And this is bad how?

/drtfa

I'd say "thank f*cking God" but this kind of behavior wouldn't be happening if the men marrying these women had any balls at all. You enable them and you have no room to biatch after the eventual divorce.

It's a sign of the times during the 2001-2008 bubble.

Hopefully people will look back and realize the rampant retardation prevalent during this time period.

Anyways it's better to take all that money and spread it out. It's likely to be marriage one of three these days.

The more I think about it, the more I realize this country might need a good depression to get people back to reality about what's important and what's not. This is a good step forward.

As someone who works at a country club banquet hall :

Niiiice!

Good.

Or, you can have it in a killer background.

theorellior: The more I think about it, the more I realize this country might need a good depression to get people back to reality about what's important and what's not. This is a good step forward.

I think you have a valid point.

OMG! Seven years on Fark and I think this is my first first!

I'd say "thank f*cking God" but this kind of behavior wouldn't be happening if the men marrying these women had any balls at all. You enable them and you have no room to biatch after the eventual divorce.

This. Guys: A tip...DO NOT let the women of your life control the relationship. They do not know how to handle it and will eventually screw it up. Take control from the beginning...sure there may be some battles at first, but fight those battles. Set the boundries early and everyone will be much happier.

I too am glad to hear of the demise of bridezilla.

Of course, the woman I married was sensible and wanted a small service on the beach. So...

For what it's worth, the Bridezilla phenomenon did serve a very important purpose to society... it took money out of the coffers of millions of over-fed rich-for-no-good-reason baby boomers and put it into the service industries and the economy in general. Granted, a lot of that money went overseas, but it was at the least encouraging the old rich bastards to stop clutching onto their portfolios and to dump some back into the mix by funding their little shiatterling's princess pageants.

tobyd:

I lol'd

My marriage cost under $3,000. We have been married almost 15 years and still happy. Focus on the relationship not the frills.

ole prophet: Or, you can have it in a killer background.

I meant backyard. Have it in a killer backyard.

/dammit me

Like, whatever.

AzErNy: This. Guys: A tip...DO NOT let the women of your life control the relationship. They do not know how to handle it and will eventually screw it up. Take control from the beginning...sure there may be some battles at first, but fight those battles. Set the boundries early and everyone will be much happier.

Um, sure... instead of logically sharing power like adults, you recommend controlling the relationship? That just leads to the woman developing a complex, and then controlling the ever-loving shiat out of the kids, helicoptering the little brats into a state of complete submission and inability to make decisions for themselves. Ahhh, the circle of dysfunction.

ethernet76: It's a sign of the times during the 2001-2008 bubble.

Hopefully people will look back and realize the rampant retardation prevalent during this time period.

Anyways it's better to take all that money and spread it out. It's likely to be marriage one of three these days.

I doubt it - there is still a whole 'nother generation that assumes they need, no, deserve a giant retarded princess wedding.

/But it's her day!

AzErNy: This. Guys: A tip...DO NOT let the women of your life control the relationship. They do not know how to handle it and will eventually screw it up. Take control from the beginning...sure there may be some battles at first, but fight those battles. Set the boundries early and everyone will be much happier.

I'm not sure I mean to control them, more of if a woman displays psychotic behavior because of one f*cking day, then it is your fault for not running right away.

Marriage is supposed to be about spending a lifetime together, not the perfect day and that's it.

My wedding cost less than $300. Two years later I'm getting divorced. You get what you pay for?

I keed, I keed.

buzzvert: For what it's worth, the Bridezilla phenomenon did serve a very important purpose to society... it took money out of the coffers of millions of over-fed rich-for-no-good-reason baby boomers and put it into the service industries and the economy in general. Granted, a lot of that money went overseas, but it was at the least encouraging the old rich bastards to stop clutching onto their portfolios and to dump some back into the mix by funding their little shiatterling's princess pageants.

Can I tell you how weird they look at you when you walk into a bridal shop and say, "Do you have some hairpieces that could never be mistaken for a tiara?" Too much of their business is princess-wear. I'm an adult, and I'm getting married not playing dress-up.

Tat'dGreaser: AzErNy: This. Guys: A tip...DO NOT let the women of your life control the relationship. They do not know how to handle it and will eventually screw it up. Take control from the beginning...sure there may be some battles at first, but fight those battles. Set the boundries early and everyone will be much happier.

I'm not sure I mean to control them, more of if a woman displays psychotic behavior because of one f*cking day, then it is your fault for not running right away.

Marriage is supposed to be about spending a lifetime together, not the perfect day and that's it.

You are right. Most of it is just act like an adult not a three year old. Don't whine about how things don't go your way or complain about little annoyances. Man up. If she still acts like a princess/b*tch let her go. Women are like trains, there is always another one coming down the track.

buzzvert: For what it's worth, the Bridezilla phenomenon did serve a very important purpose to society... it took money out of the coffers of millions of over-fed rich-for-no-good-reason baby boomers and put it into the service industries and the economy in general. Granted, a lot of that money went overseas, but it was at the least encouraging the old rich bastards to stop clutching onto their portfolios and to dump some back into the mix by funding their little shiatterling's princess pageants.


Except for the whole Keeping up with the Jones bit, where people spent massive amounts of money they didn't have by mortgaging their massively overvalued properties... Now the government wants to pay for your Bridezilla wedding.

$285/32 years in April.

/I smirk at your pageants

Don't tell this to my cousin and her PSYCHO maid of honor. The bridesmaid dress has already been $150 and it is just a knee length cotton dress! And I am the only one who also has to pay to have it altered because my breasts were "distracting" in the style she chose. I can't help what my body is shaped like- And I didn't want that damn dress.

Then all the parties- There was the going away party when she moved out to be with the fiance before the wedding where the Maid of Honor demanded I "chip in" to the tune of about 50 bucks, then she wants us to chip in for a shower in HOTEL (even though my cousin has no female friends and I WON'T EVEN BE THERE!) for a budget that she feels will be about $400! This is for food , beer, wine, decorations etc. Why can't we have a regular shower at house in the afternoon like normal people? With just some light snacks and mimosas ? Its insane! I can't imagine what she wants us to spend on a bachelorette party. And she isn't even factoring in I have to fly across the country for this.


/Bride is not the problem- Maid of honor is. She is the person that is thousands of dollars in debt because she like Juicy couture purses.
//I wish the bridezilla thing would die. It would save me a ton of money.

My wife was a Bridezilla, so I'm definitely not getting a kick out of these replies.

Total amount we spent on the wedding was $40K for a little less than a hundred guests, and I didn't get much a say in the matter because her, her mom, and my mom colluded to pillage my pocketbook.

If I ever get married again, the next time it's going to be a civil ceremony and a Costco cake. Happiest day of my life, my ass.

Lady Smarmalade: My wedding cost less than $300. Two years later I'm getting divorced. You get what you pay for?

That's about 15 bucks a month, less than a WoW subscription. Plus, WoW subscriptions don't come with sex. You did pretty well, I think.

theorellior: The more I think about it, the more I realize this country might need a good depression to get people back to reality about what's important and what's not. This is a good step forward.

It is. It's going to suck unbelievably for an undeserving portion of society (I mean they don't deserve to get jacked like this), but it seems the only way we as a society can change our course for the better is for something absolutely catastrophic to happen to us.

Lady Smarmalade: My wedding cost less than $300. Two years later I'm getting divorced. You get what you pay for?

I keed, I keed.

I'm actually glad to see you post here. Sometimes these threads get real heavy with The Smug as people talk about spending 30c on their weddings and imply it's directly related to their happiness in marriage. Thanks for the balance. :)

AzErNy: I'd say "thank f*cking God" but this kind of behavior wouldn't be happening if the men marrying these women had any balls at all. You enable them and you have no room to biatch after the eventual divorce.

This. Guys: A tip...DO NOT let the women of your life control the relationship. They do not know how to handle it and will eventually screw it up. Take control from the beginning...sure there may be some battles at first, but fight those battles. Set the boundries early and everyone will be much happier.

Tip #2: If your wife-to-be starts making $10,000s worth of narcissistic rockstar demands for your wedding/honeymoon when you two are just out of college and barely have a pot to piss in, you may want to rethink whether she's the one.

phelixcubed: My wife was a Bridezilla, so I'm definitely not getting a kick out of these replies.

Total amount we spent on the wedding was $40K for a little less than a hundred guests, and I didn't get much a say in the matter because her, her mom, and my mom colluded to pillage my pocketbook.

If I ever get married again, the next time it's going to be a civil ceremony and a Costco cake. Happiest day of my life, my ass.

$40k Dude.

The older I get, the more willing I am to just walk on a girl the moment she...acts like a girl. I can do without psychosis.

theorellior: Lady Smarmalade: My wedding cost less than $300. Two years later I'm getting divorced. You get what you pay for?

That's about 15 bucks a month, less than a WoW subscription. Plus, WoW subscriptions don't come with sex. You did pretty well, I think.

That's a good point. However I don't imagine WoW has a violent temper that emerges after you subscribe and breaks your crap.

Tat'dGreaser: Marriage is supposed to be about spending a lifetime together, not the perfect day and that's it.

THIS...

ace in your face: Don't tell this to my cousin and her PSYCHO maid of honor. The bridesmaid dress has already been $150 and it is just a knee length cotton dress! And I am the only one who also has to pay to have it altered because my breasts were "distracting" in the style she chose. I can't help what my body is shaped like- And I didn't want that damn dress.

Then all the parties- There was the going away party when she moved out to be with the fiance before the wedding where the Maid of Honor demanded I "chip in" to the tune of about 50 bucks, then she wants us to chip in for a shower in HOTEL (even though my cousin has no female friends and I WON'T EVEN BE THERE!) for a budget that she feels will be about $400! This is for food , beer, wine, decorations etc. Why can't we have a regular shower at house in the afternoon like normal people? With just some light snacks and mimosas ? Its insane! I can't imagine what she wants us to spend on a bachelorette party. And she isn't even factoring in I have to fly across the country for this.


/Bride is not the problem- Maid of honor is. She is the person that is thousands of dollars in debt because she like Juicy couture purses.
//I wish the bridezilla thing would die. It would save me a ton of money.

These two sound like a farkin prize...maybe they should marry each other...what is the groom to be like?

/I give that marriage 5 years if that, and a couple of kids who will be shipped from house to house for the next 15.

"The wedding was very much like other weddings, where the parties have no taste for finery or parade; and Mrs. Elton, from the particulars detailed by her husband, thought it all extremely shabby, and very inferior to her own."

Too many Mrs. Eltons in this world.

I think it might be too soon to celebrate.

buzzvert: Um, sure... instead of logically sharing power like adults, you recommend controlling the relationship? That just leads to the woman developing a complex, and then controlling the ever-loving shiat out of the kids, helicoptering the little brats into a state of complete submission and inability to make decisions for themselves. Ahhh, the circle of dysfunction.

Please take a moment and actually read what I wrote. Did I say control them? Nope. I said don't let them control the relationship. Many men say "Whatever makes you happy baby" and then they find themselves in a sitaution where they have lost all sense of who they are as a person and have become Subservient. May women think that this is what they want but in the long run they prefer a man who has his own thoughts and can stand up to her.

AzErNy: I'd say "thank f*cking God" but this kind of behavior wouldn't be happening if the men marrying these women had any balls at all. You enable them and you have no room to biatch after the eventual divorce.

This. Guys: A tip...DO NOT let the women of your life control the relationship. They do not know how to handle it and will eventually screw it up. Take control from the beginning...sure there may be some battles at first, but fight those battles. Set the boundries early and everyone will be much happier.

Because a man has never ever farked up a relationship or any portion of a relationship...riiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhhtttttttt...

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Lady Smarmalade: That's a good point. However I don't imagine WoW has a violent temper that emerges after you subscribe and breaks your crap.

My WoW friends have never mentioned that feature, but it might be on a different server than what they play on.

If I get married, what I'll do is photocopy the marriage license and frame it in something expensive. That's gonna be my celebration.

Oh, and take an exotic vacation. :D

/hates weddings

Good. Women spend entirely too much on their weddings. I look at the average cost of today's weddings and want to puke. There are more important things to spend that money on (for example, a house payment).

My fiance and I are carefully planning our wedding so that it will be nice without breaking the bank. For instance, I'm having my wedding dress tailor-made here in Shanghai for around $100, and we're skipping the traditional (expensive) wedding cake in favor of several smaller ones. There are ways to have a wonderful wedding without going into debt, and I feel sorry for guys who get pressured into having an extravaganza that's well beyond their budget.

AzErNy: buzzvert: Um, sure... instead of logically sharing power like adults, you recommend controlling the relationship? That just leads to the woman developing a complex, and then controlling the ever-loving shiat out of the kids, helicoptering the little brats into a state of complete submission and inability to make decisions for themselves. Ahhh, the circle of dysfunction.

Please take a moment and actually read what I wrote. Did I say control them? Nope. I said don't let them control the relationship. Many men say "Whatever makes you happy baby" and then they find themselves in a sitaution where they have lost all sense of who they are as a person and have become Subservient. May women think that this is what they want but in the long run they prefer a man who has his own thoughts and can stand up to her.

I'm guessing a true partnership and accountability are two foreign concepts or are not welcomed in your world. Were you married to Mrs. AIG?

/bitter obvious troll is sick of paying alimony

Lady Smarmalade: My wedding cost less than $300. Two years later I'm getting divorced. You get what you pay for?

I keed, I keed.

I am actually pretty bitter that I didn't get to have my wedding (2 huge crisis' made it fall through with 3 weeks to go but I did get legally married) I think there is a difference in being a bridezilla and paying a lot for a wedding. My wedding was going to cost a lot (10k- which I consider a lot) because there were A LOT of people coming (the first 200 people on my guest list were blood related to me alone). Regardless of those costs (food, drinks etc) I did not expect people to spend tons of money on bridesmaid gowns, or buy special shoes, (UGH I FORGOT TO MENTION THE SHOE FIASCO IN MY LAST POST) or do their hair to all look like matching barbie dolls, or all spend a fortune to get their makeup/nails/hair professionally done etc. Bridezilla is about being a coonty controlling biatch who keeps repeating "THIS IS MY DAY". It is not about how much your wedding literally costs.

One of the guys I work with married a Bridezilla. She grew up dirt-poor but HAD to have the Disney Princess wedding.

She made him sell his car to pay for the reception hall rental.

I have no punchline, other than all the guys in the wedding party would gladly line up to punch him.

I wonder if there is a correlation between the amount spent on the wedding and the length of the marriage? Any scientific farkers want to do an empirical study?

ace in your face: Don't tell this to my cousin and her PSYCHO maid of honor. The bridesmaid dress has already been $150 and it is just a knee length cotton dress! And I am the only one who also has to pay to have it altered because my breasts were "distracting" in the style she chose. I can't help what my body is shaped like- And I didn't want that damn dress.

Then all the parties- There was the going away party when she moved out to be with the fiance before the wedding where the Maid of Honor demanded I "chip in" to the tune of about 50 bucks, then she wants us to chip in for a shower in HOTEL (even though my cousin has no female friends and I WON'T EVEN BE THERE!) for a budget that she feels will be about $400! This is for food , beer, wine, decorations etc. Why can't we have a regular shower at house in the afternoon like normal people? With just some light snacks and mimosas ? Its insane! I can't imagine what she wants us to spend on a bachelorette party. And she isn't even factoring in I have to fly across the country for this.


/Bride is not the problem- Maid of honor is. She is the person that is thousands of dollars in debt because she like Juicy couture purses.
//I wish the bridezilla thing would die. It would save me a ton of money.

Is there some reason you can't tell this woman to go fark herself with one of her purses? I will be happy to do it for you if you need assistance.

125 dollars. 2x45 because i didnt schedule with the judge in time and we had to go get a 2nd marriage license. 1 dollar for parking at the courthouse for about an hour. 34 dollars for lunch because we both had to be at work later. who says romance isnt dead. 13 years later? not such a bad investment...

queenb4biatch: Because a man has never ever farked up a relationship or any portion of a relationship...riiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhhtttttttt...

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