<p>Wow! Since we have an upcoming summer 2011 wedding in our family I have been following this thread and trying to pick up info on trends and such. Just watched the show Platinum Weddings on We TV. Holy Buckets! This family just spent $4.5 million!!! It is amazing what people do for weddings.</p>
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If only they put as much time, thought and effort into the marriage which follows . . .</p>
<p>^ lol chedva, you make a good point about the marriage!</p>
<p>I am working on Master’s of Marriage and Family Therapy.</p>
<p>It’s common to hear stories of brides and grooms who are unwilling to spend 8 hours and $750 dollars on good premarital counseling… where you talk about how you will live your lives for the next few years and beyond.</p>
<p>but they are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours on one day.</p>
<p>There’s 9000 views and almost 200 comments! Why do any of you care about the details of someone’s wedding who you don’t know?</p>
<p>I love weddings. I look forward to “My Fair Wedding,” “Bridezillas” and “Platinum Weddings” every week. They are beautiful, joyful and all about possibilities. What’s not to love?</p>
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<p>I love Say Yes to the Dress. I don’t quite know why…I think it’s kind of like Lady Porn.</p>
<p>I remember people asking me if I was nervous as my wedding day approached. I always answered, “Nervous about the wedding? Yes. Nervous about the marriage? No.” 24 years later, still happily married.</p>
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<p>I’ve not watched Bridezillas, but I did see a clip of it one day where there was a bride who was absolutely horrible. At the rehearsal dinner, she became incensed because her Dad had a birthday cake delivered to someone at the table. She was shrieking, saying this was “HER” day (isn’t it the groom’s day too?), how DARE he deflect attention from her, etc. The birthday girl was mortified, and when the Dad tried to calm the bride, she grabbed a big piece of the cake and rubbed it into his face!</p>
<p>Not beautiful, not joyful, and the only possibility I could think of was X years of misery for the groom. YUCK.</p>
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But in many (maybe most) cases, the bride transforms at the altar and you see the couple sitting together afterward and the new husband is glad to have his wife back. The power of redemption! There was only one wedding I can remember that wasn’t moving and touching. It was that witch Bridezilla from Staten Island named Karen.</p>
<p>There’s a woman who takes my express bus with her mom every day. She is an absolute monster, screams at her mom for the whole bus to hear. Rude, vulgar, the whole bit. The mom recently told my seatmate and I that her D had gotten engaged. We were both flabbergasted. Who would marry that?</p>
<p>“But in many (maybe most) cases, the bride transforms at the altar”…
No, I saw that one. She was a despicable character.
…But Chelsea looked lovely!
Tractorfarmer - Do you watch pro football games even though you don’t know the players personally? C’mon, it’s all fun!</p>
<p>missypie - exactly! Ha ha.</p>
<p>One of the weddings I attended this year was held at home with many things done at home by friends and family. It was breathtakingly beautiful. My MIL had her reception at home and the pictures show a gorgeous and comfortable gathering. My own wedding and reception was low, low budge and is still considered one of the prettier weddings that those who attended have ever seen. A blogger I know had a home spun reception that was as cheery as any I’ve known,</p>
<p>My brother’s wedding and reception was ritzy and as elegant as any. Over done but awesome. A formal wedding at W was also an expensive and impressive affair. </p>
<p>You can have a beautiful wedding without spending a fortune.</p>
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I solved that problem by buying an antique from the 1930s. I felt like Katharine Hepburn in that gown. (Long sleeves,v-neck, ivory silk with beading at the waist, half train, and a million buttons down the lowish back for anyone who cares!)</p>
<p>My husband works in television. He just shot a promo for a new show on Discovery. The show is called “Who the Bleep Did I Marry?” I’m not kidding. It’s about brides (or grooms, I guess) who think they’re marrying one person and then after a few years of marriage discover that person is actually a bank robber/polygamist/porn star/etc. The promo is pretty funny. It remains to be seen if the show is. Stay tuned. Premier Aug 25 :rolleyes:</p>
<p>My H is featured as a photographer in Michael Apted’s documentary about weddings. It follows five couples.</p>
<p>Mathmom, I am the “bride” you quoted in #194.</p>
<p>I solved the problem by buying what must have been the one and only tailored gown available that year! (look for a PM). But I like your solution better–didn’t occur to me at the time.</p>
<p>A new lovely photo with Hillary’s dress:</p>
<p>[Hillary</a> Clinton’s Oscar De La Renta Dress: See A Full-Length PHOTO](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>Hillary Clinton's Oscar De La Renta Dress: See A Full-Length PHOTO | HuffPost Life)</p>
<p>Wow, it’s a beautiful dress…but not as a MOTB dress. I would have preferred a more understated gown. It looks as if it wants to steal attention from the bride.
I think the dress looks too young to be on Hillary. Definitely, it makes a stunning prom dress or ball gown for a younger person.</p>
<p>^^^That’s a beautiful photograph!</p>