Bad Weddings and Wedding Trends - sperg about weddings here

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Airn and Suzy from Grame Grumps are insufferable but I have to admit having your wedding at a museum is kinda cool. At least it's interesting for the guests and gives them more to do than just talk and dance. Too bad he ruined it buy wearing a stupid top hat. And Suzy wore an antler head piece for some reason. They can't help but be cringey can they?

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Oh yes, I think of those awful see-through corsets Pnina Tornai is known for that you see on Say Yes to the Dress, she still makes slutty flashy dresses, but at least has started to focus on other things. But yeah, another trend I noticed is nude dresses where everything is see-through and leaves no room for the imagination. Definitely not appropriate for a wedding where you invite grandma and such.

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Also, ninety percent of these dresses in this article are awful.

2nd is the worst.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

Honestly, I'm surprised there haven't been a ton of injuries surrounding this trend, just the idea of having a gun out at something like a wedding seems so baffling to me. Drunken/nearly drunk people, stress and guns really fucking don't mix well.

Have you ever seen a middle eastern wedding? they sling bullets like they're throwing rice.

 

[Snusmumriken]

Destination weddings. I have to attend one next week for two people I don't even know just to maintain the peace in my life. Fuck off.

Pro tip: Unless you’re under the age of thirteen, you don’t actually have to go.

 

[Robert w'E'd Leef]

Pro tip: Unless you’re under the age of thirteen, you don’t actually have to go.

both relationships and life in general are about give and take. Unless you're a total sperg, you learn to pick your battles

 

[Probably a deer]

Have you ever seen a middle eastern wedding? they sling bullets like they're throwing rice.

Regretfully, I have. Granted, i was just a little kid, but I swear it gave me nightmares for a little while.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

Another thing to mention about Catholic weddings is they usually require the people to get pre-marriage counseling in the form of Pre-Cana before the priest will even think about doing the wedding.

Pre-Cana is also not that easy sometimes. If you're cohabitating before marriage (which almost every couple does) and you get an old fire and brimstone priest he's literally going to make you move apart before you can get married. We had a priest at my parish do that to a lot of couples.

Otherwise Catholic weddings are pretty awesome. I'm not sure why few people get married in church these days. Most large churches even have reception halls too, which simplifies everything.

 

[Fialovy]

I mentioned this in the Consoomer thread, but I think Game of Thrones weddings are some of the most cringey weddings because most of these people haven't read the books, like seriously, don't they realize that most weddings in Game of Thrones something terrible happens or it is a forced marriage or something? If you reeeeeeeally want a theme, just do medieval fantasy or something. It is similar to Gatsby weddings where none of these people seem to have read the books and call it that instead of something like an Art Deco or 1920s wedding.

Game of Thrones wedding shit

This really stood out to me, because IIRC, Drogo and Dany's wedding was literally a forced marriage and Drogo raped her multiple times. Why would you want to glorify that?

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Drogo raped her multiple times. Why would you want to glorify that?

Because Rape is okay if the Rapist is Jason Mamoa.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

Gatsby weddings

A family member was supposed to have a Gatsby wedding last year, but it was cancelled due to covid. They haven't rescheduled, and I hope they never do.

 

[Fialovy]

I am kind of disappointed most of the wedding forums are dying or already dead, they were a good source of entertainment while they lasted. The only one still really up is Wedding Wire which for the most part is pretty sane and of course the wedding-related subreddits which, well, it is reddit. The Knot's forums are pretty much dead and well, Weddingbee, it is a glitchy mess on par with GOMI. It hadn't always been that way either, about 2015ish it was thriving, but around 2018ish was when it slowly started declining and becoming less maintained. The article portion of the site became more and more spammy and thinly veiled advertising. Then 2020 hit and the site became glitchy to the point they were no longer getting any new users and long time users were leaving the board. To make people sign up, they only allowed wedding related boards to be public and every other board only open to users only, this was a decision made by the parent company Internet Brands which is a company that owns it. This was also super inconvenient because the site has and still has this glitch that people reported where it logs people out at random so you could be posting something and then it eats your post because it logged you out.

Most of the users left from and the ones that are still there from what I noticed are pretty much terminally online due to being too afraid to leave the house from COVID even to this day and judges anyone who doesn't do the same or dares have a wedding bigger than ten people, even now with vaccines. Then around 2021, there was a shortage on jannies and leaving only the admin to constantly scramble to maintain some order and often times failing. To try to get some interest back in weddings (which only are discussed there only about 30 percent of the time), the editor of The Knot was invited to do Q&As every month for people and well... it went over as well as you expect.

Here are some examples of what you will see, I took these specifically from the Q&As from the editor of The Knot magazine because they are quite the shitshow:

How can you breathe?

Response from the editor of the Knot saying larger weddings are becoming a thing again as restrictions are lessening and people are getting vaccinated:




Response to the editor:

 

[Bakarina]

Almost every wedding I've been to in adulthood has been an absolute trashfire. From bridezillas, to shit falling apart at the seams, to the creepy uncle wanting to hold onto the small female child whose mother is part of the wedding party, to the inlaws having their own meltdown toddler tantrums, and even the terrible "themes" that are so cringeworthy that you get second hand embarrassment from them.

I have stories for days unfortunately, one of which happened this year with a personal lolcow of mine (oh god, THAT was an experience that I only went to because if I didn't I would have never heard the end of it).

 

[Fialovy]

Almost every wedding I've been to in adulthood has been an absolute trashfire. From bridezillas, to shit falling apart at the seams, to the creepy uncle wanting to hold onto the small female child whose mother is part of the wedding party, to the inlaws having their own meltdown toddler tantrums, and even the terrible "themes" that are so cringeworthy that you get second hand embarrassment from them.

I have stories for days unfortunately, one of which happened this year with a personal lolcow of mine (oh god, THAT was an experience that I only went to because if I didn't I would have never heard the end of it).

you have to tell us more stories!

Also, here is this anime themed weeb wedding I found. I really think these people are too immature to get married...

Bouquet toss from same wedding:

 

[Bakarina]

I can share the absolute trashfire of the wedding from this year in detail. It involves deathfats, narc MILs, snubbed children of all backgrounds, shit weather, family drama that's 20 years old, and having to squeeze an entire wedding + reception into a double wide trailer in the middle of bum fuck nowhere.

 

[Surprised Pikachu]

When I were but a little Pichu I thought Stephanie Seymour’s wedding dress from the November Rain video was the most stunningly sexy and gorgeous dress I’d ever seen and I was determined that THAT would be the dress I’d wear when I grew up.

Then I grew up.

Got married in a Registry Office, that was 21 yrs ago and still going strong. A day is a wedding, a lifetime is a marriage.

 

[Retired Junta Member]

One of the things I can't stand about weddings is the organizational phase in which the bride involves friends and relatives in the organization, demanding help even for weeks or months. Organizing a bachelorette party and a few other minor things is fine, but being held hostage for days is madness. It's your wedding, not mine!

Among other things, I can't stand even those future brides who make every detail of the organization public, always and only talking about the ceremony. Realistically, nobody gives a shit.

 

[Snusmumriken]

I really think that the bridesmaids should pay for their own attire. It would be nice to try to match to an extent so you don’t have any painful color clashes but at the end of the day when it’s me getting married, I just want my friends to be there whether they’re wearing Gucci or trash bags. I don’t have the money or interest in paying for several dresses, shoes and accessories just so everything matches, it seems like the kind of thing that only control freaks do.

Also, the ages of the flower girl and ring bearer. It seems like they’re always six years old and every time it’s their turn the flower girl either runs to her parents crying or just stands there, and yes I’ve seen the ring bearer drop the rings because he’s six. Tbh the flower thing doesn’t even matter but with the wedding bands it seems like such an easy problem to avoid. Just give the role to an older child, maybe in their teens or really any point where their motor skills have fully developed and they can take direction for more than two seconds. I get that the old concept was like the reminiscence of youth or whatever but in reality it’s impractical and annoying, and a lot of pressure on tiny children who are guaranteed to mess up in that situation.

 

[Fialovy]

I really think that the bridesmaids should pay for their own attire. It would be nice to try to match to an extent so you don’t have any painful color clashes but at the end of the day when it’s me getting married, I just want my friends to be there whether they’re wearing Gucci or trash bags. I don’t have the money or interest in paying for several dresses, shoes and accessories just so everything matches, it seems like the kind of thing that only control freaks do.

Also, the ages of the flower girl and ring bearer. It seems like they’re always six years old and every time it’s their turn the flower girl either runs to her parents crying or just stands there, and yes I’ve seen the ring bearer drop the rings because he’s six. Tbh the flower thing doesn’t even matter but with the wedding bands it seems like such an easy problem to avoid. Just give the role to an older child, maybe in their teens or really any point where their motor skills have fully developed and they can take direction for more than two seconds. I get that the old concept was like the reminiscence of youth or whatever but in reality it’s impractical and annoying, and a lot of pressure on tiny children who are guaranteed to mess up in that situation.

I admit, I really thing the whole bridesmaids having to wear the same thing has to die. People have different body types and one dress that would look good on one person will look awful on the other. It is better to just have the bridesmaids pick out their own dresses they want as long as they are in the specific wedding. I do know bridezillas who demand bridesmaids dye their hair and other stuff which is just... no

I think the best age for the flower girl is probably six to tennish. I have seen flower girls toddle down the aisle as young as 18 month and then the brides get mad if they behave like 18 month olds. Heck, I have even seen literal baby less than six months old dressed up and pulled in wagons. What bothers me is brides get really mad when super young kids act like super young kids.

As for ring bearers, what they usually do for super young kids is give them fake rings and have the best man slip the groom the real rings. I honestly agree and think ring bearers should be no younger than seven... or they don't give them the rings and just give them these shitty signs...


Of course, you are a kid, anyone who would want to date you right now is a sick fuck. I literally saw something like this at Hobby Lobby the other day and I am just like WHY?


There is a lot of shit about the groom being reluctant about getting married, but aren't they typically the ones who propose and don't you think if they weren't sure that was what they want they wouldn't propose in the first place?

 

[Snusmumriken]

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There is a lot of shit about the groom being reluctant about getting married, but aren't they typically the ones who propose and don't you think if they weren't sure that was what they want they wouldn't propose in the first place?

I hate hate HATE wedding guests who joke to the bride and groom about how supposedly miserable they’re going to be. First of all, it’s disgusting to talk about someone else’s fiancé/eé like that, and second of all it’s embarrassing because it just makes you look miserable in your own marriage and bitter if you’re single. I’m not saying it isn’t a strenuous commitment wrought with sacrifices but maybe let them worry about that shit and try giving support instead. Is it that hard to say “I’m happy for you”?

It’s also super creepy when the bride’s/groom’s friends try to convince them to go somewhere sleazy for their bachelor/ette party. Same as the whole “this is your last day of freedom” mentality, if they were still immature enough to get that much enjoyment out of strip clubs then it might be too early to be getting married. I for one would feel just a liiiiittle bit weird if I went with my friends to have some dude shake his banana hammock in my face knowing I’m getting married that week. I mean, would that still be okay if you didn’t call it a bachelorette party?

 

[Fialovy]

It’s also super creepy when the bride’s/groom’s friends try to convince them to go somewhere sleazy for their bachelor/ette party. Same as the whole “this is your last day of freedom” mentality, if they were still immature enough to get that much enjoyment out of strip clubs then it might be too early to be getting married. I for one would feel just a liiiiittle bit weird if I went with my friends to have some dude shake his banana hammock in my face knowing I’m getting married that week. I mean, would that still be okay if you didn’t call it a bachelorette party?

Yes! I do like the idea of a bachelor/ette party as being sort of a kick-off event to the wedding weekend, preferably that Thursday night before the wedding if it is on a Saturday and not the night before after the rehearsal so you aren't hungover, but yeah, no... strippers are not okay, I also don't understand because if your significant other did that any other time in the relationship, most people would consider it cheating, I don't know why the bachelor/ette party gets a pass for that.

Reminds me of this old infamous Craigslist ad, which all I can say is... wouldn't the DM screen conceal her tits? Just saying... I do think other than wanting an attractive topless woman with at least a C-cup that knows how to DM to play D&D with (which at this point you are looking for Big Foot), D&D would be awesome for a bachelor/ette party if you have at least one other friend who knows how to play and you make your characters ahead of time or have some premade ones set up.