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April 2013 Weddings

Early Morning Throat Punching

1. FI and I had colds last week so we postponed our Valentine's Day dinner until last night. We went to a pretty expensive, moderately fancy French restaurant and were seated in between a super drunk old lady and an awkward annoying couple. Drunk old lady kept hitting on the waiter who could have been her grandson, her husband was pissed and the poor waiter looked really uncomfortable. Like most NYC restaurants the place was tiny and the  2 seater tables were very close together, bench seating on one side, chair on the other. Awkward couple decide to both squeeze next to me on the bench side. Apparently they need full body contact at all times. Male half of the couple is in the process of getting divorced from female half of the couple's best friend. Soon to be exwife doesn't know. They want to adopt African children because they are "cute" and male is shooting blanks. Male half was very annoying and rude to the waitress. The food was excellent and while I do appreciate a show it was not the romantic evening I had hoped for. 

2. My first dress fitting is Saturday and it is going to snow. I've been storing my dress with FMIL and she's panicking about driving. She wants me to change the appointment I made a month ago (the place only books a month in advance), umm no the place is booked solid hence why I booked the day the date became available. Apparently it is not acceptable for her to drop the dress off to me today or tomorrow or for me or FI to take the train out to their house to get my dress. (Why? I have no idea) So hopefully FFIL will be available to drive and apparently he's going to sit through my dress appointment. I will be subjected to constant text messages and phone calls until the appointment with weather updates. My mom is taking the bus up for the fitting and is worried about the weather, so I told her she doesn't have to come, which sucks since I'd really like another set of critcal eyes and I know all FMIL will do is blow sunshine up my butt even if the dress looks wrong.  

ETA 3. FI and I bought him the perfect tie for the wedding Labor Day weekend and it is no where to be found. I've torn apart our entire closet and dresser and it has vanished. We bought some dress shirts that shopping trip too that FI left in the shopping bag until about a month ago and it definitely wasn't there when I took them out. FI and I now are questioning if we did actually end up buying the tie. Either way, we now need to go find another one. I'm sure it will turn up once we do.
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  • Spunky, I'm sorry about your dinner. It must have been mildly entertaining if nothing else, but sorry it ruined the romance.

    my throat punches this week go out to:

    1. Our invitation designer for not noticing the stupid error on our invites. I know I should have picked it up, but it's not like it was  name or location error. It was the word - with.

    2. My first dress fitting was last night - luckily everything fit, but because I'm so short and the bottom is so detailed it is now a $400 alteration.

    3. FI is disappointed that the shower gifts that are being purchased isn't what he picked out. Everything he picked out was mega expensive, so I told him not to hold his breath and we can get it with wedding money afterwards if no one buys it for us. He was still disappointed and went on a  rant about the wedding being all about the girls this morning and no one ever cares about the guy.  ugh 8am is way to early for those types of conversations.


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  • Spunky, your dinner made me giggle. Now it will be an unforgettable evening ;)

    I would like to throat punch people that are involved with billing with my work. I run the budget for the warehouse. You tell me I am getting a large credit 2 MONTHS AGO in either January or February. When it doesn't show up in January, I plan for it to show up in February. But when I emailed you for confirmation, you tell me 'Oh, it didn't show up yet, thanks for the reminder' and that you should check up on it. Well thanks, hooker. Now I will be over my plan by $30k because you SUCK.

    I would also like to TP my FI. I washed all of our towels and folded them but left them on the couch yesterday. I told him goodnight and went into the bedroom to go to sleep. I then hear him ask me what I plan on doing with this towels. Dude they are right next to you, can't you get up and put them in the freaking closet yourself?! OH.EM.GEE. Sometimes I just want to kick him!
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  • Can I throat punch myself for somehow misplacing two sheets of stamps for our thank you cards? I've looked everywhere! My guess is that I accidentally threw them out with the recycling. $20 down the drain... oy!
  • I am going to throat punch the BUS that just about ran me off of the freeway this morning on the way to work!  You don't look to see if someone is in the lane next to you?  You don't hear incessant honking from the car that you are about to smash???  Thankfully there was a shoulder for me to veer off onto.  WTF?  Learn how to drive!

    Throat punch work because I do not want to be here.  Especially after my scary morning.

    Throat punch Phoenix weather.  It SNOWED here yesterday!  Snow!  About an inch or two EVERYWHERE BUT NEAR ME!  I wanna see snow dammitt!!  And not on people's facebook page that live 20 minutes from me!  Why couldn't I get any snow?  People were going crazy building tiny snowmen on the hoods of their cars, and I didn't get a single snowflake at my house or my work!  I got ripped off.

    Wow - I usually have about 7 TP to do.  I must be pretty calm today, either that or I will add some more as the day goes on :)
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  • TP to the fact that I didn't get any RSVPs in the mail yesterday, wahh!  I think it might be the lag from no mail on Sunday or Monday for President's Day.  I'm hoping to get some today!!

    TP to work or maybe just the fact that I can't focus on anything but getting RSVPs in, lol.

    TP to my apartment for not cleaning itself.  Seriously, why can't it do that?! 

    TP to my health for going downhill after a crazy fun weekend and not letting me clean my apartment.

    At least none of that was very serious and I'm going out for mexican with a BM for lunch, getting a facial this afternoon and watching Grey's tonight :-)  This is my version of "sick person therapy" hehehe.
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    Yay TP day!

    I want to throat punch all the stupid people everywhere. It seems like lately everyone sucks at driving and sucks at life. Or maybe it is because I'm horomonal and want to punch everyone..

    I wan to throat punch myself. My first fitting is this Saturday, and did I ever lose weight? No, I gained like 5 lbs from when I bought the dress. I'm hoping I'll get my butt in gear and lose at least 5 lbs before the wedding- can't really go for too much more at this point because then the dress could fit differently. Oh well- have to master the poses of making my arms look thinner!

    I want to throat punch coworkers. I work with a lot of men who think I have to do everything for them, because they aren't capable of doing it themselves. Why do you make so much more money when you can't tell the difference between a scanner and a fax machine, you idiot?

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    [QUOTE]Yay TP day! I want to throat punch all the stupid people everywhere. It seems like lately everyone sucks at driving and sucks at life. Or maybe it is because I'm horomonal and want to punch everyone.. I wan to throat punch myself. My first fitting is this Saturday, and did I ever lose weight? No, I gained like 5 lbs from when I bought the dress. I'm hoping I'll get my butt in gear and lose at least 5 lbs before the wedding- can't really go for too much more at this point because then the dress could fit differently. Oh well- have to master the poses of making my arms look thinner! I want to throat punch coworkers. I work with a lot of men who think I have to do everything for them, because they aren't capable of doing it themselves. Why do you make so much more money when you can't tell the difference between a scanner and a fax machine, you idiot?
    Posted by orangehills[/QUOTE]

    Orange - I wish I knew you in real life.  We could go have drinks at Happy Hour and complain about this sh!t!  Drivers - yeah, almost got taken out my a bus today!  I love how you say everyone sucks at life, because that is one of my catch phrases too - it's true.  Everyone does suck at life.  Big time.  As soon as I decided I need to lose some weight, I get stressed about it, eat and gain some weight!  WTF?  Now I have a flat 7 that NEEDS to come off before the wedding, I am going to be very unhappy if I am a staving mess 2 weeks before.  But, that probably won't happen and I will continue to be 7 pounds over what I want to be.  And obviously you work in some type of office.  Me too - I am a business manager's assistant and all of the busines managers are old and think that since i am a younger girl (32, not too young, but they are about 55-63) I get to do everything for them!!!  Really?  I am here to do a job not be your little b!tch and make sure there is coffee and fax personal stuff for you.  Do it yourself, or get a fax machine at home with that paycheck you get that is at least triple what i make!! 
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  • Almost all my throat punches are at me this week..oops :P

    I'd like to throat punch my finger for not only breaking a nail SUPER low, but then getting super infected EVEN THOUGH I've been basically drowning it in neosporin.

    I'd also like to throat punch my chest for breaking out like I'm a teenager and making me feel panicked about having a sweetheart neckline.

    Throat punch to myself for being unable to focus at work even though I have like 5 million pieces of copy to write AND for taking on a stupidly large gift project for FI that I have no time to do but now don't want to abandon because it's going to be awesome.

    And throat punch to people who basically invite themselves to the wedding months ago by being all like "oh, we're so excited! We'll see you in April" and then RSVP no with no explanation. I know they don't NEED to explain but it's still a WTF that you basically ask to come and then are just like "nope."
  • TP my mom for telling me since I got engaged that she'd help me either with wedding bills or with nursing supplies (I'm not making her, she offered) and hasn't come through on anything but gives my 19 year old brother money to go to the movies with his friends whenever he wants cause he's too damn lazy to work for himself. Oh and she just bought a new car. IDGAF what people do with their own money but I CAN'T stand when people say they'll do something and dont do it, money or otherwise. My mom's notorious for that.

    TP my chemistry exam tomorrow. But at least once that's over with I can focus on being excited for my shower on Sunday! I hope people actually come. 

    Oh, TP my good friend's mom who I always considered a second mother who says she's not coming to the shower cause there'll be "too many young people" there. Uhhh it's almost ENTIRELY my family, aka grandparents, aunts, cousins... It's not a frat party. It hurts that she's really not coming for such a stupid reason. 

    TP whoever's not filling out their RSVP cards right this very moment and putting them in the mail!! lol (semi joking, but really people.. put a check mark next to your meal choice and stick it back in the mailbox, it's not rocket science)


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  • Von- Me too, about the chest breaking out. My chest and upper back- all the spots visible with a strapless dress! I also have this weird redness left over from a sunburn in January (I don't tan I'm so pasty) Thankfully my makeup artist was like, we can fix it. So here's hoping.

    adawn- Haha, right?? Yup all those things you posted- that is my life too! Someone better watch because I may actually punch someone- don't mess with a hormonal girl! As for my coworker- yes, I work in an office as an Admin Asst. This one guy keeps trying to pawn off all his work to me, even though it is his job and he makes way more than me. So finally my boss is on board, and is like no, everything should come through me that you do to help him. So until an email comes from my boss saying- ok, you do need to do this, I'm not doing anything for him. He sucks. Arg!!
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  • Orange - Ugh Frustrating!!  I am very unimpressed with this office job that I have.  I say you do punch someone! :)  About the breaking out thing girls - try using a facewash for acne on it.  Sometimes I do that because I will breakout on my back here and there too.  Sometimes it is very bad!  The facewash does not always cure it, but kind of helps it from getting worse.  It seems to happen to me more during PMS - which, coincidentally, I will have on my wedding day!!!  Yay!
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  • I love this thread! 

    I have to hand a big TP out to my momzillia.  When I got engaged, I had visions of going dress shopping with my mom, pouring over pinterest together, etc.  But I quickly realized those were far-fetched and it just wasn't going to happen.  She ruined the event of dress shopping by saying she thought I should get a white dress, not ivory.  She likes buttons & a zipper, not a corset.  Hair down, not up. and the list went on and on.  I finally just told her that it is my wedding and I'll wear & pick what I and FI like, and unless she can be supportive I don't need her constant criticisms/negative opinions.

    Well, she's gotten me all upset again, this time on her dress choice.  With the wedding coming up in 2 months, I asked her if she had picked her dress.  I had sent her a few links back in Sept/Oct/etc. so she knew that a nice MOB dress can be $200ish dollars and she should budget for it.  Well now the crunch time is on and she hasn’t given it a thought.  She asked what I was thinking and I told her the color scheme and said I really only had three “wishes” for her dress: 1) no white/ivory 2) floor-length and 3) shoulders covered.  What does she do but fight me on every point, tell me that she doesn’t want to look “old and matronly”….I hate fighting with my mom, but for heaven’s sake, woman.  You are 62 years old and the mother of the bride!  You are supposed to look classy and not just like any other guest.  The other thing that drives me so crazy is that I am the youngest of 4 kids…..and my mom has requested/let me pick out her outfits for all 3 of my siblings weddings!  It’s just so annoying that she can’t return the favor and wear something I like since these pictures will be on my walls for the rest of my life!  UGH!

     

  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_april-2013-weddings_early-morning-throat-punching?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:820178d7-4f43-4671-bcab-c5c2c01eef1eDiscussion:5676e694-861d-44c7-a7e6-8e5f3a5bd96aPost:2936372d-424d-4f01-bce4-a39baf99f625">Re: Early Morning Throat Punching</a>:
    [QUOTE]Almost all my throat punches are at me this week..oops :P I'd like to throat punch my finger for not only breaking a nail SUPER low, but then getting super infected EVEN THOUGH I've been basically drowning it in neosporin. I'd also like to throat punch my chest for breaking out like I'm a teenager and making me feel panicked about having a sweetheart neckline. Throat punch to myself for being unable to focus at work even though I have like 5 million pieces of copy to write AND for taking on a stupidly large gift project for FI that I have no time to do but now don't want to abandon because it's going to be awesome. And throat punch to people who <strong>basically invite themselves to the wedding months ago by being all like "oh, we're so excited! We'll see you in April" and then RSVP no with no explanation. I know they don't NEED to explain but it's still a WTF that you basically ask to come and then are just like "nope."</strong>
    Posted by vonclancy[/QUOTE]

    Yes - this!   There were people months ago that subtly or not so subtly hinted they wanted to be in invited and now they are saying they are unsure. Seriously, I wouldn't have wasted the stamps in the first place. It's so annoying!


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  • Not many throat punches for me this week, but there is one...

    To those people who couldn't have cared less 6 months ago when I was nailing down details , and suddenly have developed an overbearing interest in them less than 7 weeks out. It's done, fineto, fin, finished. You don't get a say anymore, I'm not changing it because you didn't feel like getting interested until now when I figured this all out MONTHS ago. Sorry charlie.
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    [QUOTE]I love this thread!  I have to hand a big TP out to my momzillia.  When I got engaged, I had visions of going dress shopping with my mom, pouring over pinterest together, etc.  But I quickly realized those were far-fetched and it just wasn't going to happen.  She ruined the event of dress shopping by saying she thought I should get a white dress, not ivory.  She likes buttons & a zipper, not a corset.  Hair down, not up. and the list went on and on.  I finally just told her that it is my wedding and I'll wear & pick what I and FI like, and unless she can be supportive I don't need her constant criticisms/negative opinions. Well, she's gotten me all upset again, this time on her dress choice.  With the wedding coming up in 2 months, I asked her if she had picked her dress.  I had sent her a few links back in Sept/Oct/etc. so she knew that a nice MOB dress can be $200ish dollars and she should budget for it.  Well now the crunch time is on and she hasn’t given it a thought.   She asked what I was thinking and I told her the color scheme and said I really only had three “wishes” for her dress: 1) no white/ivory 2) floor-length and 3) shoulders covered.   What does she do but fight me on every point, tell me that she doesn’t want to look “old and matronly”….I hate fighting with my mom, but for heaven’s sake, woman.   You are 62 years old and the mother of the bride!   You are supposed to look classy and not just like any other guest.   The other thing that drives me so crazy is that I am the youngest of 4 kids…..and my mom has requested/let me pick out her outfits for all 3 of my siblings weddings!   It’s just so annoying that she can’t return the favor and wear something I like since these pictures will be on my walls for the rest of my life!   UGH!
    Posted by lamoeller[/QUOTE]

    OMG my momzilla said the same thing about the corset for my dress! She does not like the idea of me exchanging the zipper on my dress for the corset. No matter what anyone says she doens't like it and it will make my dress look horrible. I'd like to TP her.
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Early Morning Throat Punching : OMG my momzilla said the same thing about the corset for my dress! She does not like the idea of me exchanging the zipper on my dress for the corset. No matter what anyone says she doens't like it and it will make my dress look horrible. I'd like to TP her.
    Posted by phoenix870509[/QUOTE]

    Sorry, Phoenix -- I definitely feel your pain!  I heard from a coworker that I should assign a helper the day of the wedding to keep my mom away from me so she doesn't say anything negative to me and I can just bask in the happy feelings and enjoy everything.  I thought that sounded way too extreme, but given recent events, I think it sounds like a perfect solution!!

     

  • I would like to TP my sisters that have not returned their RSVPs..... And it's been over a month. Really????? One says it's under the visor in her car and she keeps forgetting to mail it..... The other can't decide with her husband what to eat.... REALLY ??? Then each get one of the meals. And I also want to double TP them for my enjoyment
  • LOL - 1mobags.  I had to hound my 2 brothers that live in state to send the RSVPs back.  They said "you know we are coming, why do you need the card back"  stop being lazy and just send it back, it already has a stamp, so you don't even have to pay 50 cents. 

    Finally, they sent them to me.  SMH

    I'm about to really TP my out of state relatives that told me "ask us again a couple weeks before the wedding, we don't know yet."  Well, you need to know because I assume you need a plane ticket to get here unless you have a magic carpet or something.  You will let me know by March 8 - latest or else you are SOL!  When I give the numbers to the venue and we design the room (tables etc) there will be no spot for you at any of the tables.  That's just the way it is.
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  • I have officially threatened both sisters that I will sit them with our super annoying uncle if they do not RSVP by this weekend....... So annoying,
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