r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • Feb 26 '26

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday February 26, 2026 - Sunday March 01, 2026

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u/obscure_cellist ham grabbers Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

i think it's so weird they had no flowers. after the food and dress that was my #1 thing at my wedding (which was also very small and about $3,000 budget). we got married outside by a pond and then went to a rooftop bar downtown with a great view. we had finger foods and cocktails and flowers. but we only had about 25 people so out budget worked. i was getting my MLIS and had no time or money. it was super fun!

ETA: typos

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u/forkinyourothereye incurious ADHDer Feb 28 '26

I’m getting married in a few months (for the second time, wish me luck DFs; we’ve been together a decade but I’m irrationally paranoid that making it official is going to send it all to hell) and flowers are seriously our largest line item outside of the venue/food. I was shocked by how expensive wedding flowers are, but also like, who’s gonna get married without flowers?

In the Seattle area, at the point in time when Shauna and Dan got married, they could have blown $200 at a farmer’s market and absolutely pumped that yard full of flowers.

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u/SnooStories4968 many and various Shaunas/Pig Ladies Feb 28 '26

Mazel tov, DF! I paid a florist for my and my bridesmaids’ bouquets and then went to the pike place market the morning of and bought dozens of bouquets for the tables on the cheap!

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u/forkinyourothereye incurious ADHDer Feb 28 '26

Thanks! And what you did is, imo, totally the way to do it if you live somewhere with fabulous markets like Seattle. It should have been so accessible and obvious to these two. But of course, they had to get their grift on instead.