Why can't brides rent dresses?

[margotb822]

I mean, it's not like you're ever going to wear it again. And men can rent tuxes, so shouldn't women be able to rent dresses?

This wedding dress thing seems like a scam that has been built into our society.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Sentimentality

I have my wedding dress, but my mom made it for me, so it has extra meaning for me. I have it preserved, and if my daughter should want to wear it (I wanted to wear my mom's but hers was too damaged and way too small for me), she can.

[seaker]

2. My ex- sister-in-law did

They were married in Korea and seemed to be a common custom.

[rcrush]

3. I think its a scam

But I could be called bitter. Also my personal experiences with funeral services lead me to believe that funeral parlors are scams.

[Jamastiene]

13. +1

Oh yeah, it's definitely a scam.

[siligut]

23. +2

Especially the funeral thing. I can understand sentimentality in the case of a wedding dress. However, one should be able to rent if one wants.

[AlCzervik]

4. You can rent wedding dresses, you just have to look in your area.

[bigwillq]

5. It's their wedding.

If they want to buy one to have as a keepsake, who am I to tell them they shouldn't? :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

7. i think th op means there should be a rental option which there is.

i bought mine, looking back at my pictures it looks like i smuggling sheep in my sleeves. The early 90's, not a great time for fashion.

[MrPerson]

6. Why can't grooms rent brides?

[MajorChode]

19. They can. It's called prostitution.

Although if you want them to act like a bride, it costs an extra $50.

So I've heard anyway.

[QMPMom]

8. You can rent wedding dresses.

My cousin had a beautiful rented dress. Start with the yellow pages.

[triguy46]

9. The can. In Tulsa, try "Marry-go-round."

[Orrex]

10. Anyone who spends more than, oh, $2000 for a wedding is getting hosed

And yes, the wedding dress should be available for rental.

[bluesbassman]

11. First the housing market collapses, then the financial markets go toes up...

Now you want to destroy the American Bridal industry. Why do you hate wedding planners? :rofl:

[Jamastiene]

12. Because Eve ate that apple?

Women are expected to take the brunt of all the hard work in society. We are expected to grow up for starters. Men never have to grow up, nor do they in most cases. That's not a misandrist sentiment either. Most men will agree with it. Fuck growing up if you don't have to, but alas, women have to grow up.

Also, capitalism is set up for straight women to marry early and often. That means more profits for the textiles industry...overseas. Lord knows there is no textiles industry left inside the US.

They know the wedding is more of a big deal to women than men. So, they jack the prices up and make a big hullabaloo about the wedding stuff to get you to buy buy buy more more more. They make men feel better by allowing men to rent the tux. That way if he gets cold feet, he can get his money back.

Also, men are allowed to not look at you before the wedding. That's because they want the men to remember the booty more than looking in your face. Once he sees your mother, he gets a glimpse of his future. And if he doesn't have to look at you before the wedding, he's more apt to go through with it. Once you get married, he'll never look in your face or eyes again. He'll expect you to fetch his beer and clean his skid marks. I don't know why the call the bride's friends the bride's maids. You are the one who is getting a maid's job, not them. :shrug:

Also, women are expected to get their rich daddies to pay for shit. If your daddy is still poor and you are getting married, it means your fiancé didn't pay him enough for you. You have the added bonus of being a bargain bin wifey. That means either your dad sold you too cheaply or your fiancé is either a cheap bastard or poor. Oh joy. :eyes:

I guess you can tell I'm sort of bitter about the whole Straight Marriage Only Allowed thing. It proves that the entire marriage sham is to keep women as property. The so-called Christians, the freaky ass Catholics (as opposed to the sane ones), and the Mormons from Mars with their magic underwear just begging to be wedgied before their heads are stuffed into a toilet(how else do you think Donnie Osmond got those shiny white teeth? it was the toilet cleaner) cannot stand the idea of men selling men into marriage or women selling women into marriage because men aren't property and women aren't supposed to have our own money in their filthy deranged eyes.

[Shell Beau]

14. Wow! Lighten up a little.

And I really don't mean that in mean way.

[ThomCat]

18. Say it, Sister!

:applause:

[siligut]

25. OK Jamastiene, this is funny.

The part about the skid marks and bargain bin wifey made me LOL.

[flvegan]

15. They don't really rent prom dresses either, do they?

Seems an industry may capitalize on aspects of the female psyche. I may be very wrong. Just speaking from personal experience.

I've rented 4 tuxedos in my life. Two proms, one marriage and one best man. Of those 4 events, I don't know a single woman that rented a single dress/gown.

Just a point I'm making.

[LeftyMom]

16. Men's formal wear doesn't change very fast, and there's less variation in body types to accomodate.

A ten year old tux wouldn't look dated. A ten year old prom dress? :scared:

Plus men are way easier to fit than women, so women's formal stuff pretty much has to be tailored or it looks like ass. Men's? Not so much.

[Robeson]

17. Why can't couples just go to the courthouse and get married....

...and save everyone a lot of money?

[Flaxbee]

22. New York City Hall, baby! Yeah! 10 years ago this coming May

and I do NOT regret the city hall route one bit. I'd have liked to elope to the Bahamas, maybe, but we both went back to work at noon the day we were married. :D

[RandomThoughts]

20. How about the diamond wedding ring scam.

Somewhere around 100 years ago, a major diamond company cornered the diamond market, getting around 90% of mining under its control.

They then proceeded with a massive advertising campaign to get people to buy diamonds for weddings, saying that buying a diamond was how to make the wife seem loved. Although most people know this is no true, it stuck, and the tradition started making that company profitable, and weddings a little more expensive.

Before then Womens rings rarely had diamonds.
http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-103419-570016

I often wonder if this was an inside joke, saying something about consumers and yahoos. (From Jonathon Swift novel.)

[SallyMander]

27. WORD -- not only a scam, but a humanitarian

and environmental disaster! My ring has a moissanite stone, grown in a lab, and I will take any excuse to tell people about it! :D

www.diamondssuck.com

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

21. you can. My college roommate rented bridal gown, bridesmaids dresses and tuxes

for her wedding.

I have had other friends who rented the bridesmaid's dresses, and considering some of the hideous bridesmaid's gowns that have been produced over the years, it is probably a good thing.


I am certainly going to look into that for my daughter should she ever decide to have a wedding.

[Captain Hilts]

24. Because weddings are a racket and women are trained from birth to spend a lot on clothes.

Yes, it's a scam.

[azmouse]

26. I paid only $100 for my wedding dress.

I think too many women are conditioned to think they HAVE to spend a lot of money on a dress or it isn't a real wedding.
I had a small wedding and wasn't going to spend a half year's salary on a silly dress that I'd wear one time.
If I'd known rental was available I'd have considered going that route but I was married 22 years ago so I don't know if it was done then.

[cherish44]

28. I've seen places where you can rent wedding dresses/ prom dresses

Actually you can get them for next to nothing if you know where to look. I have a wedding dress I'll give away...size 8, worn once by mistake :P