I’m gonna get attacked for this, but dammit, somewhere out there someone is gonna read this and raise their fist in the air and exclaim, “THANK YOU!”
With that being said…
Now, I can go back to a conversation I was having with girlfriends about this topic, but then I found something that was much more fitting to go off of while getting the same point across. Okay, so in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or two, Usher married his stylist sometime last year. A few weeks later (or maybe it was a matter of days,) their wedding pics surfaced on the net. I took a look at’em, and while the decorations and what not weren’t bad, I found three things wrong with the pictures.
1.) The dress is not flattering on the bride at all. Not everyone’s meant to go strapless. She looks like a racehorse with a sheet wrapped around her.
2.) The bride is wearing white when she has three kids and an ex-husband (whom she dumped for Usher).
3.) The bride, while I already knew she was pregnant, is showing.
Let’s discuss the last two points.
Now, more and more folks are straying from the “No white unless you’re a virgin” ideal for their weddings nowadays, and that’s cool. I’ve seen many first-time brides on Facebook alone that opted not to go with pure white theme, choosing ivory, cream, eggshell, whatever, for their wedding dress. I, myself, don’t plan on wearing pure white (if I marry) because winter-white’s more flattering on me. But let’s be real: if this is your third wedding, you know better. White? Like anything’s pure about you. Some of us know brides who need to be rocking battleship gray.
Now, about point #3: Okay, so maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I think it’s uber-tacky to walk down the aisle of a lavish affair (or maybe not-so-lavish, but a full-on wedding all the same) visibly expecting. It’s even tackier to be pregnant and showing and wearing white (which is a double-what-the-hell), and on top of that, to go prancing your fornicating asses around guests. There’s just something not right about that. And sure, folks know of situations where it “couldn’t be stopped” because the planning was already underway and what not, but still, at some point before your fifth month, you knew the deal and had more than enough time to cancel. For instance, when Shaq married Shaunie, she was 8 months pregnant. What the fucketh? You mean you sat there for eight whole months, thinking this was a good idea? Are you serious?
We can go on and on about how it’s not about what other people think, but you’d only be lying to yourself. Weddings are mostly FOR those other people. You’re inviting them, you’re feeding them, and you want them to celebrate this day with you. And for that purpose alone, you want to look good and have the decorations on point. You want to give a good impression. And if I were a guest and the bride had a preggers belly, I’d automatically think, “He’s only marrying her because she’s pregnant.” And I’m sure many other folks would think the same thing. That’s not the impression you want, even if it’s not true. At least I would think not.
I’d sooner have a more private, low-key ceremony (which is what Usher and his man-looking chick did earlier — in his lawyer’s office), and then have the bigger affair later on, when I’m not pregnant and can fit into that dream gown. Of course, I don’t want a major wedding at all anyway, but that’s just me.
I’ll give’em credit: The photography was nice. Too many couples spend little dough on wedding pictures, and they come out horrid.
Your thoughts?
