I'll have the Can of Worms with a side of Alienation, please
So I seem to have ruffled some veils by posting past my welcome over at indiebride.com.
I'm trying not to turn it into a Black Thing, but I have to say, the minute I walked into the room I couldn't help but notice how they all put their bouquets in their front pockets. Some of them are nice, though.
Anyways. I don't know, I guess I'll go lay on my couch and watch Vera Drake, which just came in the mail yesterday as one of M.'s Netflixx's.
Because if anyone knew what it felt like to be a pariah, it was Vera.
posted by Groomzilla @ 3:55 PM
11 Comments:
There definitely are some paranoid and defensive people at Indiebride, but it's pretty easy to ignore them. Don't feel too bad about it. Remember: these girls are nuts
What does "put their boquets in their front pockets" mean? (No, seriously, it's an expression I have never encountered.)
--CW of IB, who reminds you that IB is just like anywhere else: some people are friendly, others are not.
Due to previous trolls, we're apprehensive about the same posting in multiple forums. But you're still very welcome to come and hang out with us. We don't bite (well most of us, but you can block those that do). On indiebride you are what you make yourself.
But yeah, what does the boquets-pocket thing mean? Is it like sheathing your sword?
"Ruffled some veils" is funny, but for the love of pete don't bring up the very very sensitive and terribly important topics of tiaras or name changes. Give the righteous babes of indiebride another chance! Most are cool people but there has been some troll and anon meanness lately so people are a little wary of newcomers.
Is bouquets in their front pockets like wearing your heart on your sleeve?
There's a lot of sensitivity on IB to troll-like behavior. You can actually see that there are other people posting troll/spam stuff to many forums, so unfortunately, you ended up painting yourself with that same brush.
If you stick around and contribute (and with the sharp wit you show in your blog, I hope you will), you'll find it's a smart, funny bunch of folks who enjoy taking a hard look at tradition -- and deciding whether each one is for them or not.
I think bouquet in your pocket means you're being protective around a stranger...like pulling your purse in front of you when you pass by a weirdo on the street.
Please stick around, Groomzilla. The "how should I wear my veil" threads are not our best work, but you'll find a great deal of interesting conversation in other unexpected places.
Emma
We've had some troll problems lately, and some posters mistook your posting-in-lots-of-forums for that. It's unfortunate that the asshat behavior of some causes us to jump all over new posters. But contrary to the first commenter's opinion, we're not actually nuts.
-- an Indiebride who thinks your blog is hilarious and hopes you come back to IB soon.
i just found your blog on IB and i'm goshdarn glad i did.
thank you for putting my own insanity into words and out on the internet for me to forward to my beloved with the "see, see, see it's not just me!" tagline a permanent part of my cut-and-paste clipboard.
i think you would add an awesome voice to IB. go on to the anxiety and reception forums and post your opinions about what people are talking about!
Why not jump into the one minute movie review on NTDWW and tell us about Vera Drake? Worth seeing? Ya got to expand out of your threads, but welcome to IB just the same.
Emma got it, Emma got it.
I am continuously amazed at how much fuss gets made over something I pull out of my butt because I like the way it sounds when I'm writing on here and impatiently waiting for my porn to download.
Still haven't seen Vera Drake. But it's almost like I don't even need to see it to know that it, like, totally resonates with me, you know?
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