Both of my weddings had about 50 guests. I'd endorse that as a reasonable 'small wedding' cutoff.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
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billytea - Nov 22, 2011 11:26:02 am PST #7983 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Cashmere - Nov 22, 2011 11:27:56 am PST #7984 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I guess the silver lining is that Liv knows that she can stand up for herself and her parents will make that shit stop
It was a big slap in the face to gender issues and the shit that she's going to have to deal with for the rest of her life. I just said to the principal, "It's too early for her to have to deal with this!" He agreed.
Maria - Nov 22, 2011 11:29:38 am PST #7985 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
{{{Cash and Liv}}}
So I suppose my 230-person wedding isn't objectively classified as small, though it was one of the smaller ones by Italian standards. Total invited was right around 500 (including people from Europe and South America that we knew would never show).
Toddson - Nov 22, 2011 11:32:44 am PST #7986 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Cash, that's bad ... but at least the school is stepping in.
I recently saw an article about the schools around Manchester (U.K.) are being designed to prevent bullying - wide corridors with open sight lines, stairways with clear sides, windows in rooms, restrooms with an open plan (although they do have cubicles for toilets), administration and teacher offices are scattered around the building instead of in one cluster. Unfortunately - I think - they're also installing CCTV. But comments from kids were favorable.
Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2011 11:34:44 am PST #7987 of 30001
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There were 10 people at my wedding, and one showed up by accident. It was a haphazard affair, but it was legal.
(Hubby's brother had arranged to go motocrossing right after the wedding, and his buddy showed up early to pick him up. Buddy was mortified to realize he'd walked into the middle of a wedding, which was held at my in-law's house.)
Allyson - Nov 22, 2011 11:45:26 am PST #7988 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
"It's too early for her to have to deal with this!"
I know. This shit makes me bananas. She dealt with it absolutely correctly and I'm proud of Liv for standing up. I just wish she never had to deal with this to begin with.
-t - Nov 22, 2011 11:51:19 am PST #7989 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'd consider 100 guests a small wedding. It's certainly not a big wedding.
Jesse - Nov 22, 2011 11:52:17 am PST #7990 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh, Cash. I'm glad it sounds like people are responding appropriately because WTF.
And I think 100 people is average size for a wedding in my peer group.
Atropa - Nov 22, 2011 11:56:12 am PST #7991 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
"It's too early for her to have to deal with this!"
Absolutely. But I'm really impressed with her reaction, and how the school is handling it. Now I just hope she doesn't have to deal with that stuff for a VERY LONG TIME.
Anything over 50 guests = big wedding in my world.
Kate P. - Nov 22, 2011 12:18:01 pm PST #7992 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
We had around 120 people at my wedding and it felt quite big. But yes, the way people think about wedding size is strongly influenced by family/culture/etc.
Why isn't today over yet?