Whew, I'm glad I'm not normally part of drama. Though as this thread mentioned, I unwillingly wrapped myself up in a minor one on LIF
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I just have to say...and this is not to stir anything up at all....that yes, brides do stress out over unnecessary stuff. Hell, I was one of them. Thing is, this site FEEDS that. This site can make you NUTS. I didn't know what the hell a photocube was until I got on this site and then I HAD to have it.
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(turns out I s ucked at making it so it never made it to the wedding!
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This does not mean my wedding was NOT about me marrying Brett....but when you come on a website, and you are so excited about your wedding, and people all around you are talking about theirs and giving you ideas....it's goes in circles (thanks Devon
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). It's the environment around here. Yes, we do start to focus on really petty things...but once we're married we realize it's petty and it's behind us.
It's useless to remind brides to be that cry packs and programs won't matter....hell, I remember days leading up to my wedding how ridiculous it all started to become for me because in those days, it was REALLY happening!!
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What truly mattered was finally in sight. Women need projects, what can I say?
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And those months of planning...you get wrapped up in it. I don't think that's recipe for a bad marriage, IMO.
I guess I compare it to when you're a teenager and everyone tells you you're a baby and you don't know anything and that eventually 'you'll know better'. Come on, didn't you HATE being told that? It comes off condescending, IMO. I was (duh still AM
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) a baby sister so I guess I had the most experience with this.
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Just showing my support for BOTH sides of the argument here.
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(meaning between Melissa and Jenn- LoveMyAlfonse)
As far as getting offended - oh YES people get offended too easily. But then again, we're all on the net here and people misconstrue things WAY too easily. Hence, my Rock of Love encounter.
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