This is my third friend wedding since graduating. First was some jackass who posts on here. I was in the wedding, and the other groomsmen and I got them a nice flat screen tv. Then last year I went to a wedding in Rochester, and my roommate and I got them some hardcore knife set off their registry that was like $320 with shipping. But I was friends with both the bride and groom from college, so $160 seemed reasonable. This wedding I'm friends with the groom but he's not one of my closest friends or anything. Not the biggest fan of the bride, who did not go to school with us. The only factor on why I'd feel like I needed to go higher than $100 is the wedding might be over the top fancy. Maybe we should wait to seal the envelope until we see how nice the venue is. But in all seriousness, they're going to be divorced within the decade, so I probably shouldn't stress too much over this one.

I used to use my blackberry to read the news when I was on the can at work, but in my new job, I don't get cell reception in the bathroom. What the hell am I supposed to do while sitting on the can now?

lethal wrote:I used to use my blackberry to read the news when I was on the can at work, but in my new job, I don't get cell reception in the bathroom. What the hell am I supposed to do while sitting on the can now?

Actual, you know, paper newspaper?

Fap?

Don't go over $100. Yeah, if it's a close friend, you want to at least equal the cost of the plate. But for a not-that-close friend, at 24 years old, $100 is fine. They don't need to make money on each and every wedding invite or anything. You don't even like the bride.

i was in one right after college. now i'm looking at a possibility of 4 next summer, though i'm hoping i don't get invited to all of them.

1) good friend in high school and growing up. don't talk to him too often anymore. wedding in north carolina. likely invited, but in hopes i decline to come.

2) another good (female) friend from high school and former hookup. definite invite, will attend.

3) two friends from high school, though not close. 50/50 on an invite, likely attend if invited.

4) college buddy and a person i know from high school. low chance for an invite, would probably go since my best friend is dating someone in the wedding party.

Werthless is right. My friends gave $200 or $100 or even a kind of $50-ish random gift. I didn't care then and can't remember now.

This is why you get a wife or girlfriend, to tell you the rules for this type of shit

She would be a costly rule book since you have to give more when you bring a guest

My roommate: "This wedding is a travesty. I'm giving them all the loose change in my pocket."

Woody wrote:This is why you get a wife or girlfriend, to tell you the rules for this type of $#@!

Woody, my rules are much more easy to use than a girlfriend.

Also, I remember EXACTLY who gave me a 32 dollar vase as a wedding gift. Exactly who.

there are too many friggin rules to worry about

For those of you guessing my class (from my post at the top of page 19), it's history.

Consolation prizes will be distributed shortly.

Good advice from Larry Hockett:

candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let's get two! Go get 'em.

Gmail go out for anyone else?

jerseyhoya wrote:Gmail go out for anyone else?

Yeah

lethal wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Gmail go out for anyone else?

Yeah

Yes. Fuck-o, I really need it right now, too.

I really want to talk to my friends on Gmail about Lamar Alexander saying the following:

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Democrats would set off a “minor revolution in the country” if they push health care legislation through Congress using a procedural maneuver known as reconciliation.

Yes Lamar. A minor revolution. We know how Americans hold dear the sanctity of the fucking budget reconciliation process.

Come back Gmail.

Someone just sidled up to the urinal next to mine and ripped a really loud, long fart. Sounded juicy. I gagged.

you should have used that opening to ask for your raise