Australian Beneficiaries - Packet 3 to Interview date

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Ohhh, RSVP'ing really annoys me with Americans!! It seems they are so slack with it, or don't feel that it is important to do. At our engagement party, people didn't even bother rsvping, and I had to chase them, or rsvp'ed and didn't even show. It's actually very hurtful and annoying, especially when it's such a special occasion.

Exactly! I'm gunna go out on a limb and say ANY event that I know any Aussie to RSVP yes to something, they actually rock up, or if they're unable they call and say they can't. I just don't get why it doesn't matter to them... ooo my personal fave that I forgot to mention.. watch any engagement announcements!! My mother-in-law wrote an announcement including the DATE and TIME and LOCATION of the wedding and this "Friends and family are invited to attend". Umm excuse me? I flipped out and was like "what's the point of me sending invites and asking for RSVP's if it's just "come one come all?"". She claimed it wasn't her, and it was just the format so pre-warning!

OMG Vanessa...it sounds like every brides nightmare. There is nothing worse then that 'guilt' trip of 'we travelled so far to be here etc' I had that exact thing said to me when I married my ex husband. His Aunt travelled from QLD to the Hunter Valley for the occassion. She arrived a week prior & expected that I would just drop everything & take her sight seeing -- excuse me..not a chance love! The day of my wedding to him his mother kept insisting on accompanying us to the photoshoot after the ceremony...she wasnt happy when I vetoed that one either.

As this is Eric's & my third wedding each we have opted for a very low key affair on our 3 acres at home. There will be no more then 20 people in attendance including us & my daughter. There wont be a honeymoon because of my daughter but once school gets out for the summer we are going away as a family for a weeks vacation. We have tentatively set a date, and our officiant is fluid as she has been through the K1 process & understands about delays etc....but USCIS willing & all going smoothly...our date is set & I will be with my man for my birthday this year

Lol. I vetoed (or tried to) a couple of things like the photos but Tony's mother said she "may as well not come" if she couldn't watch and take her own. Actually really pissed of our photographer that she kept bogarting people for HER pics. As it turned out the photog's photos weren't all that good so it was good to have her pics but still!

Good on your for doing it your way finally! I look forward to pics when they're available

[TerriandEric 4]

Lol. I vetoed (or tried to) a couple of things like the photos but Tony's mother said she "may as well not come" if she couldn't watch and take her own. Actually really pissed of our photographer that she kept bogarting people for HER pics. As it turned out the photog's photos weren't all that good so it was good to have her pics but still!

Good on your for doing it your way finally! I look forward to pics when they're available

The one thing I am a stickler for is the photography aspect. We are both amatuer photographers anyway and with scrap booking being my hobby of choice, photos are important. When the dust settles & the years pass, they are the things that remain..and every bride deserves great ones. The girlfriend of mine who took our engagement photos in October around Sydney Harbor is originally from Seattle, as she will be 'home' around our wedding she will fly out to take the photos..so I have no stress about finding a photographer who will get the shots I want.

Once it is all said & done I will be completing the photographers course I want to and that will become our home based business...in a few years anyway lol

[Deb+Steve 13]

We did run off to Vegas and Elvis walked me down the aisle.

Deluxe Wedding Package - $450

Wedding Dress (T J Maxx) - $20 and I wore thongs. They were black that makes them dressy ones.

Story to tell the grandkids - Priceless

So glad I did not have the stress of you ladies.

[alex and astrid 38]

Exactly! I'm gunna go out on a limb and say ANY event that I know any Aussie to RSVP yes to something, they actually rock up, or if they're unable they call and say they can't. I just don't get why it doesn't matter to them... ooo my personal fave that I forgot to mention.. watch any engagement announcements!! My mother-in-law wrote an announcement including the DATE and TIME and LOCATION of the wedding and this "Friends and family are invited to attend". Umm excuse me? I flipped out and was like "what's the point of me sending invites and asking for RSVP's if it's just "come one come all?"". She claimed it wasn't her, and it was just the format so pre-warning!

Haha, maybe lucky that we are from Los Angeles, and thats not really a thing they do over there. It reminds me of the time I asked Alex why there weren't birth notices and engagement announcements in the local paper, like they have in nearly every paper in Australia. And he was like "What, advertise a birth and ask for you baby to be kidnapped?" LOL. I suppose I grew up in country Victoria and South Australia, where the announcement section is the first bit of the local rag you turn to, haha. Papers in the US, all it is is legal notices! Actually makes me a bit sad, would have loved to have seen our engagement in print. Facebook was just as good, I guess!

As for photos, lined up our photographer the other day....same guy who did our engagement photos. We're very lucky that someone that knows us well will be shooting us, makes the day much more stress free!

Don'tWhateverMe - Got to have the black thongs for formal events! Though sometimes I reach for my silver Havianas, when I feel a bit more fun

Edited January 10, 2010 by alex and astrid

[TerriandEric 4]

Facebook was just as good, I guess!

As for photos, lined up our photographer the other day....same guy who did our engagement photos. We're very lucky that someone that knows us well will be shooting us, makes the day much more stress free!

My mother announced our engagement on Facebook within 10 minutes of Eric proposing lol...was rather funny but all our extended family found out that way.

Having a photographer who yu have worked with before makes it that much easier too. Anything that makes that day a little less stressful works for me.

[alex and astrid 38]

My mother announced our engagement on Facebook within 10 minutes of Eric proposing lol...was rather funny but all our extended family found out that way.

Having a photographer who yu have worked with before makes it that much easier too. Anything that makes that day a little less stressful works for me.

Yeah, we called our families and really close friends first, and the let it loose on FB

[kaffy 2]

We avoided all the stresses and family drama and did a small wedding with the parents and siblings only on the beach on Kauai Then we did an informal at-home-reception with the extended family afterwards. Highly recommend this option!!

[Deb+Steve 13]

Just felt like posting somewhere - USCIS processing I-130 09/15 ... come on, you can do it!!

[Giggles 1]

We're not having a wedding ceremony. No planning and no stress =

I think sometimes people put too much focus on the wedding and not on their marriage (I'm not pointing fingers at anyone here....just saying). I've had friends say to me things like "but don't you want to have a wedding ceremony and get to wear a beautiful wedding dress.......blah blah blah". Sure, the dresses are beautiful but I just don't want it or the ceremony.

[Giggles 1]

Simon & Colin: Good luck at your interviews tomorrow guys. I was a bundle of nerves before mine too but when I got there I realised there was nothing to be nervous about....everything went smoothly.

[rosa thomson 0]

I have my medical tomorrow morning, so hope that all runs smoothly. Feels good to cross another thing off the list!

Good luck to those with interviews tomorrow

[alex and astrid 38]

GOOD LUCK TO ALL INTERVIEWEES FOR TOMORROW! May your journey to the MLC center be quick, painless and produce the result we want!!

Giggles - I hear you about the ceremony hoopla. Every other day I wish that Alex and I were just eloping!! But, I know if we did that, I would regret it. Getting married is special that way, every day is different. But the one thing we all have in common is that we are all creating awesome new realtionships

[Omnivore 0]

Got my Pkt4 - Feb 9th at 11am

1 week before my POE phew! (as long as I get it!)

[TerriandEric 4]

Good Luck to those with interviews or medicals tomorrow.

I have been packing madly to be prepared to move back into my parents house in 3 weeks...I just arranged for most of my scrapbooking stash to go to a new home...so that is a relief that it will go to someone who will appreciate it all. The rest is slowly being packed, clothes have been given away to the Salvation Army and we have only what we will wear over the next few months. Kind of nice to be cleaning house this way LOL

[alex and astrid 38]

Good Luck to those with interviews or medicals tomorrow.

I have been packing madly to be prepared to move back into my parents house in 3 weeks...I just arranged for most of my scrapbooking stash to go to a new home...so that is a relief that it will go to someone who will appreciate it all. The rest is slowly being packed, clothes have been given away to the Salvation Army and we have only what we will wear over the next few months. Kind of nice to be cleaning house this way LOL

I need to start doing that too! Less than three weeks til I fly out, and somehow I have accumulated a lot of ####### in the past six months! Time for me to visit the Salvo's too!