Weeeeeeeeeding woooooooooo!

[Stewie]

One of my cousin's is getting married on Saturday. Weddings rock. Free food, free drinks. The ability to watch people attempt to dance and makes fools out of themselves. Yeah weddings are something else. I've been to several weddings and they're always a good time.

[G_tarRoCK3R]

Totally thought this was about yard work haha

Congrats!:D

[Nuff_Said]

anyone else read it as weeding?

Weddings are ok, as long as it's not yours.

[Stewie]

anyone else read it as weeding?

Weddings are ok, as long as it's not yours.

weeding? lol

[bermuddy]

i thought it was about yard work too. you want to check out the thread title ;)

[Baanu_Rass]

I read it as whoo twice. Illiteracy FTW.

I've never been old enough to really enjoy any of the weddings I've attended so I can't agree or disagree.

[Apples]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.

[bermuddy]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.

i see them as expensive parties. they're still tons of fun.

EDIT: i guess i'm talkin about the reception. the actual ceremony is boring.

[sillystou]

Open bar, FTW. ;)

[whofan]

One of my cousin's is getting married on Saturday. Weddings rock. Free food, free drinks. The ability to watch people attempt to dance and makes fools out of themselves. Yeah weddings are something else. I've been to several weddings and they're always a good time.
Now I'm disappointed! Here I thought this was going to be about weeding and how much fun it really is!

Anyways, have a good time at the Wedding, just take pity on the poor sods who are paying for the darned thing and don't drink yourself stupid at the open bar.

It makes me glad that I'm not having an open bar at mine (Ticket system: you get 2 tickets, then you're on your own after that!)

[NoMoreVillains]

My aunt and uncle's wedding was really good for several reasons.
The wedding and reception were in the clubhouse of a golf club and I have a golf ball as a souvenir. The food for the reception: pizza. I spent the whole day eating pizza.
Then we line dancing. The guy leading and teaching everybody to line dance was really good. The funny thing was, my aunt's stepfather invited that guy when he ran into that guy in a bar. I don't think anybody knew him.

[jeccaneko]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.

I agree. That's why my recent wedding was teeny tiny.

I'm more concerned about the honeymoon. I want to go somewhere cool. After we get settled in our new place, I think I want to take a honeymoon/vacation. :D

[whofan]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.
Awww, I expected better out of you Apples!

You do realize that your comments are wide open flame-bait?

I won't take it, of course, but I feel the need to point it out.

With regards to the Wedding being outdated, some people feel it is very important to stand in front of their friends and relatives to publicly show their devotion and love for one another. And while you may see the rituals as outdated, I'm sure that there are people out there who feel that some of your daily rituals are also outdated.

While I'll be going through the whole ceremony soon enough (I don't believe in the necessity of the ceremony myself, being a musical spiritualist, my Fiancee is Catholic and it means a lot to her), it's more about the reception for me. Not because it's a big party, but it allows me to gather together families and friends to celebrate my devotion to my future wife.

[bood-boy]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.

thank you! i didnt wanna be the first to say it heheh. could not agree with u more. waste of money big time. like what are you trying to prove spending 5 figures on saying u love one another? if you lvoe each other, dont dig urself into debt from the get go. such an unnecessary stress.

ive been to awesome weddings though. but if it werent the open bar it wouldnt have been awesome.

[whofan]

thank you! i didnt wanna be the first to say it heheh. could not agree with u more. waste of money big time. like what are you trying to prove spending 5 figures on saying u love one another? if you lvoe each other, dont dig urself into debt from the get go. such an unnecessary stress.

ive been to awesome weddings though. but if it werent the open bar it wouldnt have been awesome.
Some people like to celebrate with friends and family, is that such a bad thing?

[Starfleet_Rambo]

I can't stand weddings. Didn't want to be at my own. :D

My wife and I ran off to Tennessee to get married, and her two friends were the witnesses.

No family, no day long drawn out annoying BS.

[ThrobingCane]

Weddings are OK, I dont like to go to weddings of people I dont know. But if it was me friends wedding it would be fun, Party all night long!!!!

[thehunted616]

Oh man I hate weeding. No wait.. I don't do work!

[bood-boy]

Some people like to celebrate with friends and family, is that such a bad thing?

no, but spending 5+ digits on such an occasion, yes there is something wrong with that. im not against people celebrating with family an friends on their wedding day, its just far to overblown. spend that money on a down payment for a house instead.

[Apples]

Awww, I expected better out of you Apples!

You do realize that your comments are wide open flame-bait?

I won't take it, of course, but I feel the need to point it out.

With regards to the Wedding being outdated, some people feel it is very important to stand in front of their friends and relatives to publicly show their devotion and love for one another. And while you may see the rituals as outdated, I'm sure that there are people out there who feel that some of your daily rituals are also outdated.

While I'll be going through the whole ceremony soon enough (I don't believe in the necessity of the ceremony myself, being a musical spiritualist, my Fiancee is Catholic and it means a lot to her), it's more about the reception for me. Not because it's a big party, but it allows me to gather together families and friends to celebrate my devotion to my future wife.

Oh sure, I agree my stance is not the most popular, but I stand by it. I know a lot of married folks who describe their ceremonies as "so stressful and chaotic I couldn't enjoy it."

And for me personally I see the whole event as too much planning, effort, expense, chaos, etc. for an event I only marginally enjoy going to.

[Wolfbeckett]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.

Agreed. Receptions are awesome though. But the wedding ceremony itself is way boring and I hate having to dress up in formal attire. Any event that requires the wearing of a tie is an event I will skip if at all possible.

[whofan]

Oh sure, I agree my stance is not the most popular, but I stand by it. I know a lot of married folks who describe their ceremonies as "so stressful and chaotic I couldn't enjoy it."

And for me personally I see the whole event as too much planning, effort, expense, chaos, etc. for an event I only marginally enjoy going to.
I don't expect you to compromise, but I was a little taken aback about how you expressed it. I just wanted to let you know that you could have (possibly) opened up a whole can of religious worms with your statements about "outdated rituals".

Regardless, I'm finding that things are proceeding smoothly (for right now) because my Fiancee and I started planning this out about 6 months ago and we're still a year out.

Boodboy, you may see it as wasted money, but others obviously feel that it is money well-spent. While the reception for my wedding is going to be pretty pricey (both sets of parents are paying for it though), it is, in my opinion, money well-spent.

[Apples]

I just wanted to let you know that you could have (possibly) opened up a whole can of religious worms with your statements about "outdated rituals".



That comment has nothing to do with religion and more with the traditions that some people cling to.

Take the most simple example, the bride's "throwing of the bouquet". There's nothing relgious about that. It's just some cliche'd thing that goes on at weddings, and because it has become so engrained in wedding culture, everyone's expected to do it--regardless of how cheesy it is.

Weddings are bulked up on all sorts of junk like that.

[topperharley]

Weddings are lame. An expensive and over complicated venture full of outdated traditions.

I could not agree more.

[whofan]

That comment has nothing to do with religion and more with the traditions that some people cling to.

Take the most simple example, the bride's "throwing of the bouquet". There's nothing relgious about that. It's just some cliche'd thing that goes on at weddings, and because it has become so engrained in wedding culture, everyone's expected to do it--regardless of how cheesy it is.

Weddings are bulked up on all sorts of junk like that.
Now that you've clarified it, then we have no problem. My apologies for misunderstanding you.

I thought you were talking about the Religious ceremonies, as when people say "outdated traditions", that's generally what they're talking about.

Crisis averted!

[Tender-Surrender]

There are so many other things that you could better invest your money in. I am going to hate it when I have fiance and she wants a big wedding. Hopefully I pull a smart woman who realizes that a big wedding is a waste.

[Apples]

Crisis averted!

You're the best, man. :cool:


(no pun intended ;))

[moose39]

Weddings are to women like losing one's virginity is to a man--you want to do it right, you want it to be beautiful, you want to look good, you want to have the time of your life.

THEN THE RECEPTION COMES AND EVERYONE RUNS OUT AND GETS DRUNK AND YOU GET THE CRYING MOTHERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO THROW CAKE AT EVERYONE AND THE KIDS ARE CRYING AND IT'S LIKE GOING THROUGH THE TUNNEL IN WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN