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Weddings. Is there ever a time so special in ones…… OOps, sorry wrong script…

Let’s face it. Weddings in the best of times can be a bit a pain in the butt. However, planning a wedding when the bottom drops out of the economy can be downright depressing.

THE YIN
Our wedding is to take place on a charming island in the Caribbean. White sand, blue water, sun, me, her, all our friends, family… what could be better? We planned to keep it small, under 40 people. The wedding is on the beach, with a beach BBQ afterward accompanied by a DJ. Then it is off to the Honeymoon suite to knock-up, impregnate, make sweet music with my newly minted wife… BLISS

THE YANG
With amazing alacrity, the economy nosedived and with it most of the RSVPs to the wedding. One by one, friends who were so excited to come and frolic in the surf for a week and have a vacation while watching their friends get hitched came to realize the reality of their situation: no one’s job is safe. Belt tightening is a must. Our guest roster dropped from 40 to 13 people (including me and the prewife)

Now let me go on record as saying that I do not blame any single one of our friends. Flying thousands of miles to a foreign country to stay in expensive hotels is a lot of cash to spend, especially in these times. Personally, I am thankful we have the cash to go and get hitched.

The amazing thing about my prewife is that with all the changes and the frantic emails back and forth with the wedding planner and our friends dropping off the roster like flies, she has been resilient, taking the whole thing in stride. Quips like “more food for us”, “more intimate”, etc. grace her lips as she adroitly adjusts to the new reality of our wedding on a daily basis.

I have seen other prewives crumble into a heap over less.

Ok, I love cameras. I love photography. Now I love my family even more! They all pitched in and got me a wedding gift.

I could not be happier with the choice! the Canon G10

Now, I lurk on a few other forums out there and I know that many people want to see the beast in action. So I will post pictures shortly.

just hang on!

Ok here are some

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Yes! Another Mario wedding cake and this one does not disappoint.
So, after days/weeks/months of pursuing various themes on how the Frack to have present and serve a wedding cake, I forced the prewife to vote on the issue. Since there were only two of us I enlisted the neighbor’s dog for the tie breaker vote. Predictably, the vote split down party lines with the Dog abstaining because, well, he can’t read or understand English. This forced a runoff vote in which we compromised and chose cupcakes.

Seriously though, this confectionery creation by Jeanne Ray is so amazing (especially since she had no classical confectionery training before she dumped her day job and got into it) that it deserves props from this site!

She made a order for his birthday cake 2 weeks ago and I have been brainstorming since. *So much PressuRE!* *laughs*
It always starts off with a sketch; which I was pretty happy with … and began working on it 3 days ago. It does take many hours to painfully sculpt every little detail but the outcome usually is rewarding when more effort is put in. I really wanted Jon to be surprised and Amanda to be happy with paying for what I was worth. *sigh*..stress..haha; I’m Happy with it, I think it’s quite cool…but that’s just me!

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Proposals come in all shapes and sizes. It can be as simple as whipping the ring out during the commercial of March Madness (she did come all the way down to the bar with you after all), to something a bit more elaborate, say proposing on Google Street Viewer.

Any way you do it, there is one important thing to remember: make sure she will say yes. Just because you have it in your head that YOU want to be with her forever, doesn;t mean those feelings translate to her. And because we men are such great communicators, sometimes women misinterpret our intentions as either being sick or clingy.

The best thing to do is when you pass by a jewelry store, slow down and linger in the front of it (but don’t stop) and see what she does. If she goes for a look at the necklaces and earrings, then hhhmmmm, come back in one week (after giving her flowers, rubbing her feet…you know BRIBING her into marrying your sorry ass). However, if she lingers a the rock encrusted rings that happen to go on the left hand, well then you know that she not only has marriage on the brain, but that chances are good that it is about a marriage to you.

The rest is simple. Wait till your 100 Bazillion dollar company rolls it fleets of photo-cars out in front of your business and tell the world that you are ready!

Today’s great cake is an internet confection complete with laptops and an Ethernet cable. Personally i would have gone for the Internet Cloud, but hey, I am all for going Lo-fi sometimes. I wonder if that is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting or white cake with coconut….

Your chances really are better meeting someone online then meeting someone at the bar. Well,let me rephrase that. Your chances of a meaningful, long lasting, relationship is better online then at the bar. Now, if you are just after messy drunken hot random sex, just remember last call is 1:45am.