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Is anyone else on greekchat.com getting married?

I've got six months to go and I'm going crazy and would love to talk to another bride or groom to be.

You should try www.theknot.com ....they have a chat room in there, and you will probably have the best luck on that site. They have a lot of traffic on it, so you should be virtually guaranteed of finding other brides to be! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I actually am a moderator on WeddingChannel.com but I meant another greek bride or groom. There are other greeks on my site, but they aren't very greek involved any longer. Sororities have been brought up there, and there are a lot of misconceptions about sororities that I had a hard time dealing with--and I've been on theknot's message boards and WHOA! Those women are mean! I started out there and I got a LOT of slack for living with my Fiance. Boy, some people just can't get over it!

I'm already married but if I can help or give advice - let me know. One positive thing from my wedding was that all my bridesmaids were in a sorority and my husband's groomsmen were not. I did not know how anyone would get along but it was FANTASTIC!!!! Everyone had so much fun together and the guys got a new look at sorority women and it totally changed their outlook (that we are not snobs, etc.) To this day they (the guys) still remember my bridesmaids and ask about them! I felt it was something positive for greek life. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I am getting married in September of this year and going insane trying to plan the thing. My fiance is two hours away and can't make it home very often because he works on the weekends a lot.

~Mindy http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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"Would you not like to be sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free?" -- Dave Matthews

I'm having a really hard time deciding what to do with my invitations.

See, I've been out of school since spring 98, but I'd like invite some sisters. But to send out individual invites is going to cost me a fortune! So I thought of sending just one to the chapter and individual ones to other alumni. BUT--then I have a chance that I'm going to end up feeding a bunch of active girls that I don't know! I mean, I love my sisters and all--but I don't want any of the actives to say "ROAD TRIP" and show up and me not know who they are!

So I'm torn--it IS 5 hours away, and I really don't think people would be that 'absent minded' to accept an invite from someone they don't know. But I feel this need to announce it to all the members from my colligate chapter--have it on record or something . . . I don't know . . .I'm weird.

Fuzzie--I'm getting married in September too! September 29th. It seems like such a LONG way away--but in actuality--it's just around the corner and I'm going nuts trying to pull everything together.

I know what you mean about it being here so soon. I'm getting married Sept. 15. It seems like forever, but with all the things I still have to do, it will be here before I know it. My biggest fear is that I'm going to forget something or someone. I'm trying to follow my cheesy Modern Bride checklist and am way behind according to it.

I am also having the same dilema as you about invitations and sorority invitations. I don't know how to pick and choose, but I definately can't afford everyone to come. My school is only about 2 hours away, so it wouldn't be impossible for them to make a road trip of it, but I don't know if they would or would want to. My wedding is also going to be just after the start of the fall semester and so I almost have to get the invite to them to get a general count before the end of this semester or they won't know in time to get back to me. Plus most of the people I really want to be there are graduating this semester and will be all over the place afterwards. Augh! I just don't know what to do about that.

Ok, that little incoherent rant made me feel a little better. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Any ideas, advice, and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

~Mindy http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

OOOOOOOOOOOOO

Here's a thread I really like!!!!!

I'm getting married on May 19th! That's just over 7 weeks from now.

As far as inviting my sisters, well most of them know that my guest list is limited to about 100 people. So I really couldn't afford to have all of them there. I'm sending personalized invites to some of my best friends so that they know that they are invited to the whole thing, and then I'm sending an invitation for the wedding only to the entire sorority. I know that it's not proper etiquette to send an invite for just the wedding and not the reception, but since they're my sisters I'm hoping that they will understand. I thought I'd just spread the word that if they're in town they are absolutely welcome to drop by for the wedding, and that I don't expect a gift by any means. I'm sure Emily Post would turn in her grave at the very idea, but... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

All I have to say is address your invites early! I had no idea how many hours and hours it would take to write them all out and stuff all of the envelopes and everything. And if you're addressing everything yourself make sure to buy extra envelopes. I bought 25 more envelopes than invites, and that way if I messed up a little I could just throw it away and not worry about it.

If any of you have any questions, I'd love to help. Now that I'm getting so close to the wedding I kinda miss some of the earlier planning stuff. I'm down to nitpicky little details and confirmations.

Anyway, I could go on and on and on...But I won't! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Jenn

pbear,

I think I might do the same thing. See, the order of the evening is a little different than most weddings.

6:00 Dinner
7:30 Ceremony
8:00 Dancing and Hors d'ourves

So I can send the invite to the chapter for the ceremony and dancing, but leave out the dinner card.

I doubt too many sisters will come considering it's 5 hours away and they will have to stay over-night, but I know some of the alumni will come.

Right now I've got the caterer, the florist, the hall, the officiant, the dress, the BM dresses, the tuxes picked out . . . and the sad thing is, there is so much MORE to do! I didn't realize it would be this hard.

GRRRR, I just had this whole reply written and it got erased by me being dumb. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif

I think that it will work out perfectly for you to send a group email to your sisters since your dinner is before the ceremony. You won't have to do any of the explaining that I'm going to have to do! I would love to be able to invite them to the dancing part too, since I know they would make it more fun, but since we're having an open bar I still couldn't afford all the extra people. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif

I know what you mean about having a lot left and it being hard! I've had over a year and half to plan, and I'm still contstantly doing things. There's just a lot of stuff at the end that you have to do at the last minute. Tip to anyone else who's reading this -- Don't try to have your wedding a week after graduation, even if it seems to be the most convenient and perfect date as far as moving and starting a new job is concerned. This semester will most definately be my worst GPA ever, and I'm in danger of only getting one of my two degrees.

But, it's still been fun. My shower was last weekend, and it was soooo nice and fun. It was a Pampered Chef shower, which was good for me because I would have been really embarrassed and guilty feeling about opening presents in front of people. I needed some good kitchen stuff, and this way I know that everything I'm getting is stuff that I really wanted, too! The thought that I might have had to open a box with lingerie in it in front of our families just makes me squirm thinking about it!

Anyway, I'd best be getting to some of that homework I've been avoiding! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

You know what's driving me the MOST crazy? FLOWERGIRL DRESSES! OMG--those things are crazy! I just found one today and fell in LOVE with it! I saw it on theknot.com. So I e-mailed the designer to find out if they had a site or catalog--first of all, they want to charge me 15 bucks for a catalog--I think NOT! Secondly, when I got to their site the dress I fell in love with was 365.00!!!!!!!!!!!! MY dress was only 475! I am NOT paying more than 100 bucks for a flowergirl dress, I don't want to pay more than 60. I haven't found a single flowergirl dress I like that either comes in the color I want (sage green) or a price range I can afford.

Just found out the coolest news:

My GRANDMOTHER is getting re-married! Isn't that awesome?

She's 79 and she's marrying a man who is 85 (will be 86 in July). I just think it's so cool!

Just goes to prove you're never too old!

I totally agree with you about the flower girl dresses!! I really wanted my flower girl to match the bridesmaids, not look like a miniature bride like the style seems to be now. It took me forever to find a company that made dresses for flowergirls in bridesmaid fashion, but I found one! My bridal shop ordered a catalog for me from them, and they also have a website. I didn't care for the website so that's why I got a catalog. But, their web address is www.silhouettesmaids.com and the title of the catalog I have is Silhouettes by Bridal Originals. Some of their dresses are the really horrid ones, but they also have some very nice styles. Not every BM dress comes with a matching FG, but there are about 10 different FG styles to choose from that I found. The one that I picked was just over $100.

Hope that helps! My bridal shop also knows some women here in town that would have made me a flower girl dress if I had ordered extra BM dress material. So that might be an option too.

And that's really cool about your Grandma!

Sigh...all that's on my to do list today is to write down all of the gazillions of places that I'll need to notify about my name and address change. Not exactly the glamorous side of planning a wedding! (If there is one! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif)

I had a problem with flower girl dresses. I am paying for my flower girl's dress because both of her parents are in the wedding party and I want to save them a little money. Also, she will only be two and a half at the time of my wedding and no one seems to make dresses that small, so I have decided to get one made. There is a little place near me that can make the simple dress that I want for about $50 and she said it would only take her approximately a day to do. This place is awesome. If my bridesmaids were all from this area, I would have had her make their dresses. You can take her a pic and she can just copy it. Her talent amazes me. And her prices are wonderful, too http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif. Right now I'm in the midst of picking out the invitations and figuring out my timeline. So much work to do for one day. Stay sane everyone. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

~Mindy http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif