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ZOMG WEDDING.

sirliberal — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:18:19 -0800

Oh poo! Good college bud's wedding this weekend! What to give? Soooooooo I totally put off that my good friend from college is getting married this weekend, and im a groosman. Its fairly low key (suit and pants, at a local college's chapal). Its saturday, so I have until then to get a gift. I am in the wedding (groomsman), and am pretty absentminded about things until my blackberry reminds me.

So! What do I get a geeky 27yr old guy and his foreign wife for a wedding gift? Hes a crusty old ham whos not quite crusty yet, works on a ship 8 months out of the year being a netadmin/programmer, enjoys surfboarding (not true surfing) on the beach in California. We've lost touch over the last few years and I am not sure what he is really into. He seemed like a frugal ham back in college, and even then, I woulda bought him beer and maybe a new antenna for a gift.

Theres a local artsyfartsy store down the street, but I don't think thats his style at all.

Wedding ring - $500; Wedding - $2000; Honeymoon: $600; Spending the rest of your life with your soulmate - Priceless

tdreyer1 — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:13:17 -0800

Poor college student filter: I'm getting married, and have very little money. I'm in my second year of college, and I am getting married this summer. I need tips on how to have an affordable wedding & honeymoon. I appreciate you advice.

Is semi-swinging ok? Does it work?

TrueVox — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:45:04 -0800

My soon-to-be fiance and I are both quite in love. However, we met and had a child when we were both younger then we wanted to be to settle down with one person. She suggested (and I'm considering) dating other people while still being together. So we've agreed that no sex is to take place, but anything up to and includeing is OK. I repeat, we're still very much in love, it's just we have things we each want to get out of our system. This would be simpler for me if we didn't have a 3 month old child, but that's how things worked out. She's 18, I'm 19. I have a good job, we're both in college, and things in our lives are going great, it's just we were both virgins when we met, and hadn't been with someone else before really.

We're talking about a having a number of just almost one night stands (no commitments).

Has anyone else ever done this successfully?

P.S. We're seeing a councler on thursday.

Present for an emigrating friend: UK-Australia

porktrap — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:49:28 -0800

What present do I buy a friend who is getting married and emigrating to Australia? A close friend who I've known for close to 20 years is getting married and emigrating to Australia. I'd like to buy him and his future wife something unique. Any ideas?