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Since the Social Threads seem to have been done away with, this is the new home of the VS Social Thread. We talk about everything from VS to Express to Beauty to Coupons to Hot Deals...and of course, our personal lives.
Roll call! Let's get back to what we do!
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they are oos now. hope i got them!
... back to stalking clearance.
What to do........I want to try it! But that weird black stitching across the top is really distracting.
As you guys probably know, DBF has been suckered into being a GM at my friend's wedding, which he is still unhappy about. The "prices" came out for tuxedo rentals yesterday and he's been a sour puss ever since blaming me, etc...
Rental tuxedo is $150, not including taxes. He is saying that's the most he's ever had to pay for a rental for weddings. I think this would be the 4th or 5th he's standing up in for a guy he doesn't even really know. The first time he's doing it in CA, rest were in Midwest.
My understanding is that no budget was discussed and that number was just tossed out to him. I was telling him to tell the Groom that it's too expensive and they need to bring the price down because it's out of his budget (kind of like for the BMs and the stupid long time spent looking for a dumb dress).
Is that something he can do? Tell the Groom it's out of his budget? So they can find something more reasonable? My friend who is getting married is cheap, so I'm thinking that she doesn't care how much the guys pay because it's not out of her own pocket. The Groom isn't AS cheap as her, so maybe he doesn't care about cost? I'm understanding that from speaking to the Groom, he doesn't care about the wedding details and all the decisions are up to the Bride
I think DBF wouldn't care as much if it were his close friend, but because the Groom isn't, he's really flipping out. And it doesn't help that he actually bought a suit for a wedding for cheaper than the rental tux for this wedding. Le Sigh. I want to try to help alleviate that in some way or something...is there anything to be done?
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About the groomsmen - 150 is pretty standard as far as I'm concerned. There are sometimes coupons, esp if you go with either friar tux or men's wearhouse, whichever one is partnered with db. There are coupons - I got a lot of them, like 20 off each rental and rent 3 get one free or something. They usually make the groom the free one.
We didn't even do tuxes kuz I didn't think it was necessary. We had all the guys wear dark gray suits (they all had one and the colors were close enough that they looked the same) and I bought them shirts and ties from express. I didn't think it was worth paying for a tux rental for dh when we could buy him a nice suit with that money. We did foot the bill ourselves tho.
It seems unfair for the bride to skimp on stuff but make the groomsmen pay so much for their tuxes.
http://www.express.com/minus-the-...03e80068f7
About the groomsmen - 150 is pretty standard as far as I'm concerned. There are sometimes coupons, esp if you go with either friar tux or men's wearhouse, whichever one is partnered with db. There are coupons - I got a lot of them, like 20 off each rental and rent 3 get one free or something. They usually make the groom the free one.
We didn't even do tuxes kuz I didn't think it was necessary. We had all the guys wear dark gray suits (they all had one and the colors were close enough that they looked the same) and I bought them shirts and ties from express. I didn't think it was worth paying for a tux rental for dh when we could buy him a nice suit with that money. We did foot the bill ourselves tho.
It seems unfair for the bride to skimp on stuff but make the groomsmen pay so much for their tuxes.
Makes sense.
About the groomsmen - 150 is pretty standard as far as I'm concerned. There are sometimes coupons, esp if you go with either friar tux or men's wearhouse, whichever one is partnered with db. There are coupons - I got a lot of them, like 20 off each rental and rent 3 get one free or something. They usually make the groom the free one.
We didn't even do tuxes kuz I didn't think it was necessary. We had all the guys wear dark gray suits (they all had one and the colors were close enough that they looked the same) and I bought them shirts and ties from express. I didn't think it was worth paying for a tux rental for dh when we could buy him a nice suit with that money. We did foot the bill ourselves tho.
It seems unfair for the bride to skimp on stuff but make the groomsmen pay so much for their tuxes.
I think DBF is upset that his rental costs more than my dress. He also stood up in a wedding like what you guys did with the suits + tie + shirt. I think that's a real nice thing that you guys did. I, too, think tuxs are unnecessary.
I guess I'm reading on weddingbee and people are saying they were able to go to DTLA and get suits for less than $100 to keep. I kind of want to make that suggestion or something. $150 is steep for something you don't want to be apart of. I even told him to step down. They already lost a person and had to beg someone that said no to join. But at the rate this is going and at this point, I could care less. Just don't want DBF cranky at me.
I hear ya about the skimping on stuff for us BMs. They could probably foot some of that with the no MUA.
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