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Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Katie - Holy LOL!! You need to learn how to MQ!! Just teasing, love ya!! haha I promise to learn Nicole but only after I've made it to senior member!! lol I want my blue banner!! haha

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Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda hahahhaha Mark calls me "Anal Amy" when I get mad at him for being lazy and cutting corners. I am loving these rants on FIs!! My little brother is a GM and he told me Mark sent out an email asking the guys "what is your shorts size?" then 2 days later "nevermind, amy put an end to that, what size pants do you wear?" hahaha Amy if he even thinks of wearing bright sneakers you need to call you FMIL!!! haha that's funny about your FI and brother!! I don't really have a name, but if I have a stress I just get called 'grizzle' lol as in, 'you stopped stressing yet grizzle?'. always helps as I can't help but crack a little smile and great advice on getting the FMIL involved - mine has won quite a few battles for me as we tend to agree with each other! and what guy can say no to his mum!?

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ Katie, You sound like me! I sleep beside my iPhone and when I'm wide awake at night it's so easy to pick up but then my mind just won't stop... It's just messing with my sleep patterns. This week I've started turning my phone off when I go to bed and I leaving in my purse beside the front door. oh god, I think I'd be worried about having my iPhone turned off if I did that!! lol plus I use it as my alarm to get up - my alarm clock doesn't seem to do the job anymore!! After I posted that though, I did put it at the other end of the bed so I couldn't reach it without getting up!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ My Groomzilla struck again this evening... He's asked me to compile all of my lists and to put together a list of costs and get this... do a proposal. I understand that he has that type A personality and that he is concerned about costs getting out of control. He also wants the invitations done right away because he's scared people are going to book their vacations for the year soon. I understand his anxieties but part of me just wants to make him do the all of the planning to avoid frustrations and my own stress from getting out of control. I know we'll look back and laugh at of this eventually, I'm just hoping we don't lose our minds in the next 9 months... it could be a very long 9 months and I can only imagine what more we have to do and haven't even thought of.... I think it's time for a glass of wine! MEN! lol what is it with them?? do they think they should be project managing rather than 'doing'? or are they on a power trip?? I'd suggest you do the 'proposal' together and it would be great for him to be involved in it too....you won't be far into it before he loses interest and gives up on wanting a proposal. If he's worried about money, suggest he keeps an Excel spreadsheet with all costs etc in it, and then he can be responsible for it. I got ANOTHER lecture off my FI last night about money (!!) i'm not very good at being a recluse as I'm a bit of a social butterfly but we agreed when we started planning the wedding that we'd have to stop any unnecessary costs...but I try and convince him that we should go to this party, or this gathering, or this 'do'....and I think I made him feel bad because I always ask and he is the one who always has to say no. I do see his point, but my god I think we need a night out! doesn't help though that the last time he looked at our wedding budget we're £1,000 over budget. where the f/ck are we going to find that? so that's me firmly re-put in my place!

Oh and amy, can you add 'wedding cake' to my list of things I need to get done? No need to repost it until you do the next update though see this is why I'm not sleeping - I'm in bed trying to sleep and had to log on here on my iPhone to say about the wedding cake because I'm worrying about it and keep forgetting!

the thing I've learnt with this for many is that the people who are replying to your emails are usually the ones who deal with the wedding on the day....so they are VERY busy! lots have rubbish reviews before you get there, but then rave about how great they were and the efforts they went to to try and make their day as perfect as possible. My WC is slow at replying, but I've heard such great things about her that i don't mind - because when I'm there and need her the most, I know it will be me that she's focused on. i know that's not great for you right now, but I'd say just keep doing what you're doing, but don't expect a response quickly...I'd give them 2 weeks to reply and then just send them a polite email to chase them up. I have a read receipt on my emails and i know my WC replies as soon as she reads my email...and so I also know how long it can take her to get round to reading the. i know this may not be the case in others, but this has definitely been my experience. Just ride it out, you'll get there