Hi, dear
I'm not sure about my day. Upset stomach again, I couldn't even have tea yesterday, and I'm not hungry today... I hope it's just stress.

I don't know who I would kill... it depends on the day. Lately a lot of them are being very annoying. Right now, my sister is winning the tournament, with her stupid questions, as if I had nothing else to do than convincing her to come to my wedding.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:11, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Your family need a good slap.

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:20, Reply)

My mother has started slapping people
metaphorically. Last time she was asked, again, "Why in Tenerife, and why in January? It's so far..." Instead of replying with the polite "Well, it was the date that best suited them, and we all live here..." and all that stuff, she came back with a "Well, it's her wedding, she does it as she wants. When you get married, you do it as you want". Well said there.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Nice!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:25, Reply)

I was very proud of my mother there
and that doesn't happen very often.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:26, Reply)

I'd rather go to Tenerife for a wedding
than my mrs' sister's wedding which is at 11am on a fucking Thursday.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:29, Reply)

That's awful
the fact that she's asking everyone to take the day off so she can save a few pounds.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:33, Reply)

yeah
the way they are organising their wedding couldn't be more different to the way we are.

she's completely daft.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:34, Reply)

And I'm sure you're still going
without complaining every single day about how much it's going to cost you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:41, Reply)

I am
but I'm not happy about it.

It's going to be tasteless though, so will only make my wedding look better by comparison.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:47, Reply)

That's a good way of looking at it
So, I imagine she's inviting for lunch, and then go home early, as you all have to work on Friday?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:51, Reply)

I think it's the Thursday before Easter
so at least we don't have to take the Friday off.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:52, Reply)

She's well considerate, then
I don't know why you're complaining.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I still have to take the Thursday off
and starting it at 11am will make for a very long day

we are having our ceremony at 3pm.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 10:00, Reply)

I know
It was sarcasm. Of course it's crap to ask everybody to take a day off.

We are starting ours between 5pm and 7pm, I'm not sure yet.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 10:16, Reply)

I thought you'd be used to stupid questions by now.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:21, Reply)

Not quite
And my sister's question was a bit too much:

"Plane tickets are so expensive... Do you mind if I don't go to the wedding?"

That's after my mother offered paying the tickets for her.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:25, Reply)

I don't think you should ever have to 'convince' anyone to come to your wedding
They should be proud to be invited
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:24, Reply)

^This

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:26, Reply)

You would think so, wouldn't you?
As my mother was talking with a friend, if you are invited to a wedding and can't go, you just say you're sorry, you can't go. What you don't do is starting questioning the place and date, and saying all the time that you don't know and have to think about it, because it's soooooo far...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I'm sure there's a Spanish saying involving donkeys that explains your family frustrations.
If not, could you make one up?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:41, Reply)

We have something, yes
The honey wasn't made for the mouth of the ass; which means that good things aren't for stupid people who can't appreciate them. In a similar way, we say "don't feed daisys to the pigs"
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Haha! I like that.
I'm going to use it.
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Feel free
We love our sayings. We can have whole conversations just using them. I don't know if you've heard "La Tortura" with Shakira and Alejandro Sanz, but they basically speak to each other using sayings for almost the whole song.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I knew it!
I love spanish sayings involving donkeys. Can I make one up?

"If you invite donkeys to your wedding, be prepared to shovel some shit"
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Hahaha
That's very good! I must translate it onto something that rhymes and use it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:52, Reply)

When you use it, pretend that it's an ancient saying from the heartland of Spain
not something some English bloke made up on the internet
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I might have to replace the word wedding then
for something more general. We never use specifics, just general ideas. Something like If you invite donkeys to your house, be prepared to shovel some shit.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 9:57, Reply)

That's the one!
Awesome! I invented a Spanish saying. I expect to have it said to me by wise old spanish men in a few years time.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 10:04, Reply)