Re: Sister Wives Christine Brown marries after 6 m... - Page 3

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@Scooby Doo wrote:
@PansyBoo wrote:
@Scooby Doo wrote:
An acquaintance of mine is a good friend of Christine. She said she had received an invitation to the wedding but she had to buy a ticked for $1500. The show paid for the wedding. I'm in Utah to I have several ties to her.
@Scooby Doo, I'm unclear on what you're saying. The invited guests, including your acquaintance, had to pay to attend the wedding?
That's what I was told. I dunno, maybe some of it was for accommodations in Moab. She went to all the other pre wedding parties but skipped the wedding ceremony.

Hoping the $1500 was what the guest would have spent to attend the wedding, NOT what the couple was charging! I would need that charge explained to me.

Midmod · ‎03-28-2010

@Lakelife62
*Sigh* really? Even on a impersonal mb and not aimed at anyone? Was that really necessary? Language policing.

Lakelife62 · ‎05-09-2023

@Midmod wrote:
@Lakelife62
*Sigh* really? Even on a impersonal mb and not aimed at anyone? Was that really necessary? Language policing.

not policing. informing. if you want to continue to use the phrase, up to you.

LavernLuvsShoes · ‎07-13-2021

@Lakelife62 wrote:
Posters may not know this but the word "gypped" is a racial slur. I have heard and read it a lot lately and it could be because my mind's eye is open to it because my boss used it and i felt i had to tell him it was offensive. He had no idea.
Meaning: defrauded, swindled, cheated. Origin: “Gypped” (sometimes spelled “jipped”) comes from the word “Gypsy,” which is a derogatory name for the Romani people (also known as the Roma).

Hmmmm, I never knew that - Thanks for enlightening me - Unfortunately, I have used that word on occasion.

San Antonio Gal · ‎05-18-2017

@Lakelife62 wrote:
Posters may not know this but the word "gypped" is a racial slur. I have heard and read it a lot lately and it could be because my mind's eye is open to it because my boss used it and i felt i had to tell him it was offensive. He had no idea.
Meaning: defrauded, swindled, cheated. Origin: “Gypped” (sometimes spelled “jipped”) comes from the word “Gypsy,” which is a derogatory name for the Romani people (also known as the Roma).

@Lakelife62 - Gosh, I had no idea! I've used that word before. I won't use it again now. Thanks for letting us know.

TVLand · ‎11-14-2013

Since TLC paid for the entire wedding I don't understand this claim of guests being charged $1500. ..

( if this is true...why? And who's idea was it ?

I personally think Christine should have stayed engaged for a longer time...especially since they met on a dating site only a year ago... I wonder if her, now husband ,.knew who she was before meeting...

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@Lakelife62 wrote:
Posters may not know this but the word "gypped" is a racial slur. I have heard and read it a lot lately and it could be because my mind's eye is open to it because my boss used it and i felt i had to tell him it was offensive. He had no idea.
Meaning: defrauded, swindled, cheated. Origin: “Gypped” (sometimes spelled “jipped”) comes from the word “Gypsy,” which is a derogatory name for the Romani people (also known as the Roma).

@Lakelife62 Very true. A lot of people just think it's a word meaning being a cheat but not realizing that it's a slur to a certain group of people.

I also don't like the new phrase that people use a lot now which is being called "a Karen". My best friend's name is Karen and it is unnecessarily hurtful.

Lakelife62 · ‎05-09-2023

@haddon9 wrote:
@Lakelife62 wrote:
Posters may not know this but the word "gypped" is a racial slur. I have heard and read it a lot lately and it could be because my mind's eye is open to it because my boss used it and i felt i had to tell him it was offensive. He had no idea.
Meaning: defrauded, swindled, cheated. Origin: “Gypped” (sometimes spelled “jipped”) comes from the word “Gypsy,” which is a derogatory name for the Romani people (also known as the Roma).
@Lakelife62 Very true. A lot of people just think it's a word meaning being a cheat but not realizing that it's a slur to a certain group of people.

I also don't like the new phrase that people use a lot now which is being called "a Karen". My best friend's name is Karen and it is unnecessarily hurtful.

I think many of us have used phrases we later find out is offensice I never jumped on the "Karen" bandwagon because it never made sense to me why that name would be associated with what us old schoolers always just called a &itch,