Another Farewell!
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Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Frederick, MD
All the guys who said you're a special guy, and you love your daughter---I'm with them, Larry. You've been great here on CF and obviously, to your family. I hope you enjoy the heck out of whatever you do next, car-wise. But no matter what, many of us will miss your miles of smiles. Best to you. 
My daughter got married 3 years ago, and it wasn't cheap, but there is no way I would sell my vette to pay for her wedding. I love my daughter, but there is a limit, at least as far as paying for an expensive wedding...if she couldn't understand that, they could have eloped.
on both of these. Weddings are real expensive but one event should not cost a fortune that most people don't have especially since they have around a 50% chance of the marriage ending in divorce.
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Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Saint Albans, WV
To be clear, I do not believe that I should be spending this much money on a silly, traditional wedding in Savannah, GA. I tried to offer a reasonable amount of money upfront, but it was rejected in favor of Dad paying for this shindig that has gotten way out of control. Neither my wife nor my daughter understand a budget; that is simply a number to complain about. I have seen enough tears to last me a lifetime and, no, I do not think either of them truly appreciate the sacrifice in selling the Vette. To them, it is just a car even if it was special to me. You do not get do overs in life so there is little point in my enumerating what I could or should have done differently. I just hope to enjoy myself at the wedding in another 5 weeks. My wife's car now has the whole garage, but I can remember what the Corvette looked like parked there....
Larry
Larry
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: South Carolina
Good luck to op and your daughters wedding...
Here is what I know...after almost 40 years of marriage and all of my kids weddings and 9 grandkids later I have empirical proof of this...Every dime spent past the wedding license and paying the clergy or whoever marries your kids is a huge waste of money lol...
I tried do bribe all of mine to elope....NOOOOOO I want a big church wedding...After a few years of wedded bliss and a few sleepless nights with sick kids etc...they all say now, I wish I'd took the money.
They all say married is married...All that costly meaningless stuff is simply that. Quickly forgotten as soon as reality hits...and even at that, there is that 50/50 they won't last...and the next time they won't bother...Further proof its a racket lol.
Here is what I know...after almost 40 years of marriage and all of my kids weddings and 9 grandkids later I have empirical proof of this...Every dime spent past the wedding license and paying the clergy or whoever marries your kids is a huge waste of money lol...
I tried do bribe all of mine to elope....NOOOOOO I want a big church wedding...After a few years of wedded bliss and a few sleepless nights with sick kids etc...they all say now, I wish I'd took the money.
They all say married is married...All that costly meaningless stuff is simply that. Quickly forgotten as soon as reality hits...and even at that, there is that 50/50 they won't last...and the next time they won't bother...Further proof its a racket lol.
