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JoeAnne2013
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'Provocative'
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So a few days ago I e-mailed my FMIL the link to the wedding website I set up just so she could have a 'sneak peek'. I never received a response back and wasn't exactly expecting to, but while talking to her today I just happened to ask if she had received the e-mail. She told me she did and she had wanted to send it to her family that lives out of country, but after reading it realized it was too provocative to share!
Seriously?! Apparently the problem is with "Our Story" which reflected back on how we met and our first date. The "provocative' part? Well on our first date we ditched our original plans, hopped on a train, went to visit my future brother in law, got drunk in the park and passed out back at my FBIL's apartment. Not exactly the most romantic or typical, but provocative? I didn't think so.
Anyway, the save the date magnets are ordered, have come in and have the website on them and guess what?! The stories are staying exactly the way they are.
Just wanted to share/rant.
Seriously?! Apparently the problem is with "Our Story" which reflected back on how we met and our first date. The "provocative' part? Well on our first date we ditched our original plans, hopped on a train, went to visit my future brother in law, got drunk in the park and passed out back at my FBIL's apartment. Not exactly the most romantic or typical, but provocative? I didn't think so.
Anyway, the save the date magnets are ordered, have come in and have the website on them and guess what?! The stories are staying exactly the way they are.
Just wanted to share/rant.
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Re: 'Provocative'
[QUOTE]Well, I dont think "provocative" was the word she was actually looking for, but I can understand why she doesn't want to send a story about you and her son getting shitfaced and spending the night together on your first date. It's not provocative, and I don't judge the actions themselves, but publishing them on a formal correspondence and sending it to all your friends and family is a little... looking for the right word here... low class? tacky? crass?
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]
ok. so you have custody of our brain tonight. Probably for the best.
[QUOTE]Well, I dont think "provocative" was the word she was actually looking for, but I can understand why she doesn't want to send a story about you and her son getting shitfaced and spending the night together on your first date. It's not provocative, and I don't judge the actions themselves, but publishing them on a formal correspondence and sending it to all your friends and family is a little... looking for the right word here... low class? tacky? crass?
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]
<div>Agreed.</div><div>
</div><div>The first night FI and I went from friends to romantic interests was when his friends played a game with me called "Finish Your Drink" in which I got completely bombed and do not remember the night at all. That's the real story of how we got together, but it is not on my wedding website. </div>
[QUOTE]So a few days ago I e-mailed my FMIL the link to the wedding website I set up just so she could have a 'sneak peek'. I never received a response back and wasn't exactly expecting to, but while talking to her today I just happened to ask if she had received the e-mail. She told me she did and she had wanted to send it to her family that lives out of country, but after reading it realized it was too provocative to share! Seriously?! Apparently the problem is with "Our Story" which reflected back on how we met and our first date. The "provocative' part? Well on our first date we ditched our original plans, hopped on a train, went to visit my future brother in law, got drunk in the park and passed out back at my FBIL's apartment. Not exactly the most romantic or typical, but provocative? I didn't think so. Anyway, the save the date magnets are ordered, have come in and have the website on them and guess what?! The stories are staying exactly the way they are. Just wanted to share/rant.
Posted by JoeAnne2013[/QUOTE]
I'm going to ditto Stage here, I'm thinking that maybe "provocative" just wasn't exactly the word that she meant. That being said, I can totally get why she doesn't really want the story of how her son got drunk off his @$$ and passed out with a girl he barely knew at the time plastered all over the internet.
I'm not really judging what you (as 2 consenting adults) did that night but I can totally get why she thinks it's something that Great Aunt Mildred who recently discovered Facebook doesn't really need to be exposed to.
We are having a 'smaller' wedding, everyone that knows us as individuals knows our personalities well enough that I felt comfortable with sharing our full story with them.
[QUOTE]In Response to 'Provocative' : I'm going to ditto Stage here, I'm thinking that maybe "provocative" just wasn't exactly the word that she meant. That being said, I can totally get why she doesn't really want the story of how her son got drunk off his @$$ and passed out with a <strong>girl he barely knew at the time </strong>plastered all over the internet. I'm not really judging what you (as 2 consenting adults) did that night but I can totally get why she thinks it's something that Great Aunt Mildred who recently discovered Facebook doesn't really need to be exposed to.
Posted by RamonaFlowers[/QUOTE]
FI's brother was also my childhood best friend, at the time of our first date we had already known each other and each others families for about ten years.
ANNND to boot, the blurb makes it clear that it was all pretty much in good fun, talks about how we house hopped to visit friends and we were in a group all night. I would hope that our families wouldn't think we were all...Yaknow.