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I saw that on facebook! Hip hip, hooray!habiba wrote:I don't know that many people around here anymore, but for those that care, I'm getting married.
I too saw the happy news on the book of the face. Congratulations again!habiba wrote:I don't know that many people around here anymore, but for those that care, I'm getting married.
Congratulations!habiba wrote:I don't know that many people around here anymore, but for those that care, I'm getting married.
Here are a few old-fashioned tips for wedding conversations. I think this comes from Emily Post. 1960. http://www.nigelworks.com/andrea/pages/post.html Perhaps it applies to an announcement of a pending marriage:habiba wrote:I don't know that many people around here anymore, but for those that care, I'm getting married.
So congratulate the groom on his good fortune, and wish the bride every happiness. I still hear that kind of advice given.Emily Post wrote:But remember it is a breach of good manners to congratulate a bride on having secured a husband.
If you are unknown to both of them, and in a long queue, it is not even necessary to give your name. You merely shake hands with the groom, say a formal word or two such as "Congratulations!"; shake hands with the bride, say "I wish you every happiness!" and pass on.
If you know them fairly well, you may say to him "I hope your good luck will stay with you always!" or "I certainly do congratulate you!" and to her "I hope your whole life will be one long happiness," or, if you are much older than she, "You look too lovely, dear Mary, and I hope you will always be as radiant as you look to-day!" Or, if you are a woman and a relative or really close friend, you kiss the groom, saying, "All the luck in the world to you, dear Jim, she certainly is lovely!" Or, kissing the bride, "Mary, darling, every good wish in the world to you!"
To all the above, the groom and bride answer merely "Thank you."
A man might say to the groom "Good luck to you, Jim, old man!" Or, "She is the most lovely thing I have ever seen!" And to her, "I hope you will have every happiness!" Or "I was just telling Jim how lucky I think he is! I hope you will both be very happy!" Or, if a very close friend, also kissing the bride, "All the happiness you can think of isn't as much as I wish you, Mary dear!" But it cannot be too much emphasized that promiscuous kissing among the guests is an offense against good taste.
Oh, I SO remember that. It was a lot of fun. Actually, just the other day I clicked on "I'm Board" and got yours and Hobbe's "final advice" question I asked. It was a lot of fun to read!habiba wrote:Hey Craig, remember when Hobbes and I (fairly lamely) KIDNAPPED you? That was fun.
I don't know that many people around here anymore, but for those that care, I'm getting married.
Amen. Amen. No, seriously. Amen.Tao wrote:whew, thankfully no noggins were bonked in the making of this mess.
Seriously! We want to get a tall bookshelf because it's more space-efficient, but I've heard horror stories of kids who get crushed by those because it's a fun place to climb. These days, I think they make wall supports for a lot of tall furniture. You can somehow bolt it to the wall, so it won't ever tip.Tao wrote:whew, thankfully no noggins were bonked in the making of this mess.
In California, where we have earthquakes, you really need to bolt your bookshelves to the wall. It isn't that hard to do.thebigcheese wrote:Seriously! We want to get a tall bookshelf, but I've heard of kids who get crushed because it's a fun place to climb. I think they make wall supports for a lot of tall furniture, these days. You can bolt it to the wall somehow, so it won't ever tip.Tao wrote:whew, thankfully no noggins were bonked in the making of this mess.
Yeah, we can bolt it. They're IKEA bookcases that come with the stuff to bolt them, but we had most of the furniture before we got married, let alone had a kid, so we never did it, and thus don't have most of the stuff to do it anymore. We've been meaning to go to IKEA to see if they sell that part by itself, but never got around to it. Needless to say, it's become a priority to do so.thebigcheese wrote:Seriously! We want to get a tall bookshelf because it's more space-efficient, but I've heard horror stories of kids who get crushed by those because it's a fun place to climb. These days, I think they make wall supports for a lot of tall furniture. You can somehow bolt it to the wall, so it won't ever tip.Tao wrote:whew, thankfully no noggins were bonked in the making of this mess.
Seriously. That's all it takes. Just head over to the local ACE or probably even WalMart.vorpal blade wrote:We just bought two simple right-angle brackets, and four screws for each bookcase. We screwed the bracket to the top of the bookcase, and to the wall.
Whoa! Nice! What a lucky dudeLaser Jock wrote:Congratulations!habiba wrote:I don't know that many people around here anymore, but for those that care, I'm getting married.
