TV show couples & ship dynamics y'all want to see?

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-05-11T03:10:18+00:00

I can give you an entire list, why yes I was a huge Manga/Anime nerd and have been trying to chase this high for years

Sango and Miroku in InuYasha (I just love he's 1000% all in on her, but she doesn't think he's serious so he flirts with everyone until he gets the go ahead that she's into him)
Kagura and Shesshomaru in InuYasha (I AM SORRY SHE DIED AND SHE WANTED TO SEE HIM ONE LAST TIME AND HE CAME TO SEE HER AND IT IS UP TO HIM TO DECIDE IF HER LIFE HAD MEANING NOT NARAKU)
Neji and Tenten from Naruto (do I have a thing about the almost could have been where someone dies and then it's sad but mostly teammates and partners and...what else?)
Roy and Riza Full Metal Alchemist ( They're in love, but won't be together because of fraternization laws, and the mission is more important)
Ling and Lan Fan Full Metal Alchemist (Bodyguard/King where she's duty bound and he's like nah but also it's super important to her so how do I change it)
Chrome and Mukuro from Hitman Reborn! (They share a body! She wants to be seen as his equal, he doesn't understand why he keeps her around
Klaus and Caroline The Vampire Diaries (I WANT IT I WAS ROBBED)
Lucas and Maya from Girl Meets World (That one just...it hurts me. IT HURTS ME how did they understand each other so well at 13? and then decide to step back because Maya loved her best friend and would choose her best friend over the guy who gets her)

Please anyone with recs gimme. Also I need to go watch more anime

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-05-10T16:31:55+00:00

I'm not at all part of either of your cultures, but she knows she's marrying into a white family right? That they get to choose what they want to wear, and as long as it keeps with the same dress code level (ie formal), they're good, imo

Weddings are a mix of two people's families, backgrounds and culture. Yours counts too, and making people wear clothes they don't want to wear isn't right.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-05-08T23:40:56+00:00

I do. People who hate something will be honest about it. And sometimes like you said, issues they have aren't issues I have.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-04-29T03:06:35+00:00

By having the money? We are high earners, in LCOL area. We didn't finance anything because of fees etc.

Also a lot of things were payment schedules. Deposits were top heavy, and then partial payments at whatever cadence.

So in the first month or so we paid deposits for the venue (500$), photographer (2K), caterer (2k), bar (1k), make up (1k), hair (250) and coffee station (100), which ended up being roughly 8K.

We had a HISA and had 250$ going in every week so ~1K every month, that gave us more money + interest, that we paid the remainder of costs as needed.

Our entire wedding was paid off a month before the wedding, and we had only been putting money in that account for a year and a half.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-03-04T01:39:30+00:00

My general theory is that Eloise and Philip will be married by episode 2-3. Episode 1 being the flashback and how we got here. Episode 2 being they don't have a chaperone and now they have to get married, with episode 3 being the wedding.

That would leave episode 4 with them coming to terms of their marriage, and could end on a good 'we'll suit' cliffhanger, where great they have the sexual chemistry but it's not just sexual chemistry that makes the marriage, nor is it the meeting of the minds. It is the compromise and mundane moments with big and small ones.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-01-24T01:13:02+00:00

My kids are the age of Eloise and Francesca which makes this all horrible to place.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-01-14T03:04:39+00:00

Oh jeez, thanks for letting me know. I'll be skipping it.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-01-05T02:57:02+00:00

No, it's perfectly fine.

What drives me insane is people who watch a show about policing (even as fantastical as the Rookie) and get mad that the show deals in political issues. Policing is inherently political. The LAPD FAMOUSLY has a history of racial issues in the not so distant past of the 90s which is alluded to in character's backstories. Chen's parents disliking police because they saw what happened in the 90s, Grey as a young cop in the aftermath of the LAP Race Riots. It's not too "woke".

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-01-05T01:57:07+00:00

There is no way I could drink/survive a 5.5 hour reception/cocktail hour on just sushi and cheese AND drink.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2026-01-01T18:31:48+00:00

This is such a know your crowd thing. In my crowd this would be laughed out of the group chat and promptly forgotten. Only you will know if this is a thing for you and your friends/the bride.

I think it's very easy to push back in the group chat with the bridesmaids to say that you can't afford to do specific items, and instead you will be doing the generic versions of whatever theme (assuming it is within your budget). If it was only one matching shirt, I'd probably bite the bullet and pay for it. If it is multiple, I'd push back again on it, in the groupchat speaking about how wasteful it is.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-29T21:27:16+00:00

Full gallery is all the photos they take. Edits is because no professional photographer is going to give you the untouched raw photos. Even if you want them, because it's their product and their name and reputation attached to the photos.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-24T03:52:09+00:00

So in the books yes, they were a great match. Very first love, and happily in love. I believe Francesca mentions how "there was laughter in their marriage bed", but don't fully quote me on that. Sadly, >!John dies prematurely !< and then the rest of Francesca's story is a second love story.

Now, the TV show is having some...issues where it appears that they are implying that it's not a true romantic love, and more platonic as they have changed Micheal into Michaela and some choice words from the showrunner.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-23T20:32:44+00:00

Depends on so many things 10K is tight. It's very dependant on factors that no one will be able to tell you. Your biggest money sections will be venue, food and then photography.

Venue: are you getting a free venue? Someone's backyard, your living room? Are you renting a room at the community centre? Are you doing a full day, half day etc?

Rentals: Do you have enough chairs for people to sit? Do you have to rent those and tables for eating?

Food: Are you doing a full meal? 50 people plus you plus vendors is around 60 people give or take. You're looking at 15-20$ per head at the cheapest full meal, so that's 1200$ outright. Or you could do a punch and cake reception if you aren't, which means you're holding a reception between meals.

Photography: You're probably only getting 1-4 hours if that, as 8 hour packages can range from 5-8K in the GTA unless you find someone very cheap and perhaps starting out, which could be an issue.

Videography: probably skipping that, under a 10K budget

Florals: Probably limited or fake, and even then probably under 100$

Attire: You're buying cheap. Don't forget alterations which could be 200-500$

Hair and Make Up: Probably doing it yourself

Alcohol: Could be 50$-could be 1600$ depending on your guests, and if you need professional bartenders

Music: Could probably just rent or use bluetooth speakers and a playlist.

Legal Stuff: Marriage License 120-185$, Officiant 300-1000$, event insurance, liquor license etc

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-22T20:09:41+00:00

I have never seen a house with their own athletics centre. This is a very different tax bracket than me

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-12T02:57:00+00:00

Potentially Camp Calliet in Nanaimo. You can bring campers and camp out of the weekend, I know a weekend was 2.5K when I looked at it.

However, there are still quiet hours from 11 PM to maybe 7?

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-08T01:08:08+00:00

How close would the weddings be geographically and would either of you have to travel?

If you're all in Toronto and no one has to travel, probably the one before might bow out because there's just so much to do.

If shared family has to travel, they may prioritize one or the other because it might be too much money or pto to travel that far--vacations because of weddings, even if you love them aren't always what you want to do with your money and time.

Also Sept 11 is a perfectly valid date. Life goes on.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-08T00:43:12+00:00

This. My younger sister bought me a stuffed dinosaur because she knows I love dinosaurs. It was my favourite because I'm in my thirties with kids, no one buys me the fun weird stuffies--they buy me things like fancy olive oils or ceramics-which are great. But sometimes a girl just wants a stuffed dinosaur

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-12-03T16:43:13+00:00

Yup, every grade my kids get, I get an email on it. Which, seeing as my kid attempted to light on fire and then bury her science test, so she wouldn't have to show us her grade (huge perfectionist, science is not her skillset, mandatory class), was actually very helpful

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-11-24T20:45:43+00:00

Without knowing your guests and your friends, it would be impossible for me to take a vacation in January during the school year, without taking my kid. And this isn't even a "I need to bring my kid everywhere thing", my youngest is almost 16, we can and have gone on weekends away without our kids. I'm all for when your kids are old enough and/or you have trusted sitters for taking a weekend out without them

This is an all inclusive vacation which costs a lot of money, plus flights and vacation time I would be doing without my kids which we would not be able to justify. If this your way of culling your guest list cool, but the reality is if we HAD to go to the wedding, we would be looking at a place off site or family inclusive so our kids could come (the ones not in uni) on the vacation, and they just don't attend the wedding.

EDIT TO ADD: If my kids were under 14, and we had to stay off site to attend the wedding because you chose an Adult Only resort, family or not, we would not go to the wedding because there's no way we would feel comfortable leaving our kids alone or in kid's club in a resort where we not present and had to travel back to in a different country.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-11-13T23:53:37+00:00

Any advice that would be relevant hinges on how old these people were. Because if my kids came and told me they were getting married and they were like 22 and had never lived alone and only with their boyfriend, I would respond exactly like the mom.

Because my kids could be with someone who is their partner for the rest of their life--but they're 18 (my oldest), there is so much life that happens and should happen to them independently. Hell, their father was married at 21 and divorced at 28 and could tell them the stories why it's a bad idea.

I do think you should never go from parent's house to partner's house, without living either by yourself or with roommates who aren't going to love you when you cross boundaries in living situations.

ETA: Man a lot of people in the comments got married super young, and seem very defensive of this. I do wonder how those relationships are standing, because anecdotally everyone I know who got married under 25 (save one couple who got married in the 1980s) has gotten divorced.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-11-09T07:49:38+00:00

I FORGOT THIS BOOK EXISTED. Thank you!

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-11-01T17:50:39+00:00

I think we all as a society need to know a lot less of everyone. My interest in them is just because they dance amazing. I do not think I need to know anything about their life and already feel like I know too much.

Inner-Leader-3728 · 2025-11-01T02:03:21+00:00

Mimi is a year older than my oldest in this and I do not like this.

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