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re: It’s time that we had a discussion about modern American weddings
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:46 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:46 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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There is it. Here’s the reason you made this thread and then made up that it happens all the time. Only took until page 2, pretty quick actually
Do I have to actually list every wedding I’ve been to?
My niece decided to date a woman after a break up with a nice young man. She decided men don’t understand her, and her wedding to her live-in girlfriend along with their “adopted dog with needs” was one of the most earnest attempts at a secular-religious weddings I’ve seen. A very strange sight to behold.
My brother’s daughter married a nice engineer in Texas. Beautiful wedding destination. They had been living together and had bought a house together. Owned a dog togther. Both are high paid professionals. They father of the groom presided. He turned it into a roast of his son. Everyone was laughing. Very awkward. Very expensive for everyone including the attendees who had to travel.
I could go on.
And yet my personal experiences dont really matter to the topic.
Why are non-religious people bothering to get married, and what is the meaning of the wedding ceremony?
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:51 am to Jimbeaux
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My niece decided to date a woman after a break up with a nice young man. She decided men don’t understand her, and her wedding to her live-in girlfriend along with their “adopted dog with needs” was one of the most earnest attempts at a secular-religious weddings I’ve seen. A very strange sight to behold. My brother’s daughter married a nice engineer in Texas. Beautiful wedding destination. They had been living together and had bought a house together. Owned a dog togther. Both are high paid professionals. They father of the groom presided. He turned it into a roast of his son. Everyone was laughing. Very awkward. Very expensive for everyone including the attendees who had to travel.
So you went to two gay weddings and one traditional one where you didn’t like the officiant and extrapolated this to everyone. Makes sense
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:51 am to facher08
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Im no longer inclined. This try-hard nonsense confirms it.
Jeebus! Keep your head up your arse if you want to, but there is a whole “culture” out there in which you swim and try to raise kids.
You “checking out” doesn’t make these realities go away. Go ahead, fool. Pretend the fire is just fine.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:53 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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So you went to two gay weddings and one traditional one where you didn’t like the officiant and extrapolated this to everyone. Makes sense
Gott Damn, Mingo! I gave you three examples as a sampling and you still doubt my personal experiences, even though my personal experiences are beside the point!
Another fricking ostrich
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:55 am to Jimbeaux
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I gave you three examples as a sampling and you still doubt my personal experiences, even though my personal experiences are beside the point!
I can give you 10 examples of couples being married by their preacher/pastor/priest in a religious ceremony.
Because I don’t surround myself with the mentally ill like you
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:58 am to Jimbeaux
It is ridiculous how much they cost these days. That could be a down payment on a house.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:04 pm to Jimbeaux
My wife and I got married last year and had a super formal black tie and Episcopalian wedding at a church that’s older than the country it’s sitting in. We are doing our part! Reception was in a beautiful roaring 20s ballroom that has hosted many presidents and governors balls through the years.
I share OPs disdains for what I call “hippy weddings”
I share OPs disdains for what I call “hippy weddings”
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:21 pm to Jimbeaux
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The majority of the “presiders” (wedding officials) were just a close friend (best man) or a parent, and they stood up there with no prepared words other than the “I do’s”.
The word is “officiant.” As a card carrying Universal Life Church minister, it’s a shame that some officiants phone it in. Even if some think it is a joke, it is a ceremony that is serious for those involved. It’s ok for it to be lighthearted, but when it comes to the actual vows, it should be treated as serious business.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:33 pm to TBoy
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As a card carrying Universal Life Church minister
Hey, so is my goldfish!
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:35 pm to GRTiger
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Hey, so is my goldfish!
That’s why your goldfish and I wave when we cross each other on the street. We are both ordained ministers.
By the way, 100% of the people I have married are still married.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:36 pm to TBoy
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That’s why your goldfish and I wave when we cross each other on the street.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:40 pm to LemmyLives
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Was there a chuppah? Rabbi?
No, a gay friend of theirs acted as officiant. He actually killed it, but now the glass thing makes less sense.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:43 pm to GRTiger
I had to google agnostic Christian, I didn't know that was really a thing.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:44 pm to Florida_Man1981
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Yeah we need more evangelical style weddings since those marraiges last.
It has nothing to do with the wedding itself, but you are on to something. It’s the practicing of their faith(any faith) aspect that keeps couples together at higher rates.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:46 pm to Sofaking2
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It has nothing to do with the wedding itself, but you are on to something. It’s the practicing of their faith(any faith) aspect that keeps couples together at higher rates.
Well to be fair, faith just held a bunch of people who hated each other married for nothing other than optics
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:46 pm to Jimbeaux
Sounds like you need better friends.
Weddings I’ve been to lately are exactly like they’ve always been…
Weddings I’ve been to lately are exactly like they’ve always been…
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:47 pm to Jimbeaux
Society instills in girls from a young age that they need a massive wedding. Same with engagement/wedding rings.
Actually glad we got married during Covid. Cut our invite list in half
Actually glad we got married during Covid. Cut our invite list in half
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:47 pm to runningdad85
I may have made it up. Catholic family and upbringing. My attempt to describe that succinctly.
Did atheist Jew not confuse you?
Did atheist Jew not confuse you?
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:54 pm to Jimbeaux
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FFS, do you think I enjoyed the fact that my best friend’s son “trans-ed” into a shemale and got married to a “gay” woman (who as marrying a man with a penis in a woman’s costume), in a farcical anti-religious trope of a wedding at a bar in New Orleans?
Have you thought about how they might think the same of you? Or maybe they don't concern themselves with the interworkings and melt like a popsicle in the July sun about the life choices of other adults.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:55 pm to saintsfan1977
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How the frick you know if you'll make it if you don't test the water?
if you think living with her prior to marriage is going to help you "make it", I have some bad news for you.
EVERYTHING changes after the wedding.
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