I hear it’s nice there.
Well, these days, what with Skype, tele-presence, and livestreaming of everything under the sun…
Nah, I got nothing.
Good question, given that it’s both literally and legally impossible for someone younger than 18 to hold a job or save money.
Sarcasm aside, there’s a lot of middle ground between “employed teenager” and “employed teenager able to spend $5,000 on an engagement ring”.
I dunno. Seems fake to me because their background was living and working on a farm. I can’t believe they would have a circle of friends and family that could afford $1,500. That’s a paycheck for me. Some of my friends make even less than that. If I asked my friends for $20 to attend my birthday party, no one would show. 
Indeed, which is why I’m wondering where this “Canadian” stuff was initially sourced.
I have no problem believing your sister went off on crazy tirades, but I bet she didn’t sit down and craft out a lengthy passage of text that touches upon so many examples of bridezilla that it could easily pass as a satirical piece.
Like that guy said to George Lucas, “You can write this shit, but you can’t say it”. Nothing about that so called facebook post was written honestly, it was written by somebody who probably took 4 hours and 5 drafts to get it to a point he deemed ready to go viral.
It appears that an initial news article made that mistake.
(as stated here: http://www.etiquettehell.com/?p=5475#comment-1019234 )
First, I don’t think this story is true. But playing along with it, I note that the “$60K all inclusive with flights to Aruba” doesn’t say who the flights are for. That could very well be what the bride and groom need to pay for the wedding and their own flights, leaving the guest to find their own way.
The version I learned was much more optimistic:
Harold, Harold, here is my answer true.
I’m still crazy over for the love of you.
There won’t be any marriage
If you can’t afford a carriage.
But I’ll be switched
If I’ll be hitched
On a bicycle built for two
“Harold, Harold, here is my answer true,
I’m still crazy over the love of you!
It won’t be a stylish marriage,
We can’t afford a carriage.
But I’ll look sweet,
Upon the seat,
Of a bicycle built for two!”
Pay attention, sheeple. It’s on Fox, so it can’t be Fake News. So sayest #45.
It never occurred to me that this was a destination wedding - I assumed Aruba was the honeymoon site and they were going to have a big-ass wedding at home. But what do I know - I eloped…
Both parts of your comment are incorrect. One can get working papers & work even before one can legally drive. A significant portion of the fast food industry counts on teens & child actors are just two examples.
Now an arms length job would probably not result in much more than minimum wage, but there are lots of kids who work at their parents small business & can be paid whatever the parent desires. Why couldn’t he be a well paid farmhand?
Children can also have bank &/or brokerage accounts. In many states they are a custody account but it’s absolutely legal. In fact we have a local bank w/ a part-time branch located in the high school. It’s a community partnership to teach savings & other financial matters. It’s open to all students & limiting it to 18 yo’s would eliminate close to 90% of the student body at the beginning of the year.
There’s also the possibility that the child inherited some money from a deceased relative, like a grandparent.
Now the fact that the boy supposedly spend $5000 on a ring when the family was only able to contribute $3000 towards the wedding is a bit suspicious. I doubt that many farm kids have that much money of their own if their family doesn’t.
I agree that it seems more likely that Aruba was the honeymoon destination. (Coincidentally, that was the destination for my brother and sister-in-law’s honeymoon and they had a terrible experience. I think the weather sucked or one of them got sick or something. I think they ended up coming home early.)
Yeah, but did they see any Kardashian’s? Or feel like one?
I think that might have been sarcasm…
This was my assumption as well - that the awful woman was insisting that everybody else hand her a bunch of money so she could go spend it all on herself. That’s the interpretation that best serves the message the writer of this piece intended to deliver, after all.
Bicycle built for three actually. Harold, I have a surprise for you.
Huh. I’d learned it as “I’ll be switched/If I’ll get hitched”… And these lyrics don’t include a response at all. Guess we’ll never know who came up with those. daisy daisy lyrics - Google Search
I figured the ring was bought on payments …. some jewelry places you don’t have to prove you have a steady job ………