About YOUR wedding
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Thanks Jim that whole design was my wife's idea. The lighthouse is actually about 2 feet tall and lights up the Mr and Mrs Romard we bought online and the rest was built by the cake lady
Isn't that like 72 years?
No, he's just that smart.
By age 6 he was already 12 years into his DJ career. It's not math - it's Grammar.
Amazon has free shipping. Maybe you can order a sense of humor.
My first wedding was super expensive. About 80 guests in my brother's beautiful yard in NY. We had a great caterer, a tent with dance floor and a pretty good DJ. The major expense hit me 20 years later when the divorce became final.
Only two things really bothered me at the wedding, the photographer and one of the guests. The photos were just bad. We kept 20 proofs (out of hundreds) and didn't buy a single enlargement or album. We had disposable cameras on the tables and the pics taken by the kids came out best. Also, while the DJ followed my wishes, at one point one of my ex's best friends asked for the mic to sing us a song a capella. My ex told her to go for it and what does she sing? One of the few songs on my DNP list. Mind you she is a professional singer with a great voice but I had to sit there with a smile as my blood curdled.
My next wedding will be an even simpler affair. We will probably just have a civil ceremony in the next couple of months followed by a house party some time later down the road when we finish the yard renovations. It will be catered but still very informal.
Only two things really bothered me at the wedding, the photographer and one of the guests. The photos were just bad. We kept 20 proofs (out of hundreds) and didn't buy a single enlargement or album. We had disposable cameras on the tables and the pics taken by the kids came out best. Also, while the DJ followed my wishes, at one point one of my ex's best friends asked for the mic to sing us a song a capella. My ex told her to go for it and what does she sing? One of the few songs on my DNP list. Mind you she is a professional singer with a great voice but I had to sit there with a smile as my blood curdled.
My next wedding will be an even simpler affair. We will probably just have a civil ceremony in the next couple of months followed by a house party some time later down the road when we finish the yard renovations. It will be catered but still very informal.
September 6, 1986
My wedding was everything we wanted.
I rented tuxes from the guy who has been giving me free tux rentals since 1984.
My wife ordered her dress in the mail, simply plain cotton dress.
We got hitched in the chapel of the Catholic high school where she went to high school.
My cousin is a priest, and did the ceremony.
The video guy was an advertiser at the station, and gave me a great deal.
The photographer was my mother's co-worker.
And the DJ was the owner of the best (maybe only?) multi-op in the area.
(I would start my career with him two months later)
My wedding was everything we wanted.
I rented tuxes from the guy who has been giving me free tux rentals since 1984.
My wife ordered her dress in the mail, simply plain cotton dress.
We got hitched in the chapel of the Catholic high school where she went to high school.
My cousin is a priest, and did the ceremony.
The video guy was an advertiser at the station, and gave me a great deal.
The photographer was my mother's co-worker.
And the DJ was the owner of the best (maybe only?) multi-op in the area.
(I would start my career with him two months later)
Why did you allow John Oates to suck face with your wife?
We had TWO weddings in August of 2018. One was the legal ceremony at a conservatory in Seattle, just my immediate family and the couple that we met each other through. Then we had the big reception in Poland, where my wife's family is. 50 guests total with 25 of our friends and family travelling from the US to celebrate with us. We had a great DJ and wedding planners in this beautiful boutique hotel. Because of the exchange rate and the cost of goods and services in Poland we were able to pull off what would have been a 40K wedding in Seattle for about 10K in Warsaw. Full open bar from 5PM to 6AM (yes they go that long over there, we only made it until 230AM, weak Americans), one plated meal around 7PM, a hot buffet around 11PM (pierogi, stew, pasta, etc) and a cold buffet sometime after midnight. This was only my 2nd time visiting Warsaw and Poland in general. If you're going to Europe I highly recommend a stop there.
We bought some cheap action cameras for our guests to use and I brought my own Canon, to get some video from the night, a videographer wasn't available, I made a little video after we got back...
We bought some cheap action cameras for our guests to use and I brought my own Canon, to get some video from the night, a videographer wasn't available, I made a little video after we got back...
My wedding "pictures" were carved, live, on the cave wall...
Here one of the band and some dancers at our reception:
Here one of the band and some dancers at our reception:
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I come from a very large family, 14 siblings, 40 aunts and uncles(including spouses). Over 120 first cousins. I saw some of my siblings struggle with who to invite. My one brother's wedding was over 400 people and it was difficult for him.
I didn't want that, so we got married at 11 in the morning, then went to my brother 's bar, my wife had it decked out. The pool tables turned into buffet tables. We catered food for about 300 then let my brothers kitchen fill in after that.
We had open bar and food until 5, but people came and went all night. We asked for no gifts from anyone, just come by and celebrate. I stressed that their gift would be joining the celebration. My brothers bar was packed all day. I had 3 of our djs each work about 4 hours. But we left about 9. Went to Hawaii for honeymoon. It was nice to have so many people come, no one offended by not being invited.
I didn't want that, so we got married at 11 in the morning, then went to my brother 's bar, my wife had it decked out. The pool tables turned into buffet tables. We catered food for about 300 then let my brothers kitchen fill in after that.
We had open bar and food until 5, but people came and went all night. We asked for no gifts from anyone, just come by and celebrate. I stressed that their gift would be joining the celebration. My brothers bar was packed all day. I had 3 of our djs each work about 4 hours. But we left about 9. Went to Hawaii for honeymoon. It was nice to have so many people come, no one offended by not being invited.
.. and I thought my 13 was a bunch ...
we didn't want a big fancy wedding so opted for a destination wedding on the other side of our state (400 miles away). Our guests included immediate family (my sister, my parents, his brother & sister and parents), a close friend of mine who lived near there (her husband had pancreatic cancer so I knew they couldn't travel to our reception a couple weeks later), our photographer (a friend of ours & his family), pastor & wife (friends of ours), and pianist and husband (also friends of ours). That's it. We enjoyed a beautiful somewhat laid back wedding overlooking a lake, with a nice dinner afterwards. The rest of the weekend we enjoyed travelling sightseeing in the black hills, and back to work on monday. We had a reception in our hometown 2 weeks later where everyone was invited; aunts uncles cousins mother-in-laws ladies circle, etc.
If I had to do it over again I would WAYY scale back the reception we had to a casual affair--probably picnic type event at our house or something. No DJ, no band, no dancing.
If I had to do it over again I would WAYY scale back the reception we had to a casual affair--probably picnic type event at our house or something. No DJ, no band, no dancing.
I told her I "WAS" John Oates. How do you think I landed such a beauty?
Seriously...
I was working for a local band when I met her.
Our guitarist had long-ish blonde hair...
so between sets, we would do our Hall and Oates impersonation.