Not looking forward to the impending rainstorms (& delays) here -- hoping that it's not too bad when my flt has to take off!:eek:;):rolleyes:

Congrats! Good luck getting them to finish the punch list stuff while you're living there.

I'm on my way to SFO right now ... I'll be there ~noon to 7pm ...

:-:

Caused me to start looking at North Asia destinations... ;)

I suppose you're right, but I just have a bad attitude toward live wedding music. Every wedding I've ever been to with a band, they were WAY too loud and while they did get the crowd moving at times, I think it was more because the guests had no other musical choice.

Could not agree with this more. The point of a wedding is to be with those that you invite, not to distance yourself from them. At a minimum, do a bridal party table. But a bridal party table INP in our case because her sisters are her bridesmaids, and she refuses to separate family members. Her older sister would be separated from her three rugrats and husband...perish the thought.

Manners, manners.

Morning, Box.

HAHAHAHA amazing...

Nope. I mentioned my freelance work briefly just in the way of small talk, all of which was totally true - but it was not required and there was no need of any kind of documentation.

Absolutely. There are plenty of bad bands, and I'm very sorry for y'all who have apparently had to deal with them, but in terms of musical spontaneity, the organic ability to feel the "vibe" of a party and ride it, plus the fun of hearing music in a familiar but new/unique context... If I "need" to hear the original version of a song, I can stay home and do that.

Again, this is all contingent on the fact that you get a good band. But they actually do exist.

:eek: I don't like that idea one bit, though...I guess I agree with you, I might deal with it if the other option was acquiescing to have a DJ. :p You have the rest of your lives to have quality one-on-one time, while you'll never have this collection of people there together again.

And I'm very sorry to hear that the general opinion is that most guys feel like a "victim" going to their own wedding, never mind what they're thinking of the "estrogen-fueled drama trains" that they're about to marry. What's the point of spending time and energy planning something if you know the other half of why you're doing it at all is kicking and screaming - and even if you have "been imagining every detail of the day since age 5," how can you then find it at all fun or rewarding? :(

Knowing all this, I would be quite happy to save all that :rolleyes: and money and simply go to city hall and get it done, if I didn't know that doing so would break the hearts of my parents (at least, and probably some other family members as well)...and the fact that the people I love are so geographically spread out. I love them, and I love them together, and this is the best impetus both of us will ever have to make that happen.

(Apologies for the rant.)

Ugh. Working that night...just my luck. That would have been so fun.

G:rolleyes::rolleyes:d m:rolleyes:rning, b:rolleyes:x, from UA893!

We do have pretty heavy rain here in TN at the moment - chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Lucky me -- my first flt is to IAH, then COS!:rolleyes:

There are other options. @:-)

At our wedding families stayed together (though we had no kids under 8) rather than the bridal party all together. My groomsmen were my brother (sat at one of the "cousins" tables) and two fraternity brothers, each at one of the two tables for that crowd. The bridesmaids were similarly distributed. My wife and I sat at the "other folks" table that included a couple friends that didn't otherwise fit a group and the rabbi. We provided a common bond for an otherwise disparate group of folks to get some conversation started and then went about dealing with the fact that it was our wedding and that we weren't really going to sit too much anyways.

I also had the advantage that my wife wasn't obsessed with the planning of the event. I actually planned much more of it than she did.

Welcome. :) I can only imagine what a relief it must be to have so many of those issues behind you! Which Sixth Borough is it, again?

+100 (as I guess I just said in my earlier post). I mean, honestly, if you're working the room and trying to say hello to everyone (as you should), there really won't be much time for sitting and eating anyway. I've found that to be the case at every party/reception I've ever thrown (after concerts and the like) - you pick out all this food that you like, and you basically get to eat none of it. :p That's the nature of the thing - deal. Have your attendants obtain something for you and the party to eat on the ride over to the reception venue so you won't get distracted/cranky (or intoxicated) because of the empty stomachs. :)

I have no doubt that they are out there, but what kills me is that she knew from day one of serious talking about wedding stuff that A) I can't stand live music and B) live music is/was likely out of our budget range. She's the budget-conscious one, and all of a sudden the numbers are there because she wants it. I'm not asking for it to be all about me; I know it's all about the bride. But the fact that she even considered going forward despite A) and B) above really irks me.

We had LAS mostly figured out, we had City Hall planned out, and we even considered using an event venue just outside of MCO and doing it destination-style.

I would submit that your opinion of time and energy spent is probably not a mainstream one among women. Many brides have guys that could care less about the details. Those are the guys who are given instructions like "Place, time, and please try to be sober." I'm not that type, and she knows it.

G'day box.

Good :rolleyes:, box.