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5. My elder daughter will choose her wedding dress in January

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 04:08 PM

Dec 2018

I have already canceled all vacations and unnecessary household expenses for the next eighteen months.

(no, not really!)

*on edit--since my brother and I had a double wedding, and his bride wanted to wear a fancy white bridal gown, my wife, ever the cost-conscious farm girl, chose a simple brown dress she saw somewhere and liked. Of course, she looked so spectacular all by herself that she could have worn used brown tennis shorts and a potato sack over it and still stolen the show:

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Justs saw news where Melania's wedding dress cost $200,000. What a piker! [View all] CTyankee Dec 2018 OP

I consider Malaria's "wedding" as an employment contract for services. Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #1

I think the number was inflated by the groom. dalton99a Dec 2018 #2

Oh my... Normally I figure 'to each there own' but dang... WePurrsevere Dec 2018 #9

Man! That's fugly! It looks like Scarlett ohara being attacked by sea anemones Squinch Dec 2018 #12

I'm sure with what it cost it Raine Dec 2018 #15

But, then again, he has fake art on his walls kskiska Dec 2018 #16

Your daughter's wedding sounds lovely. You must have been so proud! Ohiogal Dec 2018 #3

It was espcially poignant since her bridesmaid sister in law was permanently disabled in an CTyankee Dec 2018 #11

Like everything else, Melania manages to make even the most expensive items look cheap and BigDemVoter Dec 2018 #4

My elder daughter will choose her wedding dress in January DFW Dec 2018 #5

I'm a sucker for a beautiful wedding OriginalGeek Dec 2018 #6

That daughter is now the head of the Costume Department at Warner Brothers Studio in Hollywood. CTyankee Dec 2018 #8

Bet the designer never got paid. tavernier Dec 2018 #7

i think Malaria is a slutty woman trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #10

why did Melanie even bother to wear clothes at all? /nt sdfernando Dec 2018 #13

I'm sure it was never paid for. Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #14