You know what really grinds my gears?

[Penicks]

you're just mad and jealous because you're never going to have such a perfect wedding

[from_musings]

i don't support it either, i just felt like watching a six hour long broadcast

also, it was with my girlfriend's mum so that's +10 charming points

what are you gonna do with all those points? they're worth nothing

[Variable]

oh i beg to differ. My girlfriends moms let me cash in those points all the time. 

[bright lights, big city]

i don't support it either, i just felt like watching a six hour long broadcast

also, it was with my girlfriend's mum so that's +10 charming points

what are you gonna do with all those points? they're worth nothing

maybe she's a milf

[from_musings]

haha ok.. personally im not interested in moms but if you guys are thats more than fine.if i wanted a milf i would look for one in the first place. my girlfriend's parents dont like me and that has only affected my life for the better. my girl doesnt go there with me as often as she would like so I get her for myself and don't have to sit down and watch crap for six hours etc

[Variable]

Ha.  It's helped me in past relationships to suck up to the mom.  That way they aren't nagging at the daughter that you're a d-bag and they should break up with you.  Or they don't try to take up your girls time with family time on a friday night just to fuck with you or something. 

[poofing acid]

How can someone not see the value of scoring points with a girlfriends mom? 

[Variable]

Maybe his girl really hates her mom?

[blixa]

i watched the entire royal wedding

six hours long

haters are going to hate

The UK is facing austerity measures in the form of multi billion pound cuts in government services, and the Royal family decides to use 20 million pounds of tax payers dollars for a few hours that benefit society in no way whatsoever. Thats not being a hater, it's just common sense. I refuse to support that kind of behavior

yes, and they're going to make just as much money in tourism. i'm assuming correctly that shitloads of people actually went to england for the wedding and shitloads more will go after this wedding.

seriously, it technically should have been bigger and better. plus everyone loves a big wedding and i don't know about anyone else but it made me very very happy and i'm a big sook most of the time.

[Variable]

They did?  Or are going to?  And how will they ever actually figure that? But if the Royal Family wanted to be so noble, maybe they could have just used their OWN money?

[blixa]

during the telecast half of everyone that were being interviewed was american and canadian. i'm pretty confident they will pull large numbers in the tourism aspect, and as far as i heard the royal family did pay for a lot of things. i'm not sure what though. plus the shitloads of money that was donated to charity as wedding gifts. consider all that. i think people are fucking on too much about the cost. they are the royal family! seriously.

[Variable]

Mazzy my dear,

I don't doubt that you probably have a very good reason for believing all of this.  It actually surprised me a bit that you were on the opposite side of this, so there must be a good reason for you being ok with all of it.  I do not mean to be argumentative with you.

It occurred to me that they could make some money off DVD sales, broadcasting rights, advertisement etc etc.  Although, for some reason, tourism actually never did cross my mind.  Either way, if you take the profits made from the wedding (assuming there are any) and add 20 million pounds (which is what the tax payers paid) thats 20 million more pounds for the tax payers if the Royal family wouldn't have charged the tax payers at all, but used 100% private money instead.

I mean, they actually brought troops home from Afghanistan to hold security for this.  WTF kind of message does that send to the kid who just got his legs blown off about how important his mission is?  You know what I'm saying? 

[lukas989]

Yep - and thats it really...tourism - pretty much the only way they actually do have of making back any of the ridiculous sums they have splashed out on them on stuff like this.  Their roles are diminishing daily - and as a Scotsman whos a leaner towards independence, Im not a big fan.  All power to em enjoying their lives together and stuff, but I like my money, and need it much much much more than they do.  And beefeaters - what a stupid job that is.

[BillyNo.9]

Cinnamon, that shit burn if you get it in your eyes

[blixa]

Mazzy my dear,

I don't doubt that you probably have a very good reason for believing all of this.  It actually surprised me a bit that you were on the opposite side of this, so there must be a good reason for you being ok with all of it.  I do not mean to be argumentative with you.

It occurred to me that they could make some money off DVD sales, broadcasting rights, advertisement etc etc.  Although, for some reason, tourism actually never did cross my mind.  Either way, if you take the profits made from the wedding (assuming there are any) and add 20 million pounds (which is what the tax payers paid) thats 20 million more pounds for the tax payers if the Royal family wouldn't have charged the tax payers at all, but used 100% private money instead.

I mean, they actually brought troops home from Afghanistan to hold security for this.  WTF kind of message does that send to the kid who just got his legs blown off about how important his mission is?  You know what I'm saying? 

the thing that people don't understand is that the wedding could have been bigger and more expensive than what it was. it's not something new that they are charging tax payers for something like this. plus the majority of them got paid for their day off and a lot of companies offered workers three times their normal wage to work on that day. of course, just under 10% of workers got rorted and i'm sad for them but i'm looking at the bigger picture here. as far as i'm concerned, those troops got a nice day out being there for the wedding. i mean seriously, london>afghanistan. come on, trey. where would you rather be? not saying afghanistan isn't a beautiful country and that this war should be reduced to something trivial. i ain't! i'm just sayin' that maybe those troops kind of liked being there. i don't know. i'm just guessing.

and shiiiiit, if the australian government used my tax money to pay for oprah's visit then i'm not going to sit here and be mad that the poms had to pay for this damn wedding. at least the wedding was actually enjoyable to watch and shoot me if you want for this but i really like william and kate. THEIR LOVE MAKES ME HAPPY.

[bright lights, big city]

i really like william and kate. THEIR LOVE MAKES ME HAPPY.

well then you're not gonna like it when they get a royal divorce.

[Variable]

lol

[from_musings]

Ha.  It's helped me in past relationships to suck up to the mom.  That way they aren't nagging at the daughter that you're a d-bag and they should break up with you.  Or they don't try to take up your girls time with family time on a friday night just to fuck with you or something.  

it seems you had healthy relations with the parents and thats great, but I'm just not gonna suck up to the parents and do boring shit ,im not dating them.i've only got so much energy and i'm using it on the girl i love .im not ben stiller in "meet the parents" for gods sake.

if the girl in a situation like this says that the guy she's with makes her happy, then i think most parents tend to listen and take a step back if the guy isn't like dangerous for her.personally i'm pretty harmless. if they don't care about her feelings and choices, and instead just go after what they think and do anything to fuck with the guy,then they're selfish a-holes who destroys for their own daugther (i may sound selfish now, but geez)
but i have never met those,knock on wood.i'm sure they're out there, but mostly in movies.

i'm just saying, we dont have to watch garbage on tv for half a day and fool ourselves and others that we like it and then talk about useless points, we could use that time to spend it with the girl and she can then talk about us in some selling way and make the parents calm the fuck down.

How can someone not see the value of scoring points with a girlfriends mom?  

Could you elaborate on that please? did they pay for a trip to bahamas?

[chick de la lynch]

i really like william and kate. THEIR LOVE MAKES ME HAPPY.

well then you're not gonna like it when they get a royal divorce.

That made me giggle.

There should have been more Corgis involved in the Royal Wedding. That's all I'm saying.

[Variable]

If they really wanted to make some money in DVD sales, they would film the Royal conception of the next heir to the thrown.