Posted: 10/18/2010 4:19:11 PM EDT
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HELL NO, NOT ME!...my cousin
My cousin tells me the other day that the dinner at the reception (her daughter) is going to run about 17.00 per person.... WTF??????? seriously, am I the only one thinking that having the guests pay for their meal at a wedding reception is out of line? J |
| Ehh, I am sure if they could flip the bill themselves they would. But, I agree, if you are going to do a wedding like that it should be done "right". But, what the hell do I know, I got married at the courthouse and entertained my whole family to a seafood dinner at my own place. |
| I wouldn't have a problem with it at all. It's not $17 for the wedding; it's for the reception afterwards. Show up at the wedding for free and if you want to hang out later somewhere else then here's the place and expect to pay $____. There's alot of details missing here story-wise, like if the reception is at a very nice place and say their money is to help with the cost, etc. Who knows, but that's why I say it has to be clearly spelled out or else the WTF game of charades is gonna get thrown more than rice at this hoe down. |
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I wouldn't have a problem with it at all. It's not $17 for the wedding; it's for the reception afterwards. Show up at the wedding for free and if you want to hang out later somewhere else then here's the place and expect to pay $____. There's alot of details missing here story-wise, like if the reception is at a very nice place and say their money is to help with the cost, etc. Who knows, but that's why I say it has to be clearly spelled out or else the WTF game of charades is gonna get thrown more than rice at this hoe down. can't think of the exact name off the top of my head, but it's a posh country club in Snohomish..Hidden meadows..or sumthin' like that the thing is is that nothing was mentioned in the invitations at all about having to pay...both the ceremony & reception are to be held at hidden meadows..the only thing the invitation mentions is the who, what, when, where & why...along with the fact that the "adult reception" to be held following the ceremony. Directions to H.M., registered at & information regarding the time & location of the cremony are the only other "inclusions" with the invitation before anyone gets the wrong idea, or to set those straight that have already done so, I love my cousin dearly & think her fiance is a hell of a good guy, guess I'm just a little peeved that no mention was made of the cost & then to spring it on us by phone.... as an added note, I did ask about the "adult reception"...as my 10 year old is planning on going...seems that little tidbit only applies to "non-family" and was added to keep my cousin's fiance's co-workers from "overrunning" the reception with their kids... I understand that my cousin has put out probably close to 20 large for this shindig, but ....shit, I don't know..jsut rubs me the wrong way thanks for listening..I now return you to your regularly (un)scheduled hijack J |
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being catered by hidden meadows |
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being catered by hidden meadows For $17 you're getting a chicken nugget, a carrot stick and a Hostess Ho-Ho. |
| Fuck Hidden Meadows Snob Club or WTF it's called. Take them all to McDonalds. They can eat for as little as $3/person. If they leave there hungry, it's their own fucking fault. The kids can mess up their good clothes in playland, and the adults that don't even want to get out of their cars can use the drive through. |
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I'm a big believer in not having any "wedding debt" to start a marriage with. If my family member told me that, I'd be ok with it:
1. If I knew in advance (like before the wedding gift was purchased) and 2. if it was for the reception only, but not the wedding. Charging guests so you can afford to throw an "after party" isn't a big deal, and $17/person isn't that much for food, decorations, locale rental, etc. Besides, there's been plenty of weddings where I only went to the wedding and not the reception. |
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I'd pull a dine and dash. That's really low class. Is there a three tooth minimum requirement for this wedding? That's worse than a gift registry. Sorry but I never got the whole big wedding it's the "Brides day" thing. If every guy there has to kiss the brides ass they should also be invited to the honey moon suite for at least a triple tip swirl with a nut tug. |
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Why anyone would spend 20k on a wedding, to me is fucking stupid...You are starting a new life in debt or just wasting good ammo money...
I truly don't understand it...And would have never got married if this was in the cards. My crazy SIL spent 30-40k on her wedding and we both thought it seemed like a Jr. high prom... Is the dollar amount some how validating how much they are in love? I spent $3k cash and still this it was classier then most I have seen out there...And didn't ask for a fucking dime from anyone...Anytime my MIL said we should do something, we told her "we have everything we want...you want it you buy it" Hand them a $20 for dinner...and wish them luck on future bad decisions... |
See, if he's gonna pull something like that and make people pay for the dinner he better have given some sort of notice in the wedding invitation. That way if you want to opt out you have perfect reason to. I see there's a chance that maybe he was just telling you what he has to pay for the catering. What really surprises me about this whole situation is that Doberdude didn't know what a Cleveland Steamer™ was. 
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