This article showed up in my facebook newsfeed the other
day, and I absolutely loved it. Overall, it discusses the fact that weddings have
become public affairs for the guests rather than something that’s really
personal and meaningful to the bride and groom. Rather than making their weddings meaningful,
many people have chosen to spend excessive amount of money on their weddings to
ensure that they are perfect by society’s standards, and that they are bigger
and better than other weddings. I was actually talking to my boyfriend about
this over the weekend, and we both agreed that the idea of wasting thousands of
dollars on a wedding (money that could be used toward a car, house, etc.) is
totally ridiculous. In my opinion, when you try to make something “perfect,”
you will always set yourself up for a big disappointment in the end. Things will
never turn out exactly the way you
plan them—you just have to go with the flow! Attempting to make something as personal
as your own wedding bigger and better than others’ weddings is, in my opinion,
a terrible idea.
I agree with you, Kim. Weddings are not supposed to be about the dress, venue, food, etc. Weddings are supposed to be about the two people getting married. My mom always tells me, "All that matters is the person standing at the end of the aisle and the minister." I think she is right, because this is what weddings are supposed to be about; uniting two people together as one. I know I fall under society's spell of wanting a nice wedding. I've always loved the weddings on tv with beautiful venues and dresses and have always dreamed about having one of my own. While I still want a beautiful wedding, I will absolutely take into account the cost of it; because I don't want to spend a lot of money on a wedding! It is an important day, but in the end, it is just one day. What's more important is the man I will be spending the rest of my life with, and that's what matters!
ReplyDeleteTaylor and Kim I totally agree that it's not about that one day, it's supposed to be about the rest of your life!! If you throw a wedding and want it to be special to you and you need that stuff then alright but it's not about your friends, they're there to support you in an important part of your life not just have a great time with the open bar.
ReplyDeleteI also think that t is ridiculous that some people go into debt because of how much their wedding cost. I believe that everyone should have that special day, but there needs to be a limit when it isn't about showing off hat you got and having that one wedding of the century.
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