1 million dollar wedding?

[Guest greatness]

I am watching Platinum Weddings and one couple spends over one million dollar for the wedding. Of course their parents are paying for their wedding. It is so wasteful. With that money one can do something very useful or help other people. Something is very wrong.

[NYTomcat]

I will promise greatness. That is the couple who will have the ten million dollar divorce. I agree anyone that self absorbed to need a million dollar wedding... well selflessly giving to a life partner doesn't seem high on their list of priorities.

[MsGuy]

Could be read as an assertion of social status by the parents as well, not much different from spending 50K on a kid's birthday party.

[justaguy]

The dollar figure I can understand. The groomsmen's platinum, diamond studded cock rings, hand made and individually fitted, aren't cheap. What I don't get is having the whole thing documented by a film crew. At that point, there are no intimate moments, and it's all about the 15 minutes.

[KMEM]

I once hurried up to STL, grabbed a cab and arrived at the church 5 minutes late. They had already said, I do, and were starting back down the aisle. So, you must be talking about a "different" 15 minutes.

 

Best regards,

 

KMEM

[Guest greatness]

???

 

How could a wedding end within 5 minutes? No songs, ring boys and girls ??

 

 

I once hurried up to STL, grabbed a cab and arrived at the church 5 minutes late. They had already said, I do, and were starting back down the aisle. So, you must be talking about a "different" 15 minutes.

 

Best regards,

 

KMEM

[KMEM]

How could a wedding end within 5 minutes? No songs, ring boys and girls ??

 

Not all weddings are elaborate ceremonies. Even those that are, ordinarily don't take that long to exchange vows. The exchange of vows is where the 5 minutes comes in. All the rest is just fluff anyway, isn't it?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[Guest greatness]

aww

 

I want my wedding to be at least an hour. I don't want a million dollar wedding but I want at least a song or two sang at my wedding by my friends..

 

Not all weddings are elaborate ceremonies. Even those that are, ordinarily don't take that long to exchange vows. The exchange of vows is where the 5 minutes comes in. All the rest is just fluff anyway, isn't it?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[KMEM]

I want my wedding to be at least an hour. I don't want a million dollar wedding but I want at least a song or two sang at my wedding by my friends..

 

Of course. Whatever you like, but the exchange of vows which is the core and only thing really necessary to call it a wedding will not last hours.

 

If you try to write vows that are book length, I think EVERYONE to include yourself before it is all over will be very unhappy. How many ways are there to say, honor, cherish, love, etc.?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[+ purplekow]

How many ways are there to say, honor, cherish, love, etc.?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

 

When I got married, we were given a large book with about 500 different sets of vows. This was part of a larger book that broke the wedding down to 10 parts and each part had a large number of options.

In addition, there was the option of doing something original.

My wife and I chose two sets of vows. One translated from the Chinese and another which is had a more European basis. Neither set of vows were at all religious and they were indeed vows, promises for our life together, not professions of love which pass for vows.

The person who did the ceremony was a non-sectarian minister who was also associated with the UN Ministries. She mentioned that we had selected the only set of vows which specifically called for forgiveness and she told us that this was perhaps the most overlooked vow one can make to a partner. So KMEM there are at least 500 different ways to perform vows and not all vows are the same. If you start to combine them, as my wife and I did, you have millions of ways.

[Guest greatness]

She's so thoughtful

 

She's so thoughtful and sweet. May she rest in peace.

 

She mentioned that we had selected the only set of vows which specifically called for forgiveness and she told us that this was perhaps the most overlooked vow one can make to a partner.

[KMEM]

How many ways are there to say, honor, cherish, love, etc.?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

 

When I got married, we were given a large book with about 500 different sets of vows. This was part of a larger book that broke the wedding down to 10 parts and each part had a large number of options.

In addition, there was the option of doing something original.

My wife and I chose two sets of vows. One translated from the Chinese and another which is had a more European basis. Neither set of vows were at all religious and they were indeed vows, promises for our life together, not professions of love which pass for vows.

The person who did the ceremony was a non-sectarian minister who was also associated with the UN Ministries. She mentioned that we had selected the only set of vows which specifically called for forgiveness and she told us that this was perhaps the most overlooked vow one can make to a partner. So KMEM there are at least 500 different ways to perform vows and not all vows are the same. If you start to combine them, as my wife and I did, you have millions of ways.

 

I am sure you are correct that there are millions of ways to say I love you or whatever but how LONG do they take to say it? That was the real point.

 

In today's society I would be willing to agree that "forgiveness" should be a very large part of any relationship.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[+ deej]

I am sure you are correct that there are millions of ways to say I love you or whatever but how LONG do they take to say it? That was the real point.

 

It takes little time to say "I do". All the fuffery surrounding that moment is done for aunt Gladys who flew in for the event. She'd feel cheated if it wasn't an actual event.

 

Weddings (and funerals) are held for the attendees, not for the participants.

[GoodFella69]

I agree that extravagant wedding are ridiculous...and usually last longer than the marriage itself! Consider two of this decades most expensive wedding flops:

 

1. Liza Minelli - The flamboyant wedding of Liza Minelli and David Gest at Manhattan’s Collegiate Church in 2002 was an over-the-top event with 850 guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. Natalie Cole was hired to sing “Unforgettable”. The $40,000 wedding cake was 6-foot and 12-tiers tall! About 500 staff were hired to serve the guests. There were $700,000 spent on flowers alone. Minelli filed for divorce in 2006.

 

2. Paul McCartney - The $3 million wedding ceremony of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills in 2001 was accompanied by a grand feast, a marvelous pageant and a dazzling fireworks display. An Indian themed reception and a performance by dancers clad in traditional India costumes were held in honor of the couple. McCartney paid $19,000 per night to spend the honeymoon on a $20 million yacht. McCartney petitioned for divorce in 2006.

[Guest greatness]

I know a couple

 

One nice couple served homeless people in their city for their wedding anniversary recently. They are so happy together.

 

 

I agree that extravagant wedding are ridiculous...and usually last longer than the marriage itself! Consider two of this decades most expensive wedding flops:

 

1. Liza Minelli - The flamboyant wedding of Liza Minelli and David Gest at Manhattan’s Collegiate Church in 2002 was an over-the-top event with 850 guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. Natalie Cole was hired to sing “Unforgettable”. The $40,000 wedding cake was 6-foot and 12-tiers tall! About 500 staff were hired to serve the guests. There were $700,000 spent on flowers alone. Minelli filed for divorce in 2006.

 

2. Paul McCartney - The $3 million wedding ceremony of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills in 2001 was accompanied by a grand feast, a marvelous pageant and a dazzling firework. An Indian themed reception and a performance by dancers clad in traditional India dress were held in honor of the couple. They spent $19,000 per night to spend their honeymoon on a $20 million yacht. McCartney petitioned for divorce in 2006.

[+ purplekow]

Well funerals are certainly held for the attendees. The guest of honor is not really in a position to enjoy the service, well as far as we know anyway.

Weddings, well, I might have agreed with you until my own. That day is still the most meaningful day of my life and though the attendees might have enjoyed it, I am sure I am the only one who relives it, well parts of it, with regularity.

[+ purplekow]

I am sure you are correct that there are millions of ways to say I love you or whatever but how LONG do they take to say it? That was the real point.

 

In today's society I would be willing to agree that "forgiveness" should be a very large part of any relationship.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

 

Well I read the vows outloud, doing both parts (the minister was nice enough to give a complete written copy of the ceremony). The vows took about 1 minute the entire ceremony including three songs my favorite being a version of the Platters' hit "My Prayer" took about 35 minutes". My wife was 15 minutes late, for dramatic effect I am sure. So 50 minutes altogether.

[Guest greatness]

oh

 

If I had been you, I would have fainted. Glad that she made it!

 

 

 

My wife was 15 minutes late, for dramatic effect I am sure. So 50 minutes altogether.