Such strange things as weddings!

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nick007
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26 Jul 2010, 3:51 pm

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I think the security is that both of em are to broke after the cost of it to find someone else 8O Those ceremonies are extremely expensive. Five thousand for a dress that will only get worn 1x


You don't seem to understand that there are reasonable people in this world who don't do that. My wife bought her dress at a wedding consignment shop. It was far less expensive than that. We didn't have to - we had the money and could have spent $100k on a dress if we had wanted to. But we're reasonable people and decided that wasn't important.

It's obvious that you don't get it. You seem to have a preconceived notion that all people who get married are unreasonable and idiotic. I seriously doubt it is possible to explain any other version of reality to you.


I don't think I said that all weddings are like that but in general they seem to be about showing off & competing to see who can have the best perfect day. Organizing & planning a major celebration & putting on a show for lots of people some of who probably do not get along & may not even like em seems to be missing the point. I think a wedding should be about the couple wanting to spend their lives together because they love each other instead of the major performance piece it's become. Worrying about everything being "perfect" & planned out; does not seem romantic at all to me.
Your rite; I don't get weddings


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26 Jul 2010, 4:07 pm

Heh... I'm very much like the original poster in my curiosity over the feelings of these people who fall in love and get married. I've met a few women that I've really liked, and they make me sense that emptiness... that there's a higher emotional feeling that I haven't experienced, and I really want to know more. I once heard that your relationship with your spouse would be greater than your love for your parents... at the time, I thought that was completely ridiculous, because I love my parents tremendously. Now, however, I think I'm beginning to understand.

It's funny, because I've only ever been to one wedding myself... also as a cameraman. Last summer, an acquaintance who works where I work and went to college with me asked me to do the video for her wedding. I was really nervous because I had to pay really close attention at the rehearsal to understand what was going on, because I didn't want to admit it was my first wedding. Being a video guy, I feel like my line of work lets me be surrounded by people, without the fear of being approached. I can "hide" behind the camera and observe things in my own way.