<p>I don’t think I know 680 people, probably not even my half 340…</p>
<p>Between when this thread started and now, our son announced he’s engaged!!! We’re thrilled. Now I have to go back and re-read the whole thread.</p>
<p>Yay Hayden! Congratulations and much joy to your family!</p>
<p>Congrats, hayden! You’re in for lots of fun. :)</p>
<p>Congratulations, hayden! (I must say I just love wedding threads. 
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<p>Oh boy, Hayden! None of us have any strong opinions, so count on us all for some low-key, non-judgmental, unbelievably helpful advice! :)</p>
<p>Congrats Hayden to you and the happy couple!</p>
<p>Unbelievably helpful, anyway. ;)</p>
<p>I think we could sustain a wedding forum here lol. Interesting reading as kids grow up and out of the college years.</p>
<p>Congrats, Hayden!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, you’re all very kind (and Garland and Consolation, LOL!)</p>
<p>So I waited a couple of days for us all to process the excitement. Then tonight I called the bride’s parents (who live in a different state) to introduce us, etc. </p>
<p>Me: “we’d love to have you over to get together. We could welcome you up here, or we’d be happy to drive down your way.”</p>
<p>Them: “no, we’d be more than happy to come up to you. Or we could do it down here. It’s entirely up to you.”</p>
<p>I can see already that we’ll be falling all over each other to compromise and work together. This will definitely be fun.</p>
<p>I may just start a thread now so I don’t hijack this one any more than I already have!</p>
<p>The groom pays in Jordan too - and you don’t have to be Jewish. Our guide there moaned about how he couldn’t afford to get married for a long time because he was expected to fork over so much money! They also have huge wedding where the whole family (aka clan) is invited.</p>
<p>congrats Hayden!
I am following along as I expect D to become engaged soon. Future SIL is from a wealthy (although they bemoan their fate in life --i.e. just so not wealthy while they are (have property near the Kennedy compound). H and I are doing just fine but not of their fortunate circumstances. D will have a generous amount of $ given freely. That said I will be unhappy if they spend $3,000 on a photographer.
H and I eloped to New Zealand and I wanted a Monday wedding with the family friend minister and his wife and my H’s mom. A nice brunch and off we would go.
My own family is just nuts and I decided at the age of 31 not to deal.
This plan backfired and we ended up with many events. Teas, barbeques, 100 at the wedding, front page of the Dunedin Newspaper 2 times and many more layers to this. Oh–including the mayor at our reception and Mori children gifting us satin horseshoe neck hanging. A lamb dinner ( I was vegetarian). and so on and on.
I would like to write that this is all such warm and meaningful memories but I cannot.
I felt totally unimportant. Nothing that I wanted happened at all ( they change the day and time from what I wanted). While H and have been married for 31 years now this is not a subject that we like to talk about. As our D comes closer to her own wedding, I think that both H and I will be listening very closely.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all with such good news! </p>
<p>I have only been to one engagement party - hosted by my brother’s best friend for my nephew. I was the only one to bring a gift for the bride and groom-to-be… 
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<p>I think D will be engaged soon, so I will be reading along. D’s boyfriend is fabulous. We all adore him. We have met his parents and they could not be more lovely. They adore D and are very good to her.</p>
<p>Congratulations, hayden.</p>
<p>I have a newly engaged D. Wedding won’t be for awhile (thinking Fall 2015), and at this point I’m thinking about it more than she is!</p>
<p>It just occurred to me: OMG, I have to fit into a nice MOG dress!! I better head over to the weight loss for dummies thread…</p>
<p>Hayden, head here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1469554-dress-people-mob-help.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1469554-dress-people-mob-help.html</a></p>
<p>Chocchipcookie has been helping all of us ‘mothers of…’ find wedding attire.</p>
<p>Oh and Congratulations to you and yours!</p>
<p>Oh, perfect, mominva. Thanks. Heading over now.</p>
<p>Oh yeah! thankfully there are dress people to help the non-dress people like me!!! They were lifesavers.</p>
<p>Isn’t it fun to have the community move into a new phase of parenting together? I love that.</p>
<p>So far, I’m only aware of a couple of posters who are grandparents. Alwaysamom is one and is churchmusicmom another?</p>
<p>I can’t wait for the grandchildren threads.</p>