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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
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Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
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10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
1) I had no idea how to go about making a budget ad paying for a reception. I figured it was a pay as you go type of thing. I seriously thought they would try to hit us with a finance charge.
( do people put finance charges on this? )
2) I had no idea how much a wedding dress would cost. I loathed looking. I expected to pay 3 times what I am actually paying, so that was a sweet surprise!
3) I have no idea what pre cana is. My FH is catholic and I am just glad I talked him out of a church wedding.
4) I did not know what the duties of a maitre D were. I wanted he/she to butt out, I can do it myself.
( thankfully i have come to realize that maitre D's should be drafted as saints)
5) I never knew how over inflated the cost of something gets when it is provided for a wedding.
Now when I book a vendor, say a LIMO, I don't feel the need to disclose my wedding.
6) I had no idea what a bustle was.
7) I had no idea people had engagement parties.
8) I never knew a wedding shower was supposed to be a surprise.
9) I never knew how to properly address an invitation or a thank-you card.
10) I never realized how nasty people would be to me when I told them i was about to get married......or how many antecdotes and words of psuedo-wisdom I would have to endure. BOO
there is seriously a lot more than this, these are just he most amusing in IMO
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failurebydsign
i love MY HOUSE!!
Member since 12/06 4506 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/23/2008 6:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Chateau La Mer
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
i wonder if its because NY weddings are unlike anything else you have ever experienced
that sounds really silly..but they are not made this big of deal elsewhere..like where you are from
i was appaled at some weddings ive been to in kansas..i just didnt think that people do these things differently
i just thought that NY weddings were the way ti was everywhere
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Posted 2/5/08 12:26 PM
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madseason
I am the Bobble Head
Member since 3/06 7867 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/25/2008 3:00 PM
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Hamlet Willow Creek
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
2) I had no idea how much a wedding dress would cost. I loathed looking. I expected to pay 3 times what I am actually paying, so that was a sweet surprise!
4) I did not know what the duties of a maitre D were. I wanted he/she to butt out, I can do it myself.
( thankfully i have come to realize that maitre D's should be drafted as saints)
10) I never realized how nasty people would be to me when I told them i was about to get married......or how many antecdotes and words of psuedo-wisdom I would have to endure. BOO
there is seriously a lot more than this, these are just he most amusing in IMO
 I totally thought all the same things....I looooove my matire d...if she wasnt here id be in pieces.....my mom thought atleast 3k on a dress and its half that.....and if my mom doesnt stop telling me "well when i got married we did this.." or "why are you doing that...we didnt" that was 74....oh im gonna pop!!!
so true so true..
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Posted 2/5/08 12:29 PM
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RadiantBride
Happy Bunny is my new BFF
Member since 5/07 3673 total posts
Wedding Date:
3/28/2008 7:00 PM
Wed. Location:
The Chateau Briand ♥
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
your list was great. I was surprised at most of the things there as well especially the hiking of prices as soon as wedding is mentioned!
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Posted 2/5/08 12:29 PM
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futuremrsfab
Mrs. Fabulous!
Member since 3/07 7114 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/12/2008 2:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Sans Souci of Sea Cliff- A+++++++++++++
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
 sooo true- especially #5 and #10- people are so nasty sometimes when you mention you are engaged... someone that FH works with was like Dont do it- I told his wife at their Christmas party
note to him- dont f*ck with a bride-to-be
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Posted 2/5/08 12:32 PM
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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
Member since 6/07 2720 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Jericho Terrace - Skylight Room
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by failurebydsign
i wonder if its because NY weddings are unlike anything else you have ever experienced
that sounds really silly..but they are not made this big of deal elsewhere..like where you are from
i was appaled at some weddings ive been to in kansas..i just didnt think that people do these things differently
i just thought that NY weddings were the way ti was everywhere
lol, why were you appauled? Was it the ceremony? or the plastic table covers? Was is the teenage DJ, and the fruit cake served at the cavernous VFW Hall that smells like old people while staring at a bingo monitor on the wall
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Posted 2/5/08 12:38 PM
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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
Member since 6/07 2720 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Jericho Terrace - Skylight Room
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by futuremrsfab
sooo true- especially #5 and #10- people are so nasty sometimes when you mention you are engaged... someone that FH works with was like Dont do it- I told his wife at their Christmas party
note to him- dont f*ck with a bride-to-be
I have taken on a brideZILLA mentality. I am really tired and brow beaten, and I can't explain it to people and make them understand what all this planning s.u.c.k.s from your SOUL.
RAWR
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Posted 2/5/08 12:40 PM
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madseason
I am the Bobble Head
Member since 3/06 7867 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/25/2008 3:00 PM
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Hamlet Willow Creek
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by failurebydsign
i wonder if its because NY weddings are unlike anything else you have ever experienced
that sounds really silly..but they are not made this big of deal elsewhere..like where you are from
i was appaled at some weddings ive been to in kansas..i just didnt think that people do these things differently
i just thought that NY weddings were the way ti was everywhere
lol, why were you appauled? Was it the ceremony? or the plastic table covers? Was is the teenage DJ, and the fruit cake served at the cavernous VFW Hall that smells like old people while staring at a bingo monitor on the wall
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Posted 2/5/08 12:42 PM
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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
Member since 6/07 2720 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Jericho Terrace - Skylight Room
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
madseason --- it is SO true!
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Posted 2/5/08 12:47 PM
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TJ22908
I'm Married!!!
Member since 5/07 1621 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/29/2008 5:30 PM
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Giorgio's
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
I agree with lots of these..sometimes things get so out of control with weddings. One of FH GM keeps tellling him theres no reason to get married cause he is divorced and that everything will change and I want to kill him!!! We have lived together for almost 5 years now so what is going to change!!!
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Posted 2/5/08 12:47 PM
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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
Member since 6/07 2720 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
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Jericho Terrace - Skylight Room
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by TJ22908
I agree with lots of these..sometimes things get so out of control with weddings. One of FH GM keeps tellling him theres no reason to get married cause he is divorced and that everything will change and I want to kill him!!! We have lived together for almost 5 years now so what is going to change!!!
he will be married and his b/f will still be divorced, that's what will change.
Funny Story........i wish this wasn't true
when FH and I started dating , one of his good friends told him that Saturday is 'guys night out' and not 'date night'. If i wanted to go out on a saturday he was instructed to tell me it was 'guys night out'. You know what, he did. He told me that. I laughed in his face. I said, "that's ok, I have friends too"
Guys night out didn't last long
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Posted 2/5/08 12:49 PM
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cammolax23
St. Pats day next~!
Member since 12/05 1370 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/1/2009 12:00 AM
Wed. Location:
Long Island
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by TJ22908
I agree with lots of these..sometimes things get so out of control with weddings. One of FH GM keeps tellling him theres no reason to get married cause he is divorced and that everything will change and I want to kill him!!! We have lived together for almost 5 years now so what is going to change!!!
he will be married and his b/f will still be divorced, that's what will change.
Funny Story........i wish this wasn't true
when FH and I started dating , one of his good friends told him that Saturday is 'guys night out' and not 'date night'. If i wanted to go out on a saturday he was instructed to tell me it was 'guys night out'. You know what, he did. He told me that. I laughed in his face. I said, "that's ok, I have friends too"
Guys night out didn't last long
and they wonder why we get crazy...
seriously NY wedddings are like no other 
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Posted 2/5/08 12:54 PM
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kristi313
being married is pretty nice!
Member since 6/07 5124 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/12/2008 12:00 PM
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TPCC
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by TJ22908
I agree with lots of these..sometimes things get so out of control with weddings. One of FH GM keeps tellling him theres no reason to get married cause he is divorced and that everything will change and I want to kill him!!! We have lived together for almost 5 years now so what is going to change!!!
he will be married and his b/f will still be divorced, that's what will change.
Funny Story........i wish this wasn't true
when FH and I started dating , one of his good friends told him that Saturday is 'guys night out' and not 'date night'. If i wanted to go out on a saturday he was instructed to tell me it was 'guys night out'. You know what, he did. He told me that. I laughed in his face. I said, "that's ok, I have friends too"
Guys night out didn't last long
hmmmmmmm
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Posted 2/5/08 12:59 PM
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failurebydsign
i love MY HOUSE!!
Member since 12/06 4506 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/23/2008 6:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Chateau La Mer
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by failurebydsign
i wonder if its because NY weddings are unlike anything else you have ever experienced
that sounds really silly..but they are not made this big of deal elsewhere..like where you are from
i was appaled at some weddings ive been to in kansas..i just didnt think that people do these things differently
i just thought that NY weddings were the way ti was everywhere
lol, why were you appauled? Was it the ceremony? or the plastic table covers? Was is the teenage DJ, and the fruit cake served at the cavernous VFW Hall that smells like old people while staring at a bingo monitor on the wall
OMG WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!
it was also the ford F150 get a way car instead of limos and th getting ready in the church bathroom and your photog gets a nice shot of you and the changing station!!
lol
i looooove kansas with all my heart..but their wedding are just awful..lol
i already told FH that our children..i dont care what happens are having NY weddings
actually my sister and i when we move back there are considering opening a wedding hall and doing it right!
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Posted 2/5/08 12:59 PM
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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
Member since 6/07 2720 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Jericho Terrace - Skylight Room
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by failurebydsign
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by failurebydsign
i wonder if its because NY weddings are unlike anything else you have ever experienced
that sounds really silly..but they are not made this big of deal elsewhere..like where you are from
i was appaled at some weddings ive been to in kansas..i just didnt think that people do these things differently
i just thought that NY weddings were the way ti was everywhere
lol, why were you appauled? Was it the ceremony? or the plastic table covers? Was is the teenage DJ, and the fruit cake served at the cavernous VFW Hall that smells like old people while staring at a bingo monitor on the wall
OMG WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!
it was also the ford F150 get a way car instead of limos and th getting ready in the church bathroom and your photog gets a nice shot of you and the changing station!!
lol
i looooove kansas with all my heart..but their wedding are just awful..lol
i already told FH that our children..i dont care what happens are having NY weddings
actually my sister and i when we move back there are considering opening a wedding hall and doing it right!
if you do that i am moving back!!!!!! I want IN!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 2/5/08 1:00 PM
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failurebydsign
i love MY HOUSE!!
Member since 12/06 4506 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/23/2008 6:30 PM
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Chateau La Mer
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by failurebydsign
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by failurebydsign
i wonder if its because NY weddings are unlike anything else you have ever experienced
that sounds really silly..but they are not made this big of deal elsewhere..like where you are from
i was appaled at some weddings ive been to in kansas..i just didnt think that people do these things differently
i just thought that NY weddings were the way ti was everywhere
lol, why were you appauled? Was it the ceremony? or the plastic table covers? Was is the teenage DJ, and the fruit cake served at the cavernous VFW Hall that smells like old people while staring at a bingo monitor on the wall
OMG WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!
it was also the ford F150 get a way car instead of limos and th getting ready in the church bathroom and your photog gets a nice shot of you and the changing station!!
lol
i looooove kansas with all my heart..but their wedding are just awful..lol
i already told FH that our children..i dont care what happens are having NY weddings
actually my sister and i when we move back there are considering opening a wedding hall and doing it right!
if you do that i am moving back!!!!!! I want IN!!!!!!!!!
right..its a brilliant idea and i really think that it would work once they saw what kind of affair they could have..kinda like that wedding bells show...lol
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Posted 2/5/08 1:03 PM
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TJ22908
I'm Married!!!
Member since 5/07 1621 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/29/2008 5:30 PM
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Giorgio's
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by MrsK2008
Posted by TJ22908
I agree with lots of these..sometimes things get so out of control with weddings. One of FH GM keeps tellling him theres no reason to get married cause he is divorced and that everything will change and I want to kill him!!! We have lived together for almost 5 years now so what is going to change!!!
he will be married and his b/f will still be divorced, that's what will change.
Funny Story........i wish this wasn't true
when FH and I started dating , one of his good friends told him that Saturday is 'guys night out' and not 'date night'. If i wanted to go out on a saturday he was instructed to tell me it was 'guys night out'. You know what, he did. He told me that. I laughed in his face. I said, "that's ok, I have friends too"
Guys night out didn't last long
LOL!!!!
I like his friend but its like just cause your relationship didn't work why wouldn't ours!!! Sometimes I wanna tell people to to keep their opinions to themselves!!
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Posted 2/5/08 1:04 PM
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MrsK2008
It wasn't me!
Member since 6/07 2720 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
right..its a brilliant idea and i really think that it would work once they saw what kind of affair they could have..kinda like that wedding bells show...lol
I LOVED that show and was SO sad to see it go!
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Posted 2/5/08 1:11 PM
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SoonToBeMrsBrady
I am now Mrs. Brady
Member since 7/07 1077 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/13/2008 12:00 AM
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The Rotunda
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
I'd like to add something to this list.
I never knew that planning a wedding....would give other people who are NOT giving me any money for it, the right to tell me HOW to plan my own wedding. This has got to be the MOST frustrating thing thus far.
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Posted 2/5/08 1:16 PM
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failurebydsign
i love MY HOUSE!!
Member since 12/06 4506 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/23/2008 6:30 PM
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Chateau La Mer
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
i know me too..it wasnt only cause i was getting married..i thought it was funny and i liked how everything happend under the same roof...we are looking into space to do the same thing
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Posted 2/5/08 1:19 PM
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TJ22908
I'm Married!!!
Member since 5/07 1621 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/29/2008 5:30 PM
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by SoonToBeMrsBrady
I'd like to add something to this list.
I never knew that planning a wedding....would give other people who are NOT giving me any money for it, the right to tell me HOW to plan my own wedding. This has got to be the MOST frustrating thing thus far.
I agree!!!!
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Posted 2/5/08 1:25 PM
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heathermatt
i am married!!!!
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Wedding Date:
7/20/2008 3:30 PM
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Larkfeild Manor East Northport
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
i actually really enjoyed ready your list...It made me laugh on a day I want to cry....
NY wedding are so not every where else..I once went to a wedding where the photographer was wearing jeans....
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Posted 2/5/08 1:29 PM
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SparkyandAng
Going to see Grandma this wknd
Member since 9/07 5572 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/24/2008 5:30 PM
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by madseason
I totally thought all the same things....I looooove my matire d...if she wasnt here id be in pieces.....my mom thought atleast 3k on a dress and its half that.....and if my mom doesnt stop telling me "well when i got married we did this.." or "why are you doing that...we didnt" that was 74....oh im gonna pop!!!
so true so true..
I think more than ANYTHING else, the thing that bugs me most is the "well we didnt' do that", "I didn't have one of those", "you don't need that"....I don't careeeeeeeeeee, this is my wedding and that's why I get to choose what I want.
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Posted 2/5/08 1:41 PM
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mariaobride
It's A Sickness!
Member since 9/07 6583 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/6/2008 3:00 PM
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Beckwith Pointe
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
the list was nice to read thanks for sharing- a lot of it I am sure we can relate to 
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Posted 2/5/08 1:41 PM
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SparkyandAng
Going to see Grandma this wknd
Member since 9/07 5572 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/24/2008 5:30 PM
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Swan Club-Camelot room A+++++++++
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Re: 10 things I never knew about planning a wedding
Posted by heathermatt
i actually really enjoyed ready your list...It made me laugh on a day I want to cry....
NY wedding are so not every where else..I once went to a wedding where the photographer was wearing jeans....
Absolutely. I went to my cousins wedding in Kansas, and while it was very nice, it was in the basement of a church and had the really long rectangular tables and folding chairs like they use for Bingo.
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