Wedding today

Grant Lamontagne · **on:** April 28, 2012, 02:34:11 PM

Shortly I will be getting ready to attend my wife's cousin's wedding. I hate weddings, but my wife has a family so I suppose I should pretend occasionally I care. This cousin has proven in the past to be a bit of an idiot, and today is no different.

They say a bride is a star on her wedding day, but today also happens to be her only daughter's 19th birthday. I know in the US and other places 21 is the big one, but here in Canada, 19 is the big one- that's when you can start (legally) going to bars, and since her birthday is a Saturday, you'd think she'd have a huge day planned... but her mother's wedding (second one by the way) just happened to be planned for the same day.

Am I wrong or does this put her in the running for most selfish mother ever award? I think I'm going to slip the daughter some cash so that when she gets a chance to go out and celebrate she has soe spending money to do it. What I really want to do is urinate on the wedding cake, but I'll do my best not to for my wife's sake... plus I want a piece of cake.

Def

nuphoria · **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2012, 02:37:50 PM

I think she sounds like a bloody cow!

Try not to pee on the cake though... they make you take that stuff home

mvyrmnd · **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2012, 02:37:58 PM

She certainly sounds like a thoughtful woman...

Oh and just so you know - destroying cake is never the answer!

Steinar · **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2012, 02:38:47 PM

I can't say I'm impressed by the mother either.

Slip the daughter some cash and tell her to have a good time when she gets the chance seems your best option, I agree.

Chako · **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2012, 03:19:32 PM

Of all the days to pick. Wow. What a selfish pair.

Syph007 · **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2012, 03:22:51 PM

Your only recourse is to get drunk and make a speech congratulating the bride and then wish the daughter a happy birthday. Don't rule out peeing on something. Weddings are torture, that I loathe.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2012, 06:04:42 PM

Well, I have been told that I can only give the girl half of what I'd planned to give her. Since this is Mom's second wedding and they already have most things my wife picked her up a $50 prepaid Mastercard. I'd planned on giving the girl $100- I don't know what 19 year old girls are into, but I figured an extra $100 might mean a safe cab ride home from the bar, or a good chunk out of clothes, an xBox game etc.

Well apparently it's "bad form" to give the girl more than we are giving her mother, and if anyone found out, it would reflect badly on my father in law, which to be honest, doesn't bother me a bit. He's a big man and should be able to take it, but then it'll trickle down to my wife.

Frankly I think the only thing in bad form here is scheduling your wedding anniversary on your daughter's birthday.

And people wonder why I don't like politics- I get enough of it dealing with my wife's family.

I'd really like to say smurf them all and do the right thing, but then my wife would have to suffer. To hell with urinating on the cake, I think I should randomly punch every second person at the wedding.

Def

Gareth · **Reply #7 on:** April 28, 2012, 06:13:21 PM

I almost can't believe it.

That has to be one of the most selfish, thoughtless things I've ever heard off.

Grant, give her the $100 and tell her to keep the amount to herself.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2012, 06:25:20 PM

Sadly I'm lead to believe she really can't be trusted either....

Apparently the indoctrination starts early in this family.

Def

Syph007 · **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2012, 06:37:53 PM

I see, so what you really need is a stunt double to go to these family things for you... Oh how I've needed one at times.

Beerplumber · **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2012, 06:40:56 PM

Sounds to me like you need two flasks, one for yourself and one for the birthday girl. Randomly punching people IS quite a time though...

Stay multi my friends

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2012, 07:42:35 PM

Damn the torpedoes. I gave her a hundred. All who disagree can kiss my butt.

Def

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Steinar · **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2012, 07:44:44 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on April 28, 2012, 07:42:35 PM

Damn the torpedoes. I gave her a hundred. All who disagree can kiss my butt.

I think you did the right thing.

Gareth · **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2012, 07:46:10 PM

So is the Daughter getting her fair share of the lime-light at the party?

AHB · **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2012, 07:56:14 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on April 28, 2012, 07:42:35 PM

Damn the torpedoes. I gave her a hundred. All who disagree can kiss my butt.

Nice one Def..

Nikos · **Reply #15 on:** April 28, 2012, 08:02:52 PM

Giving the daughter double of what you gave to the mother only makes sense; she's has two reasons to celebrate after all (birthday and mom's marriage)...

BTW if I were her, I'd take all the wedding gifts for mine, or else...

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #16 on:** April 28, 2012, 08:30:06 PM

Quote from: Gareth on April 28, 2012, 07:46:10 PM

So is the Daughter getting her fair share of the lime-light at the party?

Nope. It wad mentioned but that's about it.

Def

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Gareth · **Reply #17 on:** April 28, 2012, 08:40:07 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on April 28, 2012, 08:30:06 PM

Quote from: Gareth on April 28, 2012, 07:46:10 PM
So is the Daughter getting her fair share of the lime-light at the party?

Nope. It wad mentioned but that's about it.

Def

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good grief.

jzmtl · **Reply #18 on:** April 28, 2012, 08:45:11 PM

Jeez that's pretty lame. I guess it depends on how much you like the kid, since obviously you don't like the mom, if I were you I'd be tempted to do that just to piss the mom off.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #19 on:** April 28, 2012, 08:52:33 PM

That's pretty well it. Whether I like the kid or not, she doesn't deserve this.

Def

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Steinar · **Reply #20 on:** April 28, 2012, 09:48:30 PM

That's what it boils down to, really. Some people...

Mercury · **Reply #21 on:** April 29, 2012, 07:32:42 AM

What a loathsome thing to do. I can't think of anything more selfish. I'm sure there is something, but I can't think of it right now.

I would give the girl whatever you want and come out and defend why you did it if there are any questions. My wife's family knows exactly what I think of most things, but then this type of crap doesn't happen in her family.

Zed · **Reply #22 on:** April 29, 2012, 10:24:43 AM

she sounds like as much a idiot as him grant, but i do like cake so no pee'ing

19 and 21 are big ones in the uk, ive long forgotten both of them though

MultiMat · **Reply #23 on:** April 29, 2012, 12:51:57 PM

I say bring a birthday cake pop it in the corner on a table & during the wedding speeches get a few 'supporters'(there has to be a few dissenting guests

) to sing Happy Birthday too the birthday girl

.

Weddings do have one redeeming feature

FREE BOOZE

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #24 on:** April 29, 2012, 01:02:38 PM

The booze wasn't free, but it was fairly cheap.

Def

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dks · **Reply #25 on:** April 29, 2012, 01:57:54 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on April 29, 2012, 01:02:38 PM

The booze wasn't free, but it was fairly cheap.

I never really got these type of weddings or baptisms or whatever where you have to pay for drinks.
Where I go food and drink (local only in general) is included. Of course usually you have a few thousand guests, each giving you 40 euro or more if they are actually attending the wedding, so you cover your expenses nicely.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #26 on:** April 29, 2012, 02:23:16 PM

Here it's usually the bride's family that pays for the wedding, and guests don't usually pay. Really I don't care- it was well worth it to have some alcohol at one of my wife's family events. I swear I married into the only dry Irish family on the planet.

Def

dks · **Reply #27 on:** April 29, 2012, 02:45:08 PM

Of course, the family of the bride pays once but the groom pays for the rest of his life..

Same here really so the newlyweds pay nothing and just gets lots of cash

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