When did most weddings de-evolve into a classless display of one-upping whoever had the last wedding, which leads to months and months of planning, and then spending money like there's no tomorrow, when most of the spending is on material [censored] that will be thrown away the next day?
And these awful "bridezilla" TV shows are a lot of the problem as well. It only seems to drive the worst in some people.
I have an invite to a wedding of a daughter of some friends (never mind that she hated her parents' guts for several years and refused to even speak to them), and I have absolutely no desire to go to it. I barely even know the daughter (and that's because she shut her parents out of her life for several years, and chose to live an hour away).
As a rule, I've only attended weddings of immediate family members and those of my personal friends... and no one else.
Am I wrong? Every one else gets a nice card, a hearty congratulations, and a gift.
I guess I'd feel somewhat different about weddings if they were more about the vows, and less about all of the immaterial garbage that people apparently think that are more important than the "I do" part?
So, am I the only one?
And these awful "bridezilla" TV shows are a lot of the problem as well. It only seems to drive the worst in some people.
I have an invite to a wedding of a daughter of some friends (never mind that she hated her parents' guts for several years and refused to even speak to them), and I have absolutely no desire to go to it. I barely even know the daughter (and that's because she shut her parents out of her life for several years, and chose to live an hour away).
As a rule, I've only attended weddings of immediate family members and those of my personal friends... and no one else.
Am I wrong? Every one else gets a nice card, a hearty congratulations, and a gift.
I guess I'd feel somewhat different about weddings if they were more about the vows, and less about all of the immaterial garbage that people apparently think that are more important than the "I do" part?
So, am I the only one?