The Incredible Shrinking Bride

This is the problem with marriages these days it's all about the show and impressing people when most people don't even have the money for these wedding. I think more people should worry about not starting their marriage off in debt and making the marriage last more than year.

This is the problem with marriages these days it's all about the show and impressing people when most people don't even have the money for these wedding. I think more people should worry about not starting their marriage off in debt and making the marriage last more than year.

there are some silly sick people that clearly don't have a clue and should most likely not even be getting married but thats just me thinking out loud

It is an interesting and sad statement on the mindset of many American women these days. I feel validated, because I have said for some time that most of them are nuts! Who could marry a bridezilla like these?

Adding insult to injury, most media articles on this subject usually blame the men, usually in some made up scenario where the women feel inferior because of something some man said. But it has been my experience, and the experience of many of my male friends, that no matter how much you tell her she looks great, that you are happy with her the way she is, she will still go wacko on you and go down these self-destructive paths.

i kinda understand why they want to really look good.....it's the "big day" of their lives. but that is really taking it too far. If you are engaged, that means that the man you are gonna marry is happy with you the way you are....

and to Dave307: Who the hell do you think you are? if you wanna talk about women like that, then you are a low life scum. I happen to be a girl, and i happen to have my parents that have been married for 18 years, so your comment that men need new puss is totally wrong! and the reason why some marriages end in divorce, is because one partner either cheated on the other (mainly the man who is also a low life scum!) or one partner didn't want to change their ways to keep the marriage (also the man who is a low life scum). So please keep your filthy low-down dirty comments to yourself. they are definently not appreciated.

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The only thing I wish I had lost before my wedding day was the 300 oaf I married. Years later and tons smarter I lost all that extra weight..........WOOHOO

I've been married for 45 years, and I'm still careful about my looks and weight. I'm 110 lbs. at age 67. HOWEVER, our wedding wasn't about about appearances. It was about wild, passionate love, and a commitment forever..........

This doesn't suprise me much. This definately falls into what society is into. Forget about brains, desentcy, morales, ect. just as long as you look GOOD. This is probably why there is so many failed marriages and broken homes in today's society. Instead of the bride planning on how she is oing to look on that special day she (They) should be planning life goals TOGETHER. by the was i have been married for 18yrs since I was 17

This is just unbelievably stupid. I got married yesterday and though everything was not perfect (my hair as a matter of fact), my husband only had eyes for me. As for our families and friends, they love us more than enough to come for the fun and not the fuss.
One piece of advice, women be careful not to drive your fiance crazy with all the nonsense, beware he might see the real shallow you.

That is just beyond ridiculous. I got married yesterday and though everything was not perfect (my hair as a matter of fact), my now husband only had eyes for me and our families and friends love us more than enough to come for the fun and not for the fuzz.
One piece of advice: try not to drive your fiance crazy, he might just get to see the real shallow you in this.

I am a fat guy who married a fat girl and we had threee fat kids... we live in a fat house and drive a fat car ... I wish I had married that girl in the picture who is getting the Botoz shots...SHE'S HOT!!!!! ,,,,YUMMY! YUMMY!
---Sad in Detroit with Poor Economy and No Money and Fat kids everywhere

There is two ways brides can do it. Be whatever they like, (Even though their face will look so fake.) Or, be themselves(And maybe live with self regret for not making them selfs "pretty" ) I personally think brides shouldn't do anything to themsleves, I just wanted to say the pros and cons of choices.

There is two ways brides can do it. Be whatever they like, (Even though their face will look so fake.) Or, be themselves(And maybe live with self regret for not making them selfs "pretty" ) I personally think brides shouldn't do anything to themsleves, I just wanted to say the pros and cons of choices.

This is yet another wya that women present themselves in a fake and ficticious manner. Women need to just be who they are and try less hard to be who they think they want to be.
Men really don't give a crap if the woman who they asked to marry them at 135 lbs is less than that or if she can squeeze in to a size 3 dress.
Women are their own worst enemies!

people need to lighten up...its YOUR wedding day...LOOK THE WAY YOU WANT if you want yo do all this...go ahead if it makes you feel better.
-lilc

I'm the exact oposite! I had to buy my dress 3 sizes too big to fit into it on top! When I'm working out, everyone asks if I'm trying to fit into my dress... little do they know I have 4 inches of material I need to fill out!!! I don't feel the pressure to change anything for my wedding, I'm onlly trying to impress one person, and he already loves me and thinks I'm beautiful so I'm not worried. I'll get my hair and nails done the day of the wedding just to look nice for pictures (and because if the hair was up to me, it would be straight or in a pony tail because that's all I know how to do!) but when its over, I'm still going to be me and nothing's going to change except for the rock on my finger and my last name!

I bought my dress 3 sizes too big so I figure I have room to grow! I needed a size 12 on top, but a size 6 in the waist for my dress. Everyone asks me if I'm trying to fit into my dress while I'm working out - I tell them that's why I go to McDonalds because I have about 4 inches of material that I need to fill out!

Honestly, I don't think you can blame this one on the men. In Steven Pinker's words, beyond a certain point, this obsession with thinness, cosmetics, and elaborate events is a form of female-on-female status competition, not competing for mates. It's silly women wanting to have fancier weddings than their friends or than TV stars. It's a "Mean Girls/Queen Bees" thing. The grooms are more laid back or just don't care.

In my country, it's socially acceptable and common to RENT wedding dresses...I don't see why I should spend hundreds of dollars on a dress I'd only wear once. And it's nonsense to say that it'll become a family heirloom because now nobody wants their grandmother's dress.