I thought this might go nicely with Gobbler’s Baby post. (I’ll be taking the rest of the day off to recover from all the scary talk by the way :S).
Cville has a new wedding site (this is in no way an endorsement for marriage by the way, in fact with the divorce rate so high I recommend running scared in the opposite direction, I know I am). However, in an effort to inform you all I have a linky poo. It is always good to see local sites open and see Cville expand (no matter the scare factor).
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Tagged as: Marriage, Wedding
Oooh! Marriage! I did that once!
If anyone needs me, I’ll be hiding in my cave, crucifix/shank in hand.
*runs faaaar away*
heh…..why is no one commenting in this thread?
/no superstitions
The Wedding-Industrial Complex is pernicious, and should be taken down along with the Death-Industrial Complex. Bastards.
Barf. Marriages are all for show. That said, however, they are awesome places to get drunk for free. So get married people. And invite me.
Did an 8-10 stretch myself (depending on whether marriage is defined as pieces of paper or commitments), and it wasn’t too bad. It was the ending that turned me into the heartless monster that I am today. Did another 8 years of heartless monsterism, and decided it was time to retire to the velvet closet for a while, you know, to try and grow a heart. I have absolutely no idea what will happen when I emerge from this current phase. It will probably be pretty strange. We’ll see.
….laydeez.
@5 Que? Directed at me?
B yo! Check your email!!!!
I did. Its as empty as always.
7: Uh, yeah, I was trying to suggest you were subtly hitting on the laydeez, riff on a joke by Demetri Martin. Shows up around minute 4:03 here. [note: the visual part was put in there by someone else; the audio is Mr. Martin.]
You did not! I emailed you on Thursday at 8:46am.
Yeah, because everyone who has ever met me will tell you, I am a “hitting on the ladies” machine. Heck, I am just one mustache away from getting my lothario merit badge.
Christ. You dont know what you are talking about.
12: Oh, I was doing it as a joke. Sorry to ruffle the feathers, honest.
@11 Ahhh… I see now. Yes. Yes, you did. And you are awesome. Thank you.
Its all good stanley. Its just a bit of a sticky wicket in my psyche lately. Apparently I had a reputation for several things, some of which were not quite based in reality. After the grand and very painful revealing of these rumors a several months back, I decided it was not worth it anymore and married jesus.
/my bad.
Heh. Regardless, you should listen to that whole clip @10. It’s funny.
Demetri Martin is some funny ass shit. Mitch Hedburg too. And to take this back to the topic, I would marry Dane Cook in a mutha’fuckin’ heartbeat. I lub him. And all cVillains are invited.
Dane Cook is the antichrist. Discuss.
/am with you on the hedburg tho.
I have stated and stand by my Dane Cook position “http://cvillain.com/2008/02/06/fewer-teeth-in-charlottesville/#comment-21549″>here. He’s an asshat.
Ew, linkage failure. here?
OK thats two in the “abomination” camp, and one in the “would marry” camp…
anyone else?
I’m sorry you don’t approve of my choice. I would still invite you to our nuptials.
Priest: “Shenanigans, do you take Dane as your (l)awfully wedded husband?”
Dane Cook [interrupting]: “FUCK YEAH SHE DOES, BRO! FUUUUUUUUCK YEAH!!!!111!ONE!!!!!!!”
Oh! Are we talking about dream marriages? I so want Colin Farrell!!!! Mmmmmm…
Dave Chappell would do nicely too.
@23: Oooh, you are about to lose your free Jamesons privileges. Better watch it! :p
oh, dane cook, shenanigans??? really?? demetri on the other hand… I’d marry him in a second. I believe weddings are a stage show, but marriages sound great.
@23: Oooh, you are about to lose your free Jamesons privileges. Better watch it! :p
[please disregard 23, ed.]
how do i get free jamesons privileges?
I’d like free 25-yo Glenmorangie privileges, please. And a kitty.
The marriage bug is certainly happening in our circle of friends outside of C’ville. We’ve already been invited to 12 weddings this year. Between those, various engagement parties, showers, baby showers and 30th birthday parties, there’s not much of a “free time” calendar.
I’ve been married for under a year. Not a whole lot has changed for me. We lived together for 6 months before actually having our “show” of a wedding. So, not much has changed. I just do more yard work now, but that has more to do with being a home owner than being married.
I am all wedding’d out… 5 in 2006 (including my own), 7 in 2007, and so far only 1 in 2008 and 1 engagement (although 3 babies have already been born to the same group in February alone). I am very ready to take a few years off to wait for everybody to get divorced and then do the whole dance again five years after that.
That being said, I’m very happy with the wedding I had - big enough to be a fun party but low key enough that it didn’t feel like too much of a to-do (and so far it looks like one hook up from the evening may turn into the next engagement). There’s just something very satisfying about throwing a good party with everyone you know (especially when it means seing your parents’ friends get hammered because you provided transportation back to the hotel).
As for being married, it’s just like living together but with nicer stuff. Our plates are fantastic and I now own more all clad than a five start restaurant. So far I give being married 5 stars, but I’m only a year and a half in, so ask me again in five.
Ugh, my sister bought in completely to the wedding-industrial complex. And I mean “bought in” with enough money to purchase a small island. I’m pretty bitter about weddings in general after that experience. The day itself was beautiful, but worth all that money, stress, fighting, and annoyance? Ummm, gonna go with no. Plus I’m now stuck with a $350 bridesmaid’s gown I’ll probably never wear again.
@32 Where it to the fetish party
@33 - A brown lace ball gown? What fetish would I be representing, exactly?
I would so win the Worst Bridesmaid Dress Ever award - my born again sister-in-law picked out our polyester, full length, short sleeved periwinkle disasters from an online company called Modest By Design. Their slogan is “clothing your father would approve of.” So not kidding.
/why I went with J. Crew for my bridesmaids
J. Crew? Nice choice, Lys! I bet that’s something that can be worn again. My dress is actually really pretty. But it’s Badgely Mishka. So it is both very expensive and very formal… I just don’t go to that many black-tie events.
@33 f..ff…
feta…..feti…..fetish party?!?Where? When? Who? What?
Holy God! Modest By Design is wretched. Gack Pffft *spits*
Hate, hate, HATE bridesmaid dresses meant to be used as bridesmaid dresses. Anything designed specifically for the purpose seems to be expensive, polyester and look like crap. J. Crew rules for nice dresses that actually can be used again. Wish they’d had those when I got married. I made do with Victoria’s Secret catalog clothing line (not kidding; options were few in the 1980’s).
/bridesmaids wore reasonably classy, appropriately black semi-formal dresses
Festish Party @ OXO on April 19th?
April 18th, Thor.
It’s a Bondage party and it’s the 18th actually.
um, fetish party?! (also, @ 34 - i bet somewhere a UPS man would find you hot in that dress…)
i’ve re-worn bridesmaid dresses several times (and in fact did so on saturday), i guess i’m lucky that my sister and best friend have reasonably good taste in quasi-formalwear. i just don’t get the need to go with fuchsia organza or something ridiculous like that.
/will get married in black, if the day ever comes
Linky poo:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/singmeathong/Bonded_at_OXO_no_bottle.png
delightful! thanks, shen.
Finally! I get to dress up like Julia Child with assless chaps.
/dear diary…
@46 Now there’s an image I didn’t need floating around in my head. Thank you so much.
@46: Hawt. You better come.
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