For Stage: Tacktastic Wedding

tidetravel · November 2009

I don't remember all of the details, because after a while, I had to stop listening. But, here are some details of the upcoming tacktastic wedding of friend's sister. Friend = "K" Friend's sister = "G" Wedding budget approx. $5000:Spent $5000 on a ceremony/reception site only to realize that they would need to rent a tent and tables/chairs/etc. (It's a mansion out in the middle of no where, and I think they rented it for the entire weekend.) Add on another couple thousand for that.Apparently, they assume that they will get all of this money back in gifts.They realized that they spent all of their money on the site, so they figured that they could just have the reception be potluck. For 200 people. After G's mother pointed out that the potluck was rude to guests, G and FI assumed that family could/would/should just cook and cater the event for them. Not happening. G and FI don't want to provide alcohol for the guests, so they are going to put one bottle of wine of the table that everyone can share. Oh - but they are saving the money for the alcohol for an "after-party" with their friends/BP at the mansion.G invited K's inlaws to the wedding for the sole purpose of having K's FIL photograph the wedding. K told her that FIL offered to do the wedding for a couple hundred dollars. G got pissed because he won't do it for free. Needless to say, K's ILs are declining the wedding.G gave K so much crap about her wedding while she was planning it, because it was "cheap and tacky." Now, G wants to borrow all of K's decorations for her own wedding.K found out she was pregnant and will be 8 months at the time of the wedding. G kicked K out of the wedding because her "dress will be a different color."Yeah... there's sooo much more. I wish I could remember it all.

megk8oz · November 2009

Oh. Holy. Crap.

zitiqueen · November 2009

You'll be introducing K to The Knot between now and the wedding, right? We need to know how this trash-fest turns out!

LarissaAnn · November 2009

Oh. My. God. There are no words.

tidetravel · November 2009

K has been on theknot for a while, but doesn't frequent the boards. I will definately update when/if this wedding actually occurs next spring. I'll try to get more juicy details from her soon.

Licia&Wayne · November 2009

It's too bad that unlike movies and various other productions weddings don't get so bad they're good. They're just bad bad bad.

megk8oz · November 2009

I hear stuff like this, and I'm always reminded of this story my mom tells me about my late grandmother (Bio-dad's mother). When my mother was planning her wedding to bio-dad, at one point, my mom brought my grandmother and aunt (Bio-dad's sister) shopping for ... I don't even know what, it might have been the BM dresses. Well, my mom shows them whatever she had picked, and this was after my mother had "horrified" her with the news of the reception being at the Knights of Columbus and that she would be wearing a hat during the ceremony (Both families are Catholic, my mom was raised to always have your head covered in church). And my grandmother looks and my aunt, takes her cigarette out of her mouth and just says dead pan "Wendy, your wedding will have CLASS" ... my grandmother was a snob to end all snobs, if you couldn't tell. Idk, whenever I hear these stories, I just picture myself taking the imaginary cigarette out of my mouth and saying to myself in front of these women "Meg, your wedding will have CLASS" ... and then I'm horrified that I'm channeling that God-awful woman, lol.

tidetravel · November 2009

Meg - I think you need that on a badge

LarissaAnn · November 2009

I have an idea! Instead of traditional pot luck, G can just put on the invitations: Please bring your own dinner and drinks. None will be supplied. People can just pick up Happy Meals on the way to the wedding. Perfect!

megk8oz · November 2009

Tide, omg, you're right ... when I get home tonight, I am SO making a new badge. I'm getting tired of "Thumb Cat" anyway.

tidetravel · November 2009

I am NOT suggesting that Larissa. Somehow, I think they would think it was a GREAT idea.

banana468 · November 2009

Let me get this straight, at this point they're having a reception where they're only going to serve their guests one bottle of wine per table??

tidetravel · November 2009

Yeah Banana - I'm not sure what/if they decided on for food yet. I think they're thinking sandwich platters and finger foods from Costco.

banana468 · November 2009

Sounds lovely. I'm sure the guests will love watching the alcohol coming out at the END of the reception for the intimate after party.

lyndausvi · November 2009

wow... just wow. $5k is a decent amount of money, too bad they do not know how to spend it properly.

megk8oz · November 2009

Let me guess, they're also only going to register for really expensive things or have a HM registry. Because, I can easily see people like this getting very offended if people "cheaped out" on wedding presents.

tidetravel · November 2009

Stage - that's ok. I knew what you meant :)Meg - I'm more inclined to think that the invites will say "No boxed gifts" or "Cash only, please."

megk8oz · November 2009

Ew ... you're probably right. I actually do not "judge" when a couple requests money (Again, I could just be biased because that's what I'm doing for the most part) ... as long as they do it "politely" (Word of mouth through the family members). But printing "cash only" on the invites, or putting it on the website ... actually just putting it in writing ANYWHERE is just a no-no to me.

LarissaAnn · November 2009

Tide, even if it's not on the invites, someone might want to spread the word that the guests should eat before the event in case the wedding is foodless. Don't want 200 people fainting from lack of sustenance. At least we know they won't be drunken louts, huh?

tidetravel · November 2009

Meg - I agree that asking for $ word of mouth isn't an issue. It's the "expecting" it that gets me. And none of G's friends have any money, so I don't know where she thinks she's going to make it all up from.Larissa - I'm sure word has gotten around to family about the wedding, thus far. I think K said that her mother even told family members not to bother coming. K is still debating about whether or not to go as a guest. If she goes, it will only be to be the better person (and to see the implosion firsthand).

megk8oz · November 2009

I think K needs to go. And then give you all the details afterwards so you can report to us. I'm dying to hear about how this turns out. I need to know if guests will mutiny when they find out that booze was purchased for the after-party when they got stuck with (what I'm assuming will be) just one cheap bottle of wine per table.

sarabear23 · November 2009

this made my day. too funny.

aerinpegadrak · November 2009

This definitely sounds like the kind of wedding that I would attend solely for the trainwreck aspect. At least if you know going in it's going to suck, you can still milk some morbid amusement out of things.