Whitewater
03-30-2009, 02:11 PM
WE TV had two back to back episodes of Rich Bride, Poor Bride on last night and because I had nothing better to do (I was waiting for another show) I watched most of both of them.
O.M.G. !!!!!
Both of those brides could easily have been put on Bridezilla instead. One of them actually smacked her groom at once point because she was angry at him, and then picked up a hammer and tore a hole in their bathroom wall because she "lost her temper", as she explained (somewhat proudly, like she was pleased about being a b***) on 'the couch' later on.
If I'd been the groom, I would have called it off right then and there. No matter that it was just a couple days away. No matter that we had a contract with a television company. If my bride had hit me, that would have been it. Violence, to me or to my abode, goes way over the line. I would have packed my stuff (and right there on camera, too!) the second after it happened, told her where to get off, and ended it immediately. No second chances.
I can't BELIEVE these guys put up with such miserable shrews! Sure, the girls are pretty, in an assembly-line, trendy kind of way (no real individuality, just slaves to the current Look), but who wants to be joined for life to something like that?
It got so bad that I wound up watching a documentary on Animal Planet about sharks instead, and me with my shark phobia! Anything to get away from these couples!
Although the other couple, their wedding planner was really terrible and shouldn't have been let out alone! So I think the planner was responsible for a lot of that relationship conflict. She didn't even attempt to get the bride and groom to work together, and the groom got more and more alienated from his own wedding the further the plans progressed. It was just sad, the way his 'bride' (more like immature blonde boy toy) steamrolled right over him, aided and abetted by her sister (a loudmouthed, overbearing a-hole, just like the 'bride') and the wedding planner, who took the bride's side in every conflict and never once attempted to get the couple to make decisions together. There was no compromise. It was painful to watch.
I know the notion of 'class' as in social class, part of a social order isn't very popular right now, but I can't help noticing that Platinum Brides doesn't have this kind of conflict. When you don't need a budget because you have all the money in the world, I suppose it can help, but I also have the notion that the Platinum Brides are simply better mannered and more able to compromise, plan, and work without fuss. Is it a class difference? Maybe. Who knows. I just thought it was an interesting observation.
Whitewater
O.M.G. !!!!!
Both of those brides could easily have been put on Bridezilla instead. One of them actually smacked her groom at once point because she was angry at him, and then picked up a hammer and tore a hole in their bathroom wall because she "lost her temper", as she explained (somewhat proudly, like she was pleased about being a b***) on 'the couch' later on.
If I'd been the groom, I would have called it off right then and there. No matter that it was just a couple days away. No matter that we had a contract with a television company. If my bride had hit me, that would have been it. Violence, to me or to my abode, goes way over the line. I would have packed my stuff (and right there on camera, too!) the second after it happened, told her where to get off, and ended it immediately. No second chances.
I can't BELIEVE these guys put up with such miserable shrews! Sure, the girls are pretty, in an assembly-line, trendy kind of way (no real individuality, just slaves to the current Look), but who wants to be joined for life to something like that?
It got so bad that I wound up watching a documentary on Animal Planet about sharks instead, and me with my shark phobia! Anything to get away from these couples!
Although the other couple, their wedding planner was really terrible and shouldn't have been let out alone! So I think the planner was responsible for a lot of that relationship conflict. She didn't even attempt to get the bride and groom to work together, and the groom got more and more alienated from his own wedding the further the plans progressed. It was just sad, the way his 'bride' (more like immature blonde boy toy) steamrolled right over him, aided and abetted by her sister (a loudmouthed, overbearing a-hole, just like the 'bride') and the wedding planner, who took the bride's side in every conflict and never once attempted to get the couple to make decisions together. There was no compromise. It was painful to watch.
I know the notion of 'class' as in social class, part of a social order isn't very popular right now, but I can't help noticing that Platinum Brides doesn't have this kind of conflict. When you don't need a budget because you have all the money in the world, I suppose it can help, but I also have the notion that the Platinum Brides are simply better mannered and more able to compromise, plan, and work without fuss. Is it a class difference? Maybe. Who knows. I just thought it was an interesting observation.
Whitewater