Once again - Things you hate about weddings

Heres mine (sorry if it offends anyone)

karaoke

Yipppeee love this!

Ok here we go:

money poems

people who ask "so how are the wedding plans" then glaze over when I tell them

people who ask "so will you be trying for a baby straight away" - mind your own business!!!

waiting for ages in between the ceremony and the food when you don't know anyone and end up steaming drnk (this has never happened to me of course)

hmmm there are more I will come back to this in a bit

Plastic horseshoes,

personalised carpets,

Animal releases,

OTT brides,

Top hats on groom and grooms men,

money poems,

cheesy photos,

Plastic wedding cake stands,

Overly pissed guests,

Bride and groom "trying" to be Posh and Becks!

Chair covers,

Artificial Flowers (silk or wooden),

Dull vicars,

Disposable cameras,

Vodka Luge!

Chocolate fountains,

Using a microphone to do speeches,

Annoying DJs

Toasting with Champagne because it's the "done thing",

Wee flower-girls wearing make-up,

Phew!

The fact that nothing is white or cream when you are talking about weddings, it's ivory.

Chocolate fountains

Tiaras on anyone but the bride

The obvious money poems.

Photos in B&W with one bit, such as the flowers, in colour

Releasing anything. I include sky lantern thingies in this too.

Tacky garter shots

The ushers pants co-ordinating with the BM's bras and so on

The whole princess/fairytale thing.

Limos or even worse hummers used as transport

Not a big fan of typical wedding shoes either, but that's not a hate more a mild dislike.

Balloons galore, some used subtly can be ok though

The word fiance.

Ohh lala whats a vodka luge?

An ice sculpture that you pour vodka down and drink it! VERY MESSY!

Pressure from families to give in to things they want which you don't., people not reading the information sheet, fittings only being done on weekdays....

Ok that's just my wedding. Weddings in general:

Balloons, coordinated first dances, 22 bridesmaids, DJs talking during the first dance (other than to announce it), photographers walking up the aisle during the service to take pictures, forgetting to thank people in the speeches, animal releases, groom serenading the bride.

DITTO!

I bet it is!

I have to disagree there. One of my friends knitted me a willy lipsalve holder that is also a keyring. You lift up the foreskin and the lipsalve goes inside. Genius ?

Chocolate fountains

animal releases

big fluffy "princess" style dresses

traditional dresses - white/ivory. They are nice, and pretty, just not on me

confetti

cheesy pics, including staring into your OH eyes, garter shots, confetti shots, cutting the cake shots.

b&W pic with a bit done in colour

Brides who overdo the fake tan and hair extensions

when people have stupid amounts of bridesmaids/ushers

money poems

people looking down their nose at me just because im breaking away from the "norm" in wedding planning

prob loads more, mind has gone a bit blank

This could have been a life drawing of one of my ex's!!!

We all have them! lol ?

I don't think i have many hates... everyone does what they want cos thats what they want and if someone doesn't like it then thats their problem... I worry bout people at my wedding telling me how great it is but wispering bout bad food, boring decor, merangue (sp??) dress etc....

However my top five would be:

1 - animals in any form (inc dogs with bow ties!!)

2- little bridesmaids dressed up as adults

3 - masses of green stuff in the flowers

4 - cheesy snogging in the first dance

5 - photo lists

x

Ok here's mine - I dont wont to offend these are just my opinions

• Balloons
• Money Poems
• Animals in any way shape or form
• Tackey dj With peter kay type lights
• Ice scuptures
• Drinks fountains
• Chocolate fountains - even tho they do taste yummy
• Bride & Groom in thrown type chairs
• banners
• those pop up type paper decorations
• fake tan - and yes my mother wants me to have it, will i no coz i never have a tan so why look fake
• veils over the face
• cake topper with the bride dragging the groom
• people having church wedding yet never go to church
• bride & groom leaving early

Again sorry if i offend

Too long ceremony

Limited welcome drinks

Anything but quite quick, relevant, amusing speeches

Boring veggie options

Not being sat with my friends / making small talk

Tacky hen nights

Anything tacky (though I like the chimney sweep idea - I love Mary Poppins!!!)

I'm finding myself not really liking wedding dresses at all!

Weddings that follow a predictable wedding format

I guess I've been quite fussy picking up on some of those!

Money poems

balloon scultptures

photographer shots of garter and the bride getting ready

horse shoes

chimney sweeps

long speeches

chair covers

Hope i haven't offended anyone!

Good shout!

Spam that is the funniest thing i have ever seen!!!

things i hate -

Typical pointy toed, satin wedding shoes - yuk!! (sorry if i have offended 95% of people there!)

Silk/Wooden flowers

Mixed tables so you dont know anyone - hate hate hate that!

B&G taking ages and ages with the photos

Cheesy music like Amerillo, YMCA, Aga do... etc etc

Too many bridesmaids

Hmmmm dare I say it?? I hate the colour baby PINK at weddings, especially pink balloons or pink bridesmaids, pink cravats etc

(SC runs and hides from all the hitchers who are having pink weddings)

If I am really honest, when I was younger I always thought Pink was what I would have as my theme, but as I have started to plan our wedding I have realised how much I hate it at weddings, I think it looks like arsebum, I turned up at our venue for a show around with my mum and sister, they had a wedding that afternoon that was baby pink I honestly couldnt believe how gross it looked, even the weddig co-ordinator looked like she may vomit from the pink induced nausea ......since then I have turned my back on pinkness at our wedding day which in some ways makes me sad,.......as it was something I had my heart set on

V sorry if I upset anyone, It is after all just my opinion and what do I know?

Arsebum isnt a real word BTW, I made it up and it is MINE, MINE, MINE

[delurks]personalised carpets?[/delurks]

seriously? how...just, how?

OOOOOH YES!

Think monogram hideously emblasoned onto an off white rug, with edges curled up and creases in, - a la Claire Richards (that wedding documentary on bbc3 last night)

Personalised Carpets???????

Agree with the top hat thing and the flower girl thing though

ETA: Had I not been so eager to question the carpet thing I guess I would have seen you'd already answered it! But still, really?

Totally agree with the pink thing!! Loving arsebum, I am stealing it!!!!?

BIL and his wife did the baby pink thing for their wedding back in February and it looked terrrible, not to mention thefact that the bride and bridesmaids had fake tan to rival a bottle of fanta and false eyelashes that were about 6 inches long!! Sorry to say but its the tackiest wedding I've ever seen not just because of the tan etc but namely because the men were dressed as pimps complete with canes and hats with pink ribbon!!

I hate brides who spend ££££ on their outfits but the groom wears a cheap polyester suit which is made to look worse than normal due to the brides layers of silk, chiffon, lace and any other material wedding dresses are made of!! Its his day too!!

quality. do you get to take it home?

That's another one, grooms and ushers etc in white or cream suits.

I also really don't link pink wedding dresses - sorry anyone having one!

..........Possibly {sheepish reply}

Why, are you in the market for a personalised carpet?!

I'm with you there. In fact I would also add Fuchsia.

I really dislike reportage photography, particularly those pics which are squinty. I don't get it.

Oh you aaare a daredevil.............The pink hitchers are gonna get you now.........

Can't think of many things but here goes:

plastic horseshoes

chocolate fountains

walking sticks (as part of top hat & tails, saw on don't tell the bride, ahhh)

animal releases

Really long speeches

Expensive bar prices

Also I hate the way that when you mention the word 'wedding' the costs of a service double!

At least I'm in good company eh?

Can I add another one to my list?

Equally as sickening as overtly pink princessy weddings, I dislike red / burgundy / merlot / scarlet and ivory weddings, as they seem like the "safe" choice and quite overdone.

(This will probably offend and I'm sorry)

? I'm having red (claret!) and ivory BM dresses but actually completely agree with you! hence very little red elsewhere and breaking it up with some ? dusky pink ? and claret flower girl dresses and some touches of pink in the ivory bouquets.

If only I'd put more thought into it and not been such a relaxed bride (gave BM's pretty free reign) I think I would have gone for aqua.