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Jessica - Aug 26, 2005 10:43:37 am PDT #8914 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

The fact that you are concerned that you MIGHT have been crazy goes a long way toward proving you weren't.

Not really. The current clusterfuck wedding situation I'm in has at its center a bride who is very worried about being high-maintenance, and asks about it all the time. (Of course, she's only asking because she wants to be reassured that she's a wonderful person, but still. Asking the question doesn't mean jack shit.)


Aims - Aug 26, 2005 10:44:29 am PDT #8915 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Bride is staging this elaborate and expensive production and she wants everyone in the production to not see each other backstage?

Yes, exactly. She wants noone to see anyone until they are stage ready. I'm surprised she's letting Joe and I sleep together the night before.

I was wrong, it's this dress.

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Atropa - Aug 26, 2005 10:47:24 am PDT #8916 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I was wrong, it's this dress.

Which is cute, and can be made by any talented seamstress for about $90 in materials, if that.

My *only* confusion about expensive wedding dresses is that most women are only going to wear them one time, and spending that much money on a single-use garment seems ... odd to me. On the other hand, I've seen some absolutely breathtaking dresses that look worth every penny.


P.M. Marc - Aug 26, 2005 10:48:08 am PDT #8917 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think the national average is around $1500 for a dress.

The ones my friend looked at for her very expensive wedding ranged from about $1100 to about $3000. I think the one she went with was about the average cost. The second choice was closer to $3000.


Aims - Aug 26, 2005 10:48:53 am PDT #8918 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I have no problem with the $3000 for a dress. None at all. I was glad mine was only $100 and I loved it.


Steph L. - Aug 26, 2005 10:49:56 am PDT #8919 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

On the other hand, I've seen some absolutely breathtaking dresses that look worth every penny.

Having seen pictures of Jess's dress, it is, IIRC, pretty damn gorgeous. I'm not generally crazy about strapless wedding dresses, because they seem too Prom-y on most women. And yet -- Jess's dress completely puts my theory to shame. Nothing about it was Prom-y. It was lovely and elegant.


-t - Aug 26, 2005 10:51:40 am PDT #8920 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm surprised she's letting Joe and I sleep together the night before.

Don't tell her, she might have just forgotten to mention that you can't.


Aims - Aug 26, 2005 10:52:08 am PDT #8921 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

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This is her dress.


Jessica - Aug 26, 2005 10:52:33 am PDT #8922 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

My *only* confusion about expensive wedding dresses is that most women are only going to wear them one time, and spending that much money on a single-use garment seems ... odd to me.

This is true. My wedding dress is currently sitting in a box in the closet of my old bedroom in my parents' house.

I keep thinking I should sell it on eBay and use the money to pay off credit card bills, but since I didn't pay for the dress in the first place, I'd feel kind of awkward asking my parents for permission to sell it.


Jessica - Aug 26, 2005 10:55:01 am PDT #8923 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

This is her dress.

That's stunning.

I can't imagine having a chapel-length train, though. I'd trip over it the moment I tried to turn around. (I had the train on my dress removed. It's in my closet right now, in case anyone wants a few feet of ivory silk satin.)