Oh god, that is such a lie. I got married ages ago. I’m just trying to make it sound slightly less lame when I tell you I am still a complete sucker for wedding-themed clickbait.
I am perhaps slightly less addicted than when I was planning our big day. (“Our” meaning my husband and me, not you and me. That would be weird. We only just met.) During that stretch of my life, I read a lot about weddings but I still find myself interested in the subject. I guess I love the romance of it all.
But there’s something very unromantic about a lot of the wedding chatter floating around lately. It seems one very common point of view — and here I paraphrase a raft of opinions both read and heard — is that couples everywhere are entirely inconsiderate and their collective weddings are just a pain in the arse.
More specifically, weddings are constantly accused of:
1. Costing guests too much
2. Being held too far away
3. Being held at an inconvenient time (or day or year)
4. Being a cringe-worthy “us fest”
5. Including inappropriate gift-giving instructions
6. Being entirely over-the-top
At any given wedding, some or all (or, of course, none) of these may be applicable.
It is undeniable that as a guest, weddings can cost a lot, be tough to get to, be scheduled at a tricky time, and not be to your taste. The list goes on. You could probably add a few yourselves.
