Comments on: Weddings: Are You Obsessed?

By: KellyAnne

KellyAnne — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:11:03 +0000

Weddings are my current obsession. I’m 16 years old, and I’ve been fantasizing about my wedding. Every little detail, I’ve made a decision. Haha.
But, I go through phases a lot, so this doesn’t really concern me.

By: ALI

ALI — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:06:27 +0000

Hi there,

I work for a British TV Production Company, and we are currently making a film about women who are planning their weddings, but who do not have a groom – or even a boyfriend in sight.

I’d love to hear from anyone who falls into this category or may know of someone who does. I can be contacted at ali.naushahi@vgoodfilms.com

Cheers.

By: elysa

elysa — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:00:00 +0000

I know someone as *ehem* crazy obsessed about weddings as the posts you mentioned. She is not even engaged but she talks about it all the time. Her facebook status generally read something along these lines of “I am trully happy for all of my friends who are engaged or just married but WHEN IS IT MY TURN?”. Every time I see something like this I was to say um dear if I was your boyfriend I would be really scared by your continual comments. From an outsiders perspective its pretty annoying if you ask me. I don’t even know how you could show excitement for her when she does finally get engaged. I’d be more inclined to think, FINALLY you can stop talking about it.

Since the question was are YOU obsessed, I’ll say I am engaged and I am not obsessed at all. I didn’t do any planning before I got engaged and even still I am not going overboard with all the wedding stuff now.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:36:32 +0000

I’m definitely not obsessed, but I can easily see how easy it is for somebody to become obsessed in this culture. It seems like having the tantamount goal of wedding perfection is what turns brides into monsters. Perfection is an illusion. Nobody really notices or cares about the glitches and imperfections on the day itself! It’s just about having a good time with friends and family.

By: ally bean

ally bean — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:37:27 +0000

No, I’m not obssessed with weddings. I never thought much about them until we got married. While I’m pleased to be married, putting together our wedding was a nightmare because I have never felt so manipulated by everyone around me as I did during that experience. It was awful.

My advice: elope to HA and spend the money on many nights at a luxury hotel. That’d be my kind of wedding if I could do it again.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:27 +0000

I say elope! :)

By: blogging barbie

blogging barbie — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:51:09 +0000

xandria- its all good :) i was a journalism major, so i get where you’re coming from with the story. i was more making fun of myself, but know that i loved reading it- and consider yourself added to my blogroll. take care, and i look forward to reading more stories in the future!

xo, blogging barbie

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:23:21 +0000

Hmm…
Well, I was proposed to on May 8, 2007 and I’m getting married on October 7, 2007. We set a date about three weeks ago. It’s no wonder that people lose their minds over weddings. If it’s not the Bride herself, it’s her mother and mother-in-law. Everyone has a preconceived notion of what a wedding should be like!

I have the ring, the dress, the church, the hall, all of it. The cost of our photographer is second only to the cost of our reception, but, for the most part we’ve managed to stay within budget.

The most important part of the wedding to me is the actual ceremony. The part where we become one person and make our vows before God and family. After that the second most important part is that the pictures come out ok so my grandkids know that Grandma was pretty on her wedding day. Other than that, I really want my guests to enjoy themselves and have a great time.

I didn’t have a color scheme, a dress, a venue or a husband picked out until I met my future husband. Now that everything has fallen into place, I’m sure it will be for the best!

Good luck to all you other brides-to-be.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:42:49 +0000

Not obsessed. At all. As much as I like an excuse for a great party, when and if I DO get married, I hope I’m more focused on the marriage itself.

Idealistic, non? :-)

By: Marie D.

Marie D. — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:39:13 +0000

If I was to obsess about something, it would be getting married much more than the wedding itself. Although I’ve had a lot of fun helping girlfriends planing their wedding, I still think it can be a lot of unnecessary difficulties and obligations (like, having to invite your parent’s friend you saw once when you were 4). I guess I’d love to have the pricess dress and a nice picture album, but I could save myself all the rest of the trouble.
Of course, this is all theoretical, I am still single.