LOLOL oh wowowowow! pretty great example of a bitter person who cant find love. I feel sad for this person.
Posted by FuTuRe MrS MaZz
Posted by whispersamethyst
I don't see how having a wedding website is any different from having a facebook, myspace, or twitter. If the author wanted to use an example of the narcissistic behavior of people, she should have chosen one of those social networks instead, where people actually feel the need to catalogue their every location, action etc. on a daily basis as if everyone on their friends list really cared.
To me, the wedding website is a way to give your guest pertinent information ABOUT the wedding. Planning a wedding is a stressful and busy time for a bride, why not make it easier by giving guest a place to refer to instead of having to recieve hundreds of calls from them asking about details regarding the wedding. I think it's ridiculous to criticize brides because they want to display their happiness of getting married on a website. It's not hurting anyone. It's not like their shoving their opinions down people's throats or anything. It is what it is, sharing in your moment of happiness with your family and friends. And why is it a terrible thing to let your family and friends know stories about how you met, or how he proposed? You can only hope that the people who are invited to your wedding hold some significance in your life. Shouldn't they know a little something about you and your FH... I mean they are attending YOUR wedding.
Yes, it should be about the wedding if you're having a website... About what guests really care about the most... That being the time, place, hotel info, etc... Not 100 pics where it seems like the b&g (or prob just the bride since most grooms prob couldnt care less) are trying to show the world how much they love each other... Let it shine and show the world AT your wedding... I cant even begin to tell you how many of my guests came up to us saying how happy we look and how they can tell how much we love one another... how we 'glowed' etc... And this coming from guests who we werent entirely close with!!! So they 'understood' our love without having to try to display it all over a website KWIM?
What I personally did was incorporate our 'meeting' story and what bonds we have that keep us strong into our ceremony... Mostly every guest attended our ceremony and heard firsthand all the details about overselves... And it wasnt told by us (since this would def have that narcissistic feel like a website can have)... It was said eloquently by our offciant... And I actually had a guest write in a card how much they loved hearing our story...
I really think the article is a little bit deeper than it first comes off as... Once you peel away that 'bitter' layer that the author seems to have, I really think its all about how tech dependent our society is now![]()
I think this person has way to much time on their hands lol. Actually all websites even aol profiles are there to talk about yourself. I don't know, I'm not a picture person so I have hardly any pictures up on any website. Personally, I'm not into wedding websites but nothing wrong with the ones who decided to make one.
Posted by Chanwich
Posted by FuTuRe MrS MaZz
I tend to agree with the writer to some extent... Wedding websites seem to be 'the thing' right now... But we grew up with this whole technology/computer era so its only natural that this become yet another avenue to reach out to tell one's love story...
I personally do not care much for them... I set up one solely for guests to post wedding pics to and was 'encouraged' by the website to add a few pics... So I added 3-- not 600 something like the article mentions... I think some girls do go oveboard with the wealth of info they provide on it... Before the age of comps, wedding guests were still able to get the to venue, share hard copies of pics, and actually SPEAK TO the b&g to find out how they met... Comps def rule a bit too much these days![]()
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