I was allegedly MoH at my sister's wedding. Since I was 13 at the time, and even less socially adroit than I am now, most of the MoH chores were handled by others. I was also Best Man at a former roomie's wedding. His list of duties for me was as follows:
- Do not allow anyone to throw me a bachelor party.
- Do not allow anyone to hire a stripper at any time before or during the wedding.
- Do not allow anyone to spike my food or drink at any time before or during the wedding.
- Do not let me lose the ring.
- Do not let me yell at the future in-laws.
Basically, I was a social defensive lineman as much as a best man.
Of course you don't, if you're not on salary.
OK, good call. I'll just be all "OMG!" in the morning.
Good luck, Heather!
It's just, do I respond to work emails on a day I'm not at work?
I think it depends on the nature of the email. If it can wait until you get back, I wouldn't.
My parents leave checks lying around for me to discover after they visit me. I got no hangups with giving money. That said, I don't do it unless I know the person is of a similar mind and I haven't found something really cool instead. I did give one friend a giftcard, since her wedding was a) out of the country, b) she had complained about figuring out how to schlep everything back and c) she likes shopping for powertools more than I do. I heard she bought a nailgun with it.
Especially for those of us who have to travel, I wish giftcards weren't as frowned on as they are by some in my extended family.
I think it depends on the nature of the email. If it can wait until you get back, I wouldn't.
Well, they are increasingly frantic. They are also, OTOH, about a piece of paper my boss could just re-print from his own computer, as far as I can tell.
do I respond to work emails on a day I'm not at work?
What is with you people? Of course you don't, if you're not on salary.
But, but, it's just sitting there, unanswered...
Sorry, I have issues.
We knew that though.
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Congratulations and good luck, Heather!
tommyrot, I hope you're putting all this in an online dating site profile somewhere. It's gold!
Jesse, I say pretend you don't check that account when yo aren't there. Because I like to encourage not working whenever possible.
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Someone may already have mentioned this, but at a few weddings I've attended, male wedding goers were provided with safety pins and expected to use them to attach folding money to the bride's dress during a dance with her.
It reaked so much of stripping, I had to leave the room.
Someone said I was being judgemental because the practice is 'cultural'.
What culture is that?
