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December 2012 Moms
This was a post on my FB. TACKY alert. NBR
You just have to prioritize what is the most important to you for you wedding. Then try to find ways to do what you want for less. When we got married--a hundred years ago--we had hardly any money. We had our relatives pay for certain things in lieu of gifts. My aunt paid for the cake, my gram paid for the hall, my mom gave cash for something, and we potlucked the food and it was great.
In response to a post about how overwhelming wedding planning is. Ummmmm okay? Please stop giving bad advice, people!
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Re: This was a post on my FB. TACKY alert. NBR
LOL what in the hell? Since when does being overwhelmed by planning a wedding mean you don't have enough money?
BTW, I got married last year, and was SUPER overwhelmed because I had no family local to help me, so was just on my own for most of it, we only had 6 months to plan, and we had to cross our fingers I'd get my fiancee visa in time for us to be able to get married...I don't know how far into planning you are, but I found once all the big stuff was out of the way (place for reception, food, dress etc) then it was waaaay less stressful, and a lot more fun!
Hope everything goes as you want! And good luck on planning!
LOL - this x a million.
yup people are always bound to criticize.
I posted a pic of DD about 2 days old with a soother in her mouth and got a comment from a FRIENDS MOM - "don't give your new baby a soother, you'll ruin her latch"...
Thanks lady.
I think it depends on how you read it. They were obviously stressed, but for a different reason, and they chose to remedy this by delegating some parts to family members that most likely wanted to be involved.
If you take it on the level of "don't be afraid to ask for help" than it isn't bad advice.
FB is no different than TB. If you put it out there, you can't control the responses you get.
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Right, this. It's not giving advice that is tacky, it's bound to happen, the advice itself was tacky. I could *maybe* get behind having some close family members helping cut the cost of the wedding by gifting things, but potluck?!?!? Geesh.
Meh, if potluck wedding works for someone's family, who are we to say its wrong? I personally wouldn't do it, but some people really can't afford a wedding, and would rather go potluck, then not have a wedding at all I suppose...