Board 8 > How messed up is it if you get invited to a wedding as a groomsmen...

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Menji76
08/10/11 9:40:00 PM
#1:


And then the Groom expects you to pay for the tuxedo?



Like... originally he said he was paying for them and now we have to. I almost don't want to go anymore.

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SmartMuffin
08/10/11 9:41:00 PM
#2:


Dude, weddings are expensive. He has enough to pay for. Man up!

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Tom Bombadil
08/10/11 9:41:00 PM
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I was under the impression that this is pretty common.

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Menji76
08/10/11 9:42:00 PM
#4:


Oh wtf this is the norm?

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DCousGerbil
08/10/11 9:42:00 PM
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Just buy a T-shirt with a tux on the front. I'm sure nobody will notice.

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Silvercross
08/11/11 12:28:00 AM
#6:


All my groomsmen paid for their own tuxes, although, I'm sure I would have helped out if they couldn't afford it.

Thankfully, they're employed and could afford $100 for the most important day of my life *hint hint*.

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Raka_Putra
08/11/11 12:33:00 AM
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Just buy them used from Bangladesh or something.

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Princess Anri
08/11/11 12:41:00 AM
#8:


My best friends just got married and I was the best man.

Our tuxes were $175.

It sucks but unless you are easily replaceable in this wedding, it's a dick move to not go because of the tux.

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StealThisSheen
08/11/11 12:57:00 AM
#9:


How are you a groomsman if you're considering not even going to his wedding just to avoid paying for a tux.

Like, how few friends does he have that you made that list, somehow.



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Menji76
08/11/11 1:46:00 AM
#10:


By that I mean just go but not as a groomsmen. And he's only having three so I'm GOOD friends with him. But now that I know this is the norm I'm not so irritated... just a little inconvenienced.

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SmartMuffin
08/11/11 6:17:00 AM
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Also, uh, you ARE planning on dropping at least that much at the bachelor party as well, aren't you?

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Bran_Stark
08/11/11 7:43:00 AM
#12:


What the hell is a "groomsman?"

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Raka_Putra
08/11/11 7:44:00 AM
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It's like bridesmaid, only male.

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Bran_Stark
08/11/11 10:44:00 AM
#14:


Whatever happened to a "best man?"

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LeonhartFour
08/11/11 10:46:00 AM
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From: Bran_Stark | #014
Whatever happened to a "best man?"


There's only one of those.

He is also a groomsman.

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muddersmilk
08/11/11 10:47:00 AM
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Like how the Maid of Honor is still a bridesmaid.

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Bran_Stark
08/11/11 10:52:00 AM
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Is this some sort of new beta bulls*** thing? The man adopting some female tradition? Cause I've never seen it before.

"Oh look, all my beta ass friends will be beta sad if they aren't my alpha best man so I better do the beta thing and have 'groomsmen.'"

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LeonhartFour
08/11/11 10:53:00 AM
#18:


Have you ever been to a wedding?

You have a groomsman for each bridesmaid.

The best man accompanies the maid of honor down the aisle. The other groomsmen get stuck with who's left.

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KimPilgrim
08/11/11 10:55:00 AM
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From: Bran_Stark | #017
Is this some sort of new beta bulls*** thing? The man adopting some female tradition? Cause I've never seen it before.

"Oh look, all my beta ass friends will be beta sad if they aren't my alpha best man so I better do the beta thing and have 'groomsmen.'"


This is literally how it's always worked.

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TheOceIot
08/11/11 10:56:00 AM
#20:


DCousGerbil posted...
Just buy a T-shirt with a tux on the front. I'm sure nobody will notice.

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WazzupGenius00
08/11/11 10:56:00 AM
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From: Bran_Stark | #017
Is this some sort of new beta bulls*** thing? The man adopting some female tradition? Cause I've never seen it before.

"Oh look, all my beta ass friends will be beta sad if they aren't my alpha best man so I better do the beta thing and have 'groomsmen.'"


looks like someone has literally never been invited to a wedding

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RPGLord95
08/11/11 11:01:00 AM
#22:


Not as messed up as being a groomsman when you have slept with the bride

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Blulum
08/11/11 11:01:00 AM
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Weddings in general confuse me, how are we still stuck on tribal ceremonies in a modern western civilization? I mean it's good that we at least evolved past cutting other peoples hearts out and offering it to the gods so the sun will rise the next day, but it's amusing when you consider how little progress we've made in social customs beyond an obvious thing like that.

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Viktor Vaughn
08/11/11 11:01:00 AM
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let me assert with cartoonishly aggressive overconfidence my comical lack of knowledge regarding this matter

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neonreaper
08/11/11 11:15:00 AM
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Blulum posted...
Weddings in general confuse me, how are we still stuck on tribal ceremonies in a modern western civilization? I mean it's good that we at least evolved past cutting other peoples hearts out and offering it to the gods so the sun will rise the next day, but it's amusing when you consider how little progress we've made in social customs beyond an obvious thing like that.

I think this is "irony"

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colliding
08/11/11 11:21:00 AM
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Bran_Stark, u dumb man, u real dumb
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CeraSeptem
08/11/11 11:38:00 AM
#27:


I dropped out of being a groomsman for this exact reason.

Well, not the "he won't pay" but more the "at the time I could not" variety.

Best decision I ever made. Weddings ****ing suck.

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Menji76
08/11/11 6:07:00 PM
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From: SmartMuffin | #017
Also, uh, you ARE planning on dropping at least that much at the bachelor party as well, aren't you?


I'm not the best man. I'm not in charge of any of that.

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RyokIes
08/11/11 6:09:00 PM
#29:


weddings are awesome. where else can i where a dress and get drunk and do the electric slide?!

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SmartMuffin
08/11/11 6:14:00 PM
#30:


I'm not the best man. I'm not in charge of any of that.

You don't have to be in charge! Any good friend will buy his bro a few drinks and lapdances at his bachelor party!1

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Gwindor
08/11/11 6:14:00 PM
#31:


A gentlemen would not scoff to own his own tuxedo.

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charmander6000
08/11/11 6:18:00 PM
#32:


A true gentlemen would already own a tuxedo.

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Forceful_Dragon
08/11/11 6:22:00 PM
#33:


This topic has a great many truths in it.

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RyokIes
08/11/11 6:23:00 PM
#34:


a true gentleman would always be wearing a tuxedo

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hockeydude15
08/11/11 6:26:00 PM
#35:


Menji76 posted...
From: SmartMuffin | #017
Also, uh, you ARE planning on dropping at least that much at the bachelor party as well, aren't you?
I'm not the best man. I'm not in charge of any of that.


Generally the best man sets it up but all of the groomsmen pay for it/make sure the groom pays for nothing and has a damn good time.

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GANON1025
08/11/11 6:27:00 PM
#36:


You don't already own a tuxedo?

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Forceful_Dragon
08/11/11 6:27:00 PM
#37:


RyokIes posted...
a true gentleman would always be wearing a tuxedo

Or at least a suit!

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Jeff Zero
08/11/11 6:31:00 PM
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I wear a tuxedo literally 24/7/365

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Lockes Ragnarok
08/11/11 6:37:00 PM
#39:


I paid for my tux when I was a groomsman. No way in hell I wouldn't have either, the groom had already spent thousands on the wedding. And it's not everyday you get to wear a tux and protect kegs all night while getting blackout drunk!

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Not Dave
08/11/11 6:38:00 PM
#40:


Bran_Stark posted...
Is this some sort of new beta bulls*** thing? The man adopting some female tradition? Cause I've never seen it before.

"Oh look, all my beta ass friends will be beta sad if they aren't my alpha best man so I better do the beta thing and have 'groomsmen.'"


i plan to never read a post by this user again

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XIII_rocks
08/11/11 6:41:00 PM
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what

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Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer
08/11/11 6:45:00 PM
#42:


From: Bran_Stark | #017
Is this some sort of new beta bulls*** thing? The man adopting some female tradition? Cause I've never seen it before.

"Oh look, all my beta ass friends will be beta sad if they aren't my alpha best man so I better do the beta thing and have 'groomsmen.'"


holy **** what is up this guy's ass and why is he so ignorant to wedding traditions

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Wanglicious
08/11/11 6:50:00 PM
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if you couldn't tell, it's an alt.
must be contest season.

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AsurasKordoth
08/11/11 6:50:00 PM
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Bran's a cranky cripple so nobody has ever invited him to a wedding, please excuse him.

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whatisurnameplz
08/11/11 6:55:00 PM
#45:


From: CeraSeptem | #027
I dropped out of being a groomsman for this exact reason.

Well, not the "he won't pay" but more the "at the time I could not" variety.

Best decision I ever made. Weddings ****ing suck.


Correction: all the weddings YOU go to suck.

edit: And Bran's an idiot.

I'm not making fun of him. He lacks enough intelligence to qualify as one. This is a fact.

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The Raven 2
08/11/11 6:57:00 PM
#46:


My best man and groomsman both paid for their tuxes and they both knew they were doing that ahead of time (best man was getting one anyway for his major at UNC/future career, and the groomsman rented his).

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CeraSeptem
08/11/11 10:21:00 PM
#47:


no sorry weddings just actually suck

Receptions are okay I guess, but the wedding part is godawful boring crap

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foolm0ron
08/11/11 10:28:00 PM
#48:


This is why I'm having my wedding on Second Life

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LeonhartFour
08/11/11 10:33:00 PM
#49:


I own a Phoenix Wright suit.

I just need to get a tie that matches, and I'll be golden.

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tcaz2
08/11/11 10:34:00 PM
#50:


I have to agree, weddings always suck.

I've been to like a billion of them (4 14+ year older siblings + a bunch of cousins AND my family ran a photography business for over a decade that often got contracted to shoot weddings so I ended up going to a lot of those), and never once had fun.

But then I'm an anti-social, cynical ass so yeah that probably has something to do with it.

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