Things you just don't get

[Numbernine]

Nuptial High Mass. I understand people have actually filmed them.

 

[Journeyman]

"Destination weddings" is another thing people having one should not ***** at non-attendees about. So someone doesn't find YOUR wedding worth spending their hard earned lucre and vacation time on and you're upset? **** you.

Exactly.

About ten years ago, a (former) friend decided to get married in a small, stone church on a small island about 2000km from where we live, and he wanted me to be his best man. He had no links to this place at all - it was just that he and his fiance thought it looked nice, so they wanted everyone to travel there to be with them, at the guests' own cost. There was no public transport, so you had to hire a car once you flew into to a town about 150km away, and there was very little accommodation and it was "boutique" and expensive.

I said no and explained that I had young children and couldn't afford either the time or the expense of attending his wedding. He got really pissed off and stopped speaking with me. I heard on the grapevine that he and his wife broke up about two years after their romantic wedding.

 

[ter1413]

Exactly.

About ten years ago, a (former) friend decided to get married in a small, stone church on a small island about 2000km from where we live, and he wanted me to be his best man. He had no links to this place at all - it was just that he and his fiance thought it looked nice, so they wanted everyone to travel there to be with them, at the guests' own cost. There was no public transport, so you had to hire a car once you flew into to a town about 150km away, and there was very little accommodation and it was "boutique" and expensive.

I said no and explained that I had young children and couldn't afford either the time or the expense of attending his wedding. He got really pissed off and stopped speaking with me. I heard on the grapevine that he and his wife broke up about two years after their romantic wedding.

About 14 years ago, I rcd a call at work from a good friend on a Monday. He was headed to the Dominican Republic to marry his GF/mom of his child...who I also know well(we all grew up in the same 'hood.)

He said that no one from his side was going. I mean NO ONE. His GF is Dominican so all her family was already there or going to be there and the wedding was to be held at her grandfather's house. Plus..he needed a best man....aka...me.

He URGED me to come just for the wknd. Oh....he was leaving THAT FRIDAY. I figured.....a nice 3 day vacation to DR can't be bad. I knew most of her family who live in NY...so I wouldn't feel like a stranger.

I was able to get on their flight going/coming. We stayed in the town where she was from. Cold Presidente beers every morning. Beach in the afternoon with fresh fish/rice cooked by the shacks at the back of the beach.

Strip club/lounge after the wedding! Just a great time. I am so glad I went. I only had to use 1 vacation day for the Monday after and we actually got her 15yr old nephew to pop his cherry at the club/lounge with this really good looking tall blonde!

After the wedding...everyone had cake that someone in town made. I never really do desert so I passed. Everyone got sick. They think it was the eggs used to make the cake. That was the only drawback for THEM.

I am so glad I went. Didn't need to spend much. Airfare and some spending $. I took some great flicks and will never forget that.

People need to be open and flexible when having a destination wedding and understand that everyone isn't a single/no kids/pick up and go dude like me!

 

[ter1413]

Huh?


Mom who adopted Ukranian girl, six, with dwarfism has been charged with abandonment but claims her 'daughter' was found to be a 22-year old 'sociopath' masquerading as a child

Mom says adopted Ukranian daughter, 9, was really deadly 22-year-old

Kristine Barnett, 45 - charged with abandoning a 9-year-old adopted daughter who suffers from dwarfism in 2013 - says the girl was really a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman who tried to kill her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[beargonefishing]

This tracks, even adult kids suck and drain you physically, emotionally and financially.

 

[HRoi]

Check this out, i actually have a “destination baptism” to attend later this year. I’ll be godfather to the daughter of one of my closest friends. I was consulted before this decision was made, and honestly, there isn’t much i wouldn’t do for this friend, so i’m not complaining by any means. Just letting you guys know that you have other “destination” events to look forward to if this catches on.

 

[Texasmade]

Check this out, i actually have a “destination baptism” to attend later this year. I’ll be godfather to the daughter of one of my closest friends. I was consulted before this decision was made, and honestly, there isn’t much i wouldn’t do for this friend, so i’m not complaining by any means. Just letting you guys know that you have other “destination” events to look forward to if this catches on.

My friend who I went to HS with but now lives in Hoboken with his fiance has a large famiy, like 7 or 8 other siblings. He always gets picked to be the godfather of all their kids because his 2 oldest brothers are deadbeats. He always has to fly down back to Houston for the godfather ceremony. I think he's godfather to 4 of his brothers' and sisters' kids.

 

[Omega Male]

Huh?


Mom who adopted Ukranian girl, six, with dwarfism has been charged with abandonment but claims her 'daughter' was found to be a 22-year old 'sociopath' masquerading as a child

Mom says adopted Ukranian daughter, 9, was really deadly 22-year-old

Kristine Barnett, 45 - charged with abandoning a 9-year-old adopted daughter who suffers from dwarfism in 2013 - says the girl was really a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman who tried to kill her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[ter1413]

Check this out, i actually have a “destination baptism” to attend later this year. I’ll be godfather to the daughter of one of my closest friends. I was consulted before this decision was made, and honestly, there isn’t much i wouldn’t do for this friend, so i’m not complaining by any means. Just letting you guys know that you have other “destination” events to look forward to if this catches on.

I could understand a destination baptism(and wedding, etc.) If the couple live out of state, then the baptism will most likely be held in that state. I don't understand...let's have the baptism in Montego Bay....just because we always wanted to go there....and expect everyone to jump at that.

 

[SixOhNine]

Huh?


Mom who adopted Ukranian girl, six, with dwarfism has been charged with abandonment but claims her 'daughter' was found to be a 22-year old 'sociopath' masquerading as a child

Mom says adopted Ukranian daughter, 9, was really deadly 22-year-old

Kristine Barnett, 45 - charged with abandoning a 9-year-old adopted daughter who suffers from dwarfism in 2013 - says the girl was really a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman who tried to kill her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Of course they found her at an orphanage in Florida.

 

[imatlas]

Huh?


Mom who adopted Ukranian girl, six, with dwarfism has been charged with abandonment but claims her 'daughter' was found to be a 22-year old 'sociopath' masquerading as a child

Mom says adopted Ukranian daughter, 9, was really deadly 22-year-old

Kristine Barnett, 45 - charged with abandoning a 9-year-old adopted daughter who suffers from dwarfism in 2013 - says the girl was really a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman who tried to kill her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I’ve seen this movie.

 

[ter1413]

Coffee people and the fact that they think that they can't function without a cup in the AM.

 

[beargonefishing]

A professional football team should be able to get beer, so sad.

 

[HRoi]

They go well together. Just like ordering a miller lite, you become a fan of the cowboys if you really don’t know what you’re doing

 

[Biscotti]

I love Miller lite.