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I definitely avoid them for these reasons. My mother and sister love to watch them for entertainment and try to get me to too when I'm visiting, but all the excess just makes me sick to my stomach. It's like driving through the neighborhoods with houses the size of hotels and five garages--sure everyone's entitled to do what they want with their own money but huge displays of excess just make me feel like humanity is doomed. I definitely think about this too much :)
I just get so sick to my stomach watching shows like that! I know it is "your big day" and all, but you hit the nail on the head with the excess food! IMHO, ridiculous!
i love all of the wedding shows, but platinum wedding kind of bores me. i usually keep it on for background noise, but it's just not fun. it's just a bunch of stuff, and they don't tell you how they go about preparing or any of the hard work involved. it all just seems so easy and all of a sudden you have a beautiful wedding. i want to know how they got there.
I was JUST talking to my little sister about Platinum Weddings a little but ago. For me it depends on WHERE the excess is being spent. I have seen a few Indian couples on Platinum Weddings and while the weddings were lavish...they weren't what I would consider wasteful or garish. On the flip side...I have seen quite a few American couples that were just RIDICULOUS. The things they were spending money on was just wasteful in the extreme IMO. Floral arrangements that looked like my 3 & 4 year old niece and nephew put them together (I guess if you drape enough crystals on anything it's considered classy?), edible gold all over the dessert...just ridiculous expense for not so great presentation.
I can barely watch an episode now b/c the new season is even more over the top than the last one. Rich Bride Poor Bride is just funny to me. I like that one b/c to me it shows more of the dynamic between the bride and groom in terms of where their priorities are when it comes to wedding spending. My FI will watch that one with me every now and then and I always get at least one comment of "See...I TOLD you we could care less about that stuff"
I find these shows ridiculous in how badly the bride and groom get taken for a ride by their vendors...um, $20,000 for 16 centerpieces!?! $12,000 for linens alone? But I've always believed you should spend your money any way you want--whether that's on a beautiful wedding or a cause you believe in or whatever you want. After all, it's your money.
I also think that they are wasteful on some things. But, if I had the money, I can't say that I wouldn't be tempted to be just as wasteful. I probably wouldn't be because of the way I was raised and the way I live my life, but it would be nice to have the option.
Did you see the one were the guy gave his bride to be a $190,000 car. I could buy a house for that much.
Why does it matter to you what people spend their money on? Just because they spend large amounts of money on their wedding doesn't make it wrong to do.
I enjoy watching all of these bridal shows. The ones that bother me are "Bridezillas" where the brides treat their families and everyone around them like dirt. Those are the shows I have a problem with, but I don't see any reason to berate other brides for spending money on what they want at their wedding. If they couldn't afford to have that kind of wedding, they wouldn't have it. I happen to enjoy watching the kinds of unique touches that people put in their weddings and I love seeing these amazing and beautiful weddings on TV.
I think Rich Bride Poor Bride is funny too. There have been a few guys on that show that are way over the top. I watched one last night where the guy wanted his stuffed monkey in the wedding.
@noritake....that was funny. I think that the guy quoted him an outrageous price just b/c he didn't want to do the tux for the monkey...LOL. I can't believe that guy actually had a "mascot".
I didn't see anyone say it was wrong to spend that much money on their wedding. I think people in this post are only voicing their opinions. Most people if they had the money would spend it. I know I would spend more, if I had it. What any one spends is relative. If you have more, you spend more; that is a fact. I don't think it is wrong. I just think it could be better spent elsewhere, but that is because of what I have available to me. It is nice to dream and it does make me wonder sometimes why they are spending X amount of dollars on something that I know they could get for less expensive and of better quality elsewhere.
I'm not talking about spending large amounts of money - i'm talking literally about all the wasted food and things like that. From the few shows I did watch, one bride insisted on having a few extra stations and an ice cream truck and all that, when they already had planned a full 5 course meal or something. People literally cannot consume that much food. I feel bad thinking about all the food that goes in the trash.
Or on the flip side, the person that made a choice one way or another because it was the more expensive looking choice, rather than something they wanted. Like gold dipped dessert in JamaicaBride's post - excess for the sake of excess.
I don't have a problem with a well executed expensive wedding my friend - invite me! But have a back up plan for all of that extra food :)
lol @jamiaica. I know, it was too funny and he ended up sneaking it in at the reception anyway. The poor bride didn't know whether to laugh or to cry.
I found myself wondering about all that food too Melissa. They practically had meals for the cocktail hour and than served full course meals for the reception. Most catering companies just throw out the excess food.
Ah ok I see what you are saying. I can see your point in how it really is a waste, but I think that if someone is going to have a "Platinum Wedding," that kind of goes along with the territory. Besides, I like the idea of having the extra food around during the reception to soak up all of those post dinner cocktails!! :)
On a side note, I know that the prices listed on the Platinum Weddings show are very overstated. My venue was on this season and my photographer was on last season and both are pictured as thousands upon thousands more dollars than even the most expensive package. Granted, the sky is the limit for flowers and maybe even for linens. but when it comes down to the videographer, photographer and food/ beverages for the venues, the prices are really overstated.
I actually like watching platinum weddings from time to time. Some of the weddings have unique features that I enjoy. I do agree that a lot of money is spent but it's also relative. You may be having a 25k wedding and someone who's having a 2k wedding thinks your wedding is too much. It really depends on how much you make and how much savings you have etc. If they're not breaking the bank to have the wedding they can spend whatever they want.
Plus we don't really know these people so they may do things like contribute money to non-profits etc. If I had money like that, I just might find myself having a platinum wedding too.
@Mrs Louboutin - me too! I would almost rather for the couples that really laid out a huge spread @ cocktail hour then follow it up immediately with a full dinner to instead keep it a little lighter in the beginning and wheel out a tray of sliders, tacos, and other bangin' appetizers for the drinkers and dancers late night!
If I had the platinum budget, I sure would have spent more, no doubt about that!
I do understand what you're saying about excess though, such a shame to waste good food or excess just for the sake of it
I think what always throws me on that show is when you have a 200K wedding that appears to be, pretty much, the exact same experience as a 20K wedding. Like, it's a ballroom with food, drink, and centerpieces, that could essentially be any ballroom wedding... except the tablecloths are 10K, the rare flowers in the centerpieces add 30K, the special lights imported from Italy are 20K... I always wonder who would even know?
I guess I'm more for things that change the overall experience. I remember there was one million dollar (literally) wedding that was, again, pretty much the same as every other wedding, except for gargantuan flower structures everywhere. If that's your dream, then hey, more power to you, but I personally never understand it. For a million bucks, I'd take my entire guest list to New York pre-wedding for a weekend of shows and fun!
I do like watching these shows since they display a lot of creative design in decor and flowers, the prices obviously scare me off, and know that it's not possible on our budget, but it's nice eye candy to see.
I do not like to watch Platinum weddings at all..I see so much on the show as a waste of money and so much other stuff..I honestly do not think I would spend 200,000 on a wedding, no matter how much money I have in the bank...
I LOVE watching all those shows.. but 90% of the drama is staged. That monkey episode was a fake! hilarious, non the less.
Some of the venues use up the food waste as well. A lot of the big chains are not allowed to just dump it.. they turn it into staff meals, or donate to the food bank (anything useable). The most creative one i heard about was "bear popsicles" - where the hotel would freeze all of the food waste in large cubes and donate them to the Wildlife foundation - they would feed it to the bears :)
I love watching, but yeah, i watch the food trays and think the SAME THING! I can't help but go, "man, that'll all get thrown in the trash...." I mean they have TONS of food at the cocktail party, then 2 hours later there's a 7 course dinner. SO MUCH FOOD. But yeah i think it gets trashed =*(
I can't fathom spending 500K on a wedding, but then I realize they're not only spending like 150K on decor, but they're often flying in like, 30 guests and providing DAYS worth of entertainment so yeah, it starts to add up in my head like "oh that makes sense!" as to why it's so expensive. I don't have that kind of money to begin with so I can't even begin to relate! I don't evne try to wrap my head around that kind of money.
It's like someone who works at Taco Bell trying to wrap their brain around, say, a manager's salary, who makes like 150K. Again, the difference is so big you can't fathom ya know?
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Yesterday we were having a very lazy day at home and caught some very riveting Sunday afternoon TV (ha-ha). One thing we watched was Platinum Weddings (and i think, Rich Bride Poor Bride). I never usually watch any of these wedding shows, since I'm more of a DIY / blog gal. But we were hooked in, and watched as these couples just went bonkers on their weddings. Like individual huge whole dessert trays hand delivered to each table - the presentation was so lovely! But how many times do you go to a wedding and the cake just sits in someone's place setting til they clear it out? People dance thru the dessert (at least in my circle of friends). The table on the show maybe picked one or two things off the dessert tray and let the rest sit. It was just one example of how wasteful they were being with their food (and money!). Especially in light of the recent natural disaster in Haiti, it's just disarming to see so much wasted for one wedding. (they had a ton of stuff, not just this dessert thing trust me- you've seen that show!)
Does anyone avoid these shows for this reason, too? Or have an opinion on the topic?