tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post5526650451086510799..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: From Simple to Showoff: Why Do Weddings Today Seem To Go Overboard?Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-80802925819453732872017-08-30T13:45:46.352-04:002017-08-30T13:45:46.352-04:00There are many reasons that weddings are no longer...There are many reasons that weddings are no longer simple ceremonies and have morphed into "Disney Movie Princess" presentations. From my experience as, a former wedding photographer, is that the "current generation" thinks only of the party and not of the life. The wedding is just one day. The Marriage is for the rest of your life. Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518371151074926960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-24750740817531316302017-02-19T09:12:34.648-05:002017-02-19T09:12:34.648-05:00I forgot to mention that one of the reasons I thin...I forgot to mention that one of the reasons I think the number of wedding guests is often out of control is because of the fear of offending someone. "Oh no, we can't exclude so-and-so. He'll be hurt." When I was a maid of honor in a friend's wedding a good 15 years ago, there were about 500 guests. She told me she didn't know several of the people that attended. It was because her mother insisted on inviting them. Even the son of one of her mother's friends was invited and came; a college kid that lived in NYC and didn't really know the bride at all. <br /><br />Today in my local paper's wedding section there was a couple that had their reception at a restaurant, with 50 guests in attendance. That's totally more my speed. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-59395682984811408172017-02-19T08:27:44.215-05:002017-02-19T08:27:44.215-05:00Pam, as the father of two young ladies in the earl...Pam, as the father of two young ladies in the early 20s, I shudder whenever the cost of modern weddings is brought up. It is simply insane. There seems to be a perverse inverse relationship between the average cost of weddings and the average length of marriages! mapster68https://www.blogger.com/profile/02603305763804873006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-11383920804917592142017-02-16T18:06:00.714-05:002017-02-16T18:06:00.714-05:00That (parents wedding date) is my birthday (not th...That (parents wedding date) is my birthday (not the same year though). Cosmic. I don't know what it cost when I was married (for a brief time) in the first year of the 1990s. But I don' think it was more than a couple hundred dollars. Analogmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417836522797095876noreply@blogger.com