Fairytale weddings-A womans dream, a mans nightmare

Ah Yahoo answers, how I love you so. You are the source of all knowledge, past, present and future. You are like Stephen Fry without being a large, annoying homosexual with Manic depression.

I was on Yahoo answers doing some research on weddings for the blog and I found this gem.

"My sister is getting married this summer and every word out of her mouth is about the wedding, it's annoying and her "day" is going to cost my father a fortune. I feel bad for my future brother in law if he has to deal with this seemingly materialistic woman. Who cares about a wedding, it's just an over hyped and unnecessarily expensive party.

Why do you need a photo album of a day of drinking in tuxedos and dresses to prove you are in love? I know I know, some of these girls want to be like a princess in some fairytale but that's not real life and it's irresponsible and delusional in my opinion. I'm supposed to be a groomsman in the wedding, I'm going to give a ridiculous speech at the wedding just to get her back for annoying me at dinner for the past six months. I'm 16 and even though she's 23 and finished with college she still lives at home, so this guy is doing me a huge favor getting her out of my life for the next two years till i get to leave home myself.

I think I will mention in my speech how grateful I am that he is taking her out of my life so I don't have to deal with her boring wedding talk anymore."

Despite the fact that this kid has some serious issues and sounds like a whinier version of the average 80 year old geriatric he has a point. And that is why do women obsess over their perfect dream wedding when it is just a ceremony, kind of like a funeral. (Apart from it doesn't revolve around some 80 year old Geriatric who won't be whining anytime soon.) I mean seriously, are weddings that important? Surely it's the little things that define a marriage. The way you make your partners tea. The way you compromise over the TV choices. So on and so forth.

But I'm a man, of course I would think that. What do women think then?

Suprisingly Heather Mailer (who is a woman,) agrees with me. That's a refreshing thought, a female that doesn't obsess over her "perfect day." But most aren't like this.

To find out I decided to consult my great friend yahoo answers but I found nothing mre on the subject. How strange.

Anyway I think that the Womans need for a massive wedding boils down to three things.

1.Firstly women are jealous of each other, they want a perfect wedding because their best friends wedding was beautiful so there wedding must be better.

2.Secondly women see the wedding as a sign of things to come so it has to be right for the marriage to be right.

3.Thirdly and most importantly women are like crows (In the nicest possible way.) They like shiny things. Diamond rings, pristine wedding cars and sparkly shoes. They find the symbolism importnat whereas men just don't care. We'd rather just watch the TV and sleep.

To all the men out there, don't worry about your wedding. Sure it may cost a fortune but it's worth it for all the joy that marriage brings. (Apart from the constant nagging, and arguments, and your wife being a complete control freak, and the fact that if she doesn't divorce you and take half of your money you'll become so tired of her that you don't know wether to love her or smother her.) Oh well, deal with it.