Time for me to just bitch.
SHOCKING, right?
lol
OK so I have 19 cousins on one side and we are all pretty close though SOME cousins I am closer with than others.
The last cousin of the closest is getting married this weekend.
Now, this wedding is a "destination wedding" something that my Italian American based Family is not used to.
We are used to huge extravaganzas of mythic proportions with cocktail hours, DJ and/or Bands, sit down dinners, open bars, possible Viennese table...big time stuff and the gift is usually Money called an "a boos" which is a bastardization of "La Borsa" which is a white satin purse the bride carries.
The way one determines the gift is an age old process which involves your mother who has kept a LIST yes A LIST of all the people who came to not only YOUR wedding but your siblings AND HER OWN and how much they gave you, the bride and/or grooms mother who tells you how much they are spending per plate (horrific to some of you I know) and your standing within the family, the closer the relative the more $$.
Back to the destination wedding...if you planned on attending the wedding YOU HAD TO STAY the Friday and the Saturday at the "resort" which isn't cheap, pay for your breakfast both days, your travel expenses yadayadayada...I wasn't going to go but my mother said I could room with her, my father AND my brother, whose wife took the "pregnancy excuse" and isn't coming.
OK fine. I can handle that for one night (I wasn't going friday night). NOW TODAY I find out that not only am I sharing a room with MA PA & BRO I AM SHARING A BATHROOM WITH 9 OTHER PEOPLE...ew ew ew. Not to mention...we have to GET READY FOR A WEDDING...This is insane
WAIT WAIT WAIT...did I mention the wedding is OUTSIDE...IN OCTOBER...IN THE CATSKILLS?!?!? It may snow.
YES, we're under a tent but the Bathrooms are a 5 minute walk away...they told us to bring BOOTS.
AND everyone is freaking out because NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH $$ TO GIVE...I joke that each time I find out a new twist to this "celebration" I take $$ out of the envelope WHICH YES does happen just like in the Sopranos
I am really at a loss here.
I SO wish I could ditch it but I can't...I will begin self medication at 11:00 AM Saturday.
SHOCKING, right?
lol
OK so I have 19 cousins on one side and we are all pretty close though SOME cousins I am closer with than others.
The last cousin of the closest is getting married this weekend.
Now, this wedding is a "destination wedding" something that my Italian American based Family is not used to.
We are used to huge extravaganzas of mythic proportions with cocktail hours, DJ and/or Bands, sit down dinners, open bars, possible Viennese table...big time stuff and the gift is usually Money called an "a boos" which is a bastardization of "La Borsa" which is a white satin purse the bride carries.
The way one determines the gift is an age old process which involves your mother who has kept a LIST yes A LIST of all the people who came to not only YOUR wedding but your siblings AND HER OWN and how much they gave you, the bride and/or grooms mother who tells you how much they are spending per plate (horrific to some of you I know) and your standing within the family, the closer the relative the more $$.
Back to the destination wedding...if you planned on attending the wedding YOU HAD TO STAY the Friday and the Saturday at the "resort" which isn't cheap, pay for your breakfast both days, your travel expenses yadayadayada...I wasn't going to go but my mother said I could room with her, my father AND my brother, whose wife took the "pregnancy excuse" and isn't coming.
OK fine. I can handle that for one night (I wasn't going friday night). NOW TODAY I find out that not only am I sharing a room with MA PA & BRO I AM SHARING A BATHROOM WITH 9 OTHER PEOPLE...ew ew ew. Not to mention...we have to GET READY FOR A WEDDING...This is insane
WAIT WAIT WAIT...did I mention the wedding is OUTSIDE...IN OCTOBER...IN THE CATSKILLS?!?!? It may snow.
YES, we're under a tent but the Bathrooms are a 5 minute walk away...they told us to bring BOOTS.
AND everyone is freaking out because NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH $$ TO GIVE...I joke that each time I find out a new twist to this "celebration" I take $$ out of the envelope WHICH YES does happen just like in the Sopranos
I am really at a loss here.
I SO wish I could ditch it but I can't...I will begin self medication at 11:00 AM Saturday.
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I feel for you lady, and I would so take cash out of that envelop, or make your mother give you some of hers for sneaking that many people up on you in the room, yikes. Just one night though, right?
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