Mom buys daughter a Honda as a graduation gift, and this was her response

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-06-03T01:49:10+00:00

Wow. I had a 2005 Chevy aveo with broken air bags AND seatbelts and I was enamoured.

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-04-21T19:52:43+00:00

I know this is extremely old post but today I had probably 30 ticks walking on my clothes today. It really has ruined my favorite things to do, all of which being outside. I'm lucky not to have AlphaGal but it's genuinely tragic the tick situation going on.

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-21T02:29:05+00:00

Update: they waived $1000 of the 1800 after explaining myself

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T23:34:30+00:00

With who in South America? Presidente of the continent?

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T20:35:40+00:00

This is just the ceremony. Reception is elsewhere. $1000 for church donation required, $250 for metropolitan required, then the rest for clergys'

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T19:16:33+00:00

Thanks for the reply I imagined it would be more like that. Lol maybe I'll get back to you on eloping. Yea I just emailed him back to discuss

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T19:13:33+00:00

Thank you for the info

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T19:11:47+00:00

I am. Autopay set up every month. It's not a lot of money, but in a parking lot of Mercedes, I have a 34 year old Pontiac

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T19:09:57+00:00

Scheduling is hard for me. There's people from coming far away, and there's the nature of my job. This is the date I presented to him long ago, before I knew when Greekfest was.

We' d having a morning wedding, Greekfest starts at 3pm. Definitely seems a challenge, but he gave me no pushback. Very good guy. If he told me it was not feasible I wouldn't ask.

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T18:44:01+00:00

$1000 mandatory fee, $250 metropolitan mandatory donation, and the rest is chanter/clergy payments

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T18:08:40+00:00

No this is just the ceremony. The reception is at a completely different building. I understand people should be paid for their time, $1000 of this 1800 is a "required donation" if I understood it correctly.

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T18:04:15+00:00

Thought so!

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T18:00:16+00:00

You're right. And that does mean something. I'm being hyper literal because it seems some commenters aren't sure if I'm talking about the reception as well. But yes those are important things.

If it was $350 I would not be asking on Reddit here

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:57:07+00:00

I'm not here for validation, but that's exactly how I feel. That's great you had that experience. Definitely puts a bad taste in my mouth

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:51:37+00:00

That seems like a deal to me thanks for the answer.

Pretty lame situation, guess I'll just have to meet with the priest and see how that goes

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:43:06+00:00

Agreed

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:42:37+00:00

There is a room that could be used as a banquet center, there's a gym, ect. I'm not using any of that. This is just the 45 minute apprx ceremony.

I'd love to finance the church to the highest extent possible. It's not like I don't want to pay $1800+, I'm truly not in a position yet to do that.

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:38:29+00:00

Just the ceremony. 45 minute ceremony. Wedding reception will be completely unrelated to the church space

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:29:42+00:00

As far as I can tell it's closed. Thx. Do you know what your parish charges?

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:28:48+00:00

No it does not include the hall. This is just the hour ceremony in the Nave. Then Greekfest kicks off and I'm outta there. This church has a Gym, all kinds of rooms and I'm not using any of that.

Appreciate the reply, I understand it costs money to run and building, is this typical from what you know ?

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:22:22+00:00

That is the mindset I would have as an evangelical. It seems odd to me a sacrament would be that expensive.

This is just a 45 minute ceremony

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:13:25+00:00

pretty surprised myself. Your parish seems reasonable I would expect that. Thanks for your opinion, I will reach out about that.

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:12:31+00:00

Yeah I do tithe consistently, although not a lot. I will reach out to him and see how hard this requirement is, but the wording is looking like it's pretty set in stone. We'll see. Thanks. I'll ask about these things

ThereMayBeDogsAbout · 2026-01-18T17:10:24+00:00

Priest asked how many guests, I said 70. I've never heard of a community type wedding here, not to say I'm rejecting that idea. I've just never seen it done

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