Any new/current trends that don't make sense to you?

View Quoted Comment No single or not over the top thing is upsetting. Nothing wrong with doing your nails. But a few years back spas were all the rage, and tv was pushing them, and spas were doing packages. He?? has no fury like a bride who paid $150 a person, non-refundable, for a bonding spa day, 6 hours of nails and mud times 6 maids and her, twice in the last 2 weeks, plus the day before the wedding, only to find the 3 medical types won't take 2 extra Saturdays and an extra Friday, in addition to the Sat wedding, off work to get nails done, and lovely skin. And 2 of them and one cook are not able ( work) or willing in private life, to wear long nails. And can't or won't bathe in scented stuff then or any other time. And the bride, MOH, and MOB who financed half the near $4,000, start in about this is the bride's vision, and she was surprising us with special nails, and we all ought to be willing to give her just one thing she wants, she's the bride, why are we so mean... It never occurred to her to mention this till 4 weeks before the wedding? Ask if we wanted this bonding? Or the nails? Or to take 3 extra days without pay off, in our first year after college ( all in grad or undergrad school together.) She had spent half a year not working after graduation, taping and watching SHOWS. It was the attitude amd expectations she could seize whole days for her notions, and 2 BM/ MOH were cheering bride on, how awful we all were. The celebrity attitude tantrum .
It happened over nails. Again over shoes. I left, and 2 others, before the necklace fight. In my view, there is nothing a bride desperately needs, like a kind of nail polish or red soles on shoes, worth abusing or humiliating people over, for a wedding. It is an attitude.

View Quoted Comment Agreed. Especially when the couple doesn't dance formally any other time.

View Quoted Comment Back when my youngest was about three months old I received a spa day as a gift. I was so excited, a day of pampering.
Not. A huge gaggle of hungover bridesmaids took over the spa. They were moaning, laying down on everything, kept asking me to move. The staff had to come in and ask them to let other patrons use the seating too. My package included a lunch and when I was called away for that they bride got mad at the staff member because she wanted a lunch.
I was still a bit hormonal and started crying during my massage because I didn’t get to relax in the steam room, they kept telling me to move. The spa ended up giving me a partial refund (and probably other people too.) It wasn’t that they were overbooked, just that a group of ten was loud!

Has anyone noticed more brides do not send thank you cards? It’s so hurtful, rude and entitled.

View Quoted Comment Yes!! Even on the boards here, the general consensus among many is that proper manners are archaic and don't need to be followed anymore.

View Quoted Comment That is awful!

View Quoted Comment Poor baby, your one time to get that perfect comfort you give baby day and night. Drunken parties in all kinds of places are another new wedding thing, to me, that needs to go.

It’s probably a trend on its way out but I was never into rustic/mason jar decor. Nope.

View Quoted Comment She’s 18 and I still hold a grudge!

View Quoted Comment I agree with you on this! My fiance and I have an unofficial forest theme for our wedding (we're not intentionally trying to follow a theme, a lot of our decor just happens to be forest related), but we're avoiding the mason jars and wood slices and such. That trend just doesn't really appeal to us, I feel like I see it everywhere.

Wedding hashtags.

So many good points on here! I also hate the WP proposals, and ALLLL the extra parties and gifts. No one that I know needs anything labeled "Bridesmaid." I detest the attitude that nothing should be spared because it's such a special occasion. That definitely feels like part of the TV wedding trend. And I agree with the burlap and mason jars, too. Way overdone and not very cute.

View Quoted Comment I completely agree. I remember when I was young, our parents never dressed us up and drug us along to weddings. They left us with a sitter and had an adult evening out. And thank goodness! As a child, I wouldn’t have wanted to have been drug along to a boring adult event. I don’t know when this change came about where people think anywhere they are invited their children are automatically invited as well 🤷🏼‍♀️

View Quoted Comment Isn’t it crazy?! I had a few old acquaintances (one that I literally haven’t seen once since high school!) reach out asking about being invited to our wedding. Literally none of them have even met my fiancé!

View Quoted Comment You bring up a good point about the “Instagram perfect” attitude. I have noticed recently that a lot of people (mainly brides) are willing to give up or jeopardize certain important moments and experiences in favor of making sure they have staged Instagram worthy photos. Like, wouldn’t you rather have a real, authentic experience on one of the most important days of your life, instead of a bunch of fake, posed Instagram stories? I don’t understand trading experiences with your loved ones for “likes” from strangers.

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I feel the same way. Never liked it, even from day one. To be honest, I am kind of surprised it’s still hanging around! But, then again, I think it is mostly still popular in small, rural areas that have that country lifestyle. So maybe it’ll never go away! LOL

View Quoted Comment Yes yes yes! As kids we were only allowed to go to family weddings, take family pictures and maybe stay for dinner, but after that a sitter came to get us and took us home. It was not expected we would stay. We were kids and the event was a not a kid thing. The fact a couple had to say kid free has gone too far for me. The people listed on the invite are the ones invited, but this goes back to manners and knowing the formality of a wedding invitation.

View Quoted Comment Aw, a forest theme is so romantic. Lanterns would look cool.

View Quoted Comment Ha ha ha, that gif. 😂
I totally get if country is your personal style. But I saw mason jars everywhereeee in **** when I was planning. I got over the look before I was even into it.

I also have never been a fan of wedding pergolas, even with flowers or drapery. I think nature provides a beautiful and natural backdrop: lake, beach, field, trees!


But then the round wedding arch came out and I was all “Oooooh. I’m in love.” 😍 🤩

And I just saw this one. This group shape seems new. Wow.