My view on weddings: just my two cents Ok, so I watch shows like Bridezillas, I Found The Gown, Say Yes To The Dress, and Platinum Weddings, and Something Wedding with David Something. The number one argument coming up is money. Money this, money that, money due here, and money due there. Why have weddings become so complicated and why are couples willing to sell their immortal souls for what will hopefully be a one time event in their lives? Do you really need an engagement party, a bridal shower, a pre-pre-reception dinner, a pre-reception dinner, stag/hen night, and a reception dinner for 200 people on top of the actual wedding. In a broke-a$$ economy where everyone complains about money shortage, including myself, I’m surprised that young couples fall for the ultimate wedding industry lie: that their wedding is the most important day of their lives. Now don’t misunderstand. The wedding industry employs a many people who need money just as much as the rest of us. People in the wedding industry have mad skills, and if all couples stopped getting married, the unemployment rate would probably go up by like a billion percent (ok, maybe that’s a little hyperbole bulls*** right there, just in case you don’t understand when I’m being sassy). But seriously, do you need a $500-10-tier cake, a choclate fountain, an open bar, and a $10,000 dinner for people that may not even eat what you chose? Do you really need to spend what could buy you a pre-owned car on a dress and bridesmaid gown rentals? Do you really need that horse-drawn carriage , that venue that looks like the friggin Neuschwanstein Castle, and the gold plated dance floor only to end up in debt so deep your grandchildren’s grandchildren are going to end up paying the interest on the interest? (Some more hyperbole s*** thrown your way right there. Sorry!) Now I’m aware that couples get money for their wedding and a whole bunch of other goodies. And maybe their guests even helped pay for some of the wedding or good forbid HER poor parents did. The fact remains though, the couple will or could still end up with a bill that could easily match a downpayment for that first house or apartment, or maybe the security payment for a rental. You all get the point, right? So here is what it boils down to. Don’t f***ing fall for the lie that the wedding is the most important day of your life because it’s not! I know that is not what you want to hear or read! Your wedding is one of the MANY important days in your shared life. In fact, that in “sickness and health" and “in good times and bad times" s*** is more important than the wedding. When someone close passes away, and your partner is there for you, that’s more important than the f***ing wedding! The birth of your children is more important than your wedding, and sending them off on their first day of school, and watching them graduate, and giving them away on their wedding is more important than your own wedding! A wedding shouldn’t be stressful, it shouldn’t be the cause of sleepless nights and endless arguments, and it sure as hell shouldn’t be the cause of an endless cycle of debt collectors calling you for the rest of your life. That’s not a way to start off a life together. I’m in no way an expert on relationships, and heck you might pay a gazillion bucks and end up til death do you part. What do I know? I just want you to be aware that you can have a great wedding without having to sell your kidneys on the black market and still be happy. And I want you to be aware that your wedding is just the start of something great. It’s not the ultimate day, but the beginning of a million awesome stories in your book of life. But what do I know, right? Just my two cents.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:29:43 +0000
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