I Hate Weddings!!!!

[Chainsaw]

Move to whatever forum is appropriate...i'm thinking here b/c there is a relationship element to them(?)

I love my friends, I wish them all the best in the world, but I'm absolutely burnt out on weddings. I'm tired of the ceremonies, the tuxedos, the pictures, all that stuff. Since I'm the last of my friends to get married, I always get pushed up front for the stupid garter toss. Since I'm single they always try to set me up with the other single person at the wedding (I still have standards)....blech...

Having said that, I'm totally cool with receptions. Let me rephrase that...I'm cool with parties that have an open bar. I think from now on I'm just going to ask to not be in the wedding and if I can just show up and drink.

It's gotten so bad that I cringe at the idea of having to put my friends and family through a wedding. If I do have a traditional wedding, it would be out of spite, but I'd rather just fly off to Hawaii, get married on a beach and come back home and party.


Had to vent...THHHAAANKKK YOU!

[underdog]

When I got married, I did it on a cruise ship. I told my friends whoever wanted to come could, we got married the first day, then got fucking wasted for a week in a Caribbean. I wish more of my friends did this when they get married.

[Chainsaw]

When I got married, I did it on a cruise ship. I told my friends whoever wanted to come could, we got married the first day, then got fucking wasted for a week in a Caribbean. I wish more of my friends did this when they get married.

I wish I was your friend....

[underdog]

I wish I was your friend....

Ron always bitches about destination weddings, but this was me and like 30 of my friends drinking on a boat for a week. I just happened to get married, as well.

[ralphbxny]

I am not a big fan of the wedding. The show cheaters and my fear of commitment really dont let me want to be married!

[TrailerTrash]

It's not that I hate them, I'm just tired of seeing all my friends/family get married before me. I thought I'd be long married by now, but I'm not. I even went so far to tell the BF after his cousin's wedding last year that I'm not going to any more because they just depress the hell out of me. I was hoping he'd get the point -

he didn't.

but I'd rather just fly off to Hawaii, get married on a beach and come back home and party.

This sounds GREAT to me!

[JackStraw]

Weddings ugh. I've been to two already this summer and two more are coming up. They all entail at least two nights at a hotel, a dress, cash money for the gift, mani's pedi's, blah-blah. I cannot possibly drink enough saphire to recoup my expenses! When and if I get married, it's me and my family and closest friends in Treasure Beach Jamaica and then a huge party when I get home.

[Gvac]

Weddings ugh. I've been to two already this summer and two more are coming up. They all entail at least two nights at a hotel, a dress, cash money for the gift, mani's pedi's, blah-blah. I cannot possibly drink enough saphire to recoup my expenses! When and if I get married, it's me and my family and closest friends in Treasure Beach Jamaica and then a huge party when I get home.

Why inconvenience your family and closest friends by making them travel halfway around the world?

When one of my buddies got married he did it right. He and his chick took a long weekend trip, came home and announced they got married. Both mothers were upset, but they rented out a restaurant for the afternoon and had the families and closest friends together for a nice lunch. It was the best. Everyone was dressed comfortably and it didn't cost an arm and a leg with tux rentals, hotels, travel, etc.

It's the only way to go as far as I'm concerned.

Big, expensive weddings seem like the most selfish thing in the world to me.

[Bulldogcakes]

Most guys hate weddings. We're not supposed to like weddings, its about HER. She's the one who spends her whole life dreaming about that day. She's the one who wants everything to be perfect. If weddings were planned by men, there would be kegs, strippers, and everyone would show up in T-Shirts and shorts.

Basically, us guys are supposed to rent a tux, show up, try not get in the way and smile once in a while. Thats why were there.

[DonInNC]

I've only been to three weddings in my life, outside of my own. I just don't do them.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Being Italian-American Ive been to tons of them and its the same old schtick with every one. The electric slide, and all those other pre packaged cookie cutter rituals. I must say the best wedding I went to was last year, my friend married a Lebanese-American woman. The reception had a belly dancer and they mixed it up with Arabian and American music. It was a great time

[JackStraw]

Why inconvenience your family and closest friends by making them travel halfway around the world?

It's a three and a half hour flight!?

Way to crush my dreams...

[Sweet_Ness]

Move to whatever forum is appropriate...i'm thinking here b/c there is a relationship element to them(?)

I love my friends, I wish them all the best in the world, but I'm absolutely burnt out on weddings. I'm tired of the ceremonies, the tuxedos, the pictures, all that stuff. Since I'm the last of my friends to get married, I always get pushed up front for the stupid garter toss. Since I'm single they always try to set me up with the other single person at the wedding (I still have standards)....blech...

Having said that, I'm totally cool with receptions. Let me rephrase that...I'm cool with parties that have an open bar. I think from now on I'm just going to ask to not be in the wedding and if I can just show up and drink.

It's gotten so bad that I cringe at the idea of having to put my friends and family through a wedding. If I do have a traditional wedding, it would be out of spite, but I'd rather just fly off to Hawaii, get married on a beach and come back home and party.


Had to vent...THHHAAANKKK YOU!

I hate weddings too. When I got married-we went to a JOP and then a restaurant afterwards. Just hate all the muss and fuss and dealing with Bridezillas. I just tell people that I would prefer to be a guest and not a bridesmaid.

[Heather 8]

Traditional weddings are a drag. Either elope in Vegas, or do something offbeat and/or fun (says the chick who got legit hitched in a wrestling ring).

[DorothyCrosley]

If its between two people i know love each other and that the marriage is going to work out im all for it but i hate the weddings you have to go to that you KNOW that a year or two from now they will be getting divorced!

[FUNKMAN]

like weddings, usually a good meal. I just don't like getting dressed up...

[Gaia]

If its between two people i know love each other and that the marriage is going to work out im all for it but i hate the weddings you have to go to that you KNOW that a year or two from now they will be getting divorced!

I feel the same way. I went to a wedding about two years ago, and the WHOLE TIME I was uncomfortable, because I knew what "The groom" had been up to for the past 4 years.......I felt bad for the bride; But what could I do?

[torker]

I like wedding cake.

[DonInNC]

When I got married-we went to a JOP and then a restaurant afterwards.

Ha, my wife and I did the same. There was a dude behind us at the courthouse waiting to pay on his DUI. He was pissed that we were taking so long, so I made him my best man. Fourteen years later, we're still married and, hopfully, that guy has a clean driving record again.

[A.J.]

My buddy is doing it right. He and his chick are flying to Hawaii by themselves and getting married on a beach. Then they're gonna honeymoon there for a bit. They figured they could use the money a wedding costs to buy a house instead.

However, he did ask me and the rest of his friends to come down to Dallas next week for a long-weekend of beer, barbeque, and baseball.

And with that, I am wedding-free for the rest of my life.

[Chainsaw]

My buddy is doing it right. He and his chick are flying to Hawaii by themselves and getting married on a beach. Then they're gonna honeymoon there for a bit. They figured they could use the money a wedding costs to buy a house instead.

However, he did ask me and the rest of his friends to come down to Dallas next week for a long-weekend of beer, barbeque, and baseball.

And with that, I am wedding-free for the rest of my life.

That's exactly how I want to do it...no more dealing with wedding coordinators, awful rehearsal dinner speeches, the bride and groom shoving cake in each others faces....

I just want to drink and if, by chance, there's a single hot girl there...to hit on her...

[celery]

I completely agree - I have to go to FIVE weddings this year, and I'm in two of them. I'm really hoping this is the end of them for a while. I definitely don't see myself getting married in a huge ceremony - it's just not my style. It also seems like a waste of money to me - you could make a down payment on a house for what some of these weddings cost.

I think a lot of women have a perfect storybook wedding in their heads, and there's a ton of pressure from society to pull it off. I'm not sure when this started, but I read somewhere that it's become a $50 billion a year industry. This would make an interesting R&F show topic (though I think they've at least touched on it before).

[PapaBear]

I don't mind weddings as long as there's a good party. What do hate is being the photographer. I've only done it a few times as favors, but it's awful. There's always one woman that makes you life Hell with her ideas and demands. It's usually some nosey aunt, or a friend of the bride.

I had a photography instructor who specialized in weddings. He had some crazy stories. At one wedding, the groom got in a fist fight with the best man, when he saw how they had decorated his precious car (of course, he continued to take pics during the fight). At another wedding, there was a full sized choir. As he was snapping shots of them, one of the in the back row, dropped dead mid song.

[MT HAYSEED]

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[kayugo]

Most guys hate weddings. We're not supposed to like weddings, its about HER. She's the one who spends her whole life dreaming about that day. She's the one who wants everything to be perfect. If weddings were planned by men, there would be kegs, strippers, and everyone would show up in T-Shirts and shorts.

Basically, us guys are supposed to rent a tux, show up, try not get in the way and smile once in a while. Thats why were there.




I AGREE!! I am a woman that wanted the perfect wedding. My husband says this about our wedding all the time "I showed up in summer, in a tux, just to say " Ok, yeah I'll continue living with you"
I look back at our wedding and wish we had eloped with just our parents and a freind or two to Tahoe or anywhere. So much money for one day. I should have been like
"Just give me bling and some cock and I'm good. ;) "

[epo]

I completely agree - I have to go to FIVE weddings this year, and I'm in two of them. I'm really hoping this is the end of them for a while. I definitely don't see myself getting married in a huge ceremony - it's just not my style. It also seems like a waste of money to me - you could make a down payment on a house for what some of these weddings cost.

I think a lot of women have a perfect storybook wedding in their heads, and there's a ton of pressure from society to pull it off. I'm not sure when this started, but I read somewhere that it's become a $50 billion a year industry. This would make an interesting R&F show topic (though I think they've at least touched on it before).

They never end. Ever.

[WhistlePig]

I don't like big overblown affairs. I can't help but think what a waste of money it is. I don't understand people spending a fortune and going into debt for ONE DAY. I didn't care much about my wedding, I was more interested in throwing a fun reception where everyone could eat good food and get drunk. I didn't have any bridesmaids or crap like that, just one best "woman" who got to wear whatever the hell she wanted. Shit, my wedding dress was just some white dress I bought off the rack at Hechts for $40! We put money into the important stuff: booze & food. And still didn't spend more than two grand.