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Everything looks fabulous. Love the little tags. They are adorable. The t-shirts are hysterical too. Have fun and good luck!

Wow. This lady has no clue. Plus who cares what her opinion is if she thinks a prom dress with a Rugrats watch is "darling." Are you f'ing kidding me? Hippie or not, I would be pissed to have rugrats in my photos.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan Yes, It is cruel to the dolphins. I'm not criticizing anyone who has done it, because they probably just didn't know the truth about it. I'm just encouraging people to looking into so they don't make the mistake of doing it if they would have regretted it. I am glad someone stopped me from doing it. It's very misleading that swimming with dolphin programs advertise themselves as eco friendly. They act like they are providing dolphin education & having these programs because of their love of dolphins. They wouldn't sell tickets I guess if they told the truth that they are simply exploiting the animals because they can make a lot of money doing it. There are several things wrong with it. One is that the way they capture the dolphins is violent & usually results in killing some. The dolphins are usually not kept in proper conditions with enough space. They are incredibly intelligent animals & need more complex environments. A gold fish is probably happy in a small bowl, but dolphins usually show signs or boredom or stress. Here are some links. Swimming with dolphins: dream or nightmare? Arguments against captivity There is really no proper swim with dolphins program. Some advertise that they are open water and therefor ok. But, they have just trained the dolphins to become dependent on the food they throw from the boat. There are some great dolphin watching & whale watching companies that keep the animals best interest in mind. I plan on doing that instead someday. Anyway, I'm sorry if it seems like I'm getting on a soapbox about this. It just really upsets me to see places like Xcaret call themselves eco friendly & then see they have a swim with the dolphins program. No thanks for the soapbox Morgan. I think it's important for people to know what they are endorsing. Cruelty to animals is very sad. I'd rather ride the dune buggies and do zip lines.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~flyingmonkey~ LC_Rachel- where are you doing the dunebuggy rides? That sounds like a blast! Discounts on Dune Buggy Tours in Puerto Vallarta Here's the company they used. Apparently you go through parts of town then up into the jungle. They said they got totally soaked going through a stream but it was a blast. You do a tequila tasting and then head back to the starting point. HAHA only in Mexico would you taste tequila then dune buggy back. We are all so excited to do this.

My FI and his BM said they were going to wear tuxedo tshirts. They teased me FOREVER about it. I bought them both shirts instead. Now they say they are only taking 2 shirts on the trip- a tuxedo tshirt and the wedding shirt. Guys like to get a rise out of their lady. Mine does it all the time. If he's not kidding, I doubt he will be so gung-ho once he finds out how costly it is. Just point out he could get a flat screen plasma instead for that cost!

Yay! Welcome. No worries about the time frame. It will be so much easier than you think- especially at Las Caletas. It's just so beautiful. Feel free to pop in over at our LC site- http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t1775-115

Oh that's rough. I drifted apart from my friends too when I moved. It's a very hard time- especially if you aren't good at contacting them (that's me!) Where do they live? Far away? Maybe they thought your cali friends would be doing something. If they are your friends, I would talk to them. No one can read your mind and know your feelings are hurt. Especially since none of them have been married they probably don't understand how you feel unless you tell them.

You know this rant almost reminded me of work. People don't read anything. I don't know if it's becoming part of our culture that everyone gets their information at such a fast pace that the art of reading has been lost. Because WOW I can't tell you how many times I send out emails explaining things in detail, with meeting invitations included, and they still call to ask when and where the meeting is. Its just pure laziness. They would rather bother my a$$ for an answer that would take 15 secs for me to explain than to read an email that would take 1 min to read. Maybe for those that call, direct their lazy butts to your website for the information. Don't spoon feed them and let them stress you out because they can't get stuff together. I'd only stress out for the ones that really matter! Like grandma- she might have issues going to the website. Luckily I didn't have this problem for my wedding! I feel for you because I deal with this same crap at work ALL THE TIME!!

Quote: Originally Posted by mauraw omg rach, that is SO ridiculous. why is it that aunts and uncles with no involvement in our lives feel like our weddings are all about them?! my latest hitch is that my FSIL informed me today that she was inviting 5 friends because she doesnt have a boyfriend. WTF. you CANT invite people to SOMEONE ELSE'S wedding! she said she was going to pay my FMIL per person (so obviously she doesnt realize that its over $200/head) to make up for it, and i wanted to scream at her, but i decided yes im ticked off because who the f does she think she is inviting people to my wedding when i didnt allow my parents to invite and friends, so im sure as not allowing HER! but that i am going to pass this one on to my FI to deal with, because i know he will not stand for it. our guest list is already waaaaaaaaay out of hand due to his parents inviting 100+ people from mexico alone. as soon as they were paying for the reception, 50+ people were added to their guest list they gave us. i dont think so!!! haha Maura. I bet you can't wait to get married already. You have had so many headaches to deal with. Luckily for me, mine has been relatively smooth sailing with a few disappoints here and there. Otherwise I may have needed some serious tranquilizers. I have ZERO patience.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege Oh. My. Goodness Rachel! That lady is NUTS!!! Who would say that? I know I later told my grandparents what they said and my grandpa was like "Why didn't you tell me? I would have given them a piece of my mind!" I just laughed. It was their 50th anniversary. No need for useless drama like that.

If you are the only one to be married, I wonder if this is a jealousy thing. But nonetheless, I'm sorry. That really sucks. Have you drifted apart from them? Or have they just been sucking it up ever since the ring popped up?

Ok here comes (maybe) a dumb question- When confirming your guest count, should I include my photog so she can get a meal? Do we pay the full price for vendors?

Quote: Originally Posted by luv2love "well, it's not like the wedding in Jamaica really counts as a wedding." My aunt and uncle from my dad's side (who I did not invite to the wedding!) cornered me at my grandparents 50th Anniversary on my mom's side and said something along these lines. It was more "Your wedding will not be real because no one that loves you will go." I said "Well I'm sorry you feel that way but our parents will be there and that's what mattered to us." I was seethingly pissed too but I kept myself calm because of where I was. They then proceeded to say I'm only having a DW because my mom manipulated me. I so wanted to say "No it's so I don't have to invite you a$$holes." I have seen them like twice since I was 14. Give me a break. Don't act like you have been involved in every important day in my life and this is the only one you will miss. Whew! Finally got to rage on that one. You are not alone girls. Keep your chins up and let the haters hate on.

I think we are doing Eric Clapton "Wonderful Tonight." I just love the sax in the song. I think it's sexy. Plus Monica and Chandler danced to it after he proposed. If it's good enough for them, it's good even for us. haha

Besides this last comment made by him, but does everyone think he is so much nicer this season? It seems like he is much happier. He smiles often and you can even see it in his eyes.

We are most looking forward to the dunebuggy rides. My parents did this last year on their trip and they couldn't stop raving about how fun it was. My mom also noted that the mechanic was hot- you know, for the single ladies. Morgan, Out of curiosity, is it mal-treatment? I have never been interested in doing this but it will break my heart if the poor dolphins are treated poorly.

I can't honestly answer all those questions because I don't have much experience but I think the dress is gorgeous. It doesn't look like it would be much more material than what most of the girls on the forum have worn. I'm sure they could take out the crinoline. I doubt it is too tough. I don't think it looks too formal either. Go to my blogs. I posted my dress and attire. It's formal too!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cole5worm Ahh well thank you ladies and yay for all the sweaty brides out there.. your right though... rather be sweating in PV then home!!!! Good thing they have night weddings maybe it will cool off a bit! Cross my fingers!! Even though i have 5 months i want to get everything done now and can't becasue i have no idea how many people are coming! boo I just had 2 more RSVP with 6 weeks left. I have 4 still undecided. I don't think you will every technically know until the day of. haha. I just guestimated and in the end it worked out because I over budgeted. I was able to take the extra money and treat everyone to a welcome dinner.

My bridesmaids are in brown too. I got mango calla lillies with hot pink roses. I think the Angela's accent bouquet you posted would look great to include the aqua.

Don't forget the miscarriage, stalker and several people trying to kill her!

How many tables are you doing? I hope not a lot because I could see this taking up a lot of suitcase space. Unless you can ship it to Hawaii? I agree though. I bet you could make some pretty cheap.

Invitations are only an formality. If you think they are necessary then by all means. An alternative is to send a newsletter to those who have already booked. You can provide them with more details about the trip. Just depends on what you would like to do! I don't think there are any rules in DW planning.

No I bawled my eyes out when she died too. I would probably still cry if I watched it right now. My college roommates used to always have the reruns on in the afternoons when we were in between classes. The most traumatic one for me was when Kelly was caught in the fire. Or maybe it was the rape? Crap. I just remember bawling when Kelly was bawling.

Unfortunately my grandparents didn't have any. They were too poor and my grandma got married 2 months pregnant. Yah, I can do math. haha They got married so young back then though.

haha that's awesome. Did anyone watch Tori's show Inn Love? I think that was the name of it. She's quite funny. I would expect her to be such a brat. She's just kind of clueless. What's sad about that picture though is that so many girls (probably even me) thought they were fat because of how thin Tori was.