" How big is your ego that you require to make everyone abide up and talk about how great you are ? "
Ahhh, wedding season: the time of year where people spend every weekend dancing, drinking a lot, spending their last dime on dresses and gifts — oh, and pretending not to be very jealous the whole time.
Okay, okay, I’m just kidding — I actually love weddings. But there are a few traditions and trends that just aren’t right, ranging from questionable to borderline offensive.
So now, it’s time to do a bit of healthy trash-talking — for the greater good, of course. Here’s what thepeople of Redditthink are the “dumbest wedding traditions” people should never, ever try:
take down : Some response have been redact for duration and/or clarity .
1.“Fucking flowers! The bride’s side wears one type of flower. The groom’s side wears a different type of flower. The females wear it one way and the males wear it some other way. The bridesmaids hold flowers. The flower girl drops flowers behind the bride. The altar has flowers all around it. WHY. SO. MANY. FLOWERS.”
" It may be because I am dude and married a dude , but we did n’t have many flowers at our hymeneals .
The peak girl threw false blossom behind me , and I wear a flower crown . But that is it . I think I threw a package of skittles instead of flowers at my maid of honor . "
– u / dinosaregaylikeme
2.“I think the whole ‘be given away at the altar’ thing is weird. When I get married, I’m walking myself down the aisle.”
" This is probably because I ’m just not close with anyone besides my boyfriend ( and obviously he ca n’t simultaneously walk me down the gangway and be at the altar ) , but I ’ve just never liked that custom . "
– uracil / GoghAway13
" I am not property . I will not be given away . severely straits . "
– atomic number 92 / snw_23
3.“The single dumbest tradition is an expensive engagement ring. Anything more than $100 is silly.”
– u / Aragorn1284
" Engagement rings . Obscene waste of money to support an malign industry . "
– atomic number 92 / Puckhead88
4.“Smashing a cake in the groom/bride’s face. I’ve seen too many where they really smash them with the cake.”
– u / Beer2Bear
" I ’d be relieve oneself if my husband did that to me . Most women spend a flock of money for that perfect look on their wedding day and even if they do n’t , they spend a lot of time doing their own make-up . I think it ’s very mean . "
– u / LifeisaCatbox
5.“Registering for gifts — giving gift cards instead of cash, although this applies to more than just weddings.”
" I entail , we finally spent the $ 1200 in Target gift cards , but it would ’ve been coolheaded to spend it at other places as well . "
u / spanxxxy
6.“Brides jumping into water with their wedding dress on. You could drown, idiot!”
– [ deleted exploiter ]
7.Forcing several of your closest friends to spend hundreds of dollars on a dress, or a tux rental, to literally stand in the front of the church with you. Other than the best man and maid/matron/man of honor, there’s no purpose."
" If you go perfunctory and countenance multitude jade their own clobber , it ’s not so spoilt . "
– u / tommyjohnpauljones
8.“Getting married after just a year of dating.”
" That ’s a lifespan loyalty — you got ta be SURE you ’re quick . "
– uranium / SleeplessShitposter
9.“The woman buying her dress. I mean, why? In theory, you will only wear it once. It makes more sense for the guy to buy his tux; there’s at least a chance he’ll wear it again.”
– u / EBJ1990
" My Slovak sis - in - law rented her dress and look elysian . She bought her veil , her earrings , and a cute pair of shoes . interchange into a live short sparkly number at midnight so she could pack up the letting and party all night . It was dope . "
– u / odnadevotchka
10.“The tradition of pricing everything up once the word ‘wedding’ is mentioned. Great photoshoot for your family: $300. Wedding photos of the same quality and quantity: $1500.”
" Yeah , I ’ll gladly just have friends whip out an iPhone and take pics and blue-pencil them myself . "
– u / TheRealHooks
11.“Throwing confetti (or rice) at the couple outside the front doors of the church after the ceremony to wish them ‘good luck.'”
" The minister of religion of one church asked those in attendance to ' please throw off $ 20 nib instead to give up the Anne Sexton a huge clean - up job . ' "
12.“Removing the garter, the following garter toss, and application on another woman. That shit is just weird.”
– atomic number 92 / BLMdidHarambe
13.“Rehearsal dinners and all the pre-wedding events are bullshit. They are unnecessary money spent. If you need to rehearse getting married, then you’ve complicated your damn ceremony.”
" Get intermeshed , take the air up to your fiancé , say ' I do , ' eat , and terminate the twenty-four hours . Shit . "
– u / ZeeKayGee
14.“Bachelor parties at strip clubs or Vegas hotel rooms with a private stripper.”
" Your last hoorah was before you started dating her , not the dark before you get tie . intercept acting like being close is some variety of funeral . "
– u / ringoandme
15.“Being introduced as Mrs. Groom’s Name.”
" I never understood saying the whole name , like ' Mrs. John Smith . ' Like , my first name did n’t exchange too , did it ? "
16.“Wedding showers. Being a female person, I get invited to a lot of these, and they’re all pretty much the same: sitting around eating finger sandwiches, tentatively sipping white wine, and watching the bride open boilerplate registry gifts and Bed Bath & Beyond gift cards for 3 hours. No thanks.”
– atomic number 92 / SmoreOfBabylon
17.“Maybe this is just me, but the wedding cake. Overpriced, silly, and they all pretty much look the same. They’re like 90% frosting, and even if you try to get a nice cake, they taste like sandpaper after the six hours they have to be out to be decorated. No one at the party actually wants to eat it, so you end up with about eighty pounds of leftover cake.
" My hubby and I went to a local cupcake shop class and order cupcake , all different varieties . They were made new and decorated the first light of . People take up them into work or school the next day , and it was like we were partake our happiness with the whole humanity . "
– u / SalemScout
18.“Asking the father or the parents for their permission or blessing. I’m not marrying a child here. I’m marrying an adult who can make her own decisions.”
– u / WorkRedditEqualsFun
19.“That the bride’s family should pay for the wedding.”
" I have a go at it it ’s becoming less coarse . I have a single mom ( pop passed by when I was little ) and I know she felt terrible about not being able to contribute more to my marriage .
I , knowing my mom has a single income , would never look my mother to pay for my wedding . I ’m not putting down any bride whose family is rosy enough to pay for their marriage ceremony — I just do n’t think it should be the expectation anymore . "
– u / Thewhitneygirl
20.“Apparently there is a weird tradition that it’s bad luck for the bride to walk down the aisle at the rehearsal and some other woman is supposed to walk down and stand with the groom.”
" My wife said ' screw that ' and walked herself . Why would she require to model and watch some other girl our age stand up there with me and the preacher the twenty-four hours before the wedding ? "
– u / wabrown4
21.“I read in some other thread that fruitcake is the traditional first layer of the wedding cake. Yeah. That one.”
– uracil / Oldschoolnoob
22.“I might get some backlash for this, but for me, it’s the speeches and toasts. I can completely 100% accept the idea of one toast, and I can get about 75% on board for the best man and maid of honor — but after that, it’s like jeez, how big is your ego that you want to make everyone stand up and talk about how great you are?”
" Whenever I get get married , I just want my sister as my maid of purity , my husband can pick a best man , and that ’s it for the wedding party … and if I can get away with it , NO speeches ! Unless one of the two greatly desires to ! "
– atomic number 92 / Jqf27
23.And finally, “The idea of throwing a party for gazillion people, because ‘they are family!’ No, if I haven’t seen them for last 20 years, they are not.”
" The whole ecumenical social concept of a modern wedding ceremony is just stupid . People spending much more they can open on one Nox , which is stressful , and makes them hate each other and shout out at each other . "
– uranium / codingraf
OK, I know that ended on a bit of a negative note… but look on the bright side: those of us who might still get married in our future don’t need to make some of these mistakes when planning our wedding. Yippee for avoiding future stress!
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