Bad Weddings and Wedding Trends - sperg about weddings here

[Nero You're DeadWeight]

Stumbled into this thread and hoh boy.
I've only ever been to wedding when I was a kid but i'll keep it brief.

It was for some relatives, Halloween costume party, and the wedding WAS on Halloween. From what I remember it was more of a party with a wedding taped onto it last minute? Lets say the marriage didn't last and the groom only married the bride hoping her parents would die soon so he could get the inheritance.
I'm protestant like the rest of my family, but even I know getting married on Halloween night is some bad news (since oooo it's the devils niiiight~), and I'm not even super religious.

Another wedding I heard of was from my dad. He knew someone during his travels and this guy used to be a California cop before joinin the armed services. Anyways, cop guy here has like a 100K fairytale wedding with his fiancé. Horse drawn carriage, the works and ends up a fuck ton of money in debt (something I think is r-tarded about weddings tbh.). One day my dad and the cop guy are hanging out, and the guy gets a call to find out his wife was cheating on him. According to my dad, the cop guy and wife got divorced after they got back and the guy is still in debt. Granted this happened years ago and we dunno what happened to the cop guy nor do we really care.

Maybe i'm just confused cause i'm young and never been in love, but what is the obsession with blowing so much money on a wedding? Sure the anime ones are cringe, but I can't help but go "awe thats kinda cute" (well except for the pokemon one, that was pretty bad) cause to me it looked like everyone really was having fun, it looked affordable, and it was like a comfortable wedding. Nothing too big, and you can tell everyone involved was enjoying it, compared to those 50K weddings where you just KNOW some people came for the food and open bar.

Edit: I didn't know re tard was gonna be censored when i checked on mobile ffs

 

[Fialovy]

It was for some relatives, Halloween costume party, and the wedding WAS on Halloween. From what I remember it was more of a party with a wedding taped onto it last minute? Lets say the marriage didn't last and the groom only married the bride hoping her parents would die soon so he could get the inheritance.
I'm protestant like the rest of my family, but even I know getting married on Halloween night is some bad news (since oooo it's the devils niiiight~), and I'm not even super religious.

Honestly, Halloween weddings are kind of cringey. I mean, why would you want to have your anniversary be on a holiday like Halloween? It isn't like a birthday where you don't have much control over what day you are born. I also hate the Halloween weddings that make your guests dress up in costume, it is stressful enough finding something decent to wear to a wedding as a guest let alone a costume that would be appropriate for a wedding.

Also, I saw a guide online about how to throw a Fifty Shades of Grey themed bridal shower. Which, bridal showers are like, when all the women of you and the groom's family including grandma and your mother-in-law and stuff all get together and open gifts and stuff, not like the bachelorette party where it is just the bridesmaids and close female friends. I guess a bachelorette party would make a little more sense, but even then, it is a shitty book by erotica standards that even the BDSM community hates. archive Also, The Knot showed a photoshoot of a 50 Shades themed wedding too which... I don't think you can really make it tasteful without it just being a fancy black tie wedding with a gray color scheme.

Also, I remember when Twilight was really big someone had a Twilight themed wedding and wore a replica of Bella's dress (which looks awful on anyone who isn't string bean thin, in the wedding I am going to show you you can see the dress do some weird puckering going on ) and her and her husband had their last name legally changed to Cullen (link)

 

[Coolio55]

Internet Brands has actually owned Weddingbee since 2011, before that it was like, a series of wedding blogs run by various brides, but they since moved away from featuring individual bloggers and it is mostly ads and a forum and shit, but don't worry, the admin whose name I think is Tyson (which a lot of users hate that he is a dude by the way) doesn't work for free to run that shitshow of a forum like the nonexistant/mostly inactive jannies do, they pay him as an employee supposedly. Every month, the forum seems to get a new glitch and nothing is done about, it's great. Like I said, it is on par with Alice's GOMI.

Though seriously, tell me more about this Internet Brands since you seem to know a lot about them. I only know them as the parent company who owns Weddingbee, I had no idea how shitty they were.

Internet Brands is a company famous for buying tons of giant forums and subsequently running them into the ground.
...that isn't their biggest fuckup though.

Let me tell you a story.

Spoiler: LONG

Once upon a time there was a forum software. A software called vBulletin.
vBulletin was pretty much the king of forum software. It had the biggest userbase and the most plugins.
It was an excellent product and 3 major versions were released.

Mid development of vBulletin 4, Jelsoft is sold to Internet Brands and it's rushed out the door.
vBulletin 4 turns out mostly OK (after several fucking updates) but it's a sign of things to come.

At this point, most of the original Jelsoft employees leave due to Internet Brands's mismanagement (and it generally being a horrible place to work)
If you've ever had the displeasure of using their shitty technical support you can only imagine the nightmare it is to actually work for them.

Then they come out with vBulletin 5.

vBulletin 5 is an abortion in every sense of the word. It barely worked on release and after nearly a decade I'm still not sure if it's a functioning product.
All the major companies using vBulletin pulled out and I theorize that this may have helped the transition from traditional forums to centralized shitholes like reddit.
vBulletin's competitors (IP.Board, Woltlab and several FOSS options) still exist to this day but the true successor is XenForo which was made by most of the original team.

I used to know a guy who got stabbed at three different weddings. I'm not shitting you, every time this dude showed up he'd get knifed. He also had the distinction of being 22 and still somehow in high school when he died (not from a wedding stabbing), so make of that what you will.

This guy sounds cool. R.I.P.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

What’s the deal with brides in sneakers? I know not all women like heels, but there’s plenty of tasteful flat shoe options out there.

I had a YW leader who had sneakers on for her wedding (not in the temple, of course lol), this was in the early-'00s, too. It was for comfort reasons, she had said, though probably was also for the lulz as her husband thought it was funny. Honestly, I think if you're going for an outdoor wedding and there's still a bit of walking around, sneakers would work best.

Isn't with Mormon weddings before you had to wait a year if you had a civil ceremony before you can get sealed? I know IIRC they recently changed it so you didn't have to wait a year so you could include other family members and also with temples closed during the pandemic, not to delay the start of marriages, a lot of people before just got sealed because they were too afraid their spouse would die or something before they got sealed or something. With the pandemic though, I think from what I have heard that has become more of the norm to have a civil ceremony which is good.

Converts (I think even still nowadays) had to wait a year before marrying in the temple (anecdote: my late-grandparents married civilly when Papa was a newly-baptized convert, they got sealed just before my aunt was born over a year later). The exception for the waiting a year after civil marriage rule was for those living in countries that didn't recognize temple marriages, though I think members complained to the general authority enough (because first world problems amirite) they made it that more readily available for everyone to have that option. Though I feel like they would've done it anyway, especially since it was more convenient during the pandemic to get married civilly (when possible) while temples were closed--although it still took about almost a full year before temple sealing ordinances were opened back up by appointment anyway. My mom also believes the day will come when even the U.S. will stop recognizing temple marriages as a valid marriage, so having a civil marriage license before entering the temple makes sense.

At this point, I think only the most up-tight of older members take issue with the thought of having family members marrying civilly first, even if it's due to the "no empty chairs in heaven" mindset. But if death were to occur, temple sealings can be done for the deceased as it's mainly done by living relatives, though if that doesn't bring comfort to those concerned in this life, then I suppose nothing will.

Also yeah, the guy who filmed it goes by the name of Mike Norton, he is an ex-Mormon who basically leaked everything out of revenge before leaving.

Lmao revenge for what, being told he's a sinner? We're all sinners in this mortal coil, what a faggot.

Btw I just wanna say that at a glance, your Minky Momo avatar looks like Momoko from Wedding Peach which would've been hilarious for this thread.

 

[Fialovy]

Btw I just wanna say that at a glance, your Minky Momo avatar looks like Momoko from Wedding Peach which would've been hilarious for this thread.

Oh my gosh! I used to love Wedding Peach! Now that is a good anime. We should seriously have a girly anime thread for the beauty parlor where we can sperg about anime without having it shit up by dudes sperging about their big titty monster girl isekai series and shit.

I had a YW leader who had sneakers on for her wedding (not in the temple, of course lol), this was in the early-'00s, too. It was for comfort reasons, she had said, though probably was also for the lulz as her husband thought it was funny. Honestly, I think if you're going for an outdoor wedding and there's still a bit of walking around, sneakers would work best.

Which again, is completely fair, I honestly have no idea how people can wear heels for a wedding especially if there is a lot of dancing involved. Heck, even from my experience as a bride, even two inch kitten heels were too much when I was walking around to various locations to get photos taken. I am so glad I had flats for the reception.

Internet Brands is a company famous for buying tons of giant forums and subsequently running them into the ground.
...that isn't their biggest fuckup though.

I looked at their Wikipedia page and it looks like they tried to sue Xenforo a while back, but the lawsuit got dismissed. It is kind of interesting how they were partly responsible for the decline of forums. I also looked on their website and... most of these forums I haven't even heard about...

 

[Cheesegirl78]

I sort of liked the Disney wedding gowns.

Youngest cheeselet's half sister had a barn wedding, but she loves horses and farm life, so it fit. Pictures were adorable.

Worst wedding I saw was a biker wedding (IIRC) and the bride came down the aisle to a pretty nasty song, and you could see the older folks in the audience were NOT pleased with the song selection. People were covering the ears of the children that were present, and I believe the bride's grandmother got up and stormed off.
I will try to find the video.

I can't be shocked or offended easily, but I was at this.

Edit: can't link it, but look for "The worst wedding of all time" on YouTube. The bride came down the aisle to Crazy Bitch by BuckCherry.

 

[Fialovy]

Worst wedding I saw was a biker wedding (IIRC) and the bride came down the aisle to a pretty nasty song, and you could see the older folks in the audience were NOT pleased with the song selection. People were covering the ears of the children that were present, and I believe the bride's grandmother got up and stormed off.
I will try to find the video.

It kind of reminds of that one viral video of the bride walking down the aisle to Crazy Bitch

That bridal procession lasted way too long and long outlived the joke.

I sort of liked the Disney wedding gowns.

Same here, I remember back then liking the Belle dress of that one Alfred Angelo collection. To me, it didn't really scream Disney though, just pretty princess dress. As I got older, my tastes kind of changed and I went for dresses that actually made me feel my age rather than a little girl playing dress up.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

It kind of reminds of that one viral video of the bride walking down the aisle to Crazy Bitch

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That bridal procession lasted way too long and long outlived the joke.


Same here, I remember back then liking the Belle dress of that one Alfred Angelo collection. To me, it didn't really scream Disney though, just pretty princess dress. As I got older, my tastes kind of changed and I went for dresses that actually made me feel my age rather than a little girl playing dress up.

That's it.
I read the older woman with short hair and the shiny dress was the bride's grandmother, and once she realized what the lyrics were, she left the wedding.
Don't know how true it is, but if so I don't blame her.

 

[FreakyFredsTrannyGranny]

yeah you're right. That website is filled with batshit crazy weddings

This doctor who themed wedding of two fat trannies really made me cringe:

A quirky time travel transgender lesbian wedding | Offbeat Bride

Time travel embraces change and innovation... that makes it the perfect wedding theme for these two. Jenn is a proud trans woman, an activist, a gamer geek, an IT professional, and an improv actor. Bree is a proud lesbian, a mom of two, a teacher of many, and a body positivity advocate.

offbeatbride.com

I know this is late but I didn't see anyone else mention it... Look at this happy family!



Such pure, unadulterated disappointment and embarrassment. Look at the little dude's body language, leaning away from Mr. Mommy, whose hand is resting on his shoulder which is probs one of the many reasons he's making that face.
For some reason the article's pic is clearer on mobile, this desktop version sadly deep fries his terror a bit.

 

[Ophelia Jones]

I know this is late but I didn't see anyone else mention it... Look at this happy family!

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Such pure, unadulterated disappointment and embarrassment. Look at the little dude's body language, leaning away from Mr. Mommy, whose hand is resting on his shoulder which is probs one of the many reasons he's making that face.
For some reason the article's pic is clearer on mobile, this desktop version sadly deep fries his terror a bit.

Terrifying how they've made their children look as Non-binary as possible.

 

[WinnieTheJew]

I honestly feel like COVID kind of made it clear who only cared about the wedding and who mostly cared about the committment. The ones who cared about the actual marriage, didn't care if the laws and restrictions meant their wedding plans changed, they were just happy to get married even if they eloped, had their wedding outside as opposed to inside, etc. while the people who only wanted the party had a meltdown when their vision was ruined due to local restrictions.


Also, before I forget, here is a Juggalo themed wedding.

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30 seconds in and there's fat people everywhere, a cripple, a nigglet and three bottles of Faygo in someone's front yard. I have never seen anything more American.

 

[GUMP Gundam]

This is the only themed wedding I remember seeing as a teenager:

There was also an in-game event for this wedding in one of their games, AQWorlds.

 

[Fialovy]

Post-Apocalyptic wedding! They all look ridiculous

 

[Fareal]

Re Pre-Cana.

Spoiler: Snip for length

It’s not advice. Most of it is a screening procedure to attempt to ensure that no one is entering into sacramental marriage without a full understanding of the Church’s teaching about the sacrament. Tbh you don’t even pray that much.

There’s a couple of days of weekend retreat. There is a session on natural family planning combined with the Church’s theological basis for its prohibition on other contraceptive measures. No one listens to this as it is always led by a hyperfecund mentalist. There’s a (very helpful) session on what readings you can choose from for the nuptial Mass, if you are being allowed the nuptial Mass, which is handy if your parish priest didn’t make you choose already. (Everyone but everyone chooses Corinthians 12). You get a session on children and parenting and raising children in the faith where it is made very clear that this is not negotiable. There is a session on financial planning and dealing with financial matters. There is a horrifying session on intimacy in marriage, which amounts to five love languages and being told you better fuck each other on the reg or this isn’t going to work. This advice is a little too based for a retreat. There is also at some point a bit about the need for compromise in marriage and frankly to STFU and take it sometimes, because no fucking way do you get a divorce. You are warned that you are not always going to be happy; in fact sometimes you are going to be absolutely sick of each other but the point of the sacrament of marriage is that you promise you will stick together through these rough times. Even if they are rough, or they go on a long time.

You also do a few hundred multiple choice questions, your answers are compared and if you didn’t have the sense to tell the same lies, you will be sent for further counselling on the basis of the answers. A lot of these are about money, and also sex and sexuality. They are very on the nose.

You have to see your priest for interview. The length, number, and nature of these interviews will be determined by how well the priest knows you. As a frequent godbotherer of a godbothering family and a person fond of volunteering, we got off pretty lightly with his advice mostly directed to the problems in my extended family and a strong warning not to repeat those patterns. Also a strong word was subsequently had with my mom about her behaviour at the time for which I was deeply grateful.

It didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know, but I would say that if you didn’t practice your faith, were marrying outside the faith, or frankly just wanted a nice place to get married, it was probably a bit of a culture shock.

 

[Fialovy]

Not sure whether to post these here or the shitty etsy product thread, but even though Etsy has a great reputation of having a good selection of wedding decor and whatnot, if you search "geek wedding" you get a lot of stuff that screams "How do you do fellow nerds?"


This just screams for people who only watched Critical Role and nothing else





Also as a bonus, I found these funko pop centerpieces on Reddit. I am kind of bummed about not being able to screencap anything easily from Reddit as my screen capture program I use is really finicky with it so I can't do text from reddit, just shitty images.

 

[Barbigny]

Are women still wearing mermaid dresses? Those things look r*tarded and basically render the bride immobile for the whole night.

 

[Fialovy]

Are women still wearing mermaid dresses? Those things look r*tarded and basically render the bride immobile for the whole night.

oh yeah, they are, mermaid dresses aren't going away anytime soon unfortunately as long as there are brides that want to look sexy. However, they have come out with variations of the mermaid dress called the trumpet dresses which are like mermaids but they don't taper all the way down to the knees (around lower hip to mid-thigh typically) providing mobility for dancing (source: this is the type of dress I wore myself and had no problem dancing). There is also fit and flares which is a fitted dress where the fitted part comes even higher than a trumpet which also provides even more mobility.

this guide explains it really well the differences.

 

[celebrityskin]

I hate those mock-Elie Saab dresses that every Arab chick with a lot of money and not a lot of taste tends to wear

Can this trend die already?

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

I would have to say my own, but that's only because the government restrictions on weddings ruined it. Even at an outdoor event at the time could have 50 people, we were supposed to have 500. While it saved me some money it really wasn't a memorable event. Once the whole covid shit is over we're having a second wedding when the whole family can show up and this time I'm not going to limit the amount of guests.

 

[do you like my hat]

One of our family friends didn't let her bridesmaids wear makeup at her wedding, because she wanted to be the "centrepiece" of all the photos (so basically didn't want to be upstaged.) I didn't go to that wedding but I thought it was funny when I heard it.