Major Road Bumps - Plans are a-changing

Of course, it's taking longer to make this post because of the absolutely heartbreaking changes that have been forced upon us. After talking to Disney, we have discovered just how inflexible their packages are. Despite us not needed the limousine that is a part of the Escape package, we would be paying for it anyway, so we had better find a use for it.

That really annoys me since the package is so skimpy on photography that you'd have to spend more money to get enough pictures for people like me (photo-obsessed people) to be satisfied. I was hoping to ditch the limo and use that $300 something toward just paying for more pictures. You get 20 by default, and I was hoping that the limo money would at least score me 15 more photos of the ceremony and reception. Or, even better, if I could ditch their photography, get more flowers in the package, and just bring along my own photographer (which, for me, would be drastically cheaper than hiring a Disney photographer). Well, none of that will work out.

My fiance was asking why we couldn't just have the two photographers at the ceremony and reception, and well, though I don't have anything against it (other than it being generally retarded), I have gotten a lot of complaints from his parents. They have been complaining about the cost of things (since they have offered to pay for the event) as well as the necessity of things.

Of course, my argument was, well, a wedding is not a necessity at all, actually, the whole thing is totally unnecessary. It's not like you have to hold any sort of wedding event in order for your marriage to be legally recognized by the State. You hold the event for fun, to bring the two families together to build fond (and perhaps first) memories of each other. The wedding event is symbolic of bringing two families together by this union recognized by society, perhaps a religious society too, and by the law (unless you're gay, in which case, the law part only applies for the 5 cool states in the Union). Soooo... If you don't like paying for it, then we won't do it.

It kept them quiet for a little while, but then the complaining came back with a vengence. Of course, they wait for my fiance to not be around before they complain about things. It's extremely annoying and makes me want to call the whole thing off.

To top it off, since we have been engaged, my fiance's grandmother has been giving me some serious cold shouldering. Whereas before, she was so happy that her grandson was with "sucha looker" like myself, as she has said on a few occasions, and despite her usually greeting me (and everyone else) with pleasant "Hello!"s and hugs, she now doesn't even look me in the eye when we come over for a visit, or when she comes to visit. She greets everyone enthusiastically and then completely ignores me. She hasn't said one damned thing about the engagement or about the wedding. I trully do not know what sort of stick has become lodged firmly in her buttocks, but something weird is going on.

Clearly, our engagement is only a happy thing for a select few.

But, I digress... The Disney wedding is just not worth it. If people are going to be sulking, bitchy, and annoying, then we may as well give them reason to be and keep them the hell out of the "Happiest place on Earth". Seeing as Maryland is an extraordinarily undesirable state due to the unpredictable weather, the large amounts of pollution in and around the Chesapeake Bay, the architecture that just doesn't look quite right, and the complete and utter disarray of road and parking layout. You can be married on a ship out in the Bay. What a nice view you will have. You get to see how strange the water looks and how many factories there are all along the Inner Harbor.

To make up for a less than impressive wedding, we want to extend our honeymoon from 1 week to 2 weeks, thus forcing the wedding date to be earlier than anticipated.

We meet this Thursday with a rabbi who is quite active with our university to discuss... well... whatever we have to talk about.

Let the stress commense!