet with fish oil and daily walking is probably the least stressful weight reduction protocol we know of at this time,"
(still banging my head against the wall here)
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : "Supplementing an obese person's diet with fish oil and daily walking is probably the least <strong>effective </strong>weight reduction protocol we know of at this time," (still banging my head against the wall here)
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
FTFY.
Books read in 2012: 21/50
[QUOTE]My parents made H and I sleep in separate bedrooms before we were married. We lived together, but it was a "while you're under my roof" thing. I didn't mind. It's just a couple of nights apart.
Posted by cfaszews25[/QUOTE]
<div>My parents have us sleep separately, but his parents don't care (they even redid FI's old bedroom and put a queen bed in there). My parents were quietly livid when I told them FI and I were moving in together (this june! very excited!). Ever since they keep dropping hints that FI and I should elope before we move in so we won't live in sin...but then quickly back down and say they'll still be helping to pay for our wedding later on. It's a weird passive aggressive thing that I just don't play into.</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Well, this is true. Eating right and exercising is WAY harder than popping a pill every day and walking half a mile. So, they got that part right. I thought fish oil just made your hair shiny anyway.
Posted by cfaszews25[/QUOTE]
I just love how it says "don't change your diet, just take this fish oil, walk around the block once a day and wait for the MIRACLE to happen."
I am pretty sure fish oil is one of those heart healthy things you can take, but really, if it's supposed to help you lose weight, my grandfather should be in optimum health right now. But he's still overweight.
[QUOTE]It blows my mind that a lot of your parents weren't okay with you sharing rooms, even when you are engaged. LOL.
Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
Why is that funny?
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Why is that funny?
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
<div>Agreed. Jem, you have a way of coming across as an insensitive jerk. This is not an isolated incident.</div>
[QUOTE]It blows my mind that a lot of your parents weren't okay with you sharing rooms, even when you are engaged. LOL.
Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
<div>Why? Every family is different, I was raised in a very conservative Catholic house. That's not how I would describe myself now, but my parents are still the same, so it's their rules when we visit or get a hotel.</div><div>
</div><div>ETA: it 'blows my mind' too (and FI's) but that's why there's no qualms between us about moving in together. That LOL is weird to me bc it's not like i'm going to be LOL'ing when FI and I visit my family and we have to sleep apart even tho we live together. It's annoying but it's also my parents house.</div>
[QUOTE]It blows my mind that a lot of your parents weren't okay with you sharing rooms, even when you are engaged. LOL.
Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
<div>Engaged is not really different than dating. But engaged is different than being married, for some more than others. LOL.</div>
[QUOTE]It wasn't that they weren't letting us share a room even when we were engaged. <strong> They weren't letting us share a room because we were not married. Engaged is not married. </strong>
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
<div>Exactly. </div><div>
</div><div>Special I think that is simple and effective ;)</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Why? Every family is different, I was raised in a very conservative Catholic house. That's not how I would describe myself now, but my parents are still the same, so it's their rules when we visit or get a hotel.
Posted by Jaridds68[/QUOTE]
Not 'blows my mind' in a bad way, I just don't personally know many people whose parents are like that (or more acurately, I just haven't heard about it). So it's surprising to find so many people on here who grew up like that.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Haha us too. I like what fits, he likes what seems... unrealistic?
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
H is this way. He's the same way about clothes too. Um, sorry honey I can't wear ass-crack jeans anymore. I need something that masks the muffin tops nowadays.
"Halloween may have loose women scantily clad...
But Christmas has a pregnant virgin.
Way cooler." - anna.oskar
[QUOTE]It wasn't that they weren't letting us share a room even when we were engaged. They weren't letting us share a room because we were not married. Engaged is not married.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
<div>
</div><div>This.</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Agreed. Jem, you have a way of coming across as an insensitive jerk. This is not an isolated incident.
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
Examples please? I'm not trying to be combative, it's just it's not how I intend to come off, so if there's a different way I can word things, I'd work on it.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Opinions/Irritations/whatever : Not 'blows my mind' in a bad way, I just don't personally know many people whose parents are like that (or more acurately, I just haven't heard about it). So it's surprising to find so many people on here who grew up like that.
Posted by jemmini6[/QUOTE]
<div>Gotchya now, your first post came across as a flippant 'omygosh that's so weirrddd LOL' and that hit me funny.</div>