i got sooo many ideas on the internet (both here and elsewhere), not to mention all the support i've had ....
how did our parents do it?
AngnShaun
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mine eloped cause they are sinners
SummerBride10
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I'm sure without the internet I wouldve saved a whole lotta money!
But I'd be minus so many cute ideas
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mine looked on a caldander, said 'lets get married this day'. my mother went to the department store and bought a dress, she and her cousin did her hair. my father wore jeans and a black t-shirt with a leather jacket () they went to town hall and got a JoP and license then got married in my front yard and had a bbq in the back.
they were just telling me that they just played a radio and that was their 'DJ'... because i asked what their wedding song was.
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mine eloped cause they are sinners
sorry, that made me laugh
halfbaked
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mine eloped cause they are sinners
Mine planned it in a month cause they are sinners!
Technically speaking, I was at their wedding!
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My mom said her planning process was quick and painless. She can't believe how much junk we have to deal with! She even did her own hair the day of!!
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mine eloped cause they are sinners
sorry, that made me laugh
its funny cause its true...
my sister was a sinner too...the other day my sister was talking about how on a family vacation they brought the kids to their honeymoon location... and they said my nephew who was like 15 at the time said... wait a second... if you were married in Jan 1993, and I was born in June 1993... what the! LMAO!
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My Nana planned there wedding. At the legion, since they belonged there and cost them nothing.
She spent $300 on cocktail napkins, I heard.
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My mom said her planning process was quick and painless. She can't believe how much junk we have to deal with! She even did her own hair the day of!!
So did my mom and make-up! And she did her BM's hair and make-up!
My grandmother sewed my mom's dress and all the BM dresses, too! And I thought I did too much DIY!
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YEah, weddings today, espcially on LI, are not what they were 25-30 years ago.
My mom had 100 people at Koenings in NHP, paid 17 and change for prime rib and had a beautiful day. And that was a decently nice wedding for that time. I'd get laughed at by people if I tried to do that now.
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my parents planned (or better say my gramma planned) their wedding in then Soviet Union. by everything I hear it was super stressful cause it was for that time a very nice wedding. thru my gramma's connections (she worked in the catering business) they were able to get best of every food (they had it catered) and best alcohol. of course they had to give out a lot of 'tips' (read bribes) to have all of that they even had way more guests than I did but obviously they didnt have any cute extras and little touches we do now
so to answer ur question, I guess ppl used to book vendors and do everything thru ppl they knew and thru connections
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My parents got hitched after 3 dates.. so I can only imagine their wedding planning.
Oh and my FIL's have a video of their wedding.. and it looks awesome. We watch it every year on their anniversary.
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When I got married the 1st time (1989) we got all our vendors by word of mouth and the yellow pages. I have no idea how we did it then. There also wasnt a registry back then (if there was I didnt know about it) I had made a list out and gave it to my mother and when people called for shower gifts she would give them ideas on what I wanted.
Thank goodness for the internet now!!
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I have no clue how I would do this without the Internet
