Weddings

[kermit]

I know they suck!

but do ya'll think there should be free booze at a wedding (open bar)?
yesterday I went to my friends wedding and they were doing shots of takillya as a toast. (Kermit only drinks beer BTW) all I wanted was a cold wet frosty beer.... Beeer yummm :D

this is probaly the oddest wedding I have ever been to. everyone had their notes and everyone blazed up in the hotel. (man did we get in trouble!)

I think I will mark this as the worst wedding ever! :mad:

[earthbound]

Open bars are always nice but I'm poor. There is no way I could afford an open bar at my wedding. I would go broke with me and my friends there, heck I'm broke already.
Just try to relate to the bride and grooms financial situation, or perhaps they have AA members in the family. I don't know, but whatever their reason is, I'm sure it's a good one.

:cheers:

[mamasharones]

I think open bars are nice.
I'm having one at my wedding and the nice thing is the charge you a flat fee so it's not based on consumption.... well at least at the place we've chosen it's like that.

but taking a shot as a toast... that's a lil weird.

[toman]

I think the fact that people are so eager to drink at weddings might be an indication that the whole concept is not something people find pleasant. Maybe a straight up party following a private ritual is more appropriate? I dunno...

[kermit]

now wait a min. I just wanna party! I was willing to buy a KEG for fun.. :cheers:

but nobody wanted to go in.. free wine, takillza, and fruit punch.

and I had to pay for parking, "BTW" my woman has a new blue spot on her bumper because I wanted to leave.. and there was a pole in the garage!

WHY AM I SUCH A DICK SOMETIMES???????


i don't get it!

all for beer! :confused:

[BandAide]

I think the fact that people are so eager to drink at weddings might be an indication that the whole concept is not something people find pleasant. Maybe a straight up party following a private ritual is more appropriate? I dunno...


Uhhhhhhh... right. I suppose that's true if you're someone who gets loaded to alter your mood. But, i think generally people drink to celebrate. That would be a normal attitude towards alcohol.

[kermit]

I think the fact that people are so eager to drink at weddings might be an indication that the whole concept is not something people find pleasant. Maybe a straight up party following a private ritual is more appropriate? I dunno...
I am gonna have to aggree with this comment.
weddings suck and a waste of money. the amount they spent could have been a down payment on a house! and they still rent.. arrrgggg well too each their own

[toman]

Yeah. I'm not on the wedding boat either. The last thing I want when I'm taking part in a ritual to bond two people for life is all my dumb ass friends and irritating family getting drunk, eating like pigs and bringing retarded gifts. Just another part of American culture I find rather nauseating...

[BandAide]

Idunno... maybe we're a rare breed, but we had a nice wedding and bought a house all in the same year. Some weddings are big tacky shows with bad food and dj's, and some are simple affairs held in old estates with a jazz bands. At the risk of allowing my inner snob to shine, really, it just depends on the quality of company you keep. The kind of company I keep is intelligent enough as a group to know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior at a formal event, and so an open bar was assumed without fear of abuse.

[mamasharones]

Downpayment? I don't know what weddings you've been to but my wedding is not gonna cost that much. I'm having it at a state park (starved rock in illinois) and it's not that expensive because it is a state park and since I'm not inviting a whole butt ton of people food and all the other junk is cheap. My bridesmaid dresses are being made by a family friend since all my bridesmaid are broke.... in fact I don't even think we're going on a honey moon cause we're so broke. Yes there are expensive weddings but you can't say they're all like that.... there are ways around it. I had a friend get married and paid $100 for everything and I mean EVERYTHING. So yeah if you want to go down the whole traditional route then you should expect to shell out cash not only because it's excess but people like to rip people off that are all about a huge wedding.

[mamasharones]

Idunno... maybe we're a rare breed, but we had a nice wedding and bought a house all in the same year. Some weddings are big tacky shows with bad food and dj's, and some are simple affairs held in old estates with a jazz bands. At the risk of allowing my inner snob to shine, really, it just depends on the quality of company you keep. The kind of company I keep is intelligent enough as a group to know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior at a formal event, and so an open bar was assumed without fear of abuse.


Agreed.... Sorry I got anxious and wrote out my response before I read your post.... Definitely true though.... if you're in love it shouldn't be a lavish show it should be a humble beginning.