Pay for Cynthia's Wedding!

[pne]

Yes! Because I absolutely must have my dream wedding even if I can't afford it!

That's why you should all PayForCynthiasWedding!

Um, yeah. $2000 for an engagement ring, for starters? Does it have to be that expensive?

(Found in a mock_the_stupid entry)

Comments

[joyitude.livejournal.com]

/me stares
My goodness. People disturb me.
(By the way, you have a semi-b0rked HTML tag in this entry.)

[pne.livejournal.com]

Thanks; fixed.

[joyitude.livejournal.com]

No problem.

[asciident]

Quite clearly, she hasn't done her research if she thinks a "dream" wedding must be so expensive. Or she's planning a wedding for 500 guests.

I fear that with the success of infamous beggar Karyn (http://www.savekaryn.com/), especially considering her subsequent book deal, we'll see quite the trend of people soliciting for money to help them pay for frivolous things.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Geez. Maybe I should put up a site asking for help with a house downpayment.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Why so modest?

"Maybe I should put up a site asking for help with a house payment"; forget the "down" part. Random strangers should pay for the entire building!

[denial-land.livejournal.com]

O_o

That's just... disturbing.

[cadenzamuse.livejournal.com]

Can I slap her? Please?

[pne.livejournal.com]

By all means.

[bride.livejournal.com]

I've seen this around. Cynthia and Paul are either panhandling or it's a hoax.

But that aside, there's really nothing wrong with the numbers. Depending on where they have their reception in Florida, it's about a 300 guest wedding. There's a lot she can still cut back on, but the prices are fairly middle of the road. It's so middle of the road that it's easy to make up something like that just from getting price quotes around the internet. =)

Things cost money. That's the reality of it. But she hasn't tried very hard to really minimize the costs, I can tell you that much.

Re: $2000 engagement ring — they never actually show pictures of it, but if there's a diamond on it (like a solitaire), that's a low grade diamond. Or a synthetic diamond or a crystal. I'm just reciting fact here, I'm not putting any emotional or sentimental value on this. I'm using "low grade" as a technical term for the cut/clarity/caret/colour of the stone and absolutely does not equal "how much he loves her".

No, she won't go into cardiac arrest without a diamond. But, yes, that sounds about right for a diamond =)

Nothing wrong with it

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think $2,000 for an engagement ring is outrageous. I've seen them for thousands more. And, what's wrong with her website? That Karyn chick raised more than $20k to pay off her credit cards. If people are stupid enough to donate, more power to her.