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zelda

zelda

Nomad
DocT said:
Just to show that I place no value on the advice given in this forum, I proposed to my girlfriend on thursday night.

Holy $hit I'm gettin' hitched!
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Were you sweating bullets? ;)

I've made it easy for my boyfriend. I told him, whenever you're ready, then I'm ready. Besides, weddings are EXPENSIVE. We'd have to drop all the dough ourselves to plan one (neither family in position to help out). I'm still paying off my freakin' college loans. Stanford sure screwed me on that front :p.
 
BurghGuy

BurghGuy

Master your ego, and you own your destiny.
Yeah zelda, were about in the same spot when it comes to weddings being exspensive. Fortunately I played it smart and bought my nice television and home theater system BEFORE proposing. A man's gotta have his priorities straight before attempting something like this.

::Minor Threadjack in progress::
A note to other guys out there who are engaged or plan to be one day. I offered (halfheartedly really) to sell my motorcycle to help pay for the wedding. Sounds bad. BUT, because I threw it out there fast and early, and she knew how much I loved riding it, she shot the idea down. Sure, it was a big gamble, (she might have said "Great Idea!) but it made her feel at ease that I'm willing to do what it takes (I am) and it lets me keep my bike. It was a win-win outcome.
Disclaimer: If I would have sold the bike, I wanted it to be on my terms, and not because she asked me to. It was/is inevitably the first thing to go when the financial turd hits the wedding-planning fan. Although I forsee no such problems from here out.

::End Threadjack::
 
gaijin6423

gaijin6423

Ask me about ninjas!
Burgh, you went about this the wrong way, man. You should have found yourself a RICH girl. Well, she's not exactly up there with the Hilton girls, but papi's gonna be footing the bill. And he won't exactly be hurting. You should have seen his eyes light up when I told him I'd just take his daughter to Vegas, though. He even offered to pay for the tickets AND give us the difference in a check. No such luck for me, though. ~sigh~

I guess I can't really complain that much, though. The deal will be sealed in a high class resort town in Puerto Rico, complete with a brand new casino and some of the best beaches I've seen.
 
K

kconstan

Registered User
Private spouse corner

I'm going to be moving with my boyfriend, who is currently in primary, when he moves on to advanced. I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to join the private spouses corner so I can read through it to get some of my many questions answered.
 
Kathy

Kathy

Reservist Wife
Contributor
kconstan said:
I'm going to be moving with my boyfriend, who is currently in primary, when he moves on to advanced. I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to join the private spouses corner so I can read through it to get some of my many questions answered.
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Welcome!

Go to your "User CP", click on "Group Memberships" (near the bottom on the right hand side), and request to join the Private Spouses Corner group. Once you do that, I will approve it and you'll be in.
 
DCLegal

DCLegal

Rhino Pilot Wife
kconstan said:
I'm going to be moving with my boyfriend, who is currently in primary, when he moves on to advanced. I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to join the private spouses corner so I can read through it to get some of my many questions answered.
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Welcome! Looking foward to seeing you over there! :)
 
zelda

zelda

Nomad
gaijin6423 said:
Burgh, you went about this the wrong way, man. You should have found yourself a RICH girl. Well, she's not exactly up there with the Hilton girls, but papi's gonna be footing the bill.
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Don't let yourself get too spoiled. If she's a smart girl, she'll make sure you hold up your end of the bargain too ;).
 
gaijin6423

gaijin6423

Ask me about ninjas!
She's a doctor and makes about 3 times what I do, so I'm usually limited to, "Yes, Dear." I've also been forced to learn Spanish, support her designer handbag fetish. ~sigh~
 
BurghGuy

BurghGuy

Master your ego, and you own your destiny.
It's not that our families are poor or anything, but my sister's getting married this year also, who has EXSPENSIVE taste (think $6000 for the band), and my dad's basically footing the bill. And from her side two of her sisters are getting shipped off to college this fall too. So we're trying to not put alot of the burden on them. We have let them help out with stuff, like the caterer, but we want to pay for most of it.
 
Kathy

Kathy

Reservist Wife
Contributor
BurghGuy said:
It's not that our families are poor or anything, but my sister's getting married this year also, who has EXSPENSIVE taste (think $6000 for the band). And from her side two of her sisters are getting shipped off to college this fall too. So we're trying to not put alot of the burden on them. We have let them help out with stuff, like the caterer, but we want to pay for most of it.
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Good for you! My parents offered to pay for our entire wedding and we refused. My husband and I both have good jobs and make good money and I felt it was selfish to ask my parents to use their hard-earned savings on our day. And I can tell you that the wedding itself was that much more satisfying because we did it on our own.
 
BurghGuy

BurghGuy

Master your ego, and you own your destiny.
That's exactly what were looking for too. Good to know theres people out there that have pulled it off.
 
DocT

DocT

Dean of Students
pilot
zelda said:
Were you sweating bullets? ;)

I've made it easy for my boyfriend. I told him, whenever you're ready, then I'm ready. Besides, weddings are EXPENSIVE. We'd have to drop all the dough ourselves to plan one (neither family in position to help out). I'm still paying off my freakin' college loans. Stanford sure screwed me on that front :p.
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I was surprisingly calm actually. She sobbed which everyone tells me is a good sign. It's the whole planning a wedding thing that has me about ready to lose my $hit.

Her parents have given us a generous budget which, with our modest taste, probably won't all get spent. My parents are footing the bar tab (which will be usurious) and helping with the honeymoon.

It'd be ideal if we were able to fund the whole shebang oursleves. But with all of our loans and lack of earnings it's just impossible. I'm so grateful our parents are in a postion to help us.
 
helo_wifey

helo_wifey

Well-Known Member
We just got married at the end of January, a JOP ceremony when I found out I got a job overseas where he was going to be stationed. Life will be easier over there because we got hitched. We're planning a wedding when we come back with our families. Ours was out of need, but we also want to pay for it ourselves. We don't plan on having something big, but like Kathy said, the feeling of paying for our day will make it that much sweeter.
 
Thisguy

Thisguy

Pain-in-the-dick
My Tribute to Crowbar

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