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Just saw a program of CSI where a mouthy mother-in-law gets murdered at a wedding. Even though they arrested the culprits and did their duty, the cops were of the opinion the MIL got her come uppance.

This got me to "a-thinkin'". I have heard of brawls breaking out at weddings, mother-in-laws getting hauled away kicking and screaming because they can't "have their way", people breaking up (cancelling a wedding) because someone won't fork out the money they were saving for 5 years for a house down payment, etc.

What gives?

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There are these so-called reality shows (although I personally think they often use actors) about families heading into weddings. If they are indeed real, then the people portrayed are obnoxious, unreasonable, angst ridden yahoos. I tend to think of weddings in the same way I think of Christmas. People put way too much emotional energy into them.

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Just saw a program of CSI where a mouthy mother-in-law gets murdered at a wedding.
I guess the writers for CSI are desperate for plotlines.
I tend to think of weddings in the same way I think of Christmas. People put way too much emotional energy into them.
The whole point of life is the relations we have with the people around us. These are messy, complicated and sometimes difficult.

The easiest strategy is to walk away and pretend to be above it all.

Big commitment, people are scared of the obligations and consequences. Things of that nature tend to go out with a bang intead of a whimper.
I agree. And what is forgotten in modern days is that a marriage is not merely a public commitment between two people, it also means a new member of the family.

When a firm hires a new employee, among the selection criteria (more important than competence) is whether the new person will get along with other staff.

The fanfare of marriage is a symbol of something very real. I can understand why gays would want to be able to marry too.

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ya i saw that CSI, it was perrty good, and i agree that people put too much emotion into it, but i think its not emotion i'm sick of, its that people try to make it as dramatic as possible, almost to the point of being an over projected act! movie drama nomine of the year, another pathetic attempt to make life 'hollywood' style.

if i have a wedding, it'll be me, her, and family in the middle of nowhere, that way a fight breaks out; there will be no where to run, it'll be solved then and there! B)

men of freedom walk with guns in broad daylight, and as the weak are killed freedom becomes nothing but a dream...

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its that people try to make it as dramatic as possible, almost to the point of being an over projected act!

Oh, do I hear you, when my stepsister got married, her brother actually thanked their long dead mother for looking after the wedding planning and making sure it all went well, with sobs and tears of agreement coming from the bride. Of course there was not a nod of thanks to those who actually made it happen, their stepmother and me, their stepsister.

This was 20 years ago, and it cost over 40k then, and my stepsister did not even live where it was taking place, so it literally was all left up to us. The only thing she did was pick out her wedding dress and what colours she wanted to use out.

People are getting smarter though weddings rates are dropping. :D

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. ~Jean-Paul Sartre

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Ah, yes, the drama. Or more accurately the fake drama. Like DA says, trying to make life "Hollywood style."

What's really pathetic is when you hear the bride at a rehearsal say, "If I don't get my way, I'm going to make everyone's life very difficult!" Really, do you actually have that power? Give it up and grow up! In this day and age, way too much importance is placed on weddings!

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Now this takes the cake! Pardon the pun :D

A couple is getting married (TV show) and they are being challenged to stick to a budget. The groom, an accountant, has no problem. But his wife-to-be: I want, I want, I want, blah, blah, blah. And the expenses keep growing to the point where they have to beg her parents to pay for more. They end up getting a cake that costs more than $700 and no one eats any of it. Food for crows in the landfill :angry: (And don't get me wrong, I like crows).

She said that being $5000 over budget was "not that much." He replied, "I have NO more money; NO MORE!" And then he concluded that if she were to say that in the company he works for, she would lose her job. She literally ends up closing out a bank account. But the clicher was when she said, "I do not believe in saving or investing of any kind!" I guess this is just another way of saying, "I am going to get my way come hell or high water!" Can anyone be that pathetically stupid and wasteful?

My guess is that the people on these shows are merely actors following a script.

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My guess is that the people on these shows are merely actors following a script.

If not and they go through with it, they deserve each other.

"Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC

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weddings are public display of wanting the big Cinderella fantasies come true. mostly women wanting to publicly attach themselves to a male and not necessarily attach to a marriage. half of the marriages end in divorce - the strange thing is that folks can live in couple-hood for ages, 6 years or more and suddenly decides to get married, 1 year later or 6 months, sad -- the marriage ends -- it took a marriage to find that they are incompatible.

on the spur of the moment i of course got married at a registrar's office, so i never experience this important wedding ritual. i never met my now ex mother, brother, sister in-laws to this day but can also say perhaps when a marriage comes to an end, it has nothing to do with screaming mothers in law - they are suppose to be an additional form of entertainment.

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weddings are public display of wanting the big Cinderella fantasies come true. mostly women wanting to publicly attach themselves to a male and not necessarily attach to a marriage. half of the marriages end in divorce - the strange thing is that folks can live in couple-hood for ages, 6 years or more and suddenly decides to get married, 1 year later or 6 months, sad -- the marriage ends -- it took a marriage to find that they are incompatible.

on the spur of the moment i of course got married at a registrar's office, so i never experience this important wedding ritual. i never met my now ex mother, brother, sister in-laws to this day but can also say perhaps when a marriage comes to an end, it has nothing to do with screaming mothers in law - they are suppose to be an additional form of entertainment.

Oh I think you 're absolutely right... if a man loves his wife he will never leave her because of her annoying mother... But it is so god d*mn true that MIL suck big time... And the worst thing is that they thing what day do is in the best interest of everyone...

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