Spinoff thread. Gifts how much is too

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Spinoff thread. Gifts how much is too
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Tue, 06-26-2007 - 11:47am

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Sun, 07-01-2007 - 10:30pm
The Italians like to impress too so they will get the best for parties. My father would have NEVER had a cash bar at our weddings. That is tacky in our circles to make people pay for their drinks.
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Sun, 07-01-2007 - 10:30pm
Thank God my father and FIL liked to drink! We had a pretty good supply of booze at both our rehearsal dinner and wedding. In fact, I had more fun the evening after the rehearsal dinner than I did at my wedding. Instead of getting beauty sleep, I was out with all our friends LOL.
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Sun, 07-01-2007 - 10:33pm
lol!! My mil hosted our rehearsal dinner and we were all only allowed to have one drink!! I was like "what?" She let me and my dh have another drink. I can see for the bridal party and guests but for the bride and groom-??!!-lol!! We were only drinking Pina Coladas so it wasn't hard booze or anything as we were getting married the next day.
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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 5:59am

"it's mandatory in my circles"

so...the happy couple should go broke ponying up for all the booze b/c it's "mandatory" ...right. I'm so glad that Northern new England yankees don't give too hoots about "what is and isn't done dear..."

 

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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 6:01am

RI and parts of MA are COMPLETELY different kinds of New England than Northern New England (Maine, VT, NH) ...we call them"flatlanders' down there.... and secretly don't think of them as 'real new englanders'

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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 6:02am
PS...did you go to PC? my brother went there in the 70s...he's the assisted head of the criminal division of the AG's office in RI now...

 

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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 6:04am

this whole "in our circles" stuff gives me the giggles..... I keep expecting someone next to say "they're not our kind dear...."

 

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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 8:08am

I keep wondering, while reading these posts, if I'm the only one who's attended weddings of every kind, in numerous types of locations, varying from open bar to no alcohol at all, dancing or none, sit-down or buffet or just cake and punch, inside/outside, whatever...all among the same "circles".

Like I've said before, I have a hard enough time attending weddings as it is. If they were all that predictable I'd have stopped years ago.LOL




Edited 7/2/2007 8:33 am ET by lauren1063

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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 8:34am

i know! I feel like there's some big wedding rule book out there that apparently most of my friends and family never bought. I remember when my co worker was getting married and I got my invitation addressed to me "and guest" and I thought that was odd consdiering that she was clearly inviting me and Kelly..and she said "oh you don't live together so it's not appropriate to put her name on the invite" and I said "if the only people SEEING the invite are you, me and Kelly what's the big deal?" I don't understand all these 'guidelines" ...

and as I saidd the best wedding I went to was my friends 30th birthday party in her back yard...she and her husband got married in the middle of the party and only the grooms sister and I knew about it ahead of time..it was so much fun...and a night I'll never forget.

 

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Mon, 07-02-2007 - 8:43am

we had an open bar,mostly stocked with wine and tap beer until midnight. with all this italian talk,i'm wondering if that did have something to do with it. lol.....if you want to hear tacky in circles though,i was embarrassed when mom shared with me that friend was still puttting them away even after that hour. dh and i had left by then so thank goodness the bar staff finally cut her off.

anybody who still wanted to drink took it to the hotel bar or neighborhood spot.

 

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