Family Weddings

I have edited my post for the less literate in English Eurotrash on the board and to not offend anymore effete Euro sensibilities on the naming of the Tuxedo. Clearly some panties got twisted.
 
Well, it looks like my nephew is getting married soon. My brother is next year. The involuntary donations continue.

My brother is hosting his during the morning and lunch so no need for black tie, and since I'm in North America, morning dress too.
 
You should give them an envelope with a note that you made a $500 donation in their name, to their favorite charity. That is what I am going to do the next time I am invited to a wedding.
 
colco said:
You should give them an envelope with a note that you made a $500 donation in their name, to their favorite charity. That is what I am going to do the next time I am invited to a wedding.
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Why would I disrupt the great industry of using a wedding to make a profit? That would betray my roots in capitalism.

Someone once donated money to some African charity on my behalf. Allegedly for a year I owned some fruit trees and a goat. I asked upon receipt, "Do the Africans put the fruit in the post for me when it's ripe?" No. "Do I get goat's milk or a piece of the goat if it's slaughtered?" No.
 
Fwiffo said:
Why would I disrupt the great industry of using a wedding to make a profit? That would betray my roots in capitalism.

Someone once donated money to some African charity on my behalf. Allegedly for a year I owned some fruit trees and a goat. I asked upon receipt, "Do the Africans put the fruit in the post for me when it's ripe?" No. "Do I get goat's milk or a piece of the goat if it's slaughtered?" No.
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The goat is long since eaten or used as bait for American lion hunters. The tree was burned as fuel to boil water for their Ramen Noodle soup packets
 
Fwiffo said:
Why would I disrupt the great industry of using a wedding to make a profit? That would betray my roots in capitalism.

Someone once donated money to some African charity on my behalf. Allegedly for a year I owned some fruit trees and a goat. I asked upon receipt, "Do the Africans put the fruit in the post for me when it's ripe?" No. "Do I get goat's milk or a piece of the goat if it's slaughtered?" No.
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I am as much of a contrarian as a capitalist. I am also a cheapskate. I dislike giving adults a cash gift for getting married. It is, in a word, tacky.
I do it, I just dislike it.
 
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I may or may not have invited two women to my brother's wedding.

I have a strong suspicion two of them have it in their mobile phone's calendars. I can only RSVP for one. How did I double book myself?

Ceremony and reception are too close together to try to have both come.
 
Fwiffo said:
I may or may not have invited two women to my brother's wedding.

I have a strong suspicion two of them have it in their mobile phone's calendars. I can only RSVP for one. How did I double book myself?

Ceremony and reception are too close together to try to have both come.
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just have a menage a trois. everyone happy
 
ConchitaWurst said:
just have a menage a trois. everyone happy
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Asking for more than one place? I should ask the first lady then because she turned me down on the basis the schedule was too tight and likely to be a shambles (I'm not wedding coordinator so was I expected to amend it?) and she wanted a place for her daughter too. That's what? Three women, a girl and myself - I'd like half a table.

I think I will just have to convince the other one I was completely under the influence when I mentioned it. Or say I misspoke on the date and take her with me to go crash someone else's wedding.
 
Fwiffo said:
Asking for more than one place? I should ask the first lady then because she turned me down on the basis the schedule was too tight and likely to be a shambles (I'm not wedding coordinator so was I expected to amend it?) and she wanted a place for her daughter too. That's what? Three women, a girl and myself - I'd like half a table.

I think I will just have to convince the other one I was completely under the influence when I mentioned it. Or say I misspoke on the date and take her with me to go crash someone else's wedding.
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children? how old are these women??? or are we talking teenage mums?
 
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