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Er, just in case anyone remembers who I am, and to stop my facebook wall filling up, I am engaged. To Sharon. She's a pathologist, we have a house, I proposed while dressed as Batman, and we're getting married next year.
I would squee, but that would be embarassing. I will say that weddings are bloody expensive. And that Assassin's Creed II is awesome. I know that's not related to the wedding, but it's worth noting.
Squee!
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He has me to blame for posting this.
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Don't you think dressing as Batman was a little unfair? Who's going to say "no" to Batman? I'd marry you, if you were dressed as Batman.
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1. Elope. Much cheaper in the long run, weddings are hideously expensive. Run away, do the romantic thing in the Caribbean or somewhere nice, and save a fortune.
2. Spend all your money now. ALL. You wont see any from the moment you get married, that's no longer yours to spend.
3. Good luck. To quote Doug Stanhope, promising to love someone for the rest of your life is like promising to be lucky for the rest of your life, it's not something you can genuinely do.
Do I sound bitter and single? I am. Damn!
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Begin practicing the art of feigning "Hearing Loss".
You will understand fully one day, Grasshopper.
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Ah goddammit, is there anyone left here besides Andrew who doesn't have a life yet? Anyone at all?
Bitches all be gettin' serious and moving on after 30, the fuck is that?
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Turning 30 was what did it, actually. I was desperatly trying to avoid being all Bashir in "Distant Voices" (especially the dying by hallucination bit), so I figured the only way to distract myself was by having a big party where I got to dress as Batman, and having a surprise proposal.
She was dressed as Poison Ivy. Which wasn't quite thematically correct, but I pretended it was Catwoman in surprise.
We're focussing most of the money on the honeymoon. It's very tricky getting married at the moment. Lots of people are, so there is a danger of wedding fatuige. And if you're competing with Indian weddings, or rich daddy weddings, then you can easily end up looking like a poor option. We checked out Chester Zoo, but it wasn't quite big enough.
Axeman: Good point about not having money after marriage (although surely it's more "not having money after kids". Financially, I'll be better off once we're married. Pathologist beats Systems Administrator (what does that even mean? And how many brackets am I going to use? Who knows?). Suger-mummy for the win!) Besides, I already have all 3 current-gen games consoles. I can't think of anything else to buy.
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I checked with my friends (the married ones) who gave me the advice, and they confirm it's 'SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY NOW!' and not 'when you get kids'. It was actually prefixed "Promise me,..." I think kids dont matter, because she'll have the rest of your life mapped out in fine detail from this point on (including kids), and it has to be funded now.
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Holy shit first Baloo pops in, then Liam announces he's engaged and now Cartman shows up? Now we just need First of Two to poke in and Elim Garak to make an appearance...
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Congratulations! You could always go for the potluck reception. Please do not take out a loan to pay for your wedding. Getting into debt in order to get married is lame.
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Now if you had your wedding dressed as Batman that would be full of geeky awesome.
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Well damn! Congratulations! Proposing as Batman was indeed a smooth thing to do- if rejected, the mask hides the tears.
Damn- we've all been posting forever- now most are setteling down.
Insane.
I agree that you should go simple on the wedding and wild on the honeymoon. If you plan things right and have your wedding on the "off season" (fall, I think) you can save bigtime on reserving someplace for a reception or party or whatever.
Again, Congrats, Liam! You get the happy DS9 ending and not the whole "falling into flames" version.
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