I am so sick of hearing about the "royal" wedding! Based on what they have said about that young man's lifestyle, Britain should be weeping not rejoicing. I have XM Radio, and it is on all the news channels right now except C-Span. Very annoying.
Wedding?
What wedding?
Is there a special wedding happening?
Royal Wedding?
Is Royal pudding getting Married to Jello Pudding?
I think it would mean more if they actually had power. Aren't they just symbols now?
Not saying I'm interested or following this (cus I'm not)....but it's like every girls DREAM wedding to marry a "prince" lol....guys just don't get it, and won't get it...
Quote from: MellowYellow on April 29, 2011, 02:24:22 PM
I think it would mean more if they actually had power. Aren't they just symbols now?
For the most part they are inbred powerless figureheads. (Seriously, not joking about the inbred part) The have rules about who they can and cannot marry - they must keep their '' blood line '' pure.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 29, 2011, 02:27:21 PM
Not saying I'm interested or following this (cus I'm not)....but it's like every girls DREAM wedding to marry a "prince" lol....guys just don't get it, and won't get it...
Get what?
Weddings?
Weddings = boredom!
It is bad enough going to a wedding of someone I know personally, even worse going to the wedding of someone I hardly know (such as an inlaw that I've met once or twice), even worse the wedding of someone I don't know at all and will never meet.
It was hard enough sitting (okay, standing) through my own wedding. All the pomp and ceremony for the 3 minute I do or I don't part. Saves time and money just to walk to the front of the service and have the preacher ask "do you or don't you" then sit down. :freaky2: You could do it during the offering or just after prayer requests.
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Typical man response! lol
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 29, 2011, 06:07:39 PM
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Typical man response! lol
*shrug*
Weddings = Boring!
Even Curling is more exciting than a wedding and Curling is BORRRRING!
What is curling you may ask, click here and find out (http://www.curlingbasics.com/)
Weddings cost money, you don't need a tux and a fancy dress. Too much money!
Photographers? Ask everyone to bring a digitial camera and email you the photos.
Post wedding reception? White Castle, Burger King, McDonalds. The kids will play all day in the play area, there will usually be a TV in the background with a ball game on for the guys and plenty of diet coke refills for the women who think that drinking 2 gallons of it daily is healthy and helps them lose weight and there is free Wi Fi for the teenie boppers and Facebook addicts.
Quote from: Scott on April 29, 2011, 05:49:22 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on April 29, 2011, 02:24:22 PM
I think it would mean more if they actually had power. Aren't they just symbols now?
For the most part they are inbred powerless figureheads. (Seriously, not joking about the inbred part) The have rules about who they can and cannot marry - they must keep their '' blood line '' pure.
So that's what they been trying to do in Kentucky and Arkansas all these years. Didn't know those states had any similarities to royalty till now. You learn something new everyday.
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For those of you from these states RELAX it was just a joke. :couch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_intermarriage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_intermarriage)
Royal intermarriage is the practice of members of royal families marrying into other royal families. It was more commonly done in the past for reasons of state and in order to maintain the purity of bloodlines. Historically, royal marriages often sealed alliances or pacts, and were instrumental in many countries' diplomatic relations. Over many generations, intermarriage between royals came to a point where most royals became related to all other royals.
Royal intermarriage became practiced widely as a way of ensuring all members of a royal family were descended from royalty as opposed to commoners. This class distinction gave rise to many house laws stipulating who a dynast could marry to have an equal marriage; marriages outside this were considered morganatic. This often occurred in monarchies with such small courts that it became a means of maintaining relations, such as Europe and princely India under the British Raj.
If a member of a royal family married someone not of appropriate status, they sometimes lost succession rights, titles, or other varied royal privileges. A frequent occurrence was for their children and spouse to receive a lesser title, although these cadet branches sometimes were deemed suitable for marriage into other families. This occurred when Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine married the lesser Countess Julia von Hauke. Julia and the morganatic children of this union were given the style of Serene Highness and title of Prince(ss) of Battenberg. The Battenberg family later married into the royal families of Sweden and Spain, and descendants into the royal families of Britain, Greece, Denmark, and other countries. Similarly, the Teck family, from which Queen Mary of the United Kingdom came, was a morganatic branch of the royal House of Württemberg.
Over time, due to the relatively small pool of potential consorts, the gene pool of many regional royal families grew progressively smaller, until all European royalty were related, often to their consorts as well. This also resulted in many being descended from a certain person through many lines of descent, such as the numerous European royals and nobles descended from the British Queen Victoria or King Christian IX of Denmark. The House of Habsburg was infamous for its inbreeding, with the Habsburg lip cited as an ill-effect. The Habsburgs frequently married within the family and the closely related houses of Bourbon and Wittelsbach, uncle-niece and double-cousin and first-cousin unions occurring frequently.
British and Spanish royal families
A well-known example of royal intermarriage and interrelation today is that of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born a Prince of Greece and Denmark). Prince Philip is the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, whose mother Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and paternal grandfather, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, were both members of the same paternal family. Princess Alice's father's brother, Prince Henry of Battenberg, meanwhile, married Princess Beatrice (a daughter of Elizabeth II's great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria). Their daughter, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg married King Alfonso XIII of Spain, and her grandson, the present king, Juan Carlos, married Princess Sophia of Greece & Denmark, whose father was a cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Alternatively, Queen Elizabeth's great-great-grandfather, King Christian IX of Denmark, was also Prince Philip's great-grandfather. They are also related several times through Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover.
(I know it is Wiki pedia, but from what I've read in the past, this is pretty acruate.
Queen Elizabeth and her husband are 3rd Cousins, which makes their kids their 4th cousins. Cousin Mom and Cousin Dad to Charlie and Andrew.
Fergie and Di were even related to their Hubbies, but distantly.
Since it is family marrying family.... Even more boring!
Well Kate was a commoner so it should help infuse the gene pool with some less horsey looking genes... or so we can hope anyway.
The hoopla in the press was a bit much but honestly I'm happy to see a traditional marriage celebrated in the news for once and people sincerely hoping for the best for them. There is so much cynicism towards marriage these days (unless its homosexual marriage, then its all about the fairy tales and rainbows that they are being deprived of) I'm glad to see people being excited about a wedding
Everyone has done stupid things while growing up, but not everyone had to go through them in the public eye. William has done a lot better than Harry and even Harry seems to have been reeled in a bit.
I hope Will and Kate's marriage can thrive - it certainly won't be easy but I hope they show that it can be done
Also, I think according to polls - more americans care about the nuptials than the brits... they just like having the day off work
If they still practice bloodline marriage, then Kate is royal blood, like Diana was & they said all the same stuff about her. Kate was then raised that way. Her family is wealthy. "Common" is a technical term lost on us Americans. And not ever person lives wildly before marriage. I think it's just another case of celebrity infatuation. To make it any more than any other celebrity marriage is sad.
Kate's family is not related, part of why its taken 8 years. They were average people and built up a small business, which gave them the money to send kate to school where she met william. Many are hoping that the self-made middletons will be an example - they are a product of the free market thinking of the 80s
Quote from: Scott on April 29, 2011, 06:49:56 PM
Post wedding reception? White Castle, Burger King, McDonalds. The kids will play all day in the play area, there will usually be a TV in the background with a ball game on for the guys and plenty of diet coke refills for the women who think that drinking 2 gallons of it daily is healthy and helps them lose weight and there is free Wi Fi for the teenie boppers and Facebook addicts.
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So does everyone pay for their own, or does the happy couple spring for Happy Meals for everyone?
Quote from: RainbowJingles on April 30, 2011, 09:58:43 PM
Quote from: Scott on April 29, 2011, 06:49:56 PM
Post wedding reception? White Castle, Burger King, McDonalds. The kids will play all day in the play area, there will usually be a TV in the background with a ball game on for the guys and plenty of diet coke refills for the women who think that drinking 2 gallons of it daily is healthy and helps them lose weight and there is free Wi Fi for the teenie boppers and Facebook addicts.
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So does everyone pay for their own, or does the happy couple spring for Happy Meals for everyone?
Oh I supposed the married couple could spring - if they have coupons!
I suppose if 12th cousins doesn't count, then they're not related. :updown:
Quote from: Amelia Bedelia on April 30, 2011, 04:16:47 AM
Well Kate was a commoner so it should help infuse the gene pool with some less horsey looking genes... or so we can hope anyway.
The hoopla in the press was a bit much but honestly I'm happy to see a traditional marriage celebrated in the news for once and people sincerely hoping for the best for them. There is so much cynicism towards marriage these days (unless its homosexual marriage, then its all about the fairy tales and rainbows that they are being deprived of) I'm glad to see people being excited about a wedding.
Agreed! Great opinion! :thumbsup2:
Quote from: Amelia Bedelia on April 30, 2011, 04:16:47 AM
Well Kate was a commoner so it should help infuse the gene pool with some less horsey looking genes... or so we can hope anyway.
The hoopla in the press was a bit much but honestly I'm happy to see a traditional marriage celebrated in the news for once and people sincerely hoping for the best for them. There is so much cynicism towards marriage these days (unless its homosexual marriage, then its all about the fairy tales and rainbows that they are being deprived of) I'm glad to see people being excited about a wedding
Everyone has done stupid things while growing up, but not everyone had to go through them in the public eye. William has done a lot better than Harry and even Harry seems to have been reeled in a bit.
I hope Will and Kate's marriage can thrive - it certainly won't be easy but I hope they show that it can be done
Also, I think according to polls - more americans care about the nuptials than the brits... they just like having the day off work
Agreed. I love weddings. One of my favorite things in life. I wish I could go to more weddings, but most people I know are already married.
I don't buy for a minute that this was traditional marriage celebrated. This was the rich & famous doing something big & gaudy admired by those who wish they were that rich.
I don't get the love for weddings. They are the most boring things ever. I usually sleep through most of them or go outside until it is over. My wife has an uncle in poor health, when we are at weddings and I see him wak out, I leave to go check up on him and then I hang out with him to "make sure he is okay".
He hates weddings so much that he went out and had a special Tee Shirt made up, it looks like a Tuxedo.
Top Ten Things More exciting than weddings:
10. Watching Grass Grow
09. Watching a pot of water come to a boil
08. Watching a book sit on the table
07. Cleaning my toe nails
06. Washing my hair
05. Sitting on the front porch, drinking tea and watching the cars go by
04. Listening to Seth talk about his birds
03. Clipping my finger nails
02. Re runs of Leave it to Beaver
And the number one thing more exciting than weddings: goat roping.
I don't buy the idea that everyone here is sick of the royal wedding. There are too many people making too many posts about it. When I'm sick of something I don't want to talk about it, positive or negative - I'm sick of it and I want to go somewhere else, do something else and talk about something else.
ahh but you see, it is a discussion board!
And my job is to stir the pot!
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Everyone has their likes and dislikes. It's all opinion. My opinion is that weddings are wonderful and beautiful. :) You might find something interesting that I think is really boring.
My husband loves fast cars and drag racing. I think they're about as boring as it can get. *yawn*
Quote from: MellowYellow on May 02, 2011, 01:00:48 AM
I don't buy for a minute that this was traditional marriage celebrated. This was the rich & famous doing something big & gaudy admired by those who wish they were that rich.
I don't think that - it was a royal wedding. There were A LOT of customs they had to follow to even get married. Royal family weddings are full of custom. The only reason it was "presented" as something big and gaudy was because of ALL of the hoopla and press about it.
If it was kept out of the news, and private you wouldn't think that would you? lol
Quote from: Scott on April 29, 2011, 06:49:56 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 29, 2011, 06:07:39 PM
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Typical man response! lol
*shrug*
Weddings = Boring!
Even Curling is more exciting than a wedding and Curling is BORRRRING!
What is curling you may ask, click here and find out (http://www.curlingbasics.com/)
Weddings cost money, you don't need a tux and a fancy dress. Too much money!
Photographers? Ask everyone to bring a digitial camera and email you the photos.
Post wedding reception? White Castle, Burger King, McDonalds. The kids will play all day in the play area, there will usually be a TV in the background with a ball game on for the guys and plenty of diet coke refills for the women who think that drinking 2 gallons of it daily is healthy and helps them lose weight and there is free Wi Fi for the teenie boppers and Facebook addicts.
lookie here guys! Scott could be Yoops wedding coordinator... they would agree just fine! lol~
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Sorry folks weddings are boring and the whole ceremony thing is totally unnecessary. Technically by law you just need a license signed by an approved official. The do you take this man/woman stuff is basically a glorified oath / sworn statement.
5 minutes - approved official administer the oath and you can be back to work by the end of lunch hour. Just like getting your drivers license.
Again, typical man response.
Is that what you did?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 02, 2011, 06:42:05 PM
Again, typical man response.
Is that what you did?
No, but I did suggest that.
I found my own to be boring and difficult to sit or stand through.
It was way to stressful.
My mom and sister were angry that they could not plan the wedding - it was so bad that my dad told them they could not come to the wedding unless they stopped whining. They told him it was my wedding and they should plan it, he tried to tell them that the woman planned the wedding - they would not listen and they had a big argument over it and he told them they were not welcome at the wedding. He was going by himself.
My best man could not come to the wedding because he was committed to another wedding the week before an could not afford to go to two out of town weddings. He could not back out of the other because it was in laws and he wanted to keep peace.
His wife offered to be the best man and skip her sisters wedding, but that wouldn't have looked good.
The guy I wanted as head groomsman would not come unless I paid his way to the wedding and back - plus bought his tuxedo.
My best man backed out at the last minute. He felt that I should pay for his tuxedo and got mad when I didn't.
I finally selected a man that I taught a home bible study to a year or so before and he came to the wedding, took me out to breakfast and brought alcoholic wine for the honeymoon.
My mom came to the wedding and sat in the back of the church and complained about everything. My part time mom ( a lady from my home church) drove 13 hours one way - dying of lukemia and hooked up to a tens unit - sat there with my mom and helped to complain.
My under aged nephew kept trying to sneak off to buy booze.
I was only able to have one friend stand up with me in the wedding, the rest were my wife's brothers filling in for my ''pals" at the last minute. The junior bridesmaid was mad at me, the day before we took her to the park and when I pushed her in the swing, she fell off and got hurt.
The photographer was obnoxious!
People kept trying to decorate my car and I hate having my car touched by people. I had to hire a couple of guys to protect my car.
My dad was made that we made him wear a Tuxedo
The best man who backed out at the last minute was mad that he was not officiating at the wedding - after all he was not the best man now. He felt that he should have been a part of the ceremony.
I left a revival on Thursday night, got a ticket in route to the wedding and had to be at another revival the Monday after the wedding. We spent our honeymoon running an outreach crusade.
Yeah - over all a judge, a license and 10 minutes would have been less stressful.
I've done security at weddings and wedding receptions. I've driven limos and provived bodyguard services for brides to be and their parties. The stress, the agnst, the pressure to have the bigggest, best and fanciest wedding. Not worth it.
Ahh, now I see why you hate weddings...it's because your own wasn't bueno...(other than getting the girl).....
Well now, I don't know if that's the whole reason... T. Bubba Bectal did say that to a bubba, a wedding is just a funeral where you get to smell your own flowers. Maybe Scott is just a big ole bubba at heart. You can have intelligent bubbas, they don't have to be dumb to be bubbas.
I like weddings! I just want stuff to be about love and the couple. I would've liked the royal wedding if they were both moral upstanding people, showed real emotion, and it wasn't so over the top while their people are highly unemployed. How much of it was commercialized into trinkets to buy? I know they have no power, but do they also have no sympathy? I don't know, it seems more people saw it based on their fantasies rather than what they were actually seeing.
Maybe I'm silly for expecting anything of greater virtue from "royalty."
Perhaps, it's just simply that I was lucky enough to get a guy with the qualities of a prince and it's sad to see anyone settle or outright praise a character of anything less. ☺
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 02, 2011, 07:20:44 PM
Ahh, now I see why you hate weddings...it's because your own wasn't bueno...(other than getting the girl).....
Ours was fine, it was short - less than 30 minutes which I was happy about.
What I dislike is all the stress and emotions that it brings out in people.
By the way, all weddings have about 30 different problems.
I was in one wedding where two groomsmen showed up late
One wedding the groom was kidnapped and the kidnappers got lost
One wedding the groom kissed the bride and passed her down the line of groomsmen
One wedding the groom had the groomsmen leave notes in the brides underwear that had been packed in the suit case.
I could name a dozen more.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on May 02, 2011, 07:27:19 PM
Well now, I don't know if that's the whole reason... T. Bubba Bectal did say that to a bubba, a wedding is just a funeral where you get to smell your own flowers. Maybe Scott is just a big ole bubba at heart. You can have intelligent bubbas, they don't have to be dumb to be bubbas.
Me a bubba? Nope! My family may be all hillbillies but we are not bubbas!
Weddings and Funerals are a lot a like. You are there because an old life has passed (via death or marriage) and the person(s) the thing is for is in the front of the church, someone sings, someone cries, a preacher speaks and the person you are making the fuss over leaves the church before you do.
I don't like funerals, birthday parties, open houses or receptions. (I've done security for many of them)
The food is usually terrible, someone almost always acts up, the police get called, someone hits someone else, there is almost always a rude person there who makes everyone's life miserable, the punch is always too watery, the coffee terrible, the cake is white covered styrofoam, some idiot usually gets drunk and jams pretzels up his nose and claims to be a walrus, the In Laws argue, the bride cries, the groom kisses the maid of honor, the brides ex boyfriend shows up and creates a scene, the priest gets drunk, the father of the bride passes out, the mothers bicker, the ring bearer throws up, the junior brides cries, grandpa has a heart attack, siblings argue, some prankster rubs limburger cheese on the wrong car and someone breaks a table.
Quote from: Scott on May 03, 2011, 04:52:37 AM
The food is usually terrible, someone almost always acts up, the police get called, someone hits someone else, there is almost always a rude person there who makes everyone's life miserable, the punch is always too watery, the coffee terrible, the cake is white covered styrofoam, some idiot usually gets drunk and jams pretzels up his nose and claims to be a walrus, the In Laws argue, the bride cries, the groom kisses the maid of honor, the brides ex boyfriend shows up and creates a scene, the priest gets drunk, the father of the bride passes out, the mothers bicker, the ring bearer throws up, the junior brides cries, grandpa has a heart attack, siblings argue, some prankster rubs limburger cheese on the wrong car and someone breaks a table.
Wow. I've run the sound booth, set up the church stage and worked in the kitchen for many a wedding (and funeral) and never seen any of the things in that list except (rarely) the really cheap cake. Maybe I go to the wrong church. Or maybe I go to the right one...
Not saying they happened at our church.
I used to do security for those types of events - I've seen a lot of weird stuff.
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Gracious sakes!
Kinda makes ya just wanna go to the courthouse. But I hear even THAT has its share of drama.
I have been too busy studying to follow the royal wedding reports much but I do LOVE all the Hats the Ladies wore.....well some of them were ridiculous but I LOVE the hats!
:attackhug: Photogirl
Love the hat! :-)
A friend of mine nearly got arrested on the way to his honeymoon. When he went through security he wisecracked about a hidden machine gun. *siiiigh* We yelled at him and called him a moron, then told the cops that he was retarded and didn't know better. He was allowed to go on the plane.