{"id":1004,"date":"2005-05-06T12:42:36","date_gmt":"2005-05-06T17:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2005-05-06T12:50:56","modified_gmt":"2005-05-06T17:50:56","slug":"jennifer-wilbanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=1004","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Wilbanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve resisted saying anything about Jennifer Wilbanks until now (particularly yesterday because I wanted to think about <a href=\"http:\/\/imbri.org\/wedding\/\">happier weddings<\/a>) but I thought I should add my two cents, especially after seeing her bridal registries and hearing the statement on the news.<\/p>\n<p>(Her registries are <a href=\"http:\/\/macys-registry.weddingchannel.com\/search_purchase\/guest_view_store_ga.asp?retailer_registry_uid=301631997&#038;listby=dept&#038;wwPei=13&#038;wwLtlu=34833\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.williams-sonoma.com\/reg\/registrylist.cfm?src=regsregistrylist&#038;sid=WSE6J3LPRTOWLPYNAEPQEXDKSD87EJVD200505041113&#038;ftest=1&#038;cmreferrer=http%253A%252F%252Fregistry%252Eweddingchannel%252Ecom%252Fsearch%255Fpurchase%252Fguest%255Fview%252Easp%253Fwauid%253D203751443&#038;cm%5Fven=WedCh&#038;cm%5Fpla=WCSearchResults&#038;cm%5Fite=GiftGiver&#038;cm%5Fcat=Registry&#038;flash=on\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/ww1.potterybarn.com\/reg\/registrylist.cfm?sid=PBW13ODFCKXMXS3S50YTDDVRDYVOO8MI200505041113\">here<\/a>.  I got this information from a friend who got it off of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingchannel.com\">WeddingChannel.Com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could shake this girl.  Her wedding has 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen.  She invited 600 guests.  I&#8217;m thinking this wedding costs 6 or 7 figures.  She claims she ran away because the stress was too much.  Well DUH!  She&#8217;s doing the stereotypical fragile Southern belle routine and it&#8217;s really annoying.  The items on her wedding registry combined are worth more than the parsonage, Jon&#8217;s yearly income, and all our possessions.  Can you say &#8220;greedy&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>My wedding had 3 bridesmaids, 4 groomsmen, and 2 flower girls.  I had 100 of my closest friends and family there.  It cost 4 figures and people still talk about how it was one of the best weddings they&#8217;ve been to.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingchannel.com\">WeddingChannel.Com<\/a> and others cater to the HUGE affairs and it annoys me to no end because people end up focusing on topping one another instead of celebrating a special day when two people commit their lives to each other.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope that they make her pay back the amount that was spent searching for her.  Granted, it might equal the cost of the wedding but still&#8230; normal people see psychiatrists and some even get Valium or Xanax to deal with the stress.  (I&#8217;m not saying I approve of or condone drugging the bride during the week before the wedding.  I&#8217;m just saying that it happens.)  You don&#8217;t run away because &#8220;the stress of it all was too much&#8221;.  If that kind of stress is too much, scale down your wedding, honey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve resisted saying anything about Jennifer Wilbanks until now (particularly yesterday because I wanted to think about happier weddings) but I thought I should add my two cents, especially after seeing her bridal registries and hearing the statement on the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=1004\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p38xoO-gc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}