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WOW! Revenge can be a nasty nasty thing!

RAUNCHY!!

I just read the whole thing.....it was like a movie.....and i laughed, I cried, I awwwwed, and now I am sad......

We live within 45 mins-2 hrs of 7 different wine regions in CA (Napa, Sonoma, Central Coast, East Bay/Livermore, Lodi, Amador, Foothills) therefore we get to go tasting at least once a month. So we are some spoiled winos!! We also belong to more wine clubs then we should I love reds, particularly Cabs, Tempranillos, and petite sirahs, and not a fan of most merlots. My belief is, if wine is served in church, it must be good for the soul Foxy, you have an awesome job! SO jealous!! That shower idea is sooo cute....i just may steal it, my MOH has been hassling me for what I want at my shower. If we weren't going to MX for our wedding, we'd totally be going to a vineyard!

I'd keep the location, hire an outside WC, fly in a photographer, and pay all expenses for all of our guests. What TV/movie couple would you say your FIL's are most like? (Mine are a cross of Gaylord Focker's parents from Meet the Parents and Ray's parents from Everybody Loves Raymond!)

Oi, this has been an ongoing issue with us, too. My parents are not well off but are not struggling. My FIL's are what I call "struggling by choice". Soon after deciding on a DW, my parents told us they'd be able to give about $5K. I found out that they were planning on getting most of that out of their retirement or by a loan, and it made me a little uneasy. My parents told me not to worry, they were just thrilled my FI and were getting married and that's what parents do. MY FMIL on the other hand turned into a wicked FMIL as soon as we got engaged. She told me she looked up on the internet what the groom's family pays for. She said she'd pay for rehearsal, boutoniers, and my bridal gloves. I'm sorry, but who wears them still, and who the hell would wear them in August on a beach???! I told her it was an all inclusive resort and the flowers were included in the price of the wedding package we got. She then said "Well, then I don't have to pay for anything." That was only the beginning. She refused to pay for a new dress for her self, so she sewed her own (it was nice...but WHITE!!!!). She then begged her husband to take 5 months off work to stay with her while she moved to Hawaii, her life long dream. FI explained that now ppl don't follow "tradition says" and families contribute what they can, and asked if they would contribute anything and she said they couldn't afford it. But we found out the next day she booked and paid for hers, FFIL, FBIL and his gf (who wound up breaking up and now they can't get the money back). FFIL decided he wanted to help with the wedding so he left Hawaii and came back to the mainland and went back to work (he's a long haul truck driver), this pissed FMIL off. We also found out that she only booked to come to the wedding for 3 days, but will be taking 2 weeks off of work after that to spend time with family member that she convinced to fly back to Hawaii with her. Additionally, my FI's grandma is loaded, she always gives people $$$ for whatever they want. FI asked if she would pay for our photographer or help in anyway. She said she FMIL told her she didn't have to give us any money since tradition says...AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Recently, my grandmother passed away and with the money she split up between my mom and uncles, my mom is giving us all of what she got "as a gift from grandma". It will cover the entire cost of the wedding. It kills me how selfless my parents are and how stingy my FMIL is.

Ahahaha!!! My FI and I always joke that we will be them at the airport, too!!

I get that weird drop down orlando add too, ANNOYING!!!!!!!

Woops, I was trying to quote aholen's and it just posted my reply. Anywho, this is the unique ring I love!!

That is so unique and beautiful, love it!!

First pic is of original e-ring, second set is new setting and wedding band. FI went through a lot of work selecting the stone and then had it mounted in a solitaire because he wanted me to pick out the setting I liked. Finally got it ordered yesterday, along with my wedding band. I'll post picks when I get it in and have my diamond mounted. I always wanted an e-ring with a little side diamond below the setting.

Ok, here she is....it is from David's Bridal the destination collection. I got it in the fall. In the store I added some flowers to the sash b/c I wanted more detail, but since then I have removed the sash all together, replaced it with a blingy one from ETSY seller Daniel12 and got rid of the bow in the back. Don't have pictures of it with the new sash, but attached is a pic of it. I have NO IDEA why these pics are sideways?!?!?

Gotta love ETSY!!!

LOVE the guest book! I want to get it for our wedding !

These are breath taking!

Wow, everything looks like it went wonderfully. Love your centerpieces!

Really beautiful!

WOW! This is all stunning! Congrats!

Cute details. Love the VS color theme!!

Such beautiful dresses everyone!

Beautiful!!

I'm going to go with the pre-made envelopes with a thank you card and $$, then give them out according to service. I am having a hard time with tipping my WC, and guess that will be decided there, I know he/she cannot accept money, but I have also had 4 WC since October!!

Ugh, this was so annoying for us. We sent out 125 invites and by our RSVP date only about half the guests had responded. We gave people a 10 day grace period after the RSVP date. After that, we sent out emails, texts, and FB messages reminding them we needed their responses asap. Even that only got us about 10 more rsvp's. We wound up calling people to get their RSVP's and some guests were like "Oh, we had to mail that little card back to you?" I wanted to scream "NO I just put stamps and write please respond on things for fun!!!!". Even when we thought we had it all hammered down, we had some surprise guests rsvp. There was a family of 5 we could not get in contact with so just assumed if they didn't respond to any of our attempts they weren't coming. I got a call yesterday from her complaining that there were no rooms left in the block and that the prices were outrageous and a few other meaningless complaints. Eventhough I should of felt excited they were coming and sad it was going to cost so much, I didn't. Who waits 1 month to try and respond after the cut off date and then complains when they have problems?! Oh the joys of guest lists and RSVP's!

Funny!!

These are really great, memories and down to heart. Nice work.