The whinge thread

[gill216]

I got married in Colchester Registry office with only my BiL and Sil as guests and witnesses. Then we had fish and chips and went to the local Irish pub for a couple of drinks. As it was our second wedding to each other all the surnames on my marriage certificate are the same! No dressing up either. Great day.

[Wulfruna]

What a super story - second time round must be really special......

In the sixties, I made my own wedding dress (which I still think looked fabulous!) as well as my sister's bridesmaid's dress. My Mum made the wedding cake and my Dad iced it superbly. Even so a reception for 50 guests was quite expensive - but at least we didn't have to throw in an extra evening party for masses of friends as well.....
No wonder people are so frightened of getting married these days, when the expectations are so high - they get confused into thinking that you can't be properly married if you haven't spent thousands on a "wedding".

[clvrlad]

we were going down the registry + do in a local workman's club route
until i started looking at different venues in the area i somehow got her thinking and she surprised her self and me by wanting the big wedding in a posh place...
so thousands of pounds it is
and years of "freedom" till we save up

[Bunnylump]

Clvrlad - consider the "doing it on a Friday" option. That pretty much halved the cost of the venue. Also, afternoon tea (which was the option K wanted) was not only lovely, and a bit different, but far less than a massive meal. Our feeling was that as long as people were TOLD what to expect catering wise, then that was fair play.

[Bunnylump]

Marks and Spencer.



Someone explain to me why they might think it was a good idea to have a lovely dress on a mannequin in the store, which they didn't have ANY of? And then, they have e mailed me with a "20% off this weekend" voucher with a lovely jumper on the front page, yet when you search through the 400+ jumpers, they haven't got any of those either? I rang a very nice girl from M and S to query this. She said

"I know exactly which one you mean, because I've just done the same thing. Unfortunately it is completely out of stock in every size."

FFS. They might as well just say

"Hey look what we made! But you can't have one so ner ner ner!"

[Bunnylump]

Microsoft.

I have a new laptop, and was trying to install Microsoft office, which has just cost us a cool £120

"Please enter your product key."
Done.

"In order to proceed you need to log into your Microsoft Account. If you don't have one, please create one."

"Enter your e mail address" Done. "Enter your password." Done. "Retype your password." Done. "Log into your account." Enter e mail address." Done (again) "Enter your password." Done. "Cannot access your account, invalid. "

FFS

"Can't access your account?" Click here to reset your password. We'll e mail you."
Done.
E mail received.
"Click on this to verify your password."
Done.
"Please log into your account."
"Enter your e mail address and password."
Done.
"Invalid. "
Reset password?

AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH

FOUR times I tried this, four times no luck.

Logged out in disgust and had a cup of coffee.

Went back into Microsoft website again.
"Welcome, Hazel, you are logged into your account."

Well how the heck did I manage to do that when you told me to change four passwords and refused me access because it was "invalid"????

"Enter your pass key"
Done.
"You need to log in to your Microsoft account."

BUT I AM LOGGED IN. YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT YOU STUPID COMPUTER.

"Click to install Microsoft Office."

But a moment ago you told me that I was logged in and then I wasn't. Apparently now I am. Again.

It's a good job that the "access a real human" button wasn't available, because murder was about to be committed...

[LAT]

There's Microsoft for you!