I am watching Bridezillas on WE, if I was the groom I would walk away.

[texanwitch]

What the hell.

If was going to be married it would be a really small gathering.

BBQ and beer, blue jeans and tshirts.

In my backyard.

The women on these shows are over the top.

[HopeHoops]

1. Can I ask a simple question? - Why?

That doesn't even sound like entertainment to me. It sounds like wanting to watch pathetic people do pathetic things. I've never understood that, well, other than watching C-SPAN.

[texanwitch]

2. I just came across the show and there is this really horrible bride on.

She is really rude and nasty to everyone.

I quess all the brides on this show are like this, thus the name of the show.

I would call them something else.

[HopeHoops]

3. More to the point, why is this shit even on?

[texanwitch]

4. Make money.

It really is funny to watch.

[HopeHoops]

5. So are cats fucking. I just don't get what's happened to TV. Andy Griffith?

[texanwitch]

7. I quess reality tv is cheaper, no big name stars to pay.

If this keeps up there will be only reality shows on.

I give it five years or less.

[HopeHoops]

9. I remember when all of the 13 stations signed off at midnight or 2:00 a.m. with the national anthem.

This 4,000 channels of 24x7 shit stuff has just made things worse.

[texanwitch]

11. I remember that.

I can remember when it changed, in the early 80's.

I was sick for about a month and finally had to go to the hospital for a week.

I couldn't sleep at night so I watch the tv all night.

The all night tv had just started.

[GoneOffShore]

24. Took me a minute to understand.

I thought that watching TV in the early 80's made you sick for a month and then you had to go to hospital for a week.

I mean, I know some of the shows back then were pretty bad. But I didn't think they were that bad.

[Ikonoklast]

48. I watched a "Three's Company" marathon once and it put me into a coma for three months.

Bad?

That shit'll kill you.

[Myrina]

50. They're ALL like that!!

It's almost like they try to out-crazy other ones they've seen on the show.

There's no way in HELL I'd ever marry someone who acted like that, male or female.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

52. i think they're being told

to be as nuts as possible and maybe the network is paying for their honeymoon or something...

sP

[texanwitch]

53. Well, they are doing a good job.

All that stress over nothing.

The two industries I hate is the wedding and and funeral business.

Just think of the money spent every year marrying and burying people.

Some of the brides are just power crazy, it is their day.

It is the groom's also.

[trof]

12. Train wreck syndrome.

Yep, they're unbelievable.
But once you start to watch it's hard to stop.

[texanwitch]

13. You got it, a major train wreck.

The women on these shows need to grow up.

It isn't just me, me, and just me.

[sarge43]

30. No it certainly isn't just you

I'd like to slap those princesses upside the head and yell, "Honey you're getting married, not being crowned Queen-Empress of the Known Universe."

[HopeHoops]

14. Is there a 12-step program for that?

[texanwitch]

16. There would be a reality show about a 12 step program.

It sort like the old Jimmy Stewart movie "Rear Window".

It watching someone else's life from a distance.

[HopeHoops]

19. Oh fuckedy fuck fuck fuckedy fuck. You're right. They'll introduce a show like that. Snooki?

[texanwitch]

22. I have a friend who lives in apartment by the pool.

I baby sit the dog and cat sometimes and I see plenty without trying.

The apartments surround the pool, large glass doors and windows.

People don't seem to close the blinds.

I feel like Jimmy Stewart when I am there.

[HopeHoops]

34. Bring a video camera and upload the clips to the net!

[pipi_k]

6. I agree...was just talking

with Mr Pipi yesterday about my oldest niece who has been planning her wedding for almost a year (it's Aug 25th in FL).

Then there was his middle daughter who was married three years ago.

Between the two of them, the total comes to over $25,000.

In. sane.

OK I remember as a little girl getting the doll (Barbie or otherwise) with the bride dress and all the fixings. No groom...when I was very young Ken hadn't been created yet as far as I know.

Just the bride

So I and my friends grew up wanting the bride dress and the big wedding and the groom didn't really matter. Hey, it could have been anyone!

Too many girls/women put more thought and energy into the wedding and not enough into the marriage. It's almost like the marriage itself is an afterthought.

Took me three marriages to "get it".

But yeah...if I were the groom, I'd run the other way. If this is how the bride acts under stress, forget it.

PS...third wedding we went to VT with two friends and had ceremony with a JP. Three months later we had a small gathering and repeat wedding at the house with family and close friends. Maybe 20 people total.

Just as memorable as a huge "do" and way cheaper, too.

[texanwitch]

8. If the bride can't handle the stress getting married forget the stress of married life.

I have been under a lot of stress the last few years but I have kept my emotions under control.

[blueamy66]

10. Can't stand any of these reality wedding shows....

one called 4 Weddings or something......4 brides and they each rate eachother's wedding....the one with the highest score gets a honeymoon....like anyone of them is gonna be fair

screw that.....Las Vegas and the Polish Club, here we come!

Went to a dress store a few months back and the cheapest dress was $1500.....then I found a $250 dress online.....it's all about the bride and her bridesmaids and Mom and the whole trying on the dress crap in front of 10 mirrors.....why do people buy into this crap?

[texanwitch]

15. Women just should rent a dress.

It is only wore once.

I do marry people and only small weddings.

It is not about the size of the wedding, it is about the two people getting married.

[blueamy66]

17. exactly

but I will admit, I'd love to see my groom in a tux! a rented one!

and who cares about the DJ or the tablescapes (sp?) or the food or the flowers or the $2000 cake????....it's about love, not $$$$$

[texanwitch]

20. A lot of the people I have married have a reception later.

Just family and few friends for the marriage part.

The couple can relax and enjoy getting married and not be so stressed out.

[pipi_k]

26. I know, huh...

Like my stepdaughter, who spent over $10,000 on her wedding (didn't include the honeymoon, I think) that she could not afford...had to borrow the money from her husband's sister.

She was never that great with money...always spending more than she had, and then kvetching about not having gas money, blah blah blah (when she was single).

They bought a house one day after it was put on the market, paying full asking price. A new vehicle. Had a baby last year. She spends way too much at Costco,and is buying, buying, buying toys and baby clothes to the extent that she has to work overtime (she's a surgical nurse) to pay for all that stuff.

Trouble is, she doesn't want to work overtime. She wants to spend time with her daughter. So she has this plan to make and sell those "diaper cakes" for baby showers. How she thinks she'll make the same money she did working overtime in the OR is beyond me. Plus...the child is almost ready to walk. How does a mom work on stuff she's trying to sell while chasing a toddler around the house, unless she puts the kid in a playpen, which I know for a fact she will NOT do.

So...my point, finally, is that the money spent on a one day party could have been put in the bank. Now it's gone, she has to pay it back, and there are other expenses she hadn't considered beforehand.

Well what can you do except let them learn on their own...

[texanwitch]

27. There are home buying shows on cable where young couples are buying way to much house.

The couples want everything now, not later.

The only house that I owned on my own is my Father's house, he is passed away.

The young couples get over extended, this stresses out the marriage.

Not good.

[blueamy66]

28. I "heard" that these house shows are scams

don't know.....

[pipi_k]

33. I've seen in numerous places

That money is on the top five list of things couples fight over and get divorced because of.

I used to not be so great at handling money myself (never having learned from my parents, who fought about money all the time) and so I was in my early 40s before the lightbulb went on and I got it.

Now I pay my bills first (deposits to my savings accounts being one of them) and whatever is left over is my mad money.

Simple concept, but awfully hard to implement if there's no motivation. For me, the motivation is good credit and no worries about bill collectors.

[Phentex]

36. I could talk house shows all day...

Yes, it's laughable the way some people have a giant list of must haves but a budget of can't have. I can't figure out exactly when or why some of these things became necessities. These include: stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, finished basement, garage, double sinks in the bathroom, open floor plan, hard wood floors and an island in the kitchen. One of the funniest I've seen was this snotty guy looking at teeny times homes and he stuck his nose in the air and sniffed that the kitchen did not have an island. The agent pointed out that the kitchen was TOO SMALL for an island! Do these people even know why you'd want an island? No. All they know is that it has to be on the must have list.

Back to bride shows, I caught a piece of one called four weddings. I saw two of the weddings and the other brides get to score each others' weddings. They were sometimes catty but positive overall. I can see where watching this kind of show could be helpful to a future bride. It made me realize how much my tastes have changed and how I should have been a pickier bride! I would have been eaten alive on a show like this! lol.

[texanwitch]

37. Young couples used to have starter houses.

Or rent.

My neighborhood is full of young couples paying for $350,000 townhouses.

Poorly built and overpriced.

With all the other costs I don't know how they afford their homes.

They are really are two pay check familes.

I think they have to stay home alot.

The townhouses have all the must haves with 3 1/2 bathrooms.

No yards to speak of.

The couples all have dogs, big dogs.

[LynneSin]

38. I had a good friend whose parents only had $10k available for her to plan her wedding

I mean you can throw a pretty decent shindig for $10k if you cut some corners here and there.

After the first month of just paper planning (not spending anything, just figuring out costs), she realized the money would just be wasted. The next month they went to the JoP and got married there and used the $10k for a house downpayment (this was back in the late 80s).

From what I've heard they are still married today.

I had 2 friends that each spent between $25-50k on their wedding (again late 80s), neither of them lasted more than 18 months.

[mythology]

18. I figure the grooms are just as culpable

I doubt this is the first time they've seen this sort of behavior and they are still willing to marry the blithering idiots. Unfortunately, they are probably too stupid to use birth control.

But I imagine at least some of it is overplayed for the sake of the cameras.

[texanwitch]

21. I hope it is overplayed.

I wouldn't give the marriage very long otherwise.

Love must be blind on these shows.

[bigwillq]

23. Those shows are awful.

I never watch them.

[seabeyond]

25. JOP for me. i couldnt do one of those weddings for anything.

rather stay single.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

29. Every few months some guy comes into The Lounge and asks

why women don't like "nice guys."

Bridezillas is proof that there are plenty of men who are attracted to sociopathic brat-women.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

31. my wife and I got married at 30 years of age

and we spent about $15K on a blowout/party wedding. Well, the wedding wasn't that big of an expense but we had a hell of a reception. Adjoining ballrooms opened up at the Omni hotel...rocking band (we knew all the musicians and the band their gift to us). Friend made all the beer and wine. Catering was handled by people we knew and trusted. Dress was apparently about $300...rented my tux.

The only harsh words during the whole planning/execution of this shindig were when my wife-to-be snapped at the photog because he wouldn't get out of the way when it was time for her to walk down the aisle.

Funnest wedding I ever went to...and it was my own.

sP

[mopinko]

32. my sister is a wedding photographer. you couldn't pay me enough

to deal with brides every f'ing saturday.
when i got married it was hubby and i at the courthouse, 2 witnesses, a nice meal, we're done. he didn't even take the whole day off work.
i just don't get it.

[texanwitch]

35. I have heard some stories, horror stories.

I have two people I can call if the couple wants really nice photos or video.

Your sister is a braver person then me.

[mopinko]

51. the worst is when you can see that they don't want to get married.

she has had jobs where she spent the whole day trying to get pics where they weren't giving each other the stink eye.
but she loves the ones where they are so happy and in love, so...

[LynneSin]

39. I have no clue why we reward bad behavior with their own TV shows

Shows like 'My Sweet 16 Birthday', 'Toddlers & Tiaras', 'Bridezillas' essentially look to gain TV ratings by rewarding bad behavior with a TV show. I've never watched 'Bridezillas' but I have watched the other 2 and well personally, the people in these shows are just shameful. Watching parents spend $500k on their kids 16th birthday party and Moms spending themselves into debt so their lil toddler girls can dress like hookers and win a few bucks at a beauty pageant is just digusting.

[texanwitch]

40. I really hate the make my little girl look like a hooker shows.

What damage does this do to the little girl.

Something is wrong with the moms, and the dads for paying for all of it.

[LynneSin]

41. I watched some of these shows a few weeks ago when I was sick

What's sad is you see these lil girls screaming, pouting, crying and yet the mothers claim 'it's what my lil girl wants'.

Other episode focused on how these parents fill these kids with sugar. I swear it was like watching a VIP lounge party at Studio 54. These 3-6 year old girls were sucking down Pixie Sticks like it was cocaine and the parents feed this sugar to them because they want their kid full of energy. What's scary is many of these mothers are overweight themselves. As an overweight person myself, the last thing I would want to do for my child is ply them full of sugar and start them on the same dangerous path towards obsesity that catches up to you when you age.

[texanwitch]

42. The mothers always claim the little girls want to do it.

It is a case of Mama wanting a living doll to dress up.

I feel really sorry for the girls that don't win, how bad they must feel.

[texanwitch]

43. I am watching Bridezillas on Netflix, my stress level has gone down.

I just imagine me slapping the hell out of the brides.

Makes me feel lots better.

That would make a good reality show.

Slap the crap out of the Brides.

[LynneSin]

44. And moms who drag their kids into Beauty Pageants

[texanwitch]

45. Stuff Mom didn't get to do.

So make the kids do it.

Dads do that with sons and sports.

[LynneSin]

46. They don't do it half as bad as what Moms do

At least with sports, kids are allowed to be kids. I think I've watched 4-5 of these beauty pageant shows and not one of those Moms actually treated their kids like kids and had them look like kids in these pagaents.

[texanwitch]

47. The moms do spent a lot of money on the little outfits.

The little girls are just living dolls for the Mom.

What is really disturbing is the makup on the little girls.

[Initech]

49. If I was the groom in that situation - I'd be like fuck it - I'm out.