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[redbraids]

I am posting this
TOP 11 REASONS ITS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO PUT THE GROOM IN CHARGE OF THE WEDDING for your amusement, and because it absolutely, positively does NOT describe M :-)

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[craig9520]

You've tagged this as himour so guessing what you really meant, here are my reasons

[capnoblivious]

Yeah, see, that's the core of humour like this - it starts with the (fairly reasonable) assumption that the groom wants a low stress, fun event without being distracted by fripperies, and posits that this is wrong by taking it to extremes.

You could do a just-as-funny list of "why a bride should never be put in charge of her wedding" by playing up the bridezilla cliches.

[craig9520]

Weddings are an extreme of behaviour in our society. It's the biggest party you'll ever pay for so that your friends can have a good time. Weddings are far more likely to reflect the desires of the brides because the perception and often the reality is that it's their big day and it's far more important to the guy marrying them that they are happy and get what they want than it is to get married in shorts and a t-shirt starting in the back of a ute

[capnoblivious]

...none of which I missed, particularly. :)

[redbraids]

You could indeed do a list like that and use the documentary of Bridezillas as a starting point for taking a few women out of context and applying them to the whole

[capnoblivious]

I had assumed that most people I know would just look at the list and laughed at the idea of the stereotypes and how they are wrong...

So, I'm supposed to do that without saying that I'm doing that? :)

I'm a bit flummoxed by yours and Craig's responses - you both seem to think that I missed the joke, and that I'd missed its part in your wedding commentary. I don't understand why that is, because I thought I was making a comment on the joke and it's place within the community's gender expectations. I'll chalk it up to the vagaries of text-based communication.

I apologise for my lack of clarity, and my lack of humour. I reiterate: I thought I was making a thoughtful comment, not an angry one.

[redbraids]

I think indeed that it has been a case of text-based reading, especially before coffee!! Glad that you saw the joke, and sorry for my mis-reading.

Let's keep the main part of my reply, which is that this has been a good way of generating interesting discussion about the topics of male and female roles in weddings, and I appreciate your input on such topics.

Hope all is OK!