Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
I think that grooms do it as well.

Guess its the last time the bride and groom can whore themselves out to the masses before the wedding night....

Yes. And if they'd only strip off the puffy white dress and full-body tuxedo and really grind for the crowd, they'd make a hell of a lot more money.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Guests line up to "pay" the bride a dollar for a dance. The dollar is usually tucked into a little satin bag the bride wears on her wrist during this part of the reception.

Is this in case the money tree at the door doesn't bear enough fruit.

Good lord, what's next? Cash bars?

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Yes. And if they'd only strip off the puffy white dress and full-body tuxedo and really grind for the crowd, they'd make a hell of a lot more money.

Well, as long as the bride hasn't already tossed the garter....

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Is this in case the money tree at the door doesn't bear enough fruit.

Good lord, what's next? Cash bars?

I actually attended couple weddings at Officer Clubs where there were cash bars. I don't know if it was a base regulation not to give away boozie, or if the wedding party was being ultra cheap.

Actually, at another wedding, the groom apparently asked the groomsmen to pony up for a keg to be purchased at the local beer store......

I think I need to be more selective about the weddings I attend.

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Guests line up to "pay" the bride a dollar for a dance. The dollar is usually tucked into a little satin bag the bride wears on her wrist during this part of the reception.

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I've witnessed it at a wedding of a very wealthy family.

Albeit the wedding of a very wealthy southern Indiana family, NTTAWWT.

never saw this at a wedding, but did see Tyrone S' sisters doing something sort of like this at a bachelor party, I don't think they were brides, and it wasn't really dancing. oh and by the time they were halfway through the line they weren't wearing much, and certainly not a little satin bag.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
I actually attended couple weddings at Officer Clubs where there were cash bars.

At this weekend's wedding I would have rather had a cash bar than have to pay for EVERYONE'S beer, which is what I basically ended up doing.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Is this in case the money tree at the door doesn't bear enough fruit.

Good lord, what's next? Cash bars?

There's such a thing as a 'money tree'?

Why don't the bride and groom just cut to the chase here--stand next to a sensibly inexpensive slop line instead of wasting money on a fancy buffet, and just aggressively pick the guests' pockets while they're distracted picking up their sporks.

P(Etiquette for the New Century)J

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by purse junkie
you say neato/check your libido/and roll to the church in your new tuxedo

It's truly wonderful to find someone else who understands the genius that is/was Young MC.

[andViolins]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
At this weekend's wedding I would have rather had a cash bar than have to pay for EVERYONE'S beer, which is what I basically ended up doing.

Well, you are a rich LAW-YUR.

With nice TITS!!

I once attended a wedding that had a dollar dance. After giving your money to either the best man or bridesmaid, you were given a shot of whisky before going off to dance with the bride or groom.

Very classy.

aV

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by purse junkie
I've seen it mostly among lower-income couples. Guests line up to "pay" the bride a dollar for a dance. The dollar is usually tucked into a little satin bag the bride wears on her wrist during this part of the reception.

Horribly tacky or a sensible tradition for young families for whom a couple hundred extra bucks can really make a difference?

How could it possibly considered anything but tacky to suggest that the bride, on her wedding day, is willing to sell herself to any and all comers?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
How could it possibly considered anything but tacky to suggest that the bride, on her wedding day, is willing to sell herself to any and all comers?

I won't defend this practice too strenuously, but the dollar dance does allow guests some one-on-one time with the bride and groom that may not otherwise be feasible. Doesn't make it not tacky......

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
How could it possibly considered anything but tacky to suggest that the bride, on her wedding day, is willing to sell herself to any and all comers?

Oh I don't know, given the whole original purpose of marriage in the first place. Wasn't her family just selling her?

I vote tacky, but I can see how people would consider it something else.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Oh I don't know, given the whole original purpose of marriage in the first place. Wasn't her family just selling her?

I vote tacky, but I can see how people would consider it something else.

I got roped into a dollar dance with the groom a few years ago. His mother was handing out dollars to everyone in the room. He was seething with anger by the time I got to him. I think it was the one thing he specifically asked NOT happen at his wedding. Prior to that wedding, I'd never seen the practice before.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by leagleaze
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug03/163688.asp

Never mind having sex with an adult, apparently, 14 year olds aren't allowed to have sex with each other.

This meshes rather nicely with the W. Va. wedding thread.

"Get off me pa, you're crushin' my smokes."

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Oh I don't know, given the whole original purpose of marriage in the first place. Wasn't her family just selling her?

Well who sold/bought whom?

Groom shucks out $4,000 - $25,000 on the ring.

Bride's family supposedly shucks out $5,000 - $50,000 on the wedding/reception.

I like the post from a week or so ago where the comment about the wedding/reception was, "I just bought a Lexus, and drove it into a lake."

Mister(happy to have taken the father-in-law to the cleaners)Ebola