24 Big Wedding Guest Gripes...

Ladies.

Food for thought....Check out MSN home page and look for the wedding guest gripes heading...this is the link but it may not work.

http://women.msn.com/1193769.armx?GT1=6559


My FAVOURITE one...

Gripe 21: Giving thanks.
'I can't stand it when brides ***** about who didn't buy them a gift, then fail to thank you for the one you bought them! I expect a handwritten thank-you note within a week of the wedding -- not a brief 'thank you' shoved into a Christmas card months later!' -- Theresa, 28

Is Theresa on crack? Who does she think she is that you would be writing her a thank you card from your honeymoon so she could get it within a week....

All I can assume is that looking at the average age listed for these guests - early 30's that none of these guests are married themselves as some of their so called gripes are out of order...

I know you will all have your favourites!!

I also love the one where the guest is complaining that the service is too long....they shouldnt attend if they are just looking for a vegas drive through.....

Is Guestzilla a Word?

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OMG, I am about to read it now. I can see not wanting to get a little note in a Christmas card 6 months later. But, a WEEK? Be real!

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Exactly, a week is a bit much. I don't expect any thank yous before 4 months or so anyway.

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Gripe 2: The kneel thing.
'I don't like the full-on mass where you have to stand, sit, kneel, and sing for an hour. By the end of my sister's ceremony, I wanted to gouge out my eyes with a hot poker -- we're here to celebrate, not get converted. Unless they're really religious, it's overkill. It's as if they're saying 'Look how married we are.'' -- Anna, 33



This one pisses me off BIG TIME
If there is anything about a wedding that should be taken seriously, its the ceremony.
***** about my canapes all you want lady, but dont complain to me that my wedding ceremony is too religious!!! Horrid!

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One week?
Is it safe to say that Theresa, 28, is not married?

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Gripe 4: On the far side.
'I hate when there's a long distance between the ceremony and reception. I went to one wedding where the ceremony and reception were over an hour's drive apart from each other and no transportation was arranged. We kept passing churches on the way to the reception and saying, 'Why didn't they get married there?'' -- Jennifer, 34




OMG...seriously!!?? Just deal!

Im getting married about 45 minutes away from the reception hall cause its the family church and means alot to us...Im getting so upset by these

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it didnt seem like any of these guests had ever been a bride....I think that they will learn it isn't so easy to please everyone.

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Those gripes make me think that MOST of those people aren't married!

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Gripe 2: The kneel thing.
'I don't like the full-on mass where you have to stand, sit, kneel, and sing for an hour. By the end of my sister's ceremony, I wanted to gouge out my eyes with a hot poker -- we're here to celebrate, not get converted. Unless they're really religious, it's overkill. It's as if they're saying 'Look how married we are.'' -- Anna, 33



This one pisses me off BIG TIME
If there is anything about a wedding that should be taken seriously, its the ceremony.
***** about my canapes all you want lady, but dont complain to me that my wedding ceremony is too religious!!! Horrid!

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I was just going to say this same one. OMG, if you don't like the ceremony than just come for the reception, you greedy witch!!!

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Im getting married about 45 minutes away from the reception hall cause its the family church and means alot to us...Im getting so upset by these

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Don't let this silly thing upset you. You are doing what is special to you and what makes you and DH happy. 45 minutes is not that far and most people are used to that.

And I agree with your other post - I wouldn't have traded my full Catholic mass for anything. For me, that was the most important part of our day - the rest was all just a celebration of the vows and the mass.

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Holy cow, some of these are terrible.

I loved the one about the brother complaining he had to take off two full days for his (or her) brother's wedding. I mean, it's your family for goodness sake!

I took off a full week for my sister's wedding! I was moer than happy to have the time off from work...lol

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My FH just emailed me the link and I was gonna post on here, but you beat me to it!!!

I couldn't help but laughing at some of these gripes!!! Hello, is it your day??? Um no, if I want to have a special dance to honor my grandfather then I will. Save those gripes for your own wedding day!!

I'm standing firm in my choices for the big day! Guestzilla, I love it!!!!!!

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Gripe 4: On the far side.
'I hate when there's a long distance between the ceremony and reception. I went to one wedding where the ceremony and reception were over an hour's drive apart from each other and no transportation was arranged. We kept passing churches on the way to the reception and saying, 'Why didn't they get married there?'' -- Jennifer, 34




OMG...seriously!!?? Just deal!

Im getting married about 45 minutes away from the reception hall cause its the family church and means alot to us...Im getting so upset by these

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This one bugs me too! It's a church not a McDonald's - you can't just pick one and go in. Many houses of worship restrict their use to parishioners.

The ceremony gripe bothers me too - if you're uncomfortable at a full mass, don't go, or suck it up for the bride & groom who presumably are people you care about it. The ceremony means a lot to me & FH, and our families - and to others LIWers too.

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Gripe 4: On the far side.
'I hate when there's a long distance between the ceremony and reception. I went to one wedding where the ceremony and reception were over an hour's drive apart from each other and no transportation was arranged. We kept passing churches on the way to the reception and saying, 'Why didn't they get married there?'' -- Jennifer, 34




OMG...seriously!!?? Just deal!

Im getting married about 45 minutes away from the reception hall cause its the family church and means alot to us...Im getting so upset by these

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I guess I'll take Jennifer off of my guest list, since the drive is a little over an hour from the church to the hall.

Are these people serious?

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Gripe 13: Timing is everything.
'I can't stand any speech that's longer than four minutes -- especially sentimental ones where a brother talks about not being sure he could ever fill his big bro's shoes.' -- Walter, 24

OMG what is wrong with this idiot? He hates 'sentimental' speeches? Where did they get these people from? And something tells me they all sit at the 'misfit' table!


Gripe 15: Bad timing.
'I hate when you have to wait for hours before you get to eat. One friend's wedding took place at 3:30 and the cocktail hour started at 5:00, with an open bar and hors d'oeuvres. Unfortunately, it was just that -- a cocktail hour. At 6:00, the food was whisked away and the bar started charging. At 8:30, the bride and groom wandered in, and half an hour later dinner was served. We were starving, and by the time we finished dinner, after 10, nobody was in the mood to party.' -- Megan, 27

Why did it take so long to eat? And why is he complaining about the cocktail HOUR? Why do people complain, period?

Gripe 16: Slow food movement.
'We went to a wedding where there was a make-your-own pasta station where you got to pick the pasta and the sauce and have it made for you personally. Only problem is, it was way too slow. They could only do two people at a time, which means only two people could eat at a time while the rest of us stood in this enormous line. I would have rather not had the choice and not had to eat in shifts.' -- Tammy, 35

I have to agree that this is pretty bad!


Gripe 18: Making the cut.
'I once received a wedding invitation with an extremely early RSVP date: It gave us only ten days to return it. When I asked the bride why, she said, 'Well, I have guest list A, B, and C. Once people from the A group drop out, we'll start inviting group B, and so on.' At least I was in group A, but I still thought that was pretty bad.' -- Jennifer, 35

Did 'Jennifer' really think she was in group A?


Gripe 22: Dance-a-thon.
'Too many special dances that people have to watch drive me crazy. Father and bride, mother and groom, and bridal party is fine -- but I attended one wedding where there were so many! Bride and grandfather, groom and grandmother, bride and godfather -- it became excessive. We wanted to dance too!' -- Angie, 25

I agree with this one!


Gripe 23: The drive-by hi.
'It stinks when the couple doesn't say 'hi' and 'thanks for coming' to you because they're so busy.' -- Rosanna, 33

I was guilty of this one! In my defense, anytime I went to say hi, the chairs we empty! Darn DJ!

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Gripe 2: The kneel thing.
'I don't like the full-on mass where you have to stand, sit, kneel, and sing for an hour. By the end of my sister's ceremony, I wanted to gouge out my eyes with a hot poker -- we're here to celebrate, not get converted. Unless they're really religious, it's overkill. It's as if they're saying 'Look how married we are.'' -- Anna, 33

This is my favorite! I didn't know that a religious ceremony that is one of the most important sacraments is actually a way to say 'how married you are'.

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i cant wait to read it!!

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Ladies.

Food for thought....Check out MSN home page and look for the wedding guest gripes heading...this is the link but it may not work.

http://women.msn.com/1193769.armx?GT1=6559


My FAVOURITE one...

Gripe 21: Giving thanks.
'I can't stand it when brides ***** about who didn't buy them a gift, then fail to thank you for the one you bought them! I expect a handwritten thank-you note within a week of the wedding -- not a brief 'thank you' shoved into a Christmas card months later!' -- Theresa, 28

Is Theresa on crack? Who does she think she is that you would be writing her a thank you card from your honeymoon so she could get it within a week....

All I can assume is that looking at the average age listed for these guests - early 30's that none of these guests are married themselves as some of their so called gripes are out of order...

I know you will all have your favourites!!

I also love the one where the guest is complaining that the service is too long....they shouldnt attend if they are just looking for a vegas drive through.....

Is Guestzilla a Word?

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Actually, I saw a sitcom a while ago (can't recall the name) where the wife was trying to figure out why a past wedding guest was rude to her during a chance meeting at some store. By the end of the show she found out that her BIL forgot to mail the thank you cards after he dropped the couple off at the airport the day after the wedding.

It was never made clear if she spent her wedding night writing thank you cards but she must have since they left for the trip the day after.

I never even thought about how ridiculous that was until now. Maybe they were pre-written based on the RSVP list

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as soon as the 40 minute mass is over, im going to jump up and start shouting

Look at ME!!! Im Married....look how married I am....see the ring!!!?? Did you see me get blessed?? IM MARRIED!!!

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Sounds like of these people have never been in a wedding (much less a bride or a groom) and haven't attended many weddings either!