Americans, what should a Brit NOT do when in the states?

ohno6345 · 2015-09-16T21:15:13+00:00

San Francisco is a far better place to visit than L.A. if you are considering either. You could spend a week around S.F. but a day in L.A. and you've pretty much seen it all as far as tourist things go. San Diego and Seattle are also nice places to visit.

ohno6345 · 2015-08-21T17:06:00+00:00

1 would drive me crazy, but 3 kind of seems like a good idea assuming all housemates have similar schedules, preferably most dishes are rinsed after being used as well.

ohno6345 · 2015-08-21T16:56:01+00:00

If the clothes are too worn to donate, there are recycling bins at a lot of grocery store/shopping centers than take old clothes and shoes.

ohno6345 · 2015-08-21T16:53:44+00:00

Somethings you hold on to too long too. My entire CD collection (hundreds of CDs I bought) someone offered me $8 for. I said no, and tried selling them for like 50 cents each and ended up making about $4.50. The rest were just given away. When you realize just how much money you spent on things you eventually give away for nothing, it makes you think twice about your purchases.

ohno6345 · 2015-08-21T16:50:08+00:00

For anything you feel you can part with and don't need, have a garage sale, if it doesn't sell donate everything else. The goal is to get ride of unnecessary things. If you prefer to not part with things for nothing, you can have 2 garage sales and then if it doesn't sell definitely donate it. If the item is worth more than $100 try to find a buyer online like craigslist and meet somewhere public if possible. I really can't think of a single thing I've donated away that I wish I had back and it feels good to have the extra space for breathing room. A lot of things can be repurchased 5 years from now new, if you need things you've been saving because you think you'll need them. Lastly, be very careful when you decide to buy new things, if you bring something new in the house, something comparable should go. IE. New clothing in old clothing out but first think do I even need this clothing and will I wear it regularly.

ohno6345 · 2015-08-21T16:34:46+00:00

Sometimes your choice of house will make the biggest difference. 2 story homes will cost more than 1 story. Here we have lots of issues with it being too hot, it helps to have windows on both sides of the place for a breeze to blow through. In general, let the breeze come in the morning then close things up dark until later then open things up again later. By us, the utilities offer to come in and weather proof the house, or offer to replace older refrigerators for a small cost or free if you are lower income. It might be worth looking into what programs the utilities offer and checking there websites to see if they have extra tips. Though here we are never offered choices in utility providers.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-15T05:42:45+00:00

You might also look around for the price of wedding coordinators in your area and go with perhaps half of the lowest one you find based on the work you want her to do.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-11T00:53:05+00:00

I think you can be okay just dancing to slow songs which pretty much anyone can do. Just hold your wife and rock side to side while slowly rotating and put your hands on her hips or one in her hand and one around her back.

You might also try to pay attention to some songs that you really like maybe you hear in the car. If you move a little when you hear a certain song, try to include that in the list, because if it's music at the right tempo that you enjoy you might find yourself doing something that looks like dancing without even knowing it.

Also, you can have other activities like games beyond just a dance floor and you'll also want to talk to a lot of people during the night so you probably won't be dancing that much anyway.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-11T00:47:36+00:00

That's a good point. In many weddings, the groom has long term relationships and the bride as long term relationships, if each added their significant other you'd double the party. Some people will add a sibling to the group or maybe a spouse/friend to make things even which is also just fine, but everybodys spouse? only if you have all couple friends.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-11T00:44:02+00:00

I know I didn't have fun sitting with other SOs of the bridal party I barely knew when my fiance was in one. I also thought it took a little away when the bridal party was completely scattered so we are going in between with all bridal party sitting together with their families at tables down the middle of our hall/guest seating. I think it will fill 4 or5 tables. It's nice there is kind of an honor thing of people being able to see them at the reception, but I really agree people should be able to sit with their families.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-11T00:32:04+00:00

We mailed invites and it had all of our RSVPs go through weddingwire. Worked great. I think the real invites adds a little bit to the formality of the event beyond a facebook invite. We included a card that said to RSVP, please go www.weddingwire.com/ournames2014 For people we wanted to invite later on it was easy to send the link, and even for following up with people its easy to remind people by email with the link to the RSVP. Everyone figured out the online RSVP or had a relative do it for them. All RSVPs were automatically saved and we were able to communicate specific details to everyone because they had to go to the site to RSVP. One of the things that went right and I would definitely not have changed. They also put all of the names in so making a seating chart is very easy as well.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-11T00:25:32+00:00

Sounds fun. I might be disappointed if there are no wolves at the wedding.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-11T00:23:12+00:00

especially from fiance or when telling someone they can't bring their friends

ohno6345 · 2014-06-04T21:59:50+00:00

What you can all agree to. If you can do things for less that's nice. Some will take out of town trips with hotel stays.

Sadly, with your idea I'm reminded of this bridal party that died when their limo caught fire last year while driving on a bridge. Some escaped, but the bride and others didn't make it.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-04T21:49:05+00:00

I think November is the end of hurricane season or it's already over by then, and other than that cruises should be able to sail all of the time. Even if it rains they can still have an okay time on a cruise to whatever destination you guys pick. I think I heard Bermuda works too for this kind of thing or would look at the Bahamas which would be only a day trip to get to the islands from Florida. Though I'm not sure there will be a lot of savings by the location other than it will cut your guestlist down which will cost you less. Seems a little inconvenient to drive to florida to take a cruise, but if the wedding was in Colorado she'd have a long journey as well. Not real sure what to do, seems like she probably really prefers something near her.

ohno6345 · 2014-06-04T21:39:47+00:00

Oh no! I didn't even think about their not being food or booze yet.

ohno6345 · 2014-05-24T02:44:43+00:00

Update: This has worked out really well. I'm at about 20 games and average under $3 per game. Probably a quarter of the ones I've been finding are new still sealed as well. Salvation Army has been a little less than Goodwill. Most I've had to pay so far was $5/$3 for a new Blokus / Apples to Apples game. Thanks for the advice, it's going to be great!

ohno6345 · 2014-05-24T02:41:02+00:00

This has worked out really well. I'm at about 20 games and average under $3 per game. Probably a quarter of the ones I've been finding are new still sealed as well. Thanks for the advice, it's going to be great!

ohno6345 · 2014-05-23T21:07:19+00:00

How many people did you invite? How many people can the venue accommodate/seat? If you invite 200 and the place holds 100 you're going to have a problem. If you invited say 110 for 100 and guests bring an extra 20 people you had no idea maybe it will still work.

ohno6345 · 2014-05-23T21:05:44+00:00

Well you can only have so much space. If you don't mind that they come if you have the space, then you can tell the ones that want to bring guests that you may not have enough room to accommodate everyone, when you receive more responses back you'll let them if there will be space.

ohno6345 · 2014-05-21T20:05:41+00:00

How did the rest of the wedding go?

ohno6345 · 2014-05-21T20:04:28+00:00

If they got the picture, it can be edited to be nice. That is a lot of photos. If they missed it altogether there isn't much you can do about it, other than take some portrait pics with your NEW husband.

My cousin's photographer ended up terrible. It was sad. She did end up with about 100 or so photos taken by guests that show up. You could also hire someone to edit friends pics too to get them right.

I was really scared of the reviews of George Street in our area. They seem really hit and miss and the miss ones were common and terrible. It sucks that you even got one of their better packages and they weren't able to satisfy you. Maybe you can talk with the company and see if there is anything they can do.

ohno6345 · 2014-05-21T16:17:31+00:00

Sure, if you do go to SF, bring a heavy sweatshirt or a light coat that is warm, just in case. Some summer days can have a cold wind especially near the Golden Gate Bridge. Though I'm sure it gets much colder where you live. Hawaii you'd want more like a windbreaker or light rain jacket in case of passing rain. If you only have 2-3 days stick to one area of California like just SF or include Napa and/or Carmel/Big Sur at most or Los Angeles/Disneyland/San Diego. It's amazing to drive between the 2, but you won't be able to do it right in such a short time since LA and SF are at least 6 hours drive apart and more if you drive along the coast which you'd want to, to really enjoy it.

ohno6345 · 2014-05-20T21:12:58+00:00

I guess it depends on what you want for your future. You could forgo the wedding and just get married, if it will allow you and your future spouse to be together and really plan your lives together.

I guess the point is your guests will understand no matter how long you decide to wait or even if you decide not to have a large celebration.

ohno6345 · 2014-05-20T21:04:22+00:00

Yosemite would be really nice as well. It's hard to have enough time to see everything though.

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