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I met a woman a few years ago who, during our first meeting, went into great detail about her plans for her wedding day. From the colors to the cake to the engagement ring, she had it all picked out. I asked her when the event would be taking place. She answered, "Oh, I don't even have a boyfriend."
I've been to a big, fancy wedding, held in a huge Catholic church with a reception at a country club. Then last summer I was the maid of honor in a friend's wedding where the vows were exchanged outside and the reception was on a much smaller scale. What did both of these events have in common? They both took place in a single day. The planning and preparation were different, but both of them were held and completed in roughly the same amount of time.
I've never tried to plan the details of a possible future wedding in advance. I don't have a dress picked out, I don't go to jewelry stores to try on diamond rings, and I don't visit possible venues or flower shops. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with doing this, but it seems like a lot of time and effort for an event that can take months to plan but is over in just a few hours. However, some women are proud to call themselves "Bridezillas."
Blogging Barbie reminds me of that woman I once met.
I have a confession to make.
Despite being all about the fun, single girl lifestyle who doesn’t have to answer to anyone but herself (at least for right now), I’m obsessed with weddings. Like, have a membership to TheKnot.com, buys Modern Bride and Martha Stewart Weddings magazines obsessed. Don’t worry, they’re very much hidden and tucked away when any potential suitors are around. Wouldn’t want to, you know, freak them out with torn out pictures of engagement rings I love. Not that I do that, or anything. But oh! How I get downright giddy at the thought of table decorations and centerpieces. White tents (donning white X-mas lights, of course)? The sheer romanticness of it all! And the dresses, my god, the dresses. Add in sparkly rings to choose from, party favors and flowers (LOTS OF FLOWERS!), and all that love and happiness and being surrounded by friends and family and celebrating and dancing with the help of an open bar and DUDE, WHERE DO I SIGN UP. Not that I plan on getting married anytime soon- because as my father so kindly pointed out: “bloggingbarbie, you have the perfect wedding planned…now all you’re missing is one minor detail...the groom.â€
Cinthia says she's so obsessed with weddings that she would marry anyone who has "money to spare on the fesitivities."
I have recently become obssessed with the idea of getting married. Sheer madness, I know. [...]
Yet I am so taken with the idea of being a bride-to-be that I'd be willing to marry anyone who would volunteer to the task provided he had plenty of money to spare on the festivities. The truth is, it isn't so much the conjugal lifestyle as it is the actual wedding that I am hopelessly longing for.
G of Read This has a post about how to be a Bridezilla in one easy step.
So everyone talks about "Bridezillas". I certainly hope I don't become one of them. But I think I know how they come to be....
Whenever you talk to a vendor at a bridal fair, or in their shop, they always say (several times) "Just do whatever YOU want." "It's YOUR day, it should be everything YOU dreamed of..." blah blah. The vendors start all of it!! They bring it on themselves (probably trying to get you to spend more money to make everything PERFECT for the BIG day). It is the same way people become vain - after hearing something ump-teen million times, you start to believe it...then more and more.... voila! Bridezilla created!
Colleen doesn't want to be a Bridezilla and wanted to make sure she wouldn't be seen that way.
Months went by without us even setting a date, but that didn’t stop me from buying at least a half dozen Bridal magazines and subscribing to every wedding stationary and favor magazines along with signing up for e-zines and newsletters regarding weddings. Some days my mailbox and email inbox is so full of “wedding stuff†that it’s almost overbearing.
But one e-zine that I recently received got
