I'm finding it very endearing that Pope Pius XII had a goldfish named Gretchen.
I fell down and got confused. Willow fixed me. She's gay.
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Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:01 am PDT #9534 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:21 am PDT #9535 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
See! Hec and I are snickering at them.
Scrappy - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:25 am PDT #9536 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
You mean Stephen Colbert, SCRAPPY'S DAILY SHOW BOYFRIEND, don't you?
Susan W. - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:32 am PDT #9537 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I've been at one wedding with a money dance--the bride's family was from the Philippines, and I believe it was a custom from her side of the family. At least, I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the groom's side, because his family was Korean, and I've been to several Korean weddings. Anyway, the version they did it wasn't just men dancing with the bride--women paid to dance with the groom, too, and everyone laughed and had a good time with it.
My wedding was tiny--only about 60 guests. My bridesmaids paid for their dresses and airfare, but I let them pick the dresses themselves and didn't have any wild expectations of expensive parties and showers. I gave them jewelry from the same Celtic store where DH and I got our rings--not matchy stuff, but things I thought would suit each one's taste and style. I hope they liked them. *I* would've liked them.
Nutty - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:36 am PDT #9538 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I've seen it described in Lithuanian weddings as well, and I think Albanian. Actually, Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle begins with a wedding scene where guests are supposed to pay for a dance with the bride, and thereby the wedding party makes back its outlay for the wedding reception.
askye - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:52 am PDT #9539 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Jesse - Jul 13, 2005 8:34:28 am PDT #9540 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Does he have access to the emails? Why are you off today?
The emails are from him, mostly. I only work that job Mondays and Thursdays, so I'll be there in the morning, but there should be no expectation that I'm working there today. As I, in fact, am not.
Susan W. - Jul 13, 2005 8:34:37 am PDT #9541 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t fights Scrappy for Stephen Colbert
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2005 8:34:37 am PDT #9542 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm finding it very endearing that Pope Pius XII had a goldfish named Gretchen.
I'm picturing a dollhouse-sized cathedral, with cats walking around inside dressed as bishops.
brenda m - Jul 13, 2005 8:35:09 am PDT #9543 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It'a cultural thing. Some cultures see it as the best possible gift, as the new couple will probably be putting toward something like a house. In my WASPy family it would be Not Done.
I know it's something that varies widely, so it doesn't bother me anything. But as for my own wedding, my mother would haunt me until my dying day if I expected or let people know I wanted money as a gift.