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Archive through April 27, 2005

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Annie- you were just ahead of your time!

Gidget
Member

07-28-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i wonder what customs are in other countries. i know in egypt the perspective groom provides everything. an apartment, china, silver, etc. not to mention the king's ransom engagement jewelry gifts. needless to say. men do not marry young. they generally have to be well established before they can take a wife.

Realbiz
Member

10-24-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
why can't guests just give money? simple and practical!

to come up with a full wedding registry is very tiresome and time consuming, i certainly could use the time more effectively!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A bridal shower itself is very tiresome & time consuming! If they just had cash and checks to open--that would speed things up too much and the old aunties who live for that kind of thing would be so disappointed that they couldn't ooh and aah over pyrex and bath towels!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
bah humbug to all of you!!!!!!! LOL i loved everything about the whole process. my dh and i picking out the stuff for 'our house' together, having the showers and parties, greeting the mailman as he delivered more goodied.......all of it!

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Personally, I think the idea of a registry is great. Better than buying something they may not like and will have to return. I think the idea of having small, inexpensive items on the list is great, too. Gives people with small budgets options.

I think hope chests are out of fashion. Girls today have "hopes" of other things than just getting married. Getting a husband shouldn't be a young lady's first priority in life anymore . . . at least till she's 30!

Gidget
Member

07-28-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol annie. my dh seemed to think he should have had an opinion. and his taste would have been wonderful if i was decorating the sultan's tent. give me a man who says buy whatever you want. of course i got my way anyway.

Crzndeb
Member

07-26-2004

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My daughter is getting married in Sept. and they aren't registering anywhere. They would really just like money to pay off some credit card debt and start their married life debt free. She says they don't really need anything.

Gidget
Member

07-28-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
babyj i think you misinterpret the meaning of the hope chest and it is a valid idea even for a young lady who does not plan to marry. because she can only live like a college bum for so long and then she has to act all grown up and entertain etc. things like china and silver are quite pricey. to collect such things over a period of years makes them much more obtainable. and they are things she can have forever or sell if they ultimately do not fit her adult lifestyle.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
As much as I dread going to weddings and showers, give me an invitation that tells me where the bride is registered ANY DAY!!! Takes out all of the guesswork. I can go online and order what the couple wants (well more likely the bride) and have it shipped directly to them and no worries about duplication of gifts, buying the wrong colors or having it mailed or shipped to them. Absolutely Fantabulous - takes all of about 90 seconds of my time to shop for a gift (in the comfy of my jammies and fuzzy slippies)!!!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i had a hope chest. a gorgeous white oak lane chest that i still use to this day. and it wasn't for marriage, but when i started my life as an adult. it was nice when i moved out on my own to my first apartment to have everything i would need to be able to live on my own.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, but if a girl/lady is not married, at what age do they give up the "hope" and actually use the stuff in the hope chest?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I used my stuff before I got married.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i used mine at 21. that was when i moved out on my own. personally i don't think it was "my" hope chest, but my mother's. she was packing it in "hope" i'd move out soon!

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had (still have, its in use as a toy box now, lol) a hope chest. Used it to store books in it, LOL. I'll never forget the look on Darren and my step dads face when they lugged that sucker out to the truck the day I was moving out, complaining the whole time about it being heavy, when I opened it up and showed em it contained a full set of encyclopedia's plus every other book I could shove in there. I thought for sure my life would end that afternoon, cuz I'm fairly certain they were about to kill me, lol.

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"I used my stuff before I got married."

Texannie, I'm shocked you didn't wait till after you were married! Did you still wear white?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROLF!!!!!! oops, guess i am busted!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's the best LOL I've had here in a while BJM!!

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sometimes I even crack myself up!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 5:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, even I - a BIG Romber fan - didn't like Rob's comments last night, BUT I still think a LOT of what he does is just mugging for the cameras!

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 6:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't believe it! As I was watching Rob constantly putting his foot in his mouth last night, I was imagining the pages and pages of posts regarding Rob's comments last night and was shocked to see only one.

Tnt, I agree - I think he was mugging, but I also think he was showing his arrogant side too. And it came back to bite him in the butt. If he had not made that remark to Gretchen at the airport, they would have all been on the same plane and the outcome would have been totally different - probably with Gretchen and Meredith having to start over again.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with you Native.

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I guess I should have gone to last night's show discussion thread first. That's where all the Rob bashing is going on.

I still love 'em!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, yep, it's there! LOL