tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post9145012309319427456..comments2023-06-07T09:54:09.387-04:00Comments on The Minister of Common Sense: Don't Fuck With The Knot.comMinister of Common Sensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08155091790575211051noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-10842036875099557822017-09-28T15:42:42.288-04:002017-09-28T15:42:42.288-04:00Dude, the hate is real here. Im a MOH to my best f...Dude, the hate is real here. Im a MOH to my best friend and had a very simple question about the ettiquite of having a friend step up to give a message of love during the ceremony. The other MOH (there are two) wanted for it to be a surprise and I didn't know if I liked the idea so I foolishly went to the Ettiquite board at the Knot. I explained why she wanted to do this (part of it is the officiant is a friend they WANTED to marry them, changes of plans putting them inside a church while he isn't religious so the MOH wanted to give a portion of the ceremony to help his comfort)<br /><br />Instead of saying "Nah, I would think that's a bad idea" which I would have agreed with them on, they completely TRASHED me, the bride, the officiant, and every damn decision the bride made for her wedding, which wasn't even the topic. When I told them to just stay on topic I was repeatedly told "You can't tell us what not to say, it's in the rules."<br /><br />I can't tell you to answer the actual question instead of throwing your opinion in where it wasn't asked? Oooookay... I immediately left but OH MY GAWD are these women ok? Do they need a tranquilizer???? (the answer is yes) So much hatred. They criticized the bride not being religious but using a church for the ceremony because "a church is NOT pretty backdrop!!" (Actually the church is kinda ugly and she's only doing it there because oh, she wanted to have the wedding at the church we all grew up in??? "The officiant needs to be REPLACED if he doesnt want to be in a church!" Um... but THEY approached HIM, so.... they obviously want HIM to do it no one else???<br /><br />I just can never get over this absolute shit show over there. Internet bullies doesn't come close, it is a genuine cespool of over-entitled and self-important cuntrags.Melissa A Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10993679002799623909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-74228914559056527012016-04-07T02:20:12.090-04:002016-04-07T02:20:12.090-04:00I'm getting married in three months and I was ...I'm getting married in three months and I was so happy to find this post on your blog! I can't stand all those uppity wedding websites and blogs that only feature or talk about weddings that are so over the top its outrageous. While planning my wedding I've grown to dislike them so much that I won't even look at them anymore. I went on them to get ideas about how to have a wedding on a very tight, actually reasonable, budget. At first it made me feel like total crap about the things we have decided not to spend on. Then I got angry. Angry that they NEVER show or talk about realistic weddings. You know the ones that happen in backyards & not everything matches. The ones that people only spent a thousand dollars on. Instead I came across a post talking about a bride that refused to have her wedding anywhere that had ceiling tiles. Seriously. I felt like tracking this woman down & telling her what a ridiculous spoiled brat she was. I guess my point is this; weddings have become almost like track homes. Every single one is supposed to be this event where millions are spent entertaining the guests. According to those sites anyways. The women that read them the most are probably the same ridiculous women that plan these monstrosities. They're so full of shit! It's unbelievably rude not to bring at least a card & anyone that tries to act like they aren't "expecting" their guests to have common sense is a liar. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-922058384306993562015-05-07T00:56:00.222-04:002015-05-07T00:56:00.222-04:00I googled "the knot is full of bitches" ...I googled "the knot is full of bitches" and wound up here lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-71963435132957255102014-04-06T09:18:50.935-04:002014-04-06T09:18:50.935-04:00I did the knot for a while. I survived one of thos...I did the knot for a while. I survived one of those pile on flame wars too but not sure why I wanted to exactly. This is an entire group of wedding planning boards for those mean girl type high school/ jr high bitches. They may be 22 or 45 now but they are still those same bitches. They are the same women who screw with people at work all the time too. They specialize in outdated wedding customs that they insist is etiquette straight from God himself. In spite of the "budget brides" section, most of these chicks have wedding bucks to burn, and feel if you do not have at minimum 60K in the bank for your wedding/new house/ and immediate "TTC" plans (trying to conceive) you have no business getting married, anyway. Some have high paying jobs, but most have high paying parents I am sure. I am not really sure WHY I was a regular at Snarky Brides, but maybe I wanted to prove I could beat these women at their own game. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Go to Wedding Bee. Good people there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-20514992568550450512014-03-27T19:12:35.732-04:002014-03-27T19:12:35.732-04:00I just experienced hated on the knot for posting w...I just experienced hated on the knot for posting what I believed was an innocent question... I am so upset/perturbed by the responses that I emailed the site asking it to remove my comments so I no longer have to associate with the thread. It was scary how mean people were out of the blue. Thanks for ranting for the people who been hated on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-10064230372384506222014-01-20T19:36:26.119-05:002014-01-20T19:36:26.119-05:00I know I am posting a few years too late here, but...I know I am posting a few years too late here, but I found this after spending the evening on the Knot boards for the first time with a few etiquette questions and I felt like...deeply sad and hurt by these crazy women. They are unbelievably presumptuous and preachy and straight up mean-spirited. And they pride themselves on being catty and "real"--as you said, severe superiority complex. <br />In one thread these crazy bitches actually told a girl pretty unanimously that she was a horrible human being for going ahead with her planned wedding day even though she decided to have a civil ceremony with her close family because her father was terminally ill and wanted to see his daughter's wedding day. Forgive me--apparently that's not a wedding day but a "pretty princess day". But all these other women who buy ten thousand dollar pouf dress are not acting like princesses...I guess. By Knot logic. By women that were married 3 years ago and are still posting 75 times a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-43359930663306639502014-01-11T01:46:52.198-05:002014-01-11T01:46:52.198-05:00Hi!! The nest and the knot are full of nasty peopl...Hi!! The nest and the knot are full of nasty people. I posted a relationship question on there once and i was crying my eyes out in twelve hours over strangers comments.<br /><br />fast forward to now when I am engaged and asked a simple question on the knot.com and again people are being insanely rude bitches.<br /><br />I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW!!! That you are ALSO (apparently, according to the knot.com posting bitches that love to rip apart everyone) that if i DONT bring a gift to the shower and the to wedding...I AM RUDE AS WELL.<br /><br />I see a gap in the logic there...youre rude if you expect gifts and you're rude if you don't take gifts to each and every of the bride's many wedding-related festivities. WHAT!??!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-54218581187310053932013-08-23T16:36:11.970-04:002013-08-23T16:36:11.970-04:00I found this post by googling "why I hate the...I found this post by googling "why I hate theknot" to test if I was only sane person in the world. Turns out I'm not! Thank you so much. I'm glad I'm not the only one who realizes how rude and horrid these women are.<br /><br />By, the way. A DD or "dirty delete" is when they feel the original poster deleted the post because they had offended too many people. So basically, they thought you had felt "dirty" about your post and had gotten rid of it and they were being all clever by digging it back up and exposing you for who you were. haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-23298851981391575102013-08-08T18:31:49.311-04:002013-08-08T18:31:49.311-04:00The Knot is crawling with absolute cunts.The Knot is crawling with absolute cunts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-22100698916438937872013-07-24T20:41:38.744-04:002013-07-24T20:41:38.744-04:00Hahaha. I once posted a personal story on TK to ge...Hahaha. I once posted a personal story on TK to get some advice and maybe reassurance one night, only to wake up finding I had been absolutely ripped to shreds overnight. I felt terrible about offending so many people so I deleted the post... only to find it REPOSTED so they could continue harrassing me! I was paranoid for months that I would find my story on frontpage news. I probably still have PTSD, actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-24349847482148502882013-06-27T01:10:33.189-04:002013-06-27T01:10:33.189-04:00TRUTH!! lolTRUTH!! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-31717255278172807292013-03-03T05:13:52.993-05:002013-03-03T05:13:52.993-05:00Ha! I found this by googling "women on thekno...Ha! I found this by googling "women on theknot are bitches"... because they are. This post and the subsequent comments were delightful to read.Alexandra Angeliquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061672003252311013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-59086178240744358752012-05-30T12:36:00.010-04:002012-05-30T12:36:00.010-04:00This post is super old but I'm gonna comment a...This post is super old but I'm gonna comment anyway because I am entertained. I'm a member of The Knot, and people there will sometimes get into the most ridiculous arguments, for one simple reason: there is no single "wedding etiquette"! It varies not only by country, but even by province/state! Most people on The Knot seem to be American (I don't know where you're from), and they seem to think it's taboo to act like you expect gifts (which I find ridiculous, but hey, I'm Canadian). I live in Manitoba, and here it is perfectly acceptable to advertise where you're registered, and even (gasp!) to request that people give you money instead of gifts! Though still, a lot of people will buy you crap you don't want instead. As long as they bring gift receipts it's all good. :DLiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426150893408223206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-89448560332347130492011-09-05T04:39:40.434-04:002011-09-05T04:39:40.434-04:00There's nothing wrong with the idea of theKnot...There's nothing wrong with the idea of theKnot... and they have cute stuff... people are crazy everywhere... not just on wedding website... there are plenty of people on there, including myself, who just want to have a nice wedding... and want to look at pretty pictures for ideas... and as you said, plenty that thought you were witty and right now... not everyone is a bridezilla on the knotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-82201646101699091542011-06-24T17:50:31.896-04:002011-06-24T17:50:31.896-04:00The KNOT F*cking sucks... I cannot stand the compa...The KNOT F*cking sucks... I cannot stand the company as a whole. They are forced upon you when you are in the wedding planning process and there are several better options: weddingwire, oncewed, iloveswmag, to name a few. This entry made my day! So funny! Keep it up. Enjoyed the read.Hollyhttp://www.hollyjonesphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-33754014333016092922011-05-23T17:16:57.057-04:002011-05-23T17:16:57.057-04:00I see this post is old, but I HAVE to comment... I...I see this post is old, but I HAVE to comment... I was a bride to be on the knot for about 2 months last year. Oh. My. Gosh.<br /><br />Women will ask innocent etiquette questions and get TORN APART. The ones who do it are, strangely enough, women who got married a few years ago and the moderators!<br /><br />I have seen them use all kinds of horrible language towards newbies. I called them out on it a few times, and they admitted to me that they do it to weed out the weak newbies.<br /><br />I think that's called "hazing".<br /><br />There's also thebump.com (for pregnant ladies). A blogging friend of mine was bullied on there... they found her personal blog, posted the link on the forum (several times), then flamed her to make fun of her. It was so sad.<br /><br />I had my account with them deleted because it actually started to make my wedding planning more difficult and stressful.<br /><br />Sad, because the website in general (articles, photos, wedding ideas, etc) is actually quite good. Just the forums are evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-45634883197213230582011-04-25T00:42:03.391-04:002011-04-25T00:42:03.391-04:00I'm a bride-to-be (next month!) and I spent a ...I'm a bride-to-be (next month!) and I spent a lot of time on the knot for a while. Then I found out what horrible place it was and what wretched women hang out on there. They must covet their online anonymity--it's so much easier to be hidden behind a computer screen while being cruel to faceless strangers, isn't it? I was burned for virtually no reason so many times, and as the over-sensitive person that I am, I take everything personally. So I had to give up. I deleted my account, but I wish I could do more. There will always be that burning ball in my stomach that craves some sort of revenge on those witches on the knot boards for making me feel so embarrassed and hurt for asking a question. <br />As many times as they tell you on there that it is a place for "ideas and advice"--it is not. Don't be fooled. It's nothing but a place of criticism and whip-lashing tongues (or typing fingers, as it were). <br />On the topic of the original post--I do agree that gifts are supposed to be given at a wedding. You shouldn't exactly *expect* them...but highly hope, yes. Maybe not so much as "gifts", but a damn card, at least! Give a card, get 'em a $10 gift or a gift card somewhere. Seriously, you can't squeeze that? Nobody's asking for at least $100 per person you invited! That would be unreasonable.<br />Anyway, F the knot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-20839532266043044902011-04-18T10:50:57.593-04:002011-04-18T10:50:57.593-04:00So I stumbled across this in a random search for w...So I stumbled across this in a random search for weddings. I was a die hard theknot fan until I started posting on the boards. Who knew having an opinion was so evil?! Anyways wanted to say bravo! I will definetely link your blog in my profile on the knot...maybe as a secret bio? Haha that would get a rise out of them. Thanks for all your words!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-33378759958020723622011-04-14T13:18:27.939-04:002011-04-14T13:18:27.939-04:00Oh how this blog makes me laugh. I'm so with y...Oh how this blog makes me laugh. I'm so with you! My sister the other day posted needing advice on a new blog name. Wasn't long before threads were being created to make fun of her blog and her day to day life. It was actually very pathetic. So I of course defended her on there because who wouldn't wanna join in against them. They ended up practically stalking my sister and I and finding out things almost I didn't even know about myself. This was on thenest.com, their sister site.<br />Anyways, you're right, those women on there are ferocious and have way too much time on their hands. Not to mention they all were hypocrites from one post to another.<br />Btw, it is not rude to expect a gift. I'm getting married in exactly a month and I expect gifts too. This crap about "oh they took time out of their scheudle to attend your wedding" is exactly crap. Weddings are expensive, it's the opposite, they should feel grateful enough to have been invited and payed for specifically as a guest that they get you a gift OR card.<br />Keep up the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-64326309136243602572011-03-14T18:48:24.555-04:002011-03-14T18:48:24.555-04:00oh my gosh, thank you for posting this. they rippe...oh my gosh, thank you for posting this. they ripped me a new one for saying I couldn't choose just one more bridesmaid, but didn't want a huge wedding party.<br /><br />this makes me feel so much better, thank you so much. I'm glad there's someone else out there with a brain :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-25215024435789409332011-02-24T00:20:27.032-05:002011-02-24T00:20:27.032-05:00My Favorite part of theknot.com is all the insane ...My Favorite part of theknot.com is all the insane women touting the importance of etiquette and then proceeding to be incredibly rude to complete strangers who were innocently searching for some helpful advice. I was just thoroughly insulted for no apparent reason and then found this site by googling "theknot bitches". Thank you for your delightful blog. A breath of fresh air in a world of wedding obsessed lunatics...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-62001401401349336342010-11-12T03:25:52.508-05:002010-11-12T03:25:52.508-05:00Yup.. The women on the knot are crazy bitches. Com...Yup.. The women on the knot are crazy bitches. Complete Internet bullies... I was banned last week because of starting "drama" posts. My posts were all pretty legit, but one of the moderators didn't like me because I am a young bride to be. I found it funny how I got banned, yet the ones who were really starting the drama remain. The moderator... Was the worst! She started most of the drama in my posts and it was very childish. I am still pissed I got banned becase I found the app to be very helpful when the non bitches answered my questions. But oh well. Haha The moderator who banned me had the app FFM (free foto messenger) and her screen name is Chrissytina27 <br />You should shoot her a message! HahaCassandra Webster-Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117822627599299810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-45390946223073881992010-08-25T22:14:39.570-04:002010-08-25T22:14:39.570-04:00Yeah I too notice the Knot women bring up seriousl...Yeah I too notice the Knot women bring up seriously out-dated etiquette rules (emily post's name is frequently thrown around).<br /><br />Instead of answering your innocent question, they focus on every other thing you typed and proceed to rip it to shreds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-28326336055871789642010-04-15T09:08:22.723-04:002010-04-15T09:08:22.723-04:00Welcome back, everyone! As you may have seen, I s...Welcome back, everyone! As you may have seen, I stopped writing this blog about 8 months ago, but every once in a while, this particular post will come back to life when someone stumbles across it in their internet searches. And then they repost it on The Knot, and all hell breaks loose again! Thanks for keeping it alive, and I still stand by all my original comments! Long live Common Sense!Minister of Common Sensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155091790575211051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719546359213487483.post-35699191878447135452010-04-15T09:02:44.022-04:002010-04-15T09:02:44.022-04:00This was the last posting we got in before it was ...This was the last posting we got in before it was deleted. We had used the last posting cash instead of gifts as our main focus and they deleted that one too. Unfortunately they traced it back to the young lady who wrote cash instead of gifts...oops! Sorry if we let you down minister!<br /><br />But I think I've proven my point! This website allows internet bullying and when someone takes up the issue they are the ones deleted not the offenders! I am not this Leslie person. I am not even a female! Just an observer who found the cash for gifts a particularly interesting post full of hate mail. You women think you know it all but aren't even close. You want me to post my real name while you remain anonymous in the shadows...hell no...I won't give you the satisfaction. I am glad to have caused such a commotion though. It has been thoroughly entertaining for me. Thanks for helping to prove my point even further. You chicks really get off on this sh*t!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com