<p>I was at a wedding reception where the bride and groom were late because they were consummating their marriage. </p>
<p>Two college educated, upper middle class, seeming normal people. The reason for being late wasn’t common knowledge to all the guests but word certainly spread through the bride and groom’s friends. ewww.</p>
<p>At least I could hopefully avoid the morning after pics.</p>
<p>I saw a news story on this. People are so vain. I can’t imagine spending money on this. Stupid. And I’m sure that they want this moment captured because it was the first time for both. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>deega, that crackes me up. How long could it take??? ;)</p>
<p>“The couple were so delighted with the results of the shoot, they posted the photos on Facebook, and say they will even share them with their future children - when they are old enough.”</p>
<p>I can’t possibly think of a better way to traumatize your children!</p>
<p>Is this for real? :eek: Please tell me this is a joke. What happened to the good old tripod plus camera setup? Are people too lazy to shoot their own… whatever? :rolleyes: :)</p>
<p>“Special time: The couple explained that they wanted memories of the day. ‘When you get married, you’re in the best shape of your life,’ Mrs Shamis said” ???</p>
<p>The guy in the pic already has man boobs and needs a manzier.</p>
<p>Reminds me of a woman who’d had the milestones of her married life painted in a mural that covered the walls of the dining room. There was the place he’d proposed; where they got married; their first house.</p>
<p>Fine for your own private consumption but kind of a bit much to post on Facebook!</p>
<p>Though my mother (who was, of course, as pure as the driven snow when she got married) did film parts of her honeymoon on one of those old Super-8 cameras … the airplane ride (first time on a plane!), the two of them dressed up, sitting out by the pool, that type of thing. It’s all so early 1960’s, gauzy innocence. And she did take a shot of their slippers next to one another at the foot of the bed. So maybe she was ahead of her time!</p>
<p>OMG. TMI for sure. I think the word is definitely “vanity” Youdon’tsay.</p>
<p>I have a friend who is friends with someone on Facebook who recently had a baby. She had to suffer through the pics of the positive pregnancy test strip, the 3D ultrasound pics, the gender reveal party pics and the Demi Moore-esque pregnancy photos. </p>
<p>I have never heard anything like some of this stuff. Do they think they are the first person to ever get married or have a baby? Jeesh. Wake up and look around. There are other people there!</p>
<p>No surprise. This is coming from the generation that routinely posts pictures of themselves in mirrors, from up high angles, doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING other than taking a picture. </p>
<p>“Pics or it didn’t happen” is embedded in our subconscious. </p>
<p>It’s whatever. If that’s what people want to do, cool. I wouldn’t want to see my friend’s or my parents’ morning after pics though. Keep it to yourself.</p>
<p>Yes, this is the me generation and really I dont really care what a couple does for their own private selves, but posting on FB is par for the course of this generation… One benefit I see however, is since 1 in 2 marriages dont last, maybe this is a way of documenting better times for a couple.</p>
<p>Another new “tradition” that I don’t get is the “Trash the Dress” photo shoot where the bride or couple is photographed after the wedding diving into the ocean, rolling in mud, whatever in their formal wedding. Here’s an example of how that can go terribly wrong.</p>
What happened to the good old tripod plus camera setup? Are people too lazy to shoot their own… whatever? :rolleyes: :)</p>