Welcome to my Angel

[Weejamer]

Just want to take a moment to welcome Ira to the forum

She is my fiancée and we are hoping to get married some point next year

:kiss

[Ira]

Thanks, baby. I Love You! :heartbeat

[Airmack]

So is this an online thing or do you two really know each other???

As in you can look and touch each other with out using a webcam?

and when is the marriage

[egarrard]

Welcome, Ira! Glad you could join us. :thumb

[Ira]

So is this an online thing or do you two really know each other???

As in you can look and touch each other with out using a webcam?

and when is the marriage


Well, it used to be an online thing - James (WeeJamer) and I met on Yahoo about two years ago. We talked for a while, then for various reasons kind of lost touch, but got back together after about a year. After that, everything happened pretty quickly. We decided to meet in person, so James flew over here October 7th last year (which is also the day that we officially called our relationship serious). We've seen each other almost every other month after that. In March this year, Jamie moved in with me (we got engaged last Christmas). So, yeah...this thing's pretty real. :KICKASS
As to your question, we'd like the wedding to be yesterday, if possible. It's a money problem at the moment, especially since we want to have things traditional. ;)

[Ira]

Welcome, Ira! Glad you could join us. :thumb


Thanks so much! :o I've been watching James (WeeJamer) post here for a while now and finally wanted to check things out myself. Also, I think this is the first forum I've ever been to where people actually start conversation :clapping

[Airmack]

Its nice to see people get married who really love each other..

And as far as wedding, yes it is a lot of $$$.. I my self will be married Aug20 and I can tell you how much things are

Her dress: $600
Rent a tux: $100
Church service: $200
Food for 300 people (thats if they show up) $30 a plate
Invatations: 800
Stamps for invatations: $150
HoneyMoon: $1600
Bubbles and other table toppers: $300
Photo: $1100

And im missing a lot....

[Ira]

Its nice to see people get married who really love each other..

And as far as wedding, yes it is a lot of $$$.. I my self will be married Aug20 and I can tell you how much things are

Her dress: $600
Rent a tux: $100
Church service: $200
Food for 300 people (thats if they show up) $30 a plate
Invatations: 800
Stamps for invatations: $150
HoneyMoon: $1600
Bubbles and other table toppers: $300
Photo: $1100

And im missing a lot....



That's so exciting! All the best to you and your future wife :)Where did you guys meet?
Prices for things vary hugely, depending on what you want. In our case, the most expensive thing to get will most probably be Jamie's kilt. He's a true Scotsman and being that just has to wear a kilt to the wedding. I'd prefer the kilt to be his - for emotional reasons as well as practicality, since he should (according to tradition) technically wear a kilt to whatever big event might come up in the future anyway. But then..my dress probably will not be exactly cheap, either. Our guest list, on the other hand, is way smaller than yours; We only want close family and a few friends with us that day. Also, we ideally want to get married in Scotland. I'll need to finish university here in Germany before we can go back to Scotland, though, so getting there might take a bit longer than we'd like.
I just love hearing about weddings, so feel free to talk about your plans a bit more.
:KICKASS

[Weejamer]

Yeah I more or less have to wear a kilt, being a scotsman and all :bootyshak

But we would have to really shop around for a place to get married. Cause I know we can't go expensive, but I am not getting married in a hut or Wal Mart.

Could we get married in a McDonald's Drive thru? It would sort out the catering... Hmmm :Roll Eyes

[Airmack]

Thanks guys, we meet each other through my ex which was her best friend..... :sweat

[3dGameMan]

Congrats are in order :heartbeat and welcome to the forum Ira :luxhello Enjoy it :banana

We also have something special going on in our lives: Sherry's Pregnant (http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37619) :bounce

[Ira]

Congrats are in order :heartbeat and welcome to the forum Ira :luxhello Enjoy it :banana

We also have something special going on in our lives: Sherry's Pregnant (http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37619) :bounce

Thanks so much! I've only just started reading and posting today, but already I'm enjoying the atmosphere in this forum immensely :luxhello

Congrats on the baby! :rofl2

Jeez, this must be so exciting for you! If things weren't as problematic jobwise, you'd see a post like that from me and James in no time at all. :jawsdown

[blpeterson]

WELCOME IRA!!

:luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello

Congratulations on the engagement also. Have you thought about a date?

My husband (bejohnson) is on the forum also. We have been a couple for almost 13 years now and have been married for 3-1/2 years.

Enjoy the forum. You'll find that we are a friendly bunch even when we argue. :Thumb

[bejohnson]

Hello and Welcome Ira!!

:wavey :Beer :Beer :Beer :Beer :wavey

Don't mind us, we're all crazy here. :nuts :taunt :nuts :lmao

[Ira]

WELCOME IRA!!

:luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello :luxhello

Congratulations on the engagement also. Have you thought about a date?

My husband (bejohnson) is on the forum also. We have been a couple for almost 13 years now and have been married for 3-1/2 years.

Enjoy the forum. You'll find that we are a friendly bunch even when we argue. :Thumb


So sweeeeet! :nuts

Well, if we could, we'd get married right now. Since that's not really possible, I'm very careful about picking a date. Don't want to be disappointed, you know. This time around, I want to have things exactly as I want them :tantrum

13 years and still very happy, I hope :Wink Being the total romantic that I am, I just can't think of any other possibility :o

[Ira]

Yeah I more or less have to wear a kilt, being a scotsman and all :bootyshak

But we would have to really shop around for a place to get married. Cause I know we can't go expensive, but I am not getting married in a hut or Wal Mart.

Could we get married in a McDonald's Drive thru? It would sort out the catering... Hmmm :Roll Eyes

Yes, my sweet sugar plum, and it would also sort out the question of a wedding taking place at all :KICK ASS :KICK ASS :devil

[Ira]

Thanks guys, we meet each other through my ex which was her best friend..... :sweat


That's a tricky one... :noway

[Ira]

Hello and Welcome Ira!!

:wavey :Beer :Beer :Beer :Beer :wavey

Don't mind us, we're all crazy here. :nuts :taunt :nuts :lmao

Home! :KICK ASS :KICK ASS :KICK ASS :banana :banana :banana :rofl2 :rofl2 :thumb :hail

[bejohnson]

Yes, my sweet sugar plum, and it would also sort out the question of a wedding taking place at all :KICK ASS :KICK ASS :devil

Well Weejamer that settles that. :lmao :rofl2 :lmao

13 years and still very happy, I hope :Wink Being the total romantic that I am, I just can't think of any other possibility :o

Oh yes we are very, very happy. In the 13 years we have been a couple we have never had a cross word. She is a captain in the U.S. Navy and is gone for long periods of time. We manage to speak with each other almost every day and we constantly trade e-mails. I usually go out to the ship a couple of times during each cruise so the seperations are not too bad.

She is in the middle of her last deployment and is up for a billet in the CNO's office at the Pentagon with a double step in rank which should occur next year. This will mean that we can actually have a home together and we are planning to start a family next spring. :devil :banana :devil

[CyberGuy]

Allow me to add my congratulations on your engagement as well as a warm welcome to our new member Ira.

I hope marriage works as well for you as it has for my wife and I over the past 29 years. :Thumb Marriage takes a lot of work and commitment, but it is well worth every minute!

[Ira]

Quote: Oh yes we are very, very happy. In the 13 years we have been a couple we have never had a cross word.

That is So good to hear. It's amazing to see that even in a relatively complicated situation such as yours a couple can stay very close. :thumb
:heartbeat And you'll add to your family soon :heartbeat I wish James and I could plan that far ahead already :Sigh

Your wife's job must be exciting! And from what we're told about the Navy over here in Germany, she's gotta be tough as well :clapping

[brasherman]

She is a captain in the U.S. Navy and is gone for long periods of time. We manage to speak with each other almost every day and we constantly trade e-mails. I usually go out to the ship a couple of times during each cruise so the seperations are not too bad.


Whoa, pardon my brutality and no offence, but the first thing that I thought of was, "Now THAT gives new meaning to saluting the ranking officer for him!"

Welcome Ira, too, from lurkers like me. I try to keep my posts below a 100 a year! :lmao I know all about the wedding thing. We have "pared" the list down to 400 guests (!) and are looking to keep the costs under $12000 US! The food is the worst: $8000 to feed everyone, and that's flat rate.

I am jealous in one respect though: I am a Scotsman, and my wife to be will not have me walking her down the isle in a kilt for some reason (See above crude remark to get picture)! I couldn't even get the caterer to serve hagus and Guinness at the reception, although I may sneak in a Guinness or three! :devil

[Ira]

Welcome Ira, too, from lurkers like me. I try to keep my posts below a 100 a year! :lmao I know all about the wedding thing. We have "pared" the list down to 400 guests (!) and are looking to keep the costs under $12000 US! The food is the worst: $8000 to feed everyone, and that's flat rate.

I am jealous in one respect though: I am a Scotsman, and my wife to be will not have me walking her down the isle in a kilt for some reason (See above crude remark to get picture)! I couldn't even get the caterer to serve hagus and Guinness at the reception, although I may sneak in a Guinness or three! :devil


Thanks for the welcome :banana

Our wedding would never reach the size of yours :jawsdown
We really only want to have a small party attending ceremony and reception, we'll probably invite 20 people at tops. James and I want to have time enough to get around to talk to everyone during reception, you know? Also, it's obviously a matter of money. Getting my dress and James's kilt outfit will be expensive enough as it is. Our clothing is something I do not want to compromise on.
Sorry to hear your wife to be won't let you wear a kilt. I personally am very proud of James being a Scotsman and would think it weird if he did not wear one to the wedding. It's tradition as well as history..James is proud to be Scottish and so am I.
Haggis, on the other hand, is a totally different matter. I wouldn't want that as our wedding meal, either :Nope
Why would you want Irish beer at the wedding, though? :What the

[brasherman]

My mind set is "Who WOULDN'T want a Guinness?" Just me, that's all. Refer to the post above pointing out we are all nuts! Besides, a Scotsman is never without his pint, right? :shocking

[Ira]

cliché...James for example does not drink alcohol at all :jawsdown

[bejohnson]

cliché...James for example does not drink alcohol at all :jawsdown

Och Mon. A sober Scottsman. What's the world coming too? :noway :lmao

[3dGameMan]

Thanks for the welcome :banana

Our wedding would never reach the size of yours :jawsdown
We really only want to have a small party attending ceremony and reception, we'll probably invite 20 people at tops. James and I want to have time enough to get around to talk to everyone during reception, you know? Also, it's obviously a matter of money. Getting my dress and James's kilt outfit will be expensive enough as it is. Our clothing is something I do not want to compromise on.
Sorry to hear your wife to be won't let you wear a kilt. I personally am very proud of James being a Scotsman and would think it weird if he did not wear one to the wedding. It's tradition as well as history..James is proud to be Scottish and so am I.
Haggis, on the other hand, is a totally different matter. I wouldn't want that as our wedding meal, either :Nope
Why would you want Irish beer at the wedding, though? :What the

20 people sound like a plan to me. We had a rather large wedding and while it was fantastic it was kinda hectic.

[Weejamer]

My mind set is "Who WOULDN'T want a Guinness?" Just me, that's all. Refer to the post above pointing out we are all nuts! Besides, a Scotsman is never without his pint, right? :shocking


I drink pints of water in a guinness glas that count?

[Ira]

20 people sound like a plan to me. We had a rather large wedding and while it was fantastic it was kinda hectic.

Rodney approves!!Yeah, baby!!!! :Thumb :banana :Thumb

How many people did you have at the wedding? Was it all traditional (white dress, black tux and embarrassing games at the reception)?

[egarrard]

cliché...James for example does not drink alcohol at all :jawsdownReally? Has he shown you the pictures from the boat trip? :lmao :rofl2 :lmao

:Wink

[Weejamer]

Really? Has he shown you the pictures from the boat trip? :lmao :rofl2 :lmao

:Wink

What Boat Trip?

[brasherman]

A sober Scotsman? What's this world coming to? :Sigh

Need not worry; fiancee is pissed and so am I! All right then, let's get this party started! :bounce

[brasherman]

I drink pints of water in a guinness glas that count?

I'll count it! Better than nothing!

[Ira]

Tell me, brasherman, are you actually from Scotland or are you an American with Scottish roots? :What the

Also...you said you and your fiancée were pissed...I hope you did not mean that in the American sense of the word? :nuts

[egarrard]

What Boat Trip?The one you and some friends took to Loch Lomand?

http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14399

[brasherman]

Ira,
Alas, I am an American with Scottish roots. My grandmother on my mother's side got on the boat in Scotland and disembarked in Canada; she was an Angus. In the early part of the century, this was a very common way to gain American citizenship. My grandfather's family on my mother's side also emigrated through Canada; we have a few records for my great grandfather. In a strange sort of Hollywood twist, the orphanage where he was placed as a young boy burned down and it supposedly had a deep family tree put in his file by my great great grandfather. He was a Middleton. According to what we can find, there are possibilities that his family also was Scottish. My mother went to Scotland and found a few Middletons, but no threads that looked promising. She even has a picture of a church window with the Middleton name in it. My father's side is pretty much American mutt, and I used to joke we were descended from a Georgia prison colony parolee!

So far she has hit a dead end in Hamilton, Ontario with the Middleton name. I want to get involved next to help, but I need to get up to speed on it.

All I know is that I like to try any beer and I go out of my way to find brewpubs and microbreweries on trips for food and beer. I can't wait to go to Scotland in a few years (I hope!), but wedding and kids are first. My fiancee is of Irish descent, so I told her we would have to have Guinness at the reception. If we can, I want to take my children with me to Scotland, as I also cannot wait to have kids and be a dad. We are not yet ready for kids, but I am still jealous of Rodney, and so is my fiancee. :Sigh She wants kids pretty bad too, as she is 26 now and I am 29.

Oh, and my fiancee was mad but I was mildly inebriated when I posted that, so it actually had both meanings! :beer She was working on homework and I was helping her trying to keep her calm. One more year of college and she will be out as a teacher. Now to find a job...... :banghead

Hope that helps you with my previous posts. My friends joke that to understand me, they would have to be as nuts as me. :nuts

[Ira]

Really? Has he shown you the pictures from the boat trip? :lmao :rofl2 :lmao

:Wink

Of course I know the pictures. :)
I think James stopped drinking alcohol a few months before he met me. Said he never liked himself when he was drunk. Since I don't drink alcohol either, I'm quite happy about that. :thumb

[Ira]

If we can, I want to take my children with me to Scotland, as I also cannot wait to have kids and be a dad. We are not yet ready for kids, but I am still jealous of Rodney, and so is my fiancee. :Sigh She wants kids pretty bad too, as she is 26 now and I am 29.

I am starting to think there is never really the right time to have kids. I was thinking we'll have a baby once I'm done with uni (which will be in about one year), but then obviously you need to look for a job and probably should not become pregnant a month after you started somewhere new. A few years work experience would be nice, saving some money...This way of thinking, however, lead me to us having kids by the time I'm somewhat over 30 years old. I always wanted to have kids in my twenties. Worrying about that, I looked around and realized that there are at least three couples that I know who even made it through uni with a baby. They made it work. I don't think it was easy for either of them, but they're all very happy and they....well, they just made it. So now I still want to finish uni before anything happens, but then... :devil :banana :devil

She was working on homework and I was helping her trying to keep her calm. One more year of college and she will be out as a teacher. Now to find a job...... :banghead


In Germany you have quite a good chance to find a job as a teacher immediately after school...Is that different over there?

[brasherman]

If you don't mind relocating to someplace 1500 miles away, yes you can find a job very easy! In Las Vegas, they will give you housing when you work for them. However, in Michigan there are four or five teaching schools and there are two in Kalamazoo (Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College) so this area is flooded with students with teaching degrees who cannot find a job and like it here so they won't move. We may move to our old town, but that means I give up my career, as technology there is stagnant and the nearest big town is dying fast. My brother and sister in law are also teachers and they fancy moving back here, but they both need jobs first to be able to afford to live here.

And yes, there is no good time to have a child, but there are things we need to get done (like her education). I told her she could wait till we are married at least! Then all my pokin fun at her ends. :lmao

[Ira]

If you don't mind relocating to someplace 1500 miles away, yes you can find a job very easy! In Las Vegas, they will give you housing when you work for them. However, in Michigan there are four or five teaching schools and there are two in Kalamazoo (Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College) so this area is flooded with students with teaching degrees who cannot find a job and like it here so they won't move. We may move to our old town, but that means I give up my career, as technology there is stagnant and the nearest big town is dying fast. My brother and sister in law are also teachers and they fancy moving back here, but they both need jobs first to be able to afford to live here.

And yes, there is no good time to have a child, but there are things we need to get done (like her education). I told her she could wait till we are married at least! Then all my pokin fun at her ends. :lmao

I guess it's like that everywhere now. You're more likely to get a job when you're willing to move...I hope you'll be successful in your job search :Thumb

[bentzen]

welcome to the forums ira :) always nice with new people to answer

[Ira]

welcome to the forums ira :) always nice with new people to answer

Thanks :KICK ASS :Blah :KICK ASS

[Maniacmous]

Hasn't anyone offered Ira the 3GM Babe title yet?!?!

[3dGameMan]

Hasn't anyone offered Ira the 3GM Babe title yet?!?!

Hey, that's right. Thanks for the reminder Maniacmous :Thumb

Ira,

Please let me know if you wish to have the 3GM Babe title :KICK ASS

[Ira]

Hey, that's right. Thanks for the reminder Maniacmous :Thumb

Ira,

Please let me know if you wish to have the 3GM Babe title :KICK ASS


Now that I asked WeeJamer what that might possibly be, I'll say yes, thank you :KICK ASS

[Weejamer]

Yeah woohoo I got me a 3GM Babe :food :heartbeat :kiss

[brasherman]

Woot! 3DGM babe! Yeeah!!! :thumb

[3dGameMan]

Now that I asked WeeJamer what that might possibly be, I'll say yes, thank you :KICK ASS

Done. Sorry, I couldn't do it before now but things are very busy with the move and all.

[Maro]

Welcome Ira,

I've been to Berlin and used to live in Scotland.

Hope you enjoy the boards! :thumb

[Ira]

Welcome Ira,

I've been to Berlin and used to live in Scotland.

Hope you enjoy the boards! :thumb

Business or pleasure in Berlin? :Wink
Did you like it here?

Whereabouts in Scotland did you live (and why did you leave beautiful Alba)?

[Maro]

Pleasure - many moons ago. Most nights in the Europa bar.

Isle of Skye. It was only a stopover for me on the way to UNI.

Now I'm in Sydney Australia. I'm a bit of a nomad :Thumb

[Ira]

Pleasure - many moons ago. Most nights in the Europa bar.

Isle of Skye. It was only a stopover for me on the way to UNI.

Now I'm in Sydney Australia. I'm a bit of a nomad :Thumb


And where are you originally from?

How come you chose Sydney now? I mean, it's pretty far away.. :)
Always wanted to go to Australia myself, must be beautiful...

[Maro]

Well I've lived all over the UK, Wales as well. I'm from the South originally. At the last count I'm on my 32nd House :shocking

I met a lovely girl in London who was from Oz - Like Weejammer, I know what to do!

3 years later and I'm still here - halfway through my Permanent residency probation.

:spin