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Originally Posted by tweezers74
Andy, no! Don't tell her that! She will get annoyed with you. Follow Glen's lead. Just agree and say, you are totally right babe! And then follow her around while she does wedding errands or looking at stuff in magazines. And if she asks a question, key thing is to pick something specific about about what she is pointing out and make a statement about it. Doesn't matter what it is. Because you didn't give her a generic guy answer and said something specific she will think you are engaged and listening. And if she doesn't agree with your statement and says, "but honey, really? You didn't like that?" Ask her why she likes it and she will tell you and you follow up with, "now that you point that out, yeah, I see what you are saying... Yeah, let's go with that one." So, in the end, she thinks you are engaged in the conversation, she gets what she wants while thinking it was a mutual agreement and hence the most awesome fiancée ever, and you are off the hook with minimal involvement/work/fighting/etc.
And Sidney, don't read this.  |
I give my input and make her feel special, trust me. I am just stretched a little thin at the moment between work, putting a smile on her face, renovating the apartment to accommodate her (i.e. walk in closet), help dad with the cabin, helping dad with the 55 bel air and wedding stuff. I just need a breather.
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Originally Posted by Outback Porsche
OMG! I went all glassy eyed and started thinking about bewbs and kebabs...there's no hope for my 27 years of marriage 
Just grab your old fella Andy, and give it the helicopter at her every morning with a big woohoooooooo. Everything will be fine.
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I do this already. She just rolls her eyes at me and tells me, "Get a shower, I want breakfast." haha.
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Originally Posted by Rick V
Andy, if you have an opinion on something then express it, if you don't have an opinion then tell her that as well. "I'll leave it up to your discretion" is a good one as well. 30 years and counting and this has worked for me.
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There are some things I tell her straight out that I have no opinion on that, like the flowers. I told her to go all out and do what makes her happy and I will focus on the beer list and food. The thing I am procrastinating on is the DIY stuff. We are making out own invitations and it's a message in a bottle style invitation. I used photoshop to make a custom label (just have been putting off buying the labels for the printer. I am also making the website and teaching myself word press along the way. My last name is Olphin, so she wants a fancy wooden "O" made for the front table. We picked a font, I just have to get out to the garage and cut it out, paint and sand blast it to give it a weathered look (we are having a beach wedding) and then she has light blue and light green glass beads to glue on the front. Our wedding is next December, so I have to have the invitations and website done by this December when we travel down to see the venue and finalize everything. I also have to get stuff for stencils and glass etching for the thank you gifts, they are mini message in a bottle tree ornaments with our names and the wedding date/location etched into them. Also we need to draw in the welcome bags/buckets (my idea to do a beach bucket and shovel as a welcome bag). Just a few odds and ends to finish up, but most of those I have until next year to finish up.
That's a mouth full. By the way, morning everyone.