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What the shi* type of family ok's one daughter's wedding the day after..

posted 13 years ago by deem714
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... another daughter's birthday???

Seriously, What family does that or allows a daughter to plan a wedding then?

What the hell is with the father being sometimes worried about Jenny?? If he had raised her and she was as self obsessed as she is in this movie all the time, he should be more than SOMETIMES worried. Jenny is a spoiled brat and she deserves the oily variety bohunk although he is no where near hunky. Chunky maybe.

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[–] LadyLovie 12 years ago

the family really doesn't have control of that. u answered ur own question. jenny is a self absorbed spoiled brat. that didn't have any consideration for her younger sis & planned a wedding day b4 sam's 16th b-day.

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[–] bhilburn 12 years ago

Grow up people, it's just a birthday, not a major milestone. She'll have another one later.

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[–] deem714 12 years ago

Thank you, gia...

and to the prick who said it was just a birthday and not a milestone... where are you from, Mexcio?? Sixteen IS a milestone birthday in America!!!

Oh Thank you God! Thank you so BLOODY much!Basil Fawlty

[–] bhilburn 12 years ago

A milestone, really? Will the world come to an end without a sweet 16 party? Please. The family had bigger fish to fry that weekend, and pampering a 16 year old little *beep* wasn't one of them.

[–] alanjobe 12 years ago

This always bothered me too.

Surely the mother would've recognized the date when she heard it

or why didn't Sam say 'hey, that's the day after my birthday'

Al - Alicia
An - Andrew
Jo - Joseph
Be - Benjamin

[–] bhilburn 11 years ago

If Sam would have spoken up and pleaded her case with conviction, and the mom would have then intervened and decreed that the wedding is too close to the spoiled and immature #2 daughter's birthday, then there would have been no premis for the movie.

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[–] hankysmom57 11 years ago

My daughter's wedding was totally determined by which day the church was available

[–] boxerrebellion 10 years ago

Where we got married was totally determined by what was available on my Grandpa's birthday, since the last thing that had happened then was my Grandmother's demise.

[–] jbaker1-2 11 years ago

16 is just another birthday. 18 is a milestone.

[–] bhilburn 11 years ago

21 is a bigger milestone.

"check the imdb cast list before asking who portrayed who in movies please"

[–] PillowRock 10 years ago

16 is just another birthday.

No, 16 was most definitely NOT "just another birthday".

16 was DRIVER'S LICENSE! That was a big deal.

[–] BoSoxRule 11 years ago

Her name was Ginny.

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[–] bhilburn 10 years ago

ok

"check the imdb cast list before asking who portrayed who in movies please"

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

It's the same type of family whose combined membership forgets another daughter's sixteenth birthday.

I agree OP. It's an OK film, but the underlying premise is just unbelievable.🐭

[–] cobnut 10 years ago

What's the big deal? Everyone gets a birthday every year of their life. Everyone is, in theory if not in practice, only supposed to get one wedding day in all their years.
If my sister arranged her wedding ON my birthday I wouldn't care. Once you've reached double figures you're old enough not to stamp and scream about not being the centre of attention whenever you want to be.
Granted 'sweet sixteen' is a bigger deal in the USA than most other teenage birthdays, but Samantha was sixteen not six, she even said she didn't want or expect a big party for it, she just wanted her family to have remembered it.

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[–] TrueLoveWays 8 years ago

I couldn't stand Jenny!