# Nuptuals off when friends decline to pay for $60,000 wedding **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391 "2018-08-28T02:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391/101 "2018-09-01T18:09:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391/102 "2018-09-01T19:30:46Z")
There is a large variety of versions of the second verse: > **[Daisy Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell)** > > "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" is a song written in 1892 by British songwriter Harry Dacre with the well-known chorus "Daisy, Daisy / Give me your answer, do. / I'm half crazy / all for the love of you", ending with the words "a bicycle built for two". The song is said to have been inspired by Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, one of the many mistresses of King Edward VII. It is the earliest song sung using computer speech synthesis by the IBM 704 in 1961, a feat that was reference "Dais... [http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiDAISYBL2;ttDAISYBEL.html](http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiDAISYBL2;ttDAISYBEL.html) > **[Daisy, Daisy - USA](https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=93)** > > Mama Lisa's World presents thousands of traditional kids songs from over a hundred countries and cultures! We also feature a major collection of Mother Goose Rhymes, global recipes, holiday traditions and lively conversations about childhood around... [http://www.metrolyrics.com/bicycle-built-for-two-version-2-lyrics-children.html](http://www.metrolyrics.com/bicycle-built-for-two-version-2-lyrics-children.html) I heard a version of this back in the late 1960’s. ---
**Author:** ![dakeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dakeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dakeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391/103 "2018-09-01T19:33:20Z")
The nerve of some people. It would have been fine if she had asked for a more reasonable contribution, like say $1499 ---
**Author:** ![Roy\_Batty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Roy\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roy_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391/104 "2018-09-03T01:14:52Z")
I don’t necessarily think this story is real. However, it brings up a good point about what I really hate about weddings: The gift list. I feel most weddings because I feel they’re all nothing more than gift grabs - i.e., the only reason people want you to go to a wedding is because of the gifts you’ll get them. However, if this story is real (unlikely, I know), then this entitled bitch expects her guests to pay $1,500 (minimum) for the “privilege” of attending her wedding?! Yeah, right. She can go fuck herself. Most marriages end in divorce anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391/105 "2018-09-03T02:52:24Z")
> [@Roy\_Batty](#): > > I don’t necessarily think this story is real. However, it brings up a good point about what I really hate about weddings: The gift list. I feel most weddings because I feel they’re all nothing more than gift grabs - i.e., the only reason people want you to go to a wedding is because of the gifts you’ll get them. > > However, if this story is real (unlikely, I know), then this entitled bitch expects her guests to pay $1,500 (minimum) for the “privilege” of attending her wedding?! Yeah, right. She can go fuck herself. > > Most marriages end in divorce anyway. This is the myth that refuses to die. > **[Divorce Statistics: How Many Marriages End in Divorce?](https://psychcentral.com/health/the-myth-of-the-high-rate-of-divorce)** > > More research is needed to determine divorce statistics within the first year of marriage. As of 2015, 22% of couples divorce within the first five years. > **[Why Everyone Was So Wrong About America's Alleged Divorce Rate](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/divorce-rate-50-percent_n_6396922)** > > Why Everyone Was So Wrong About America's Alleged Divorce Rate > **[Fifty Percent of American Marriages End in Divorce-Fiction!](https://www.truthorfiction.com/divorce/)** > > Fifty Percent of American Marriages Are Ending in Divorce-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Marriage has deteriorated so much that half the marriages in the United States are failing.  There is a 50 percent chance that your marriage will not make it.... ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391/106 "2018-09-03T03:31:55Z")
Good Lord what an obviously phony story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391.md?page=5)