Monday night

baystateapple · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_monday-night-11?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6974c1ff-0dd3-4b5c-b1b0-ffc159a5732aPost:2a3c6635-0dfe-433a-82fd-58348fea8820">Re: Monday night</a>:
[QUOTE]If you bring a gift to a bridal shower, do you bring a gift to the wedding too?
Posted by aleighk1[/QUOTE]
Yup. I do at least.

strlzfan11 · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_monday-night-11?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6974c1ff-0dd3-4b5c-b1b0-ffc159a5732aPost:20a0495d-95f2-4c58-b00e-5bf6a05d71af">Re: Monday night</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Monday night : Strlz, I've been meaning to ask if you are married/engaged. That seems like a weird question to ask on TK, but I haven't seen you mention anything and I'm curious. Tell me to STFU if that's an idiotic question.
Posted by ErinG93[/QUOTE]

Not an idiotic question at all. It's come up a few times, but no I am not married or engaged. I created the account when a friend was getting married and I thought I would be asked to be in the WP. Fast forward about 5.5 years when one of the topics on TK's main page (I was looking for someone else's registry at the time) intrigued me so I lurked on the boards for a while until I finally decided to start posting about 2 years ago. I was out of work at the time and needed something else to occupy my time in addition to grad school.

aleighk1 · May 2012

Okay, good to know!

strlzfan11 · May 2012

Haha!

ZombieNates · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_monday-night-11?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6974c1ff-0dd3-4b5c-b1b0-ffc159a5732aPost:20d6f3fe-abc8-4a6e-bc9d-bbbca3c7d26b">Re: Monday night</a>:
[QUOTE]I see so much enabling at school, even at a young age. We have several parents who think their kids can do no wrong and it's always us against them, even when their kid admits they did something. I also have seen a lot of coddling with kids who have had some type of illness or emotional issues like you mentioned Bay. It's like they try to make up for it by doing everything for them or not holding them accountable. It doesn't help in the end.
Posted by PetalPockets2012[/QUOTE]
Mmhhmm. So true, on all accounts.

Aleigh, I always do gift for shower, money for wedding (so card). But a girl who was a pretty close friend of mine gave us nothing for the wedding. She did come to my b-party and shower, so she bought a gift and chipped in for the b-party, but I was surprised not to get a card at least.

mica178 · May 2012

My parents definitely always had a different (higher) set of expectations for me.

I wish we could have had a super modern house, but that's just not normal in Tampa. So colonial it was.

mica178 · May 2012

Six years since a visit?! Do they hate Pitt that much?

mica178 · May 2012

Aleigh -- I bring a gift to both too. Well, it can be a card with money as a gift, but yes, there's a reason for the bride to write me two thank you notes.

ZombieNates · May 2012

I like how many people join TK for weddings they're in. I never put that much effort into being a BM and I wish I had.

ArynBaker · May 2012

FI and I got lucky and we both love the same styles. But we won't be house hunting for awhile.

Strlz, I'm impressed you didn't casually mention that sooner.

strlzfan11 · May 2012

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[QUOTE]Six years since a visit?! Do they hate Pitt that much?
Posted by mica178[/QUOTE]

TK doesn't actually realize I live in Central PA, but my parents live NW of Pittsburgh.

In 2004 I moved to South Carolina. They visited 3 times by mid-2006. I moved back to PA in fall of 2010 (with 2 moves before that). I live 3 hours away. I can't even begin to count how many times I've made the trip to their house or to up my sister's house in NC when they would go to see her.

ErinG93 · May 2012

Aww, is there a specific reason they don't visit you Strlz? I hope they do soon.

strlzfan11 · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_monday-night-11?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6974c1ff-0dd3-4b5c-b1b0-ffc159a5732aPost:7834e8c2-aeaf-404d-8c9b-f54eec894b35">Re: Monday night</a>:
[QUOTE]FI and I got lucky and we both love the same styles. But we won't be house hunting for awhile. Strlz, I'm impressed you didn't casually mention that sooner.
Posted by ArynBaker[/QUOTE]

I've been wanting to, believe me. I was pissed that she invited my sister & BIL to lunch on Sunday (they live 2 minutes away) so I decided to retaliate a little.

This is also the same woman who has a habit of not calling me on my birthday either.

mica178 · May 2012

Strlz, I'd be annoyed if my parents didn't visit me. As it is, I've already been venting about how unequal their treatment of us has been for the last decade +.

H came home, I should go to him and comfort him a bit. See you all later!

ErinG93 · May 2012

I'm fortunate to see my parents every day. Although, I'm a little unfortunate to see my parents every day. I don't know how it happens, but somebody is always stopping by to say hello.

strlzfan11 · May 2012

I'm the ignored child. Always have been, always will be.

As for why they don't visit, I don't have a good explanation. I could understand to an extent while I still lived in SC (because they don't have any money), but after their last visit in 2006 they never even mentioned coming to visit. When my other sister moved in NC later in 2006 they couldn't wait to go visit her & her husband.

If I had kids they might actually care more.

ErinG93 · May 2012

Get crackin'.

wrigleyville · May 2012

I'm sorry, Stillers.

That really sucks.

Hugs to Mica's H.

Sorry, I was away for a bit. FI was getting us take-out. He just came in the door with a HUGE bag and said, "We're going to have leftovers." He accidentally got the Family Pack at Fazoli's. I was like, "Didn't the price tip you off?" and he said he kind of wondered but didn't know what happened until he got to the window. Heh.

Now I have salad for the next two days, along with a couple helpings of penne. I'm going to bake some chicken to chop up for the salad. No sense in letting it all go to waste. :-P

PetalPockets2012 · May 2012

Strlz - My parents visited me more when I went away to college out of state than they do now that I'm only an hour away. It's weird. Parents are weird, or at least mine are.

ErinG93 · May 2012

What happened to Mica's H? I could read back, but I'm feeling meh. Where is Angel tonight? I might have to get my bat signal going.

aleighk1 · May 2012

My mom goes to my sister's way more because she has 2 kids.

ZombieNates · May 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Monday night : I've been wanting to, believe me. I was pissed that she invited my sister & BIL to lunch on Sunday (they live 2 minutes away) so I decided to retaliate a little. <strong>This is also the same woman who has a habit of not calling me on my birthday either.</strong>
Posted by strlzfan11[/QUOTE]
Well, that's just mean, IMO.

Man, I miss Fazoli's. When N was still in IN and I'd come out to visit, we always had to eat there at least once. I just couldn't get over the idea of drive-thru Italian food.

ErinG93 · May 2012

Aw, hugs to Mica's H.

strlzfan11 · May 2012

My grandmother used to tease me (this was long before my nephew was born) about having kids before getting married. She said on more than one occasion "you know, there are those girls who have babies before they get married" (she really wanted a great-grandchild). I'd come back with "do you reall want me to go about it that way? Why don't you talk to the granddaughter with the ring on her finger?" She just laughed because it took my sister & BIL 6 years to get married, and then another 7 years to have a baby. Sadly she died before my nephew was born.

wrigleyville · May 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Monday night : Man, I miss Fazoli's. When N was still in IN and I'd come out to visit, we always had to eat there at least once. I just couldn't get over the idea of drive-thru Italian food.
Posted by ZombieNates[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was really skeptical until I tried it. FI practically had to drag me there. I kept picturing McDonald's-does-Italian.

strlzfan11 · May 2012

I live in the same town I went to college in (3 hours away) and the only time either of them came to actually visit (not for graduation or to pick me up for a break or weekend) was a long weekend the summer just before I moved to SC.

Yeah, it sucks, and for the most part I've gotten used to it, but there are times when it really pisses me off.

aleighk1 · May 2012

My grandpa used to tell me to not take my birth control. It was uncomfortable haha unfortunately he passed away before we could have kids.

ZombieNates · May 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Monday night : Yeah, I was really skeptical until I tried it. FI practically had to drag me there. I kept picturing McDonald's-does-Italian.
Posted by wrigleyville[/QUOTE]
Ha, me too. I seriously didn't believe him when he told me he was driving through. Now the novelty's worn off, but I always yell "FAZOLI'S" when we pass one in another state.

ErinG93 · May 2012

I've never heard of Fazoli's. Sounds good!

strlzfan11 · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_monday-night-11?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6974c1ff-0dd3-4b5c-b1b0-ffc159a5732aPost:87c056be-df1b-4d54-96d6-88919a4dd396">Re: Monday night</a>:
[QUOTE]Steez, my grandmother told me that it's on me to give her great grandchildren because my sister the workaholic has "her head in the clouds". And my other cousins are younger.
Posted by edielaura[/QUOTE]

All but one of my cousins (both sides of the family) are younger than me and 2 are married with kids already, but my nephew is the only acknowledged great-grandchild of the grandmother I mentioned.

My mom's brother abandoned his 2 kids close to 30 years ago when he & his first wife got divorced so nobody on that side of the family really acknowledges that they exist. I did find his son on FB last week and have been debating about whether or not to write to him.

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