You know you are Addicted to LIW and wedding planning when....

shamma Posted: Jan 30, 2003 09:55 AM

You know you are Addicted to LIW and wedding planning when....

you have been married for 2 years and you are still here

you still buy bridal magazines

You still send out for invite samples

You have learned the fine art of Alt Tab when your manager walks by

You type your responses in MS Word and then paste them here

You log on to LIW before your work system

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NIHA Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:08 AM

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Good one Shamma! Thanks for teaching me about the ALT/TAB, never knew that before!

....You have mastered the art of 'multi-tasking' i.e. checking the boards in between doing what we are paid for.

Suzanne Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:12 AM

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i didnt know alt tab either!! thanks shamma!!!!

I know i am addicted, because if the boards are slow and i wanna surf the internet i sit there with

www.

and i dont know where to go!! i dont know what the heck i did before april !!!

shamma Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:26 AM

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You check in on the board when you were on your HM

You start calling others to check the site for you if your server at your job is down

When invited to someone's home you ask if they have internet connection b/c you have to check in on LIW

You always have to post your plans here about everything that happens in your life

You have your hubby asking, what happened on the board today ie the QOTD

You call the people on the board your friends

sept20yay! Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:30 AM

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You visit your FIL's for a couple of hours, begin to itch... jump up in the middle of the visit and ask if it is okay to use their personal computer--- you have a very important business email you are expecting... you sneak upstairs and log on to LI Weddings....

When you return to the boards after a day or weekend or so you have to scroll through absolutely every post since you last logged on... It is not enough to see what is current....

You refresh the board about 20 times within one minute! It comes to you so naturally though- you don't even realize that you are doing it!

You employ a trusted friend on the board to give you 'the minutes', 'the highlights' or a recap of what you are going to miss when you go away... Heaven forbid, you miss a fun fake bride!! LOL!

You start a lot of sentences to your FI with
''The Girls' say we should do this' or
'I heard of this girl who did this for her
wedding...'
'My friend, Lisa, said we should do this...'
(and he's like what friend Lisa?)

Your FI wants to install parental locks on the computer....

He celebrates when the computer goes down.... and you are practically crying!!

And the number 1:::

Your cell phone rings while you are out to dinner! And your FI, as a joke, in front of your friends, says 'OH NO. It's LI weddings calling- they are checking to see if you are alright because you haven't logged on in five minutes! They want to make sure you are okay'...

applesfla Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:31 AM

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When you know more about the people on LIW then you do about the people you see every day.

When just about every conversation you have starts with 'so this girl on LIW...'

Suzanne Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:32 AM

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I ALWAYS SAY the GIRLS!!!! LOL

Jodi73 Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:36 AM

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I say the girls too and my FH thinks I am nuts!

shamma Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:50 AM

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OMGoodness, I see so much of what you ladies write in what I say and do

What about when you and hubby gets in to a discussion and he says, why don't you ask the girls on the board

When you communicate more with the ladies on the board than you do your real life friends

Suzanne Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:53 AM

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When i am driving in the car on my way home from work thinking of inventing a device that lets me check liw from the car!!!!!

ILT1221 Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:53 AM

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OH MY GOSH!!! THANK YOU FOR THE ALT TAB!!!

sept20yay! Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:57 AM

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Shamma, LOL!!!

What about when you are on the phone with FI while at the same time surfing the site and a post comes up about how RCC's phone is not picking up and you see in a profile that the poor girls wedding is in less than two months!!! You say to FI quickly- 'OMG- There is an emergency at work- I have to go!!!' and get off the phone abruptly! It is almost like you are on call patrolling the boards and were just called into an important detective case! I can't believe I am sharing this with you ladies....

Reading this over, I realize I have no life. OMG, I'm so depressed now!!!

sept20yay! Posted: Jan 30, 2003 10:57 AM

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Suzanne, LOL

sept20yay! Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:01 AM

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OR when you and FI are on the phone and he says 'Is something wrong? I feel like I don't have your undivided attention.... Is this a bad time?' and you are like 'huh-what did you say?'.... you weren't paying attention because you were writing a message to Chippa congratulating her on the all too important, exhausting task of hiring a photographer.

Suzanne Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:04 AM

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Sept20, LOL I do the same thing..

Its pretty much all i ever talk about!! LOL... this happened on the boards or that happened on the boards!! LOL I know frank is secretly jealous!! LOL

(although i NEVER tell anyone except frank the website.. dont want anyone finding out all that i vent about!!! especially since it would not take get smart to figure out who i was!! LOL

shamma Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:04 AM

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Suzanne

and Sept20yay

shamma Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:07 AM

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The undivided attention thing, I do it mostly to my aunt, she keeps going why are you not answering, and I go...one minute...she goes what are you doing and I make up some kind of excuse and go, oh something my client just sent I am reading...it is so wrong to treat our family so wrong LIW does it to you tho'

sept20yay! Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:11 AM

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LOL Shamma!! I can't help it! I don't know how to wean off of this! Has it ever been done?

shamma Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:27 AM

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I think it has to happen naturally, you cannot force it One day at a time sweetie...

christine1221 Posted: Jan 30, 2003 11:29 AM

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LMAO!!! Marisa, you are too funny!! I'm over here practically peeing! This is my life!

When I tell him 'I'm getting together with the girls' & he says ... which girls are these?

When he calls me at home at 4:00 & I'm there he says 'What happened, did the website shut down?'

When people walk by & ask me what I'm always laughing about!

When you have more printouts from LIWeddings than your work on your desk!

When your DH asks, 'What happened w/that girl on the board who ....'