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Welcome and congratulations! Have a great time planning your DW-it's so much fun and the forum is so helpful.

Welcome and congratulations! Have a great time planning your DW-it's so much fun and the forum is so helpful.

Yay! Congrats and welcome. Have a wonderful time planning your DW.

Check out the couples resorts message board-there a alot of brides that have used her and posted links to their pictures. She has also gotten great reviews from them. Couples Resorts Message Board - Jamaica Resorts Reviews - All-Inclusive Resorts: Jamaican I almost booked Stacy but decided to go with someone else but Stacy was very easy to talk to and got right back to me with answers to my questions. I'm sure you'll be very happy!

Thanks for the opinions! I haven't actually "told" the FI I bought it, I just sort of stopped talking about it so hopefully he'll forget and by the time he see's me in it it won't matter anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nonnie My Fiance and I met on a Star Trek Role playing game.... yep that's right Needless to say neither of us was actually looking for someone, we just had characters that got along well and we sort of followed. Our characters fell in love before we did, which I guess was out way of "testing the waters" we were online friends for about a year, probably longer, before we realised we'd fallen for each other. He was in Holland and I am in Canada, we flew back and forth to visit for about a year and a half and then he moved to Canada. He's applied for permenant residency and we've moved in together. YES! I don't feel like the only geek on this thread. FI and I met playing World of Warcraft. Needless to say we were definately not looking for love! We were "ingame" friends for almost 2 years before we met.... Actually the FI said it best in the post he put on our website so I'm going to just copy it over :-) "Our story begins as many others do, in an enchanted forest of a far away land. Now, depending on your point of view, this could mean the green trees of New England, or the virtual foliage of Elwynn Forest. Having spent many hours conquering the evils of Azeroth in World of Warcraft, our first meeting was with friends in Claremont, New Hampshire. Neither of us knew at the time that something bigger was starting to grow between us. We parted ways after having a great time, and vowed to visit each other again soon. After an impromptu meeting with the same group of friends over New Years, a spark ignited between us, and we both now knew there was something special going on. Even though we lived many miles apart, we knew this was meant to be. With such a realization in mind Brandon packed up his things and moved from the suburbs of D.C. to the mean streets of Boise. We currently reside there with four furry children: The cats Mojo, Sugarbear, and Star, and a rambunctious puppy named “Jupiter The Dogâ€. Isn't that sweet? I thought it was so cute that he wrote that. Our family was a little unsure at first but he is the most caring, wonderful man I have ever met and he treats me each and every day like a goddess!

Congrats and welcome. Have a wonderful time planning your DW!

We have a really small group and I don't want to shell out a bunch of money to reserve space or servers for such a small party. We're going to just make reservations at the restaurant at the resort and I'll bring a couple small table decorations, maybe sashes for the chairs that can be assembled and disassembled quickly. I think for your group size your plan of a luau sounds perfect. Besides, it's a great chance for all your guests to get lei'd! (sorry-couldn't resist )

I made my FI get up at 6:15 this morning (Saturday) and brutalized both of us at the gym with a killer leg workout. I don't think he's going to talk to me tomorrow but it sure felt good once the endorphins kicked in!

I have a calorie counter I wear and when we backpack in the summer I burn upwards of 500 calories an hour. Of course that's hiking with elevation changes and 35 pounds on my back so it could be a little higher than just a regular day hike. Mmm, speaking of hiking my annual backpacking trip in the Sawtooths is just around the corner! Yay for Memorial Day-now if only the damn snow will melt a little faster.

I'm sure it will be fine-honestly I think my photographer will do such a good job with whatever we end up with that I'll be happy. Besides, I'll be way to giddy to notice the color of the ocean :-) Thanks for posting the pictures though, there's nothing worse than having an expectation of something then finding out it's different. At least if I know the ocean might not be as blue I won't be disappointed.

Ugh. I chose a 4:00pm slot because of the special arrangement I have with my photographer. Also the almanac says the sunset starts around 5:30 for the time of year my wedding is and I'm hoping to get some beautiful pictures around the resort with the family after the ceremony. When I saw those pictures I started second guessing myself but even though there is a 10:00am slot open that day I'm going to stick with my initial decision and hope for the best. That and the location I'm getting married at has a slightly different set up than the beach at CSA. So here's me crossing my fingers.....

I'm kicking Brandon out for the night. He can sleep by the pool for all I care.... Ok, not really but I think he's going to stay in either my sister's room with her husband and she'll stay with me or maybe in my mom's room with my dad. We're skipping so many traditions but I thought this one was worth doing. I suggested separate bedrooms for a couple weeks before the wedding too-but that didn't go over so well.

I booked Misha a couple months ago. If you want to see some examples of her work there are some people who have posted on the Couples Resorts Message Boards that have linked her work. Her portfolio at her website is wonderful but I liked seeing the work for other weddings as well.

Welcome. My FI has been married before and that was a huge part of our decision for a DW as well. I think you'll be really happy with it. Good luck planning, you'll find a ton of useful information here.

That's too funny! I just sent off a monster of an email to my WC for Couples asking that and about 10 other questions along the same lines. I'm a little worried about all the "extras" adding up.

Having been the female friend I'd say invite her-if she doesn't come then at least you made the effort. If she's an important part of his life it will be important for you to understand, even if you two don't get along. Now...if there's anything inappropriate going on then you should definately blow the whistle but if it's just a long time friendship then try to be the better person and if she really cares about him she will do the same. I know they've just been friends-doesn't sound like they actually had a relationship - my situation was a little different. I have been great friends with my highschool boyfriend (we were together all through high school and the first couple of months of his military training-broke up my first year of college) and have been involved in all the important moments of his life since we called it quits - his engagement, marriage and the birth of his son. At first it was kind of strange for her, she was his girlfriend and I was his ex....but as we got to know each other and it was no big deal. I love his wife and it's been so cool to watch him live out his dreams with her by his side. They moved away a year ago and she emails me with updates on their little and their new home. Good luck and I think it's great you're at least open to giving it a try-worst case senario you were the bigger person.

I'm in the same boat! Just waiting..... why the heck does it feel like the hair on my legs grows super fast when I'm shaving but when I'm waiting for it to grow it it just stops I've never had waxing (other than eyebrows) before so I'm going to start with legs and bikini...I'll see how it goes....I'd like to do full body before the trip but I figured I'd work up to it first :-)

Congrats on picking a destination wedding. You'll have so much fun planning and there's a lot of info on the forums here. Welcome aboard!

Quote: Originally Posted by dodds (thanks for listening, that was actually kind of therapeutic writing it out --I always had a little bit of guilt that I didn't let my mom do this for me) Funny how that works huh? I'm glad you were able to get through to your mom. After thinking it over I think I'll go ahead and let my mom do the shower, I do love that my extended family would like to travel to be there and I know all my mom's friends that watched me grow up would love to go-I think I just need to change my perception of what it "should" be like and just enjoy what it will be. See-my drama queen moment is coming to an end-I'm having rational thoughts Thanks gals! This forum is the best, and waaaaay cheaper than therapy.

Ok...I'm going to be vulnerable for a minute here *deep breath* but this is really bothering me and I don't really know who to tell. So I'm kind of frustrated about traditional wedding events like a bridal shower. My friends are either male or live in other parts of the country so it would just be a bunch of my mom's friends and relatives and maybe a couple people from work. My closest friend is gay and he's going through a period of time where he's frustrated that he can't experience getting married so even though he's happy for me and he tries not to let on I know it hurts him to be reminded all the time. One of our other friends is getting married and has really thrown it in his face. My other closest friend (also a guy) lives in LA and only comes back a couple times a year. He's happy for me but, let's face it-he's a guy and somehow I can't see him sitting around popping wedding mints drinking punch with my mom.... I had to make some hard choices and change my life a couple years ago and as a result I broke off relationships with almost everyone I had known for most of my life. While I miss many of them I couldn't continue to carry on the relationships without continuing the behavior. Then I worked full time and went to school full time which left little room to build new friendships. I don't really mind having a smaller social circle most of the time. I've been able to turn my life around and now for the first time I'm excited about my future-but as this engagement has progressed I've been a little sad hearing about engagement parties and bridesmaids and stuff, knowing that had I chose a traditional wedding I wouldn't have anyone to ask to be part of my wedding party. Anyway-I'm just hormonal this week and I guess my Mom asking me about throwing a bridal shower kind of brought it up and I've been dwelling on it ever since. I'm sure now that I've gotten it off my chest it won't bug me as much. Anybody else gone through this? (I'm probably going to wish I had an undo button for this post when I start feeling less dramatic lol)

Welcome to the forums Torrie! Congrats on your engagement and good luck with the wedding planning.

Ugh. This thread is scaring me. I wear a tinted moisturizer and light shadow and that's it. But, I know I'll want to have a slightly more exotic look.....so I guess I need to go look around a little. The last thing I want to do is grab something the week before we leave and find out my skin breaks out when I put it on. Thanks for the good ideas, at least I have a place to start.

We're getting married in November also and probably won't have our AHR until January or February. I don't want to compete with the holidays since people are always so busy that time of year.

I just bought my Maggie :-) Veronica. I LOVE IT! I think it took me so long to buy it because I just kept wanting to go back to the boutique and visit it. Now that I've purchased it I won't be able to see it until the alterations are done.