You are invited (regretfully)

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18 Responses to “ You are invited (regretfully) ”

ken Oct 18th, 2007 at 5:09 pm

A few questions:
1. Did the invitation come in an envelope? Was it shrink-wrapped? Or did it arrive in a box that seemed to make a ticking sound?
2. Is ‘The Doctor’ a resident or owner of his own practice? What is his specialty? Because, if he is:
a. a thoracic surgeon, then there will be no divorce, just a missing woman.
b. a pediatrician, then the ‘cheap, two-bit tramp’ will most assuredly keep the marriage alive long enough to create some progeny and then…money, money, money, and…spa treatments.
c. a podiatrist, there will be no children, just fetishes and awkward touches
3. Will there be a band or a DJ? A DJ comes with line-dances and toys. A band comes with 7 more mouths to feed and Celine Dion cover songs.
4. Are both families contributing to the wedding? Or will the bride and groom-to-be pay for some/all of the event? One way is guilt-free; the other, a holocaust (and it’s not as clear as you may think).
5. Will there be an open or a cash bar? If cash, the answer to question #2 is now obvious. If open, then nuts are not needed (a nice way to cut down on costs).
6. Is her allergy to a specific nut? Or should this really be pluralized and state that she has an allergy to ‘nuts’? If so, she will not let question 2, option ‘b’ ever come to fruition (except for the spa treatments).

Long live marriage!
David Oct 18th, 2007 at 5:58 pm

I think this is a joke card and not actually sent out :-)
Paquito Oct 18th, 2007 at 6:02 pm

Amazing… :-)))))

Regards from Spain,

Paquito.
http://paquito4ever.blogspot.com
teeni Oct 18th, 2007 at 6:55 pm

LOL@Ken – that WOULD be a typical male response! I don’t know why women don’t get along. My ex-mother in law hated me. I was never good enough for her son although I honestly tried to be a good person. I think back on it now and feel bad for her because I realize that she was probably having a lot of issues of her own with aging, vanity, confidence, etc. I wasn’t aware of all she was going through then and she wasn’t aware (I don’t think) of how awful and self conscious she made me feel all the time. It’s too bad because it cost her a nice daughter-in-law. I look back on it and though and it took me a while to get over, I only wish her well. Bitterness gets you nowhere and we’re all only human. But as a warning – you really DO marry the family unless you are fortunate enough to live far away. I’ve learned that women need to gain and maintain their own self-confidence levels in order to appreciate, respect, and support eachother rather than tear eachother down. They shouldn’t view another women’s talents or beauty as an indication that THEIRS is any less. Oops. I do go on and on. I’ll stop now. I think I got my point across. ;)
Craig Smith Oct 18th, 2007 at 8:50 pm

Very funny. I can think of a few weddings that match that description! Not exactly the same but pretty simliar.
Aruni Oct 19th, 2007 at 12:06 am

Funny! I sometimes thing women are women’s own worst enemies.
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pelf Oct 19th, 2007 at 4:53 am

OMG, this is one of a kind! I wished I saw this earlier so that I could show my girlfriend who got married last week :)

Stumbled too!
pearl Oct 19th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

hey Ken… good to see you here :) those are some funny thoughts and good questions! I couldn’t dare to ask her those yet, she seems to be pretty distresses as it is ;)

teeni: you are so right, women do compete and I can never understand why! lets admit it, they (okay, we) get jealous more easily and don’t do all we should to support each other! this is a problem regardless of the relationship really….like at work I see the same thing, one of us getting more attention from the management (and god forbid management is represented by guys, which is often the case) others will be ready to outcast ‘the special’ one… why??? you are right, we all need to learn to support each other first before expecting anyone else to do that! always good to have you back :)
pearl Oct 19th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

hey Craig… thanks for stopping by and commenting…. and my bests with your novel :)

Aruni: you’ve really nailed it :) its a fact and most of us don’t want to face the facts… I believe most of the problems are caused by women (gosh, I don’t mean to offend some but its true to a large extent…IMHO) ;P
pearl Oct 19th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

thanks to Mrs Sparrow for posting the card on her site :) she is welcome to participate in the conversation here too!!

hey Pelf: thank god your friend didn’t get to see this before her wedding… she’d gotten needlessly scared if her MIL likes her :) thank you for stumbling :D
Deborah Oct 21st, 2007 at 2:59 am

LMAO when I read the invitation, and even harder when I read Ken’s comment, haha!

Teeni, you address a very valid point. I’ve never understood why women see talents of other women as their own inadequacies and attempt to undermine them, when what works so much more is to be friends and unite, and to be happy for your friends.

But this isn’t something exclusive to women. Albeit that it isn’t as common amongst men, it still happens. I’ve been victim myself in management positions when a male has attempted to create false information and allegations over their jealousies and trying to distract attention from their own inadequacies, or something they’ve done wrong. And when it comes from a man, it’s rarely thought that they could just be making it all up.

I’ve actually seen this happen between 2 males as well, when it comes to struggles of power positions within a company.
pearl Oct 21st, 2007 at 1:57 pm

right, it’s *not* automatically assumed men could be ‘making it up’ but that IS because it doesn’t happen amongst them so often :) and its like the reputation one builds over time in different spheres of life! and we have become infamous for cat-fights and thats what we all need to recognize and stop!

but the invitation is hilarious I think ;) funny thing is that we women are laughing over this too, can’t even imagin what my reaction would be if it was from a FIL about his SIL…. oh this reminds me of King Of Queens LOL
laketrees Oct 22nd, 2007 at 1:11 am

hoohoohoohoo Pearl ..this is just sooo soooo hilarious…I’m going to save it for my son….not that his girlfriend is anything like this future daughter in law…..
:D :D :D
pearl Oct 22nd, 2007 at 3:05 am

THERE WE GO KIM !! LOL

I don’t think it was sent out like this David :) but its the thought that counts hehe ;) welcome to fresh perspectives :)

Paquito… glad it gave you smiles :)
Mig Oct 22nd, 2007 at 5:46 am

Pearl, I had a good laugh about this. Too funny.
To answer your question: sure we get along. And girl, men have similar problems! My father had the same reaction towards my husband. My father never came to my wedding and you know what? He was right.
Usually parents have a good instinct about our mates. We should just stop to listen.
pearl Oct 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 pm

Oh Mig… I am so sorry! regardless of the reasons involved, these sort of things stay fresh in our minds, don’t they? yes, parents do have some sort of antenna on their heads to foresee these things I think ;) glad it made you laugh :)
Lorraine Mar 21st, 2008 at 9:14 am

Women are very territorial. This is about the funniest Wedding Invitation, the best card ever.

My full time job… I am a wedding planner, and I have seen just about everything under the sun when it comes to weddings. From the worst mix matches, or mis match, to the Oh My God I cannot believe these two are getting married.

About no getting along as we are women. When it involves your son, well as a Mother of a son myself. I know perhaps way in the back of my mind, that in fantasy land no one out there is good enough for him, yet that is a blind futuristic look.

As I do not have a daughter, all I can say that it is going to be as tough, as I allow it to be. I only want what best for him, and if I ever want to not be involve din my sons life once he ventures out and gets married.

I need to be civil, Atr times lets face it hard for us women we are so territorial…

Yet… for some reason, I think I will be a very good mother in law, reason, My Mom is a very Good One, and my Mother in law is Amazing!

So why shoudl I not be nice to “her” whomever she is now… It is all about attitude, and I know he will choose right. Hmm, well, I am training him huh?

We joke, as we have these friends who have a little girl, whom my son is crazy about… we are crazy about her too. You ought to see them together they look fantastic.

Only God Knows, and I hope it is her…. :)

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