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Originally Posted by poundwise
I think weddings in this country are mostly assinine. People spend more time planning for their wedding than they do planning for marriage. Not to mention the wastefulness that takes place spending thousands of dollars.
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I think this is a pretty good point. I know my own wedding definitely pierced the veil (no pun intended) on the whole wedding rigamarole.
I couldn't believe all the stupid things people kept pushing at you as "essentials". I can't believe how baldly a vendor will double their price for a wedding, and people just go along with it!
The whole thing lasted 1/2 a day! It was nice, I guess, and there are things I remember fondly, but I also remember being so wound up that I almost passed out during the picture-taking (living on tums for 48 hours and then wearing a 20 pound dress will do that to a person!).
The honeymoon, on the other hand, was worth every penny!
I'm having trouble mustering much enthusiasm for my friend's wedding, and I feel bad about it. She's been so wedding crazy for so many years, and I just don't have the heart to rain on her parade, so I'm trying desperately to drum up enthusiasm about which chair covers ($4 per person!) she should pick. The whole thing just seems like an incredibly wasteful excuse to indulge a princess fantasy.