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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 257294" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>She actually sounds like she's reaching out to you, really making an effort. Give her some slack - she's not your bro, she could be a point of sanity in his life which could be of great value to you, especially considering how your bro has been toward you.</p><p></p><p>Use her as a potential ally. Cultivate her, be nice to her. It will make it a lot harder for your bro to do horrible things like challenge for custody, if his wife knows it's all a load of steaming hot...</p><p></p><p>As for customs and weddings, I'm beginning to feel like an expert, with three kids getting married within a year.</p><p></p><p>I forgot about flowers for difficult child 1's wedding, but bride's mother (now THERE'S an unstable personality!) thankfully remembered. Not that I would have cared. They ordered me a corsage, as well as a corsage for mother in law (groom's grandmother). mother in law didn't want to wear hers so she put it on her handbag where it looked very nice. I wore mine but it didn't really match my dress, and kept getting crushed with all the hugging. Bride's mother wore a wrist corsage which I thought looked lovely. With hindsight, I prefer wrist flowers.</p><p></p><p>So to re-cap - you can wear a corsage on your chest (in which case, like me, people see the flowers well before they see you) or you can wear them on your wrist (pack a home-made elastic band that fits on your wrist so if you change your mind or someone gets it wrong, you can pin achest corsage to a home-made wrist band) or you can pin it to your handbag (usually hanging down from the clasp). Or it should be OK to fasten them into your hair somehow. If you plan ahead, you may be able to switch around through the day, so you can have it all!</p><p></p><p>So groom's sister and mother are being offered corsages - to extend it to sister is possibly a little unusual, but then in our family, sisters have been in the bridal party so it didn't really come up. It certainly sounds appropriate.</p><p></p><p>Be kind to her. You'll probably need her in your corner one day, let her find out for herself just how nice you are, and how sane and sensible you are.</p><p></p><p>She's the bride. It's her big day. Maybe she'll be good to your bro and turn him into a human being. She has her work cut out for her. Whichever way it goes form here - let her have a day to really enjoy, help make her wedding day a happy one. If your bro is the ******* you describe, it could be her last happy day for a while. Let's hope not.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 257294, member: 1991"] She actually sounds like she's reaching out to you, really making an effort. Give her some slack - she's not your bro, she could be a point of sanity in his life which could be of great value to you, especially considering how your bro has been toward you. Use her as a potential ally. Cultivate her, be nice to her. It will make it a lot harder for your bro to do horrible things like challenge for custody, if his wife knows it's all a load of steaming hot... As for customs and weddings, I'm beginning to feel like an expert, with three kids getting married within a year. I forgot about flowers for difficult child 1's wedding, but bride's mother (now THERE'S an unstable personality!) thankfully remembered. Not that I would have cared. They ordered me a corsage, as well as a corsage for mother in law (groom's grandmother). mother in law didn't want to wear hers so she put it on her handbag where it looked very nice. I wore mine but it didn't really match my dress, and kept getting crushed with all the hugging. Bride's mother wore a wrist corsage which I thought looked lovely. With hindsight, I prefer wrist flowers. So to re-cap - you can wear a corsage on your chest (in which case, like me, people see the flowers well before they see you) or you can wear them on your wrist (pack a home-made elastic band that fits on your wrist so if you change your mind or someone gets it wrong, you can pin achest corsage to a home-made wrist band) or you can pin it to your handbag (usually hanging down from the clasp). Or it should be OK to fasten them into your hair somehow. If you plan ahead, you may be able to switch around through the day, so you can have it all! So groom's sister and mother are being offered corsages - to extend it to sister is possibly a little unusual, but then in our family, sisters have been in the bridal party so it didn't really come up. It certainly sounds appropriate. Be kind to her. You'll probably need her in your corner one day, let her find out for herself just how nice you are, and how sane and sensible you are. She's the bride. It's her big day. Maybe she'll be good to your bro and turn him into a human being. She has her work cut out for her. Whichever way it goes form here - let her have a day to really enjoy, help make her wedding day a happy one. If your bro is the ******* you describe, it could be her last happy day for a while. Let's hope not. Marg [/QUOTE]
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