Jesse - I am here to help.
Shrift - lessen the load on the rod.
HAHAHA.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
msbelle - May 27, 2008 10:27:23 am PDT #9168 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Theresa - May 27, 2008 10:28:42 am PDT #9169 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Put the single people together at a table, so they have someone to talk to. Also, task your more outgoing friends to look out for the guests who don't know a lot of people to make sure they feel included.
Heh. I pictured the opening of the frat party in Animal house.
Ken, Lonny, l'd like you to meet...Mohammet...Jugdish, Sidney and Clayton. Grab a seat and make yourselves at home. Don't be shy about helping yourselves to punch and cookies.
Sue - May 27, 2008 10:29:02 am PDT #9170 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I don't tip delivery when there's already a fee.
shrift - May 27, 2008 10:29:50 am PDT #9171 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Shrift - lessen the load on the rod.
Heh. That is what I plan to do. If it falls on my head after I do that, I will know to go with option b.
sarameg - May 27, 2008 10:30:39 am PDT #9172 of 10001
Most of the weddings I've been to are family, so. The two that weren't: one I was the maid of honor and only knew the bride, but that was fine as I was staying with them anyway, and y'know maid of honor. I was busy. Or drunk enough I didn't care (which sounds bad, but we all were.) The other, I knew people from work, but they barely qualify as acquaintances. So I kinda made friends with the groom's best friend who also knew no one else there.
Scrappy - May 27, 2008 10:32:01 am PDT #9173 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Shrift--lessen the load on the rod today and go shopping this week for a replacement. IME, once a rod starts slipping, it had gone to the dark side and is always plotting against you.
DavidS - May 27, 2008 10:32:08 am PDT #9174 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Weddings are expensive but it wasn't the plus-ones that ran up the cost so much as the people you had to invite for obscure family or work obligations.
Anyway, we definitely allowed guests for anybody who was single.
Vortex - May 27, 2008 10:33:19 am PDT #9175 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
There have been a few times when someone has said to me "hey, can you make sure that so and so gets introduced around?" and I have drawn them into conversation, bought them shots, whatever :) (and by "bought" I mean went to the open bar and picked them up)
Theodosia - May 27, 2008 10:33:30 am PDT #9176 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooooh, we've got a thunderstorm blowing in here. I hope the guys working on the front of my building are smart enough to get everything under cover. I don't need to add to my Moneyed Class Guilt by getting a worker killed in by lightning.
Sue - May 27, 2008 10:36:19 am PDT #9177 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I swear when in Texas that we got some invitations to JUST the wedding - like big church wedding, much smaller reception - common?
Mostly, I've seen where people are invited to the whole shebang, but then others may be informally invited to the wedding ceremony.
Though once I was invited to a recoption only. And My friends got married in a small country church that only sat 40, so there were some neighbors who were only invited to the reception.