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PinkSoxHat
12/16/08

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Hint for anyone not engaged yet. When you get engaged, set up a dummy gmail account, and only give that to the knot, and vendors, and everything else. That way the million wedding emails you get every week don't interfere with your actual email, and when you're married, you just can never check the email again.
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Little Time Bomb
12/16/08

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I had an account on the knot for an engagement that did not result in a wedding. This was years and e-mail addresses ago. While I ended up having the elopement of my dreams 3 years ago without the knot's help, I still get a ton of their junk mail. Surely after 5-6 years of inactivity they should should take my address off their mailing list and stop sending me their various wedding guides random getting married magazines? That alone should save them some cash.
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SillyRed
12/17/08

Clearly they think you're never going to give up on the dream of the "perfect huge wedding" that all of us "girls" want.

Elopements rule! (Excluding Spidey's)
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Little Time Bomb
12/17/08

@SillyRed: Having watched many an awesome woman lose her mind while she planned a wedding it became the only option for me. We had no stress and a wonderful day I'd elope all over again.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
12/16/08

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FWIW, theknot is a great resource for planning any event, not just a wedding. If wedding aren't your thing, fine. But let's not forget the WIC employs many folks, mostly women. Unemplyment sucks. Period.
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PinkSoxHat
12/16/08

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Serious question, any recommendations for another free wedding website? I was just about to give our address to everyone.
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KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins
12/16/08

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Damn. I liked reading their hysterical message boards.

"OMG! What am I gonna do about my bridesmaids bobby pins/shoes/tan lines/neck fat??!?!?!"
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Bunsen Honeydew
12/16/08

@KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: "But how will I ever find out how other women have politely asked their best friend to step down as maid of honor because she's pregnant? I only liked her for 20 years before this because she WASN'T a fatty. But now that she's all knocked up, I want to ask my hot, but not as hot as me co-worker from my new job instead. I need you, theknot.com message board!"
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scullymurphy
12/16/08

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For those of you with accounts on theknot.com hie yourselves over to Indiebride.com's message board; Kvetch. You will find many great ideas from women much more like-minded (if you are a Jezebelle) than those on the Knot.
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Maritsa
12/16/08

@scullymurphy: Yes, I belonged to Indiebride when I got married 5 1/2 years ago. The boards are so so so much better.
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Jello Mix
12/16/08

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I avoided the Knot like the plague while planning my wedding. Of course, since we had the reception at Dave & Buster's, I'm pretty sure I wasn't their target demographic to begin with.
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funnyface
12/16/08

@jello_mix: Ooh, sounds like an awesome reception! My non-knot wedding featured BBQ and karaoke.
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funnyface
12/16/08

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I feel like there is an "afraid knot" pun to be made here.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
12/16/08

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'Us' meaning readers, by the bye.
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PinkSoxHat
12/16/08

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As long as you stay away from the message boards, the Knot is really helpful for planning a wedding. They have tons of pictures, a checklist (half of which are so unnecessary), and the wedding websites for getting info out.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
12/16/08

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'Looking for skilled interns.'

What a horrid, shitty sentence and what a bleak, crappy future for skilled employees. And you know who's going to suffer (besides the employees who remain and have to act like they're grateful to be stuck doing the work of all their fired colleagues)? Us. Three j-school grads do not one qualified writer make. Nothing against interns, but they're there to learn, not to be unpaid scabs.
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funnyface
12/16/08

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I managed to plan a wedding without the help of The Knot. I imagine millions of others can and will do the same. Sorry for folks losing their jobs though. Unemployment sucks. I'm baking my own birthday cake right now, and my wish when I blow out my candles will be for a job. I'll say a wish for the Knot staffers as well.
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hellosunshine
12/16/08

@funnyface: Hey, are you in Dallas? Am I totally making that up? PM me if you are, I've got some recruiter connections!
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bluebears
12/16/08

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dammit! perfectly good work-porn down the tubes. and what of my imaginary couple I created to gain access, what about Gail and Dan!!!!!
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d.margaret
12/16/08

@bluebears: dan will be fine but gail is FREAKING out!
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bluebears
12/16/08

@dorothy.margaret: you know what? she'll just pop a xan or 3. it's all good.
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Bunsen Honeydew
12/16/08

@bluebears: "Julie" and "Roger". I only do it so I can snop on the wedding pages of people I went to high school with, and judge them for their crappy taste in everyday stoneware dishes on their registry. Oh and I like to look at the cakes.

I sure will miss Julie. Roger's kind of a dick though, good riddance.
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mellowpsittacus
12/16/08

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Oh noes!

I actually (blush) have an account there... getting married in May... I like their to do checklist, but seriously I am not a fan of their 15 a day spam mails from their "partners"--not only macys, but liberty travel, david's bridal (I think??), and of course the knot dot com SHOP!!!

Grumble.
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RainbowBrite
12/16/08

@mellowpsittacus: Haha I have an account too, but wisely used my old college email address so I don't get the daily emails.

I have to say, it's actually pretty useful for stuff. For isntance, I printed out tons of pictures of flowers to show my florist examples of what I want. Not to mention the personal websites as a convenient way of disseminating registry information!

I can't believe I just defended theknot.com
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la_phantom_lady
12/16/08

@mellowpsittacus: I was on the knot constantly when I was engaged. found our photographer through them and even some valuable info from the chat room. BUT there was also a big Milwaukee clique that were all married and still on there ridiculing others and general bullying. after our wedding I was out of there.
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thecameralovesyou
12/16/08

@mellowpsittacus: See I signed up in my "just got engaged" excitement (mostly cause I wanted the checklist/countdown) and then didn't use it for anything. And now I've been married for 3 weeks, and am still getting the spam and shit. I'm such a sucker.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
12/16/08

@la_phantom_lady: Man, that kind of makes me want to lurk on the forums and check out the craziness. And I'm not even into wedding shit!
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PinkSoxHat
12/16/08

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: I use them as a reference for my fiancee of how sane I really am.
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hellosunshine
12/16/08

@mellowpsittacus: I have an account. When one of my besties got married, she asked me to do it as a favor so I could help her plan.

For the love, I do not need constant reminders that Boyfriend does not want to propose, alright?

(still crabby.)
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
12/16/08

@PinkSoxHat: Ha, I once found a copy of The Rules in an op shop, and terrorised my boyfriend by emailing him little tidbits of its advice until he begged me to stop. The book is now a long-running injoke for us, but only after my boyfriend made me promise in all seriousness to never, ever follow any of the book's psycho instructions.
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duetoprivacy
12/16/08

@hellodarling!: My boyfriend told me today he wanted to propose. But now...it looks like that isn't gonna happen thanks to the shit my mom said to me about our horrible finacial situation that I tearfully and regrettably passed on to him... now he never wants to talk to my mom again and doesn't even think he wants to marry me anymore ( I hope hes just upset and will get over it)
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hellosunshine
12/16/08

@duetoprivacy: Gah!!! Sugar, I'm so sorry! I mean... I guess, my thought is, if he'll propose, he'll just do it. My man isn't a fan of my mama, which kills me because if I have to choose between my man and my mama, mama wins. Hang in there, baby, talk to him about it. Just don't settle like I've been doing, okay?
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Crabby Cakes
12/16/08

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MY GOD, where will the Bridezillas find their Disney Princess Dresses?
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BlondeGrlz
12/16/08

@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: Don't panic, iVillage is alive and well.
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whats_in_a_name
12/16/08

@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: They'll just have to wait till the big mouse herself has a yard sale. Or I'm sure a lot of them end up on ebay or craigslist after the previous owners find out they should have spent more time worrying about the marriage instead of the wedding.
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