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30 Jul 2006, 03:33 PM
Geen

Folding Bed

My fiancee and I are most likely going to move back into my mother's house in the next few months in order to pay off debuts and save money for our wedding next next year (Any of you who want to come, just say the word).
My mother has day bed in the room that we'll be renting out from her that she refuses to get rid of, so we are thinking of getting a folding bed to roll out at night and put beside it so we can still sleep together. I found folding bed through a Google search which I thought looked pretty good, but I was curious if anyone had any other suggestions about folding beds. Thanks!
30 Jul 2006, 03:40 PM
Joust Williams

What kind of debuts? I'd get a futon that folds or something, but maybe that's because it's just me.
30 Jul 2006, 03:43 PM
Diff-chan

I dont mean to hate, but why are you gonna go and save money for a fucking wedding?

Weddings are like $25,000 nowadays.

You should be saving for a house and get married at the courthouse. Yea, its not what she wants but shes not the one living at her mom's.
30 Jul 2006, 03:50 PM
Geen

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

What kind of debuts?

Credit card, bank loan, car mechanic loans... ... I think that's it. It's basically about eight thousand or so in total, plus whatever my fiancee owes, so it shouldn't be too hard to pay them off if our living expenses go down due to paying a lot less for monthly living.

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

I'd get a futon that folds or something, but maybe that's because it's just me.

Ideally I would get a futon as well, but she has a day bed in the room already and doesn't want to get rid of it, so that's where the idea of getting something to place beside it comes in.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

I dont mean to hate, but why are you gonna go and save money for a fucking wedding?

Weddings are like $25,000 nowadays.

You should be saving for a house and get married at the courthouse. Yea, its not what she wants but shes not the one living at her mom's.

Haha. Yeah, we thought about doing that too. Well, we plan (We'll see how well it sticks) to have a low budget wedding. I have no plans to hire a wedding planner or any of that crap. We're looking at about 50 or so guests (more or less depending on who doesn't come or which people they drag along), getting decorations at Party City, having BBQ for the main dish and I guess hiring a DJ for music. We're toying with the idea of a photo... guy... or video person... but I think I'd rather have the guests all take pictures and then send us copies of them.
So, yeah, I'm figuring about $5,000 for the wedding, realistically. We'll see how close that prediction figure is in six months. :lol:

As for living with my mother, that doesn't bother me at all. What does bother me is the idea of being in a small room again, but besides our computers and video game crap we really don't have a whole lot of stuff anyway.
30 Jul 2006, 04:40 PM
FX

Like Diff said, get married a courthouse, and save money for a real house.
30 Jul 2006, 05:10 PM
cigsthecat

I think you're all ignoring the primary objective: Get out of Florida

GOOF
30 Jul 2006, 06:15 PM
Tones

What's so bad about Florida? I like it here.
30 Jul 2006, 06:27 PM
Beefy Hits

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diff-chan

I dont mean to hate, but why are you gonna go and save money for a fucking wedding?

Weddings are like $25,000 nowadays.

You should be saving for a house and get married at the courthouse. Yea, its not what she wants but shes not the one living at her mom's.

I don't mean to hate either, but don't the bride's folk usually pay, or does it work like college where the parents pay but because of pride the kids "pay"?

I say get married at the courthouse too, because there's a 50% chance of a divorce in all marriages.
30 Jul 2006, 06:58 PM
Diff-chan

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Originally Posted by Beefy Hits

I don't mean to hate either, but don't the bride's folk usually pay, or does it work like college where the parents pay but because of pride the kids "pay"?

That's the custom, but how many parents nowadays can afford a wedding?

I guess the trick to that is marrying a rich girl. But that's the trick to everything.

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Originally Posted by Geen

So, yeah, I'm figuring about $5,000 for the wedding, realistically. We'll see how close that prediction figure is in six months. :lol:

Unless you are fucking Mussolini with the costs then $5,000 will be your centerpiece expenses. The passive way you mention that tells me you will be paying for this wedding for the next decade.
30 Jul 2006, 07:43 PM
Nomi

I don't have a problem with wedding ceremonies, but they're ridiculous nowadays. My parents got married for $500, and that included all the dresses and tuxes. My dad and stepmom are getting married in a year or two and I'll be damned if they end up spending over $2,000, and they're only doing it because both extended families would like to have something formal. Family pastor, backyard, everyone chips in for a big BBQ, that's how my stepmom's family goes for weddings, it's worked six times I'm told.

I'm not a fan of church weddings with the reception party in some big hall with a DJ and all that crap. Backyards, a rented dress and some insane relatives sounds fine by me.
30 Jul 2006, 07:49 PM
Gohron

My dad and his wife got married with all the people they wanted to invite (at least 50 people) for probably under $300. They got married at their church and they had the reception afterwards at their house. It was a little crowded but it sure beats $25,000, fuck that.
31 Jul 2006, 02:21 AM
Geen

I love how this thread has turned from me asking about a sleeping solution to focusing on my wedding.
The way we figured the $5,000 price tag was $1,000 for the rental of the place that we found, $1,000 for the BBQ catering, about $500-$1,000 for decorations, and the rest to cover music, photo person, clergy person... all that jazz. These are all guesstimates, hence the reason why it's a floating figure, but as we look more into it in the next few months we'll see where it takes us. Neither one of us wants a big expensive wedding, but at the same time we want to do something and having it in my mother's backyard is unrealistic for the number of people we'd like to invite (I have a lot of people in my side of the family alone, and I'm close to a good number of them).

So, yeah, folding beds... pretty spiffy...
31 Jul 2006, 02:39 AM
jyoung

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Originally Posted by Geen

So, yeah, folding beds... pretty spiffy...

Unless you can find proof that the technology has drastically improved in the last decade or so, take my advice and don't bother with inflatable futons. I had a friend in grade-school who owned two of those things and not only were they a pain to inflate, but they did nothing but leave me with a back ache whenever I spent a night sleeping on them.
31 Jul 2006, 02:50 AM
Geen

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Originally Posted by wEEman33

Unless you can find proof that the technology has drastically improved in the last decade or so, take my advice and don't bother with inflatable futons. I had a friend in grade-school who owned two of those things and not only were they a pain to inflate, but they did nothing but leave me with a back ache whenever I spent a night sleeping on them.

They are alright. When I first moved out of my mother's house a few years ago and had no furniture besides a computer desk I slept on one of those for a few months. The biggest problem was pumping it up once a week or so. Really, if it was just me, I'd probably still be cool with that (Hell, I'm using my computer now sitting on the floor with it on top of my fiance's aerobic step. I'm easy to please).
31 Jul 2006, 03:00 AM
Nash

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Originally Posted by Geen

My mother has day bed in the room that we'll be renting out from her that she refuses to get rid of, so we are thinking of getting a folding bed to roll out at night and put beside it so we can still sleep together.

Why is your mom making you rent the day bed from her instead of just letting you guys use it?
31 Jul 2006, 03:11 AM
Geen

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Originally Posted by Nash

Why is your mom making you rent the day bed from her instead of just letting you guys use it?

I think the structure of that sentence may have been a little off; We're renting the room from her, but within the room is a day-bed that is part of the room. The bed is a twin size bed, I think, and we're not going to put up being crammed together in a twin size bed every night.
31 Jul 2006, 03:39 AM
perkyskirt

Try to hire someone to take professional photos. I work in a photo lab and that crap where you give people disposible cameras just ends in in you having to pay a load of money for terrible pictures. Out of ten cameras someone drops off only about one rolls worth come out decent.

As far as the bed just put lots of fluffy blankets on anything and it will be comfy! :D
31 Jul 2006, 03:59 AM
Geen

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Originally Posted by perkyskirt

Try to hire someone to take professional photos. I work in a photo lab and that crap where you give people disposible cameras just ends in in you having to pay a load of money for terrible pictures. Out of ten cameras someone drops off only about one rolls worth come out decent.

As far as the bed just put lots of fluffy blankets on anything and it will be comfy! :D

Yeah, the idea of giving everyone cameras crossed our mind, but I think we'll get nothing but crap in the end, too. :lol:
31 Jul 2006, 04:35 AM
Tommy Tallarico

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Originally Posted by Geen

folding bed

It's called a futon.

Also: if you're looking into folding beds because you're getting married and need to save money, you're not ready to get married.
31 Jul 2006, 04:43 AM
Drinky Milk

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Originally Posted by Geen

My fiancee and I are most likely going to move back into my mother's house

Yeah, okay.
31 Jul 2006, 04:51 AM
Fe 26

You guys are aware that the woman's family is supose to pay for the wedding right? The man buys the ring and the woman has her family pay for the service.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

That's the custom, but how many parents nowadays can afford a wedding?

then no wedding for you
31 Jul 2006, 06:38 AM
perkyskirt

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Originally Posted by Drinky Milk

Yeah, okay.

your avatar ahhaha!
31 Jul 2006, 10:28 AM
Geen

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Originally Posted by omfgninjas in iraq

It's called a futon.

Wrong.

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Originally Posted by omfgninjas in irag

Also: if you're looking into folding beds because you're getting married and need to save money, you're not ready to get married.

Wrong again. Thanks for playing.

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Originally Posted by Drinky Milk

Yeah, okay.

Perhaps your mother is a harpie and to even consider something like that is unheard of. My mother was more of a landlord/roommate than a parent since I was about 18 or so, but whatever.

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Originally Posted by buttcheeks

You guys are aware that the woman's family is suppose to pay for the wedding right? The man buys the ring and the woman has her family pay for the service.

Thanks for the insight. Yeah, we're well aware of the tradition but just like you're not suppose to eat red meat on good Friday we're choosing not to follow it.

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Originally Posted by buttcheeks

then no wedding for you

We'll do it our way, thanks.
31 Jul 2006, 10:34 AM
FirstBlood

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Originally Posted by omfgninjas in iraq

It's called a futon.

Actually, what he's looking at is called a cot.

But generally cots are rather small and really only used for temporary guests and shit like that.
31 Jul 2006, 12:39 PM
animegirl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geen

I love how this thread has turned from me asking about a sleeping solution to focusing on my wedding.
The way we figured the $5,000 price tag was $1,000 for the rental of the place that we found, $1,000 for the BBQ catering, about $500-$1,000 for decorations, and the rest to cover music, photo person, clergy person... all that jazz. These are all guesstimates, hence the reason why it's a floating figure, but as we look more into it in the next few months we'll see where it takes us. Neither one of us wants a big expensive wedding, but at the same time we want to do something and having it in my mother's backyard is unrealistic for the number of people we'd like to invite (I have a lot of people in my side of the family alone, and I'm close to a good number of them).

So, yeah, folding beds... pretty spiffy...

That is about what we want to spend on our wedding. It is going to have about 200 guests but we are going to get married at the base chapel. I heard that professional photos are like crazy expensive so we might get regular photos taken. I also wanted to have an open bar at the reception but god knows how much that will cost. We have the money for it though, we will be able to pay it right off thanks to reenlistment bonuses. Where are you guys registering, I might send something your way! :D
31 Jul 2006, 12:45 PM
Geen

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Originally Posted by animegirl

That is about what we want to spend on our wedding. It is going to have about 200 guests but we are going to get married at the base chapel. I heard that professional photos are like crazy expensive so we might get regular photos taken. I also wanted to have an open bar at the reception but god knows how much that will cost. We have the money for it though, we will be able to pay it right off thanks to reenlistment bonuses. Where are you guys registering, I might send something your way! :D

Aw, thanks Animegirl! We haven't registered anywhere yet (Our target date for the wedding is lucky 07/07/07), but I'll let you know when it happens. :) Most likely Target and Amazon. Please let us know where you are registering as well. ^_^ Have you set a date for your wedding yet?
31 Jul 2006, 12:48 PM
animegirl

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Originally Posted by Geen

Aw, thanks Animegirl! We haven't registered anywhere yet (Our target date for the wedding is lucky 07/07/07), but I'll let you know when it happens. :) Most likely Target and Amazon. Please let us know where you are registering as well. ^_^ Have you set a date for your wedding yet?

We are looking at the middle to end part of March 2007. That will leave us time to plan this sucker. Tee hee, we were going to register at Target too. I want a new standing mixer!
31 Jul 2006, 12:52 PM
Nomi

To be useful, I've slept on the newer Aerobed mattresses and they're not that bad. I have a slightly messed up back, and it didn't give me problems (unlike most hotel mattresses). If you can find one cheap or test one out for a night, give it a shot. They have that self-inflating device so you don't have to do any work with them, too.
31 Jul 2006, 12:57 PM
D_N_G

My wedding in 98:

440 = 2 Roundtrip tickets to Vegas
200 = 3 nights at the luxor
250= Tux Rental + Wedding Dress
25 = Nevada Marriage Liscense
300 = Little White Chapel Wedding with video and photos and extras
Free = Reception at church for family/friends when we got back home (people even made us cakes, food)

Total: 1215

-600 = Winnings at an hrs worth of blackjack
-100 = Womans winnings at slots

New Total = 515

Lots of fun, little preparation, few worries, no stress, cheap. You can always go back and renew your vows once you get your life in order financially.
31 Jul 2006, 01:02 PM
Dolemite

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

I dont mean to hate, but why are you gonna go and save money for a fucking wedding?

Weddings are like $25,000 nowadays.

And that's for a average/cheap one. A friend of a friend recently blew $60,000 on his wedding. And not because he could afford it, but because that's what his bloodsucking twat of a wife wanted, coupled with the fact that he's stupid.

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You should be saving for a house and get married at the courthouse. Yea, its not what she wants but shes not the one living at her mom's.

Agreed.

You're supposed to be starting your life together and how do you do it? By blowing thousands and thousands of dollars on useless shit like diamond rings and cheesy, annoying parties. That's money that could be put to far, far greater use.
31 Jul 2006, 01:18 PM
Beefy Hits

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Originally Posted by perkyskirt

Try to hire someone to take professional photos. I work in a photo lab and that crap where you give people disposible cameras just ends in in you having to pay a load of money for terrible pictures. Out of ten cameras someone drops off only about one rolls worth come out decent.

Seconded. We get people dropping off 10+ rolls at a time and they give the kids the cameras and they end up looking like shit (blurry, dark,etc.)

I've slept in a many an inflatable bed, and the best one I've seen lately is one that is sold at CostCo. It's not necessarily an inflatable bed, but more of a foam matress bed that lays on the floor. Most comfortable I've ever slept in. Only costs $30 too.
31 Jul 2006, 04:24 PM
Rumpy

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Originally Posted by animegirl

That is about what we want to spend on our wedding. It is going to have about 200 guests but we are going to get married at the base chapel. I heard that professional photos are like crazy expensive so we might get regular photos taken. I also wanted to have an open bar at the reception but god knows how much that will cost. We have the money for it though, we will be able to pay it right off thanks to reenlistment bonuses. Where are you guys registering, I might send something your way! :D

It costs a lot of money to feed 200 people.
01 Aug 2006, 02:45 AM
Tones

It also costs a lot to serve drinks to that many people. My cousin's wedding had an open bar for about 80-100 people, and they spent about $1k on drinks alone.

My sister's wedding, which was earlier this year, had the same amount of people and beer/wine, but the location did not have beer on tap, so we had to supply our own. I'm guessing that my dad bought about $500 in beer and wine, and he probably still had four or five bottles of wine and the same number of cases of beer left over at the end of the night.
01 Aug 2006, 03:01 AM
Josh

Lol @ marrage. suckers.
01 Aug 2006, 01:37 PM
animegirl

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

It costs a lot of money to feed 200 people.

Not if I make it a potluck! Air Force people are good for that kinda thing.
01 Aug 2006, 01:55 PM
Geen

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Originally Posted by animegirl

Not if I make it a potluck!

A potluck! That's genius! I need to run that past my fiancee and see what she thinks.
01 Aug 2006, 02:28 PM
Melf

I don't understand why you guys think you need to refinance your house to have a good wedding. I got married in '99 and had:

- full Catholic ceremony at a cathedral
- full reception with 105 guests, two-course meal with two different menu selections, dessert, professional photographer, and DJ.
- Rings, wedding package (tux, dress, decorations, invitations)
- Air-conditioned club with tables, chairs, china, and waiters.

Total: $5200

Mind you, we did this while my wife was finishing her BA and I my MA. Four years later we own our own home, and the wedding's completely paid off.

If weddings in the U.S. cost what you guys are saying, I don't know how the hell anyone gets married there. Fuck that.
01 Aug 2006, 02:36 PM
Tones

I think it usually starts with a modest budget, but oftentimes the bride-to-be runs wild and buys a lot of really stupid shit. It really doesn't help that there are shows like "Bridezillas" which condone this behavior.
01 Aug 2006, 02:38 PM
Yoshi

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Originally Posted by Josh

Lol @ marrage. suckers.

IBTN
01 Aug 2006, 05:38 PM
kingoffighters

What Diff said. We did that but my wife's parents insisted on a wedding. So I made a deal, they will pay for it, and we will try to recuperate the wedding from money gifts. We got lucky and the $$ covered the wedding. But it is a chinese banquet wedding so it is much much cheaper than a traditional wedding with church+reception party afterwards.
02 Aug 2006, 03:03 AM
animegirl

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Originally Posted by Tones

I think it usually starts with a modest budget, but oftentimes the bride-to-be runs wild and buys a lot of really stupid shit. It really doesn't help that there are shows like "Bridezillas" which condone this behavior.

Well, luckily I am not that kinda chick. The only thing I am insisiting on is having a open bar. I hate dry receptions. I will rent my dress, I am only wearing it once anyways.

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