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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by stevehawk on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @08:47AM (#17187223)
I will say that at 37 years of age i believe my wedding was the most important party i have thrown in my life. With people giving up an entire weekend to fly in to a central location for my wife and I it seemed only fair to make sure everyone had a great time.

It's pretty easy for a wedding and reception to be boring for your guests.

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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by gh02t on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:26AM (#17187441)
Heh, that's the conundrum about weddings. It's supposed to be about you and your spouse, but the people getting married end up spending all their time stressing out over keeping the guests entertained.
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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by privacypoller on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @03:42PM (#17191044)
in my experience and I suspect most western countries it's about the bride, but the groom's role is largely ornamental.

You are right about the amount of big-day work though; we had a huge spread of food and booze and I remember eating a couple of crackers and a single glass of wine over the entire evening. This was a very relaxed version of a wedding as well; too much glad-handling to actually have fun.

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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by isostatic on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @05:54PM (#17192231)
> the groom's role is largely ornamental.

15% of the weddings I've been to didn't have a groom

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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by ergothus on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:05PM (#17188857)
I can agree with your view, but would add that "fun" and "flawless" are not synonyms. Heck, charge the normal rate for things and I'd be able to afford more fun!

I've had two weddings and attended many many more. 90+% of the time is completely forgotten. The rest is good or bad memories that are largely disconnected from the service/goods quality and the price. I've seen success with plastic cups and failures with crystal.

(Interestingly, the vast majority of the "bad" events came from the wedding officiants, with photographers coming in at number 2, neither of which correlated to "quality")

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