Hehe, I've tossed this around in the past.

Im at an inn right now. The women are all here getting their hair and stuff done by several hairdressers. The bride bought them all sone fancy pajamas to wear.

I have to say the food is great. They hired a chef for all the meals.

One little anecdote. My wife's mother got shitfaced and tried to drive back to where she's staying. Her significant other couldn't figure out how to drive the rental car so she insisted she drive because the car "is a computer" We got them home fine. She's staying at the same place we are. Anyway, my wife's ex is here too. Nobody likes him. Not even his children. Sooo, we spend some more time at the place we had the rehearsal dinner. Come back to the inn and find mom and ex drunk as skunks on the porch. Fun times.

There's about to be a revolution because they aren't allowing people to drink before the wedding.

And my wife REALLY needs a drink right now.

Perhaps this event has sparked some ideas of how you can use the theme of an ex-husband becoming the father-in-law of the new husband and the stepfather of the ex-wife as a psychological thriller? Could be great. I'll buy it.

Wedding is over and I'm back home- yeah!

It was actually a lot of fun. There was a little crazy there (both grandmothers, aunt, friend of the bride), and some unlikeable folks, but everybody seemed to be on their best behavior. Tons of food, plenty of booze, and some good music. No disasters. Fun was had by all.

Wife is on cloud nine. Haven't seen her this happy in a while.

I don't really have any good stories. Flight home was delayed enough that we weren't going to make the connecting flight. Some crazy good karma happened and we ended up getting a direct flight that got us home earlier than we would have originally. That never happens.

Rental car situation was stupid. None of the kiosks worked. Everybody just kept trying and trying but they just didn't work. Super long line with only one person working. I had gotten an email to check in early so I gave that a shot on my phone. It actually worked. I went to pick the car up and told the girl about the kiosks and she said "yeah, they need to be rebooted." Sigh. Then i told her there was only one guy working the desk. "Yeah, the other guy is cleaning a car out." Sigh. Ended up getting a dodge ram pickup that I liked a lot more than mine (chevy silverado). Except......we got to an area where some road construction was going on and the truck decided I shouldn't be where I was and tried to steer me into another lane. Do not like that.

Wait, what? More details on "tried to steer me into another lane." Some kind of self-driving/lane correction thing?

Glad to hear Mrs. Boat is happy. Seems like she's been having a tough stretch with work and family, from your descriptions. Good to know she's doing well.

Thanks!

I'm not sure what it was. We were going around a curve where road construction was going on and it looked like they had temporarily striped it multiple times. The steering wheel didn't want me to curve. It felt like in the old days when power steering went out and it was hard as hell to turn. Caught me by surprise.

Well, at least you had a truck, and could run over any of the construction **** that got in your way.

I had the same thing happen to me in a rental car in DC. The highway was under construction and the old striping went straight but the road was curved to the right with temp concrete barriers. The car tried to follow the stripe and pulled pretty hard left when I was trying to go right. That was my first time in a car with the lane assistance, so I was pretty surprised at the time.

i turned that all that **** off in my car. you can override it with force but it is an accident waiting to happen. but it can help the drunk drivers.

Yes to turning it off. But with a rental ain't nobody got time to figure out all the different menus.

My truck is getting fixed and I have a loaner car. I was parked and had it in reverse to pull out of the space and a car was coming down the lane. My seat started vibrating. I wasn't sure that was the reason until a second car came and the seat vibrated again. Do not like.

In other wedding news, a friend's daughter just sent me a link to register for her upcoming wedding. Her parents are sort of friends. We don't really socialize. I've only met the bride-to-be once. Had no clue she was getting married. Wouldn't recognize her if I saw her on the street. Seems a bit much to be invited to her wedding. Maybe she's only inviting me to send a gift. Not sure.

I just got a text from my friend's daughter, admonishing me for not filling out her wedding form. Hmmmm......

[x] not attending, not sending gift. Barely know of you.

[x] did not attend your birth or baptism, and have no debt or obligation to your family
likewise you should have no doubt i do not intend to tithe your wedding or bridal party

[ ] Invitation must have been lost in the mail.
[x] Invitation must have been caught in the spam filter.
[x] Mr. Boat send his regrets.

wait what, need more info - if someone sends you a wedding invite it's common courtesy to respond whether or not you'll be attending - is that what happened?

There was no invite. Just an on-line cash grab.

This wasn't a wedding invite. It was a link to a website to fill in my contact information, which I assume leads to a wedding invite.

yeah sounds pretty reasonable on their end - this is common now since most people want to send nice invites in the mail but don't have contact addresses because all communication is digital/phone/text these days

the times have changed my friend and you were rude not to fill it out and completely in the wrong to get upset at them for asking you to respond - they are trying to include you to an important moment in their life (or because their parents used their quota on you) because they value you and you just told them you just dgaf

Well, the truth cannot be pejorative.

well, except I don't even know her. I've seen her once, briefly. Never talked to her. Wouldn't know her if I saw her on the street.

she didn't invite you - her parents did

super common now, especially since the parents are often the ones paying for it - they demand to get a big guest list for their friends

this is not a shakedown

my brother recently got married and didn't really know a good 1/3 of the guests because they were friends of the parents - the parents wanted to have their friends there to celebrate this big moment with

why would anyone go to a wedding for someone they dont know or know very little. stupid to go and stupid to send money or gift.
i would even tell them that. although most would bite their tongue. or even send money.

the polite way was to return the email with "congrats, but i cant make it".