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Posted on 8/14/24 at 4:23 pm to OU Guy
Posted on 8/14/24 at 4:23 pm to OU Guy
My niece, an Oklahoma St grad, and her husband a Texas tech grad had their wedding in Dallas during the red river rivalry. Literally during game time…. fricking pathetic and expected….
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Posted on 8/14/24 at 4:35 pm to OU Guy
We have gotten SECCG tix every year since 92. Our company decided in the mid 90s to start doing a Christmas party. Our plant manager was from the Bronx. He comes up one day and says the Christmas party will be Dec 2. About 10 of us said we won’t be there. He said why, we said that’s the day of the SECCG. He was like, it’s just a football game. Yea, ok. He kept scheduling it that Saturday because NO ONE else had their parties that day so all kinds of places were available and a lot of managers wouldn’t be there except when Bama wasn’t playing. Finally, one year Bama was playing Florida again and I said, meh, we probably need to go this years party. We’re all mingling around, dj is playing music and someone comes in and says hey, they’ve got the game on in a ballroom next door on a projection screen. Out of a hundred people there were like 10 left at the party. He was pissed. He scolded us managers on Monday and one manager finally said dude, DONT schedule it that day. Schedule it the next week. He says no places are available any other Saturday in December but that day. We said reserve the place in January for like the 3rd sat in December. He finally got the picture and started reserving the place for the 3rd Saturday in December. No problems since.
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Posted on 8/14/24 at 5:56 pm to OU Guy
My ex-wife was a wedding planner in the mid-80s. She once had a wedding where the bride was from Alabama and the groom from Auburn. It was a regular romeo/juliet thing with both families seeing the wedding as a betrayal.
The bride and groom decided to unify their families to schedule their wedding to coincide with kickoff of the Iron Bowl. You know how that worked out, right?
The reception following the wedding was a disaster. Each family brought a TV into the reception room and tuned to the game. Alabama at one end of the hall and Auburn at the other. The poor bride and groom were left standing in the middle. The bride was in tears.
I do not know if the couple is still married.
The bride and groom decided to unify their families to schedule their wedding to coincide with kickoff of the Iron Bowl. You know how that worked out, right?
The reception following the wedding was a disaster. Each family brought a TV into the reception room and tuned to the game. Alabama at one end of the hall and Auburn at the other. The poor bride and groom were left standing in the middle. The bride was in tears.
I do not know if the couple is still married.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 8:23 pm to RktCtySooner
That dumbass bride and groom deserved it. What were they thinking?
Posted on 8/15/24 at 3:06 am to memphisRebel
I'm getting married on October 19th.
Ole Miss has a bye week. The Saints play on Thursday night which perfectly lines up with my bachelor's event that's mainly comprised of my fantasy football league. I'm very lucky.
Ole Miss has a bye week. The Saints play on Thursday night which perfectly lines up with my bachelor's event that's mainly comprised of my fantasy football league. I'm very lucky.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:02 am to pankReb
Congratulations
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:14 am to terriblegreen
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I ain't fricking attending.
I'd attend if able, but don't complain when half the audience has their phones out and ear buds in.
Our Brigade commander scheduled an awesome leaders/couple retreat in Waikiki on the day of the 2012 SEC CG. Needless to say, not a lot of men in the room were listening to the Chaplain's message, but he was getting a lot of spirited reactions throughout.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:21 am to Hback
quote:Zero problem with game days. But, if you schedule something for opening day of deer season, my non-regrets are already in your inbox.
Scheduling family or related events on football gamedays
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:36 am to BevoBucks
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opening day of deer season, my non-regrets are already in your inbox.
I'd add turkey season, as well. Sometimes you really have to look at the calendar and not be selfish.
That said, I agree with Landmass. Weddings are antiquated and a waste of money that a new couple could put to much better use in starting their lives together. Justice of the Peace, nice lunch or dinner with immediate family and close friends, reasonable honeymoon, and bank the rest for their future. That is the way to go.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:40 am to OU Guy
Someone should tell “Fred”, the person who actually skips the wedding is merely doing something 80% of the other guests would like to do. That doesn’t make him immature. It makes the self-centered couple who needed all the ‘tention on a fall Saturday childish turds.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:57 am to Landmass
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Congratulations
I'd like to think this is regarding lucking out on the Bye week.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 7:14 am to OU Guy
Well we got married on a Saturday in September. BUT State played the 11A game that day (TBS) and our Wedding was at 6P so all was good. Watched the game while I recovered from my hangover from the night before. Was in good shape by the time the Wedding came about.
Oh by the way State won as well…made the day even better…still have a VHS tape of the game…
So it can be done. Just have to use a wee bit of common sense.
PS last fall we had BD party for one of our grandchildren on a Saturday morning and then went to the State game that night.
Oh by the way State won as well…made the day even better…still have a VHS tape of the game…
So it can be done. Just have to use a wee bit of common sense.
PS last fall we had BD party for one of our grandchildren on a Saturday morning and then went to the State game that night.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 8:11 am to OU Guy
Our niece scheduled her wedding on a football Saturday and so many people told her they would have to be late or early depending on UGAs schedule she changed her mind. It hurt her feelings terribly but its simply not done. Best to plan marital relations, if a child is a possibility, around football season in the south, otherwise you may have to miss a child's birthday and thats not something one should do if they can plan around football season ahead of time...
Posted on 8/15/24 at 9:39 am to OU Guy
That's a perfectly logical and responsible thing to do, and I'm being 100% serious. Induce when you have the most available time and attention to dedicate to the youngins.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 11:44 am to OU Guy
Many, many years ago my fiancé and I were venue shopping and finally found what she wanted. Had one date open in October. It was the crazy part of wedding planning and middle of summer so football hadn’t yet registered. Get back home and sleep, then start looking at what the hell id signed up for. FML. About the only luck I had in my first marriage was when I called the guy and swapped the first Saturday in October for the second (bye week) without paying any extra.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 11:53 am to AwgustaDawg
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Our niece scheduled her wedding on a football Saturday and so many people told her they would have to be late or early depending on UGAs schedule she changed her mind. It hurt her feelings terribly but its simply not done. Best to plan marital relations, if a child is a possibility, around football season in the south, otherwise you may have to miss a child's birthday and thats not something one should do if they can plan around football season ahead of time...
Exactly. Its not just the year of marriage, every anniversary will fall in football season. And same for kids and planning. Football season is the time to make babies not deliver them lol
Posted on 8/15/24 at 12:40 pm to OU Guy
I’ve probably become a black sheep in the eyes of the in laws. For some reason they thought I wouldn’t mind missing Tennessee vs Florida
Posted on 8/15/24 at 6:49 pm to Hback
My wife faked going into contractions during the Orange Bowl pregame back in the day...
I'm still plotting how to pay her back for that one.
I'm still plotting how to pay her back for that one.
Posted on 8/16/24 at 1:53 am to OU Guy
That's pretty pathetic to worry about if there is a game when planning your life.
I remember doing that in my 20s, but now?
Pathetic.
I remember doing that in my 20s, but now?
Pathetic.
Posted on 8/16/24 at 5:04 am to WG_Dawg
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never. you're an adult, make your own choices. if you don' want to go to your sister's cousin's friend's 3rd wedding then don't. I've missed weddings, funerals, etc. for football games and don't regret it.
Agreed. I skipped out on a cousins wedding to see UGA loose to LSU thanks to a bs celebrating penalty on AJ Greene. Took some shite from family. No regrets. They were divorced in 5 years so I was right all along.
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