With me and my two sisters planning weddings for this year, I've known for a while that the coming months would be crazy. But now, I'm not so sure it's all going happen. I think Danielle's June wedding may get called off.
Now it's not because of stress or cold feet. It's way worse than that. Her boyfriend Dave messed up big time.
He put a stamp on an invitation crooked! (How dare he??!!) Here's how it went down...
Always a perfectionist, Danielle has usually prefers to do things herself. But Dave insisted that he wanted to help getting the invitations out. So he set up a station and began putting the invites together. He carefully placed each little card its its own envelope, sealed the back and put them in pile. Then, he licked a LOVE stamp, stuck it on, and got them ready to be mailed.
But they couldn't be mailed until they were inspected by Danielle. When she found the crooked stamp, she was furious. They got into a big fight, after which Danielle called me to get my opinion. I tol ... more »
Posted: April 27, 2009 4:53 pm | 2 comments
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I'm starting to feel pretty bad for my soon-to-be brother-in-law, Dave, after spending a weekend with him and my sister. With their wedding fast-approaching, my sister is getting on him about every little thing...including his fingernails.
As a nail-bitter, (I know it's a gross!)I know how hard of a habit it is to quit. I make it my New Year's Resolution every year to stop, but by February I always find myself doing it again. Luckily for me, I'm the only one who really cares.
Dave, on the other hand, has some one who really cares... my sister. She is insisting that he stop biting his nails NOW, so that by the time their weding comes in June, he will have nice fingernails for the photos. The poor guy gets slapped on the wrist every time his hand goes near his mouth. If I were him I'd be biting my nails even more out of sheer fright--is he marrying his mother?
She hasn't said anything to me about it yet, but I'm sure I'm next. Obviously, a bridesmaid with ugly fingernails could ruin ... more »
Posted: April 22, 2009 4:25 pm | 1 comment
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Have you ever watched that show "Bridezillas"? I'm always amazed at how worked up these women get over such insignificant things, throwing temper tantrums over the littlest details. I bet after their weddings these brides watch the episode and are horrified. If only they could take a step back from the sitaution, and look at it through objective eyes, they could see how silly they are.
As my two sisters and I plan our weddings for later this year, there have been a number of Bridezilla moments. In a family of all girls, I'm pretty used to cat fights, but until the wedding-planning I hadn't seen many of them since we were all teenagers. Luckily for me, I haven't really been involved, but have sat back and watched their fur fly over everything from tablecloth colors to the guest list. Who cares if one or two things are the same at the weddings, I've always thought.
But now, I care.
Something has finally happened for me take issue with. I'm not one for cat fights, but I'm having a hard t ... more »
Posted: April 6, 2009 5:05 pm | 1 comment
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This morning my sister sent me the most vile, tasteless email. I immediately closed the window when I saw the vulgar image it contained, but all day, that picture keeps popping into my mind.
My bridesmaid dress.
Somehow, my stylish sister managed to pick one the ugliest garments I have ever seen for me to wear to her wedding. And not just wear- buy! Why do I have to spend money on something so dreadful?
So this leaves me in a rut. The mess—I mean dress—costs more than $300! That is money that I could use for my wedding, or even more importantly, my bills.
Even though it’s not something I want at my wedding, I understand the tradition of having bridesmaids and I’m excited my sister wants me to be such a big part of special day. I also understand that traditionally the girls who are lucky enough to wear a dress picked by someone else have to pay for it. But shouldn’t there be some discretion here?
So what do you think? Should I tell my sister I hate the dress? Should I tell ... more »
Posted: March 18, 2009 4:53 pm | 5 comments
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Reading through the comments on my last blog, I was stuck by one. Caroline asked me if I as nervous at all about my wedding. I was surprised by this, not because it's an odd question, but because I realized I have don't have anxiety about getting or being married.
Maybe it's because I have known Travis for so long. We first met in fifth grade, when only I thought of him as the annoying jerk who threw a dodge ball at my face in gym class and made me cry. I later learned that this was because he had a crush on me...way to show it.
Still, I can't get Caroline's question out of my mind. I felt like for some reason, I should be nervous about marriage. Shouldn't my feet be a little cold, or at least chilly?
My oldest sister, Danielle, is getting married in June after an almost 10 year engagement. The reason it has taken so long for the nuptials? Her boyfriend Dave is nervous. Not to be married, but to say vows "in front of people."
Kristin, my sister who is getting married in August, is al ... more »
Posted: March 4, 2009 5:00 pm | 0 comments
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For some people, weekends are for doing housework, running errands, or catching up on school work. For me, weekends are reserved for one thing--sleeping in. I close the curtains tight on Friday night, and don't open them again until Sunday afternoon, so nothing can wake me up.
Nothing, except a phone call at 7 o'clock in the morning. Last Saturday, that's what happened.
It was my sister, Kristin. Not only was she wide awake, but she was fired up...and chose me to unload on.
"She's stealing my thunder," she said, as I rubbed my eyes and looked over at the clock. I had no idea what she was talking about.
"Danielle picked the same colors as me, black and white, and her wedding is first," she whined. "She knew I always wanted black and white! Can you believe it?" I could believe it, and I didn't understand why it was such an issue...especially in the wee hours of a Saturday morning.
Really, I don't understand what all the hoopla revolving weddings is about. Why do designate colors for c ... more »
Posted: February 18, 2009 3:47 pm | 6 comments
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My two sisters and I all planning weddings for this year is, well, interesting. Besides the warring over colors, dates, dresses and hairdos, the experience has been sort of enlightening. It's interesting to see how even though we all grew up together, we each turned out so differently. This really shows when I look at the kind of wedding each of us is planning.
Danielle, my oldest sister, is going for the whole shebang: big white dress, flowers, giant cake, lots of guests and lots of stress. Of the three of us, she has always been the most traditional...and the most uptight.
Kristin, my other sister, is opting for a beach wedding. She wants to wear a beachy dress with no shoes, and then have an elegant in-door reception with lots of fancy foods. She has always been the one of us who can never make her mind.
Meanwhile, Travis and I aren't buying in to all the wedding hype. When we get married, we want it to be just the two us, at a courthouse. Then we want to celebrate our union with ju ... more »
Posted: February 9, 2009 2:26 pm | 5 comments
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On Thanksgiving, my boyfriend and I announced to my family that we would be getting married. We said we were thinking of July, that way I would be done with school, and it's a time of year that boyfriend Travis' family will be in the area. Everyone was overjoyed, but there were two people who weren't as excited I as expected...my sisters.
I am the youngest of three girls. My oldest sister, Danielle, has a son and has been engaged for about 6 years. Since it's been so long, I think the whole family has figured she'll never really get married.
My middle sister is Kristin. She has two daughters, and for the past year has been planning her wedding for this August.
Then, last month, Danielle announced that she had bought a wedding dress and reserved a place for her wedding...on June 20. Right before July. I think she couldn't handle her sister who is almost 10 years younger than her getting married before her.
Now Kristin is mad because Danielle "stole her colors" and I've moved my date t ... more »
Posted: February 4, 2009 5:07 pm | 4 comments
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