inspired by mzmahagony's thread on opinons...

latinaj Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:09 AM

inspired by mzmahagony's thread on opinons...

what are some of the most absurd opinions, 'advice' that our dear and loved family and friends have given....

i'll start...

when i told my cousin that i will not be having chldren at my wedding...she hyperventilated and then told me that I should hire a babysitter to watch everyone's kids...

jayepyt Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:11 AM

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i was told to spend 20k on a wedding is stupid and buy a house and wait until iam like 25 which is another 6 years and see if i still want to marry fh

kris_gets_hitched Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:15 AM

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'...but what will people EAT at a vegetarian wedding?!?!?!'

Uh...

I wasn't aware that butternut squash ravioli, eggplant rollatini, vegetable strudel, wild rice pilaf, and vegetable stir-fry would leave people hungry.

StellaStar13 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:16 AM

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My wonderful & amazing father strongly shoved his opinion down both FH & my throats that we should have our reception at a particular venue b/c the owners are his clients and it would be the 'right thing to do'.

Yeah, that would be FABU if >>>>>

1.the place wasnt falling apart

2. they were giving us an insane discount

regy_k Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:17 AM

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to hire a photog that I then remember the person that suggested was making fun of him a year before.
tnx for that photog rec darlin!

to push the wedding by another year cause 'very stressed and not having fun'.
tnx for telling me how I feel

mzmahagony Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:40 AM

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When I told FMIL that there will be no flowers at the wedding she almost had a heart attack and told me that a wedding was not a wedding with flowers...really?

I told my mom that there will be no kids at the wedding and she said that she wasn't coming then because children need to be at a wedding..really? Like if children weren't there we wouldn't be able to get married.

I have no intentions of doing the father daughter dance, not because I dont love my dad but we just aren't that type of family we dont have that type of relationship and FMIL said that if she doesn't get to dance with he son she wasn't coming, like because I wasn't dancing with my dad she couldn't dance with her son..

runnerbride1023 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:47 AM

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FMIL thinks I should get married earlier b/c 'the babies' (FH's niece and newphew) will be tired.
Its a good thing that my bedtime is after 8:00pm

beebs341 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:50 AM

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FH's grandma told me to take a lot of photo's with just me and him staring into the camera for our thank you card. I'm like no, I like the more journalistic approach thank you very much.

01ELLIE Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:58 AM

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FMIL told me i should push back my wedding a year because she has to redo her kitchen??!! ***?

My mother and father told me that i cant have a Friday evening wedding because........people wont go?....who cares? my closest family and friends will go to my wedding no matter what date or time it is!!

01ELLIE Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:58 AM

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Posted by kris_gets_hitched

'...but what will people EAT at a vegetarian wedding?!?!?!'

Uh...

I wasn't aware that butternut squash ravioli, eggplant rollatini, vegetable strudel, wild rice pilaf, and vegetable stir-fry would leave people hungry.

eggplant rollatini is soooooo yummy

christine2010 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 12:03 PM

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i learned very early on not to talk about the wedding in front of anyone because all you get are stupid opinions.

my brother made a gazzilion stupid suggestions (as i am sure all brothers do). like my nephew playing the drums at our wedding. my nephew is 7. & he stinks at playing the drums. hes not even cute, it just sounds like a big ruckus.

my SIL wanted to know why i would 'bother' to change my name.
(after this debate i just decided to keep my mouth shut)

MrsSoto Posted: Jul 27, 2009 01:44 PM

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Posted by christine2010

i learned very early on not to talk about the wedding in front of anyone because all you get are stupid opinions.

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ita with this. i only speak about it unless i really and truly value the persons opinion and wouldnt mind hearing what they had to say, this is only like 2 people.

my father told me to take about 5 pictures , 1 of me and my fh, one of my fam, one of his and 1 all together. he said, why are anymore needed??

oh there are plenty others, but i cant get into them or ill get upset, lol.

MikesBride2B Posted: Jul 27, 2009 01:48 PM

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FSIL was trying to tell us we had to have our wedding in Summer 2011 because she is getting married in May 2010 and its not proper etiquette to get married so soon after she is, since she's older than FH.

Well, July 2010 it is!!!

TheFutureMrsPM Posted: Jul 27, 2009 02:05 PM

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that the wedding was not about FH or me

Becca2010 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 02:28 PM

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FMIL was adamant about us having more than 7 choices for dinner at the RH. 7??? That's crazy, I'm sorry. We chose a place that was giving us 4 PLUS the veggie and we thought that was more than enough. She said we should argue for more. We signed the contract without telling her.

JAAMS Posted: Jul 27, 2009 05:34 PM

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not to have the big wedding that we've dreamed of

JenBill61210 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 06:17 PM

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FMIL told me not to put pots on my registry because she was going to get me specific ones that were good... well needless to say i still registered for my calphalon pots

SummerBride10 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 06:44 PM

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most of it came from my mom...who still thinks weddings in the 80s are going on.
she told me to do my own makeup.

catrich942010 Posted: Jul 27, 2009 06:50 PM

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Posted by TheFutureMrsPM

that the wedding was not about FH or me

Omg I got the same opinion! lol

JoanneAndJustin Posted: Jul 27, 2009 06:53 PM

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I sometimes think my mom forgets who raised her only daughter.

We won't even get into the BP debacle that was July 22, 2009.

I am pretty low maintenance. On a GOOD day I slap some makeup on and put my hair in a ponytail. She thinks I should do my own hair and makeup for my wedding.... Yeah, that's happening.

I half expect she thinks I should put my ipod on shuffle and play it at the reception and call it a DJ.