Am I the only one who can't stand wedding mania?

superfunk47 · #1 01-11-2009, 11:12 AM

I just watched a piece on CBS' Sunday Morning about weddings and marriage, and it honestly made me sick. People spending tens of thousands on dresses, a couple who spent $600k on their reception (note: this is aside from the wedding itself and everything associated with it, we're talking just the reception), things like that. The couple weren't even celebrities, their families just ahad a lot of money.

Now, I'm all for people spending their money how they like, but honestly - we're talking ONE DAY. It's a photo op. Speaking of which, they spent $40k just on their photos and video

Am I the only one who can't stand this obsession not only with weddings, but with opulant, over the top, send-you-into-rediculous-debt weddings?

Joe Gress · #2 01-11-2009, 11:22 AM

I don't either. Mine will be simple. Mass, reception with band. Thats it. The band will probably be my own, and the reception held in a hall/big room or something. Lots of food and drink however, and merry making. And no curfew either. And I want to go skiing for my honeymoon, and eat bacon pizza every night. Screw the tropics.

But I want the opposite for my funeral. No coffin, wake or all that crap. Stick me in a coffee can and shoot me to the moon. Then throw the biggest damn party ever for the reception. At least ten kegs, three strippers, a full band, and loads of bacon. Every food item must have bacon in it. I may not be there, but I want to go out with a bang.

Bad Brains · #3 01-11-2009, 01:17 PM

Humans in general are very stupid. Marriage is also an outdated tradition that really doesn't mean much anymore.

Fassa Albrecht · #4 01-11-2009, 01:21 PM

Seriously? $600000? Eek!

mike_v_s · #5 01-11-2009, 01:51 PM

My wedding was awesome. Nobody affiliated with our nuptials regrets the money they spent. How else are you gonna get 300 people free drinks, decent food and live entertainment without dropping some money?

Nobody is asking anyone else to do it. Live and let live.

Mike

L-A · #6 01-11-2009, 02:07 PM

I'm okay with putting the money down for your wedding.

But I deeply hate women who get married to be a one-day princess.

dreadheadbass · #7 01-11-2009, 02:12 PM

i dunno it just makes it that much more hilarious when they get divorced

i do agree though its now a show of wealth rather than a union of a couple in love and its full of people just wanting to out do the wedding before them or women wanting to be a princess for a day

i think the worst has to be themed weddings though c'mon dressing up as hans solo and princess leah and having darth vader as your best man?.... when that couple has kids and those kids find that wedding album there gonna assume their folks were either gay or smoking a lot of crystal meth

UnsungZeros · #8 01-11-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by L-A

But I deeply hate women who get married to be a one-day princess.

THIS.

bassteban · #9 01-11-2009, 02:16 PM

Having never seen the show- in fact this is the first I've ever heard of it- I'm judging strictly by the name:

No sir, I don't like it.

Lesfunk · #10 01-11-2009, 02:18 PM

As disgusted as I am with the amount of money people throw away on weddings, I enjoy the $350.00 I regularly pull in every time I play one.

**HeavyDuty** · #11 01-11-2009, 02:34 PM

Look at it this way: that's $600K injected into the economy.

It's their money, they should be able to do what they want.

ubado · #12 01-11-2009, 02:49 PM

IF anyones girl is looking for something special for their "BIG DAY" .... do what I did; propose the idea of getting married out of the country. IT can be much cheaper than many big weddings .... and the best part of it is .... no costly receptions!

I got married in Bermuda .... we still sent out invites to all our family, and friends ... but since it was so expensive for folks to travel .... only the folks we truley wanted to come did.

In this senario .... nobody feels slighted (since it's up to them if they want to attend); and you still get a nice, romantic, and memorable wedding. And since you're out of the country .... a wedding planner takes care of all the crap us grooms-to-be would have to hear about.

Our wedding turned out fantastic .... we got married in the 'Oldest Church in the western hemisphere' (something that my wife loves to brag about to her friends), had beautiful views, and unique spots for the photo ops.

In the end .... it turned out to be cheaper and easier than planning a wedding and reception for about 200+ people.

scorpionldr · #13 01-11-2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by superfunk47

I just watched a piece on CBS' Sunday Morning about weddings and marriage, and it honestly made me sick. People spending tens of thousands on dresses, a couple who spent $600k on their reception (note: this is aside from the wedding itself and everything associated with it, we're talking just the reception), things like that. The couple weren't even celebrities, their families just ahad a lot of money.

Now, I'm all for people spending their money how they like, but honestly - we're talking ONE DAY. It's a photo op. Speaking of which, they spent $40k just on their photos and video

Am I the only one who can't stand this obsession not only with weddings, but with opulant, over the top, send-you-into-rediculous-debt weddings?

I just hate the entire "marriage-mode" thing with people. They just act like they're so great and all and that "this is the only way it can be for me and him/her" BS, yet they complain about the costs and what "great lengths" they're going to. It doesn't take much to throw money at a wedding to distract yourself with all the personal issues in your life.

both of my eldest cousins happen to be not so well off, yet they gladly turned their life into marriages and it just astounds me there's not a care in the world towards actually SAVING your money and making a better life for yourself. I mean, THERE ARE things like condoms and birth control, people should put up with it for a while.

I have two cousins that are 50 and 60, they literally lived together my entire childhood up till I was about 22, and got married. They lived in the same house, ate the same food, had a great life, and didnt worry about it and married when they were ready. Why can't all the young people just do something like that?

mike_v_s · #14 01-11-2009, 07:12 PM

This is getting amusing.

Mike

Rattman · #15 01-11-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by L-A

I'm okay with putting the money down for your wedding.

But I deeply hate women who get married to be a one-day princess.

Owned... subscribed... +1000.. I just wouldn't say "hate", but rather offended , disturbed and mystified at women that squander this amount of wealth for what boils down to a very self-absorbed "pamper" party, focused mainly on the bride.. What an utter waste of resources. .

Spector_Ray · #16 01-11-2009, 08:00 PM

People tend so spend more effort on the wedding than they do the marriage.

SteveC · #17 01-11-2009, 08:04 PM

$600,000 is nothing. Watch that Platinum Wedding show on WE.

scorpionldr · #18 01-11-2009, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveC

$600,000 is nothing. Watch that Platinum Wedding show on WE.

do i need to? Bridezillas is enough garbage to make me want to stay away for months!

Joe Gress · #19 01-12-2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Spector_Ray

People tend so spend more effort on the wedding than they do the marriage.

Unfortunately, that's the case a lot of times.

Marriage does not mean the same to some people.

Kwesi · #20 01-12-2009, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by HeavyDuty

Look at it this way: that's $600K injected into the economy.

It's their money, they should be able to do what they want.

This remind anyone else of the JG Wentworth commercials?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX0fI...ext=1&index=60

"It's your money. Use it when you need it!"