Don’t we all love them?
~ NOT!
Lately I have had a number of my friends (both distant and close) getting married – I think it was awesome for them. Sadly I couldn’t make it for most of the parties. For starters – I absolutely hate weddings
Its not the concept of marriage I have a problem with, no – not really. I’d like to get married too. Settle down and have a couple of babies, husband and wife fights, get Lucas a sister or a brother, probably have my heart broken by my deceitful wife, and a grow old fast!
My issue is with the actual wedding. I am not the best financial disciplined guy, but I think spending over 50 Million (I am talking on a much much lower side here) on a one day event is SUPER ridiculous when the couple getting married does not even own a house of that much. They are still living in a rental, working an 8-5 job that they hate BUT happy to blow away all that much money on a single day that will definitely leave them in more debt. All for what?! THE PEOPLE
What’s the purpose of weddings? I mean big weddings?
If you have more than double the money you are spending on this ‘special’ day stashed on your bank account, good for you – this is not about you, skip to the last couple of paragraphs.
We can bet that more than half of the couples that get married and have these huge weddings, spend most of the months after the wedding clearing debts and trying to stay a float. For some unlucky ones, this period stretches to years.
I have noticed that to most families, weddings are not about the couple but the parents – you know, the groom’s parents take care of most of the costs of the wedding (the lucky ones that were born to rich parents) and then show this off during the speeches – I will get to that part.
Why on earth can’t you give that money to your beloved son to do something better with his life – Invest it in something for your grandsons? Other than getting a handful of friends and people that do not give a shit about you drunk and happy for one day?
Here is simple look at reality; If you have had a wedding or been part of a wedding, how many people made financial contributions to the event? Lets add the close friends or relatives that were broke at the time but gave time to get things in place.
Ok – Now, how many people were invited to the wedding or showed up for the wedding?
WHAT DID YOU GET FROM ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE?
To what purpose was the food, the drinks and the expenses on the venue you paid?
Anyways, that is yours to get an appropriate answer to that.
The speeches… I hate these too!
I have no problem with the bride and the groom or maid of honor or best man saying a little something to the crowd. Sometimes they can very rousing and emotional, but most times they suck.
The the relatives or the parent with some political background who turns the event into some political rally- these drive me insane.
For f***’s sake make sure the people you are calling up to say word can actually say a word. Getting people who are not used to speaking publicly, mixed with alcohol, nerves and some times excitement, can only lead to one thing – DISASTER.
Then there is the emotional father who wont stop about how awesome his kid is, about losing his little girl – this simply makes most of us cringe.
Depending on the wedding, these usually happen before the cake – Which I find a bit clever here because most people leave after the cake so you force them to stand the torture as they wait for that huge, tasty looking, mountain of cake in the center of tent or ballroom. The weddings where the speeches happen after the cake – usually that’s my hint to leave which sadly means missing flirting with the over dressed ladies -who most times are in pain from the heels and the tightly fitting dresses.
All in all, I think weddings are waste of time, money, energy and a very bad excuse for rich families to show off.
For the record, I’ve nothing against two people in love vowing eternal fidelity – If such a thing still exists.
