35 Of The Dumbest Wedding Traditions People Hope Will Disappear As Soon As Possible

I think the US and Europe are trying to copy each other. The bachelor/ette party thing is American, and Europeans started copying it a few decades ago. Then Europeans started doing short trips to Ibiza or other beachy/party locations because it’s close, cheap and easy, and Americans started copying the trips abroad. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Right? A friend of mine was invited to the hens party for a friend of hers and thought it'd be maybe dinner and a club or something. A week in Bali. She couldn't afford to go.

Because they wants to be more special than someone else. To outdo others. Same with gender reveal parties, I loathe them.

I have no issue going on a trip with a bunch of friends to celebrate, but I wouldn't want strippers to be involved in any way

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What's wrong with a vacation if it's affordable?

Money

Take the lady for a friendly meal and ask her to tell some funny stories from work, it'd be a lot more fun for both of you!

For fun, I looked up the most expensive weddings. Number 10 is George Clooney and Amal Clooney. She is Lebanese-British. # 8 is Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin, they are English. #7 is an Indian couple. #4 is Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra, she is Indian. #3 and #2 are also Indian couples. Yes, I realize there are a lot of celebs on this list, but it's not just the US.

I never even thought about my wedding until I was engaged lol I never understood the big dreams of having a huge wedding. After watching my best friend stress over planning hers, I said no thanks I'll keep it small and elegant.

my family grew up in the states, but none of us really wanted a wedding. A good chunk of family just only got wedding papers in and not much else. If I get wed, I probably do the same. I would however like to have a casual pot-luck BBQ party (diet variety friendly) to celebrate unity of families.

Yep, i refuse.

I don't even understand why that dream from childhood about their wedding and not about spending rest of their life with someone with who they understand each other and love each other.

Nope. I was in an office where 5 of the girls were getting married. UK too...

10/10 recommend eloping for those considering it.

If I ever get married, it will be with a few friends at the registry office and then go home with them, order takeaway, have a drink and play some board games.

My wife and I got married in the same place as Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe: San Francisco City Hall.

Ditto. All that jazz is like too much. Convenience and reasonable (and wallet respected) funds should be considered.

And people will remember your wedding

Good for you. There is a tendency for a more fancy wedding will lead to a shorter marriage. Perhaps because those people who are putting all the focus on the wedding in general have a wrong way to prioritise in their lives. You sometimes get a suspicion that the role of the groom is only to be an extra in a performance that the bride had planed when she was still a baby. Put the majority of your focus on what comes after the wedding, it will be years of your life, and not what happens on that ONE special day.... and spend that money on a house and not a party.

Invite friends and family for a party and surprise them with a short but nice ceremony! Then, more booze, food and dancing. Hooray !!!

We bought a bolt of fabric for the dresses. Everyone had a dress made that suited them and that they liked. These over-the-top events where there are four parties, two dinners, a weekend trip, and a thousand-dollar dress that has to match everything exactly are unrealistic for anyone but a celebrity with celebrity money and PAs.

We only have flower girls and boys. My nephew was one as a baby. Sis bought his suit for 30 euro on the market.

I guess some kind of tradition. I had thought it wasn't real and only really applied for birthdays. Edit: Fixed grammar.

If what i read was true. It started as a show of dominance from the groom to the bride. The man used to not get any cake in his face.

Same in Poland. In fact, I've only heard of this custom in the context of the US.

Neither in Germany. We traditionally have a Polterabend before the wedding, a casual party where you can invite all the people who don't come to the actual wedding. That's pretty much it.

Never heard it really being a thing in Australia either.

Not a thing I've heard of in any of the Scandinavian countries either. It seems like a waste.

Neither in Slovakia or Australia

Neither in Italy.

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Agreed! Even if you don't have a dinner afterwards, a quick 20 minute rehearsal makes the ceremony run so much more smoothly. Small details like where to stand, when to start walking, when to walk out, how to excuse guests, etc. are better worked out before the actual ceremony.

a-f*****g-men, Freelove. This person is so passionate about their disdain for rehearsals lol

Yes! It helps to know ahead of time where things are supposed to be and go. You're too nervous the day of to get it all.

Ah interesting, I can see why it would be useful in some cases

no, if it is a church wedding, especially Catholic or orthodox or a faith with more ritual, it is needed. Especially if you have people from outside that faith involved.