Why I Hate Weddings

Posted by Troy | Filed under Culture, Humor, Marriage, Strong Odors, Thoughts

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I did some work for an old friend recently…

He is a cool wedding photographer based out of Cincinatti. The best part about his work is that you can tell everyone in every photo is having a blast.

Perusing his recent work got me thinking about weddings…

I don’t really enjoy attending weddings as a whole… but the absolute worst, most obnoxious tradition of all (besides the bachelor party of course) has got to be the garter-removal.

Who is the moron that made up this tradition and why does everyone insist on including this as part of their celebration…

Ugh. 

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Permalink | September 22nd, 2009

13 Responses to “Why I Hate Weddings”

  1. Diane Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    Love your illustration today! For the record, I insisted on NOT having a Gauche Garter Gathering at my wedding. But I gotta say, I think the dollar dance is worse.

  2. sara varghese Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    no garter gathering at our wedding- the Indians in the house would have flipped- didn’t miss it.

  3. Troy Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    Indians? I’m imagining a whole nother illustration for that story…

  4. melanie clark Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    YUCK. but didn’t you and noel have that at your wedding??? just kidding. she would have kicked you in the face.

  5. Troy Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    now i would definitely attend a wedding to see that… just as the groom lifts up the hem of the gown…
    HAI-YA!!

    his nose bleeding all over the place…

    that would be great.

  6. Noel Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    does it make it better if the garter is homemade?

  7. mollie greene Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 am

    yikes, that illustration!

    this is such a nasty tradition i’m disgusted you’re even mentioning it.

  8. sara varghese Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 am

    as Danae would say…dot not the feathers…just so I clear that up

  9. Troy Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 8:19 am

    I’m pretty sure that “dot not the feathers” clears nothing up but rather makes me really bewildered.

  10. sara varghese Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 am

    lol
    I was trying to imagine why the subject of Indians would alter your creative views on the garter subject, so I thought I was filling in a blank

    obviously there was no “blank”

    I’ll leave you to your creative prowess and back off
    lol again

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  12. Timothy Young Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Never given that one much thought beyond it being a bit tacky. Didn’t do it at my wedding. The bouquet toss has always struck me as odd to and we didn’t do that either. However, I’m hesitant to get to annoyed about tradition. If I don’t understand it, I try to honor it. It could have some valuable legacy with meaning to some people so as long as it’s not perpetuating bigotry, I can live with it. It would be interesting to know where the tradition started and what its original meaning was. If by chance it only meant, “This chick is now taken and about to lose her virginity,” then it will have little value in my world, but maybe some in others. I attended a marriage between a African American guy and a woman from India once and they not only did the slave tradition of jumping over a broomstick, but they also did some Hindu rituals important to her. It was one of the more beautiful ceremonies of love, tradition and life commitment I’ve ever seen…..no cake in face smashing, garter routines or bouquet tosses. It’s an interesting topic. I leave with a quote from Edurardo Galeano: “American culture is canned culture, like a wedding, where the ceremony is more important than the love.”

  13. Troy Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    Thanks for the comment Timothy and some really great things to consider…
    Respecting tradition (especially in wedding ceremonies) is something I’ve come to understand more thoroughly over the past five years or so…
    What I’ve found typically in our culture though is that most couples feel so much pressure to blindly include all the wedding “traditions” without ever considering their significance. And in my experience, this particular tradition has become nothing more than an opportunity for humiliation…
    If the same tradition were done with real meaning and honor towards both the bride and the intimate relationship of the couple… I think I’d love it.
    Lauren Winner writes much about the loss of community in sex, which sounds weird but is very compelling, in her book Real Sex… which is fantastic.

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