The knot
 

I just want to say women on theKNot are nuts.
That is all.:p

The knot strikes me as kindof nuts in general. A friend of mine got married recently, she registered on the knot for inexpensive, DIY wedding stuff ideas, and it immediately sent her an email about how far behind in planning she was!

People sign up for The Knot so that they can get info, deals, and/or keep track of their wedding plans. A lot of people like The Knot's wedding timer because that's one of the points.

There are crazy people everywhere. LOL. The men and women I know from The Knot are perfectly sane and use it for what it's worth. Stay away from those who use The Knot as bridezilla and groomvilla central.

I also signed up for the DIY stuff and the time line. I figured since it was free, what the heck. I think I ran into the bridezillas. I laughed myself off the chat boards.

I love the Knot, but I stay far, far, far away from the chat boards. I'm a big fan of the budget tool, the address book, and all the ideas.

I don't feel like dealing with bridezillas. I have enough stress. :)

If you like the DIY stuff, have you seen http://diy.weddingbee.com/?

Fixed that for you. :D

I feel like there should be an opt-out for the wedding timer. My friend said it stressed her out immensely to have been engaged for only a couple of weeks and to find out that she was, like, soooooooooo far behind already. The greatest was that it sent her emails throughout her engagement reminding her of things she needed to do, most of which was unnecessary and ended up stressing her out the whole way through.

Although, maybe there is an opt-out, and I just don't know about it (I've not spent a whole lot of time on the knot, to be honest).

Glad to see the knot hasn't changed--it's still psycho bitch central. I was on it when planning my wedding. Those heffas put the B into Bridezilla
I moved to wedding channel :)

You can opt out of all Knot emails. I did, mostly because they send about 10 a day.

I agree about the boards though. Bitchtastic.

Do you have to show any sort of proof that you're engaged to get on theknot?

This could be a fun field trip. LOL.

:rolleyes:

No "proof." LOL. Just enter in the wedding date, etc. You could be completely making it all up but The Knot listserve will automatically send stuff to you.

You can divorce The Knot if you get tired of the emails. :) I guess you can pick and choose which parts of The Knot you want to divorce like keeping the other emails but losing the timer emails.

Yes...you have to send them a pic of the ring...and it better be over a carat. If it's over 3 carats, they let you into the super-secret deluxe areas. (Don't tell me you couldn't see this happening.)

:eek: LOL

The Knot is just like any other site, GC included. There are crazies and there will be smartasses. Annnnnnd, you can't tell too much detail about anything in your life because some people are crazy enough to take it THERE.

Cyberbullying thread part 2. :p

I'm on theknot only to keep my guest list. That feature is pretty good. I don't frequent any of the other areas but I'm a groom thankfully.

Don't get me wrong, I'm probably more involved in wedding planning than my fiance would like but its my day too.

One thing I don't get is why women seem to become a whole different beast for 1 day; an important day, but one day.

:cool: yeah, we do have our moments.
Hee hee.

What on earth do these bridezillas do on the knot?

And the opposite is the case for most of my friends and family. We are big gender equality people and it is OUR DAY. If the man doesn't want to do any planning then that means they both hire a planner. I firmly believe that how the engagement and wedding process goes is a window into how the marriage and family process will go. If she's (he's) a crazy bitch then she's (he's) probably just a crazy bitch whose craziness was secret before then. If he's (she's) a lazy bitch then he (she) will probably be a lazy bitch forever.

Yup. I did this too. I still get Brides.com "Idea of the Day" e-mail because it's one e-mail every weekday that takes me under 60 seconds to read.

:eek: Are you kidding me?

Jeez.

Good for you! She is probably really grateful for the help, but stressed. I know sometimes I would love to be able to just make a decision alone and I get annoyed when he pesters me, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love that he cares about the wedding.

(Even when I had to send him about ninety different inspiration boards with color schemes, because he wasn't completely satisfied with the one we had chosen.... He finally sent one back to me with a color combination he approved of... and it was good!)

Sure, you can book the venue, but don't be surprised if you never have an event there. I can't even envision the snarktasticness over there.

LOL I popped in on the boards over there I nearly died laughing at some of these women. Its kind of sad honestly...

I actually got some good ideas and advice from The Knot local board. The national boards can be rough, but actually I don't find most of the women to be that bad. A lot of the things they call women out on are really rude, etiquette no-nos. Soooo many people asking how to politely ask for cash gifts, how to ask guests to bring food to the reception, how to invite some people to the wedding but not reception (or vise versa), etc. If people are that rude and don't have the common sense to know how to NOT treat their wedding party, family and guests, they deserve to hear it.