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She Should (Not) Be on This Show! Noteworthy Potential Brides

Bella

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Julia

Julia

Buddy's wife from Cake Boss did a cross-promotion with all her sisters-in-law shopping for her vow renewal, and they did this little skit where the brassy obnoxious SIL hijacked the appointment to try on dresses for no particular reason (including, I seem to recall, a dress that the wife was interested in). It was really, really obnoxious, and I don't know why it was supposed to make me want to spend more time watching her.

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The Duggar episode was horrendous, absolutely horrendous. She asked for a dress that was "modern modesty."

Instead of a dress with sleeves, or a jacket, she wore a strapless dress over what was either a satin t-shirt or maybe it was Mormon underwear. I wasn't sure. It looked ridiculous. The whole episode was ridiculous. The younger children were bored and crawling around on the floor.

I think vow renewals are silly anyway. If you want to rekindle romance, just go on a 2nd honeymoon

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Ambrosefolly

Ambrosefolly

I think vow renewals are silly anyway. If you want to rekindle romance, just go on a 2nd honeymoon

I am almost the complete opposite  especially if the couple were poor and had a cheap ass crap wedding, like the bride got married at her husband's frat house wearing a cheap sundress, or the flying Wallendas, who married at a court before they were legally allow to drink. Rather have a couple get the chance to do it up right after 15, 20, or 25 years than to try and hijack their offsprings' wedding. In fact, I am now of the mind set of maybe having a small, inexpensive wedding and have a lavish renewal at one of the big anniversaries, they earned it.  But only once. 

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Kohola3

Kohola3

I guess I can see both sides but only to a point.  You can only have one wedding (well, one per husband/wife) because that's exchange of vows that makes you a married couple.  A vow renewal is fine but I can't see doing the whole virginal-white-dress, veil, and umpteen attendants thing. A vow renewal between two (ostensibly) mature adults doesn't have to be Wedding 2.0. A nice party for friends and family and a fancy-schmancy dress is really more appropriate in my opinion.

 

And for Pete's sake, ditch the veil.  There were a whole lot of historical reasons as to why they were/are worn but none of them include anything about a "bride" with gray hair and a bunch of kids.

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Mrs. Hanson

Mrs. Hanson

On 9/2/2015 at 4:00 PM, Ambrosefolly said:

I am almost the complete opposite  especially if the couple were poor and had a cheap ass crap wedding, like the bride got married at her husband's frat house wearing a cheap sundress, or the flying Wallendas, who married at a court before they were legally allow to drink. Rather have a couple get the chance to do it up right after 15, 20, or 25 years than to try and hijack their offsprings' wedding. In fact, I am now of the mind set of maybe having a small, inexpensive wedding and have a lavish renewal at one of the big anniversaries, they earned it.  But only once. 

I would not do a vow renewal but that is me.  If a couple eloped due to budget, had a courthouse thing but wanted more.....then go ahead!!  But I already attended your lavish affair ten/twenty five years ago.....sorry.  

You are SO ON POINT about NOT hijacking a wedding because yours was a budget affair or your mother ran the show and insisted on glitz when you wanted small.  When I go to glitzy all out affair these days I wonder who really wanted it.....bride or groom or a set of parents.  

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Frozendiva

Frozendiva

Sometimes it's the bride and groom who want the fairy tale big day. Spending thousands and thousands could have gone toward a house or furniture.

Sometimes it is the parents. They want to outdo their friends or relatives who had lavish weddings for their children.  And they also have had to go to a number of weddings and buy expensive gifts, so it's time to recoup some of the costs.

I was invited to two of my first cousin's sons weddings. Haven't really had anything to do with them most of my life. They certainly do not know me or have ever spent any more than a couple of hours with me in all their lives. Why was I invited? To bring a gift. And also invited alone - no plus one. I didn't go to either. One cousin who got married didn't invite many relatives - she says that she doesn't know them and that's fair. Why invite people you haven't had anything to do with.

My family is fractured. Some have feuds, some have no interest in me, some I have had no contact with since my parents died, or since I was a little girl. No idea who they are and I certainly have no way to contact them.

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Mrs. Hanson

Mrs. Hanson

3 minutes ago, Missy Vixen said:

I don't ever want to see a Kardashian on this program. EVER.

Amen.  I do not like any cross promotion either from anyone on a TLC chow.  I click it off anytime I hear the word "aspiring actress" (comedian, performer, stand up, anything!) as they will be there to mug and put on a drama.  I also want to halt the dads who have a borderline skeevy relationship with daughter.  And because I have a cold black heart:  Stop with the brides with a deceased mother.  I will see myself to hell......

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cpcathy

cpcathy

Or if you have a bride with a deceased mother, no caterwalling over it. "What would she want me to do?" "I wish she was HERE!" I have a deceased mother, I picked out a dress, bought it, wore it, no fuss, no muss. If she had still been with us, she would have told me I looked pretty and been done with it. No big deal.

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Mrs. Hanson

Mrs. Hanson

50 minutes ago, cpcathy said:

Or if you have a bride with a deceased mother, no caterwalling over it. "What would she want me to do?" "I wish she was HERE!" I have a deceased mother, I picked out a dress, bought it, wore it, no fuss, no muss. If she had still been with us, she would have told me I looked pretty and been done with it. No big deal.

I agree!!  My mom passed in 2014 and to be blunt I would have not taken her with me!  (I did the first time in 1994 and it was.....stressful.)  Not that I don't love her and miss her, shopping just wasn't her thing!!  

Yes, the caterwalling....."What would she want?  What would she like?"  Okay, how about what YOU like?  What do YOU want?  The capper was the woman who planned her entire dress around making her lovely floor length dress into a high/low to show off her deceased mother-in-law's hot pink shoes.  So you want the focus not on you and your groom but on a dead woman's shoes?  

Missy Vixen

Missy Vixen

On 7/21/2017 at 0:53 PM, cpcathy said:

I have a deceased mother, I picked out a dress, bought it, wore it, no fuss, no muss. If she had still been with us, she would have told me I looked pretty and been done with it. No big deal.

 

I'd like to join your club. My mom died in 1990. I wore the pearls I bought with some of the money I inherited from her with my wedding gown. I also wore a red ribbon pinned into the waistline of my dress for one of my friends who died two months later due to complications of AIDS. I actually bought my dress after seeing it in the former BBW Magazine. It was available via catalog. I bought it, had it altered, and didn't need fifteen of my friends or a camera crew to help me pick it out.

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