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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Three things (I note that I'm not disagreeing with all of Jack's points, though I think the coming out party thing is pretty silly):
1. Not all women are into the big wedding concept and some even go along begrudgingly with the desires of others
2. Having been to two weddings so far this year, I was reminded how much all weddings are the same
And now the gratuitous personal account:
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Your first point is extremely important, and I would say it's not just "some" that go with the desires of others but rather "most," at least to some extent.
Two gratuitous personal accounts:
1) I've been married twice. The first wedding had about 350 guests, most of whom I barely knew. They were all there because my ex's and my parent worked together in fairly powerful positions ina mid-sized organizations (a Biglaw equivalent would be head of the litigation section for my father and head of accounting for her mother) - and everyone needed to kiss one's ass or the other, and generally both. I had about half a dozen friends there.
The second wedding had fewer than 30 people there. I was related (or about to be) to almost all of them, except again about six mutual friends. I liked the second wedding a lot better (and so far the second marriage too).
2) One random year I attended seven weddings (by far my record - a normal year has maybe one). At each and every one of the weddings at some point while in the church they played "Everything I do [I do for you]" by Brian Adams. One even had the best man sing it in the middle of the ceremony while the bride and groom lit a candle together. At least he had a better voice than Brian Adams.
America has fallen victim to the Marital Industrial Complex. You're never getting rid of big weddings. Protest against them too loudly and you'll find yourself visited in the middle of the night by covert opperators dressed in fuchsia and teal.
