Comments on: Brides demand breast-surgery for their bridesmaids http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-245249 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245249 My daughter got married and went through the whole unnerving process of a fairly big wedding. As she was unravelling I remarked to my ex-wife that our nearly unflappable daughter was acting kind of looney. ''Let her act up,'' she said; ''It may be the last time in her marriage she gets to be the center of attention.'' My daughter got married and went through the whole unnerving process of a fairly big wedding. As she was unravelling I remarked to my ex-wife that our nearly unflappable daughter was acting kind of looney.

”Let her act up,” she said; ”It may be the last time in her marriage she gets to be the center of attention.”

]]> By: klg19 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243970 klg19 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243970 Jesus. I think we're seeing "Bridezillas" taken to a new level. As if having to wear the hideous bridesmaid's gown isn't bad enough. Jesus. I think we’re seeing “Bridezillas” taken to a new level. As if having to wear the hideous bridesmaid’s gown isn’t bad enough.

]]> By: Maddy http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243973 Maddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243973 once the precedent has been set, will the groom now ask his fellows to augment their ... once the precedent has been set, will the groom now ask his fellows to augment their …

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243974 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243974 <i>But for every accommodating pal, there’s another who feels going under the knife is beyond the duty of bridesmaid. Becky Lee, 39, a Manhattan photographer, declined when a friend asked her — and five other attendants — to have their breasts enhanced.</i> Whatever happened to choosing <i>ugly</i> bridesmaids to make the bride look better? But for every accommodating pal, there’s another who feels going under the knife is beyond the duty of bridesmaid. Becky Lee, 39, a Manhattan photographer, declined when a friend asked her — and five other attendants — to have their breasts enhanced.

Whatever happened to choosing ugly bridesmaids to make the bride look better?

]]> By: Mingross http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244230 Mingross Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244230 Yikes! This goes beyond being a "bridezilla." I would say this is more like "bride-Ghidorah" or something else. It's stuff like this that makes me a little allergic to weddings in general. Yikes! This goes beyond being a “bridezilla.” I would say this is more like “bride-Ghidorah” or something else.

It’s stuff like this that makes me a little allergic to weddings in general.

]]> By: Mingross http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244232 Mingross Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244232 Anyone who makes these kind of demands of their bridesmaids must have a really ugly soul. Anyone who makes these kind of demands of their bridesmaids must have a really ugly soul.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243982 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243982 has anyone ever collected stats on the average life-span of a bridezilla marriage? has anyone ever collected stats on the average life-span of a bridezilla marriage?

]]> By: themindfantastic http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243988 themindfantastic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243988 What ever happened with showing up in a track suit to the justice of the peace with the to be spouse in tow? What ever happened with showing up in a track suit to the justice of the peace with the to be spouse in tow?

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244247 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244247 JustOneGuy 22: Can I be one of your groomsmen? Oh wait, you ARE paying for it, right? MinGross 40: Bride-<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067148/">Hedorâ</a> JustOneGuy 22: Can I be one of your groomsmen? Oh wait, you ARE paying for it, right?

MinGross 40: Bride-Hedorâ

]]> By: phillamb168 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243993 phillamb168 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243993 #4 @Takuan I believe it's measured in Plank time, which can be difficult to measure, and therefore only approximations have been put forth. #4 @Takuan I believe it’s measured in Plank time, which can be difficult to measure, and therefore only approximations have been put forth.

]]> By: BOREDOUTOFMYMIND http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-254236 BOREDOUTOFMYMIND Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254236 My future sister in law has changed her mind twice about what dresses we would wear as bridesmaids but the best part is she has changed her mind after the date has past where we can return the dresses so we are just stuck with 3 ugly expensive ($200-300 a dress) never going to wear again dresses. She constantly criticizes my family especially my sister because she does not like the way she dresses it "looks frumpy and lazy" she’s 6 months pregnant and wears normal maternity clothes. I was told to loose weight even though I weigh 140 and I'm 5'11" and on top of that, no bridesmaid is supposed to be taller than her at the wedding. I'm having a hard time with figuring out how this one is going to work because she is only about 5'6" so unless she gets some stripper heels and I go shoeless I'm going to be taller. There is an entire week of events planned before the wedding which is NOT a destination wedding. When I say a week I mean breakfast, lunch, dinner, and daily activities centered on HER not the wedding of her to my brother, just her. I'm actually surprised that she hasn't asked me to get butt or breast implants or for my sister to just go a head and deliver the baby 3 months early so she will look up-to-par for the wedding. She doesn't get sarcasm and will not listen to any comments made about her behavior. It’s really strange she just blocks out anything that she doesn't want to hear because this is 'her day.' What the hell is wrong with my brother? I PRAY they don't have children. My future sister in law has changed her mind twice about what dresses we would wear as bridesmaids but the best part is she has changed her mind after the date has past where we can return the dresses so we are just stuck with 3 ugly expensive ($200-300 a dress) never going to wear again dresses. She constantly criticizes my family especially my sister because she does not like the way she dresses it “looks frumpy and lazy” she’s 6 months pregnant and wears normal maternity clothes. I was told to loose weight even though I weigh 140 and I’m 5’11″ and on top of that, no bridesmaid is supposed to be taller than her at the wedding. I’m having a hard time with figuring out how this one is going to work because she is only about 5’6″ so unless she gets some stripper heels and I go shoeless I’m going to be taller. There is an entire week of events planned before the wedding which is NOT a destination wedding. When I say a week I mean breakfast, lunch, dinner, and daily activities centered on HER not the wedding of her to my brother, just her. I’m actually surprised that she hasn’t asked me to get butt or breast implants or for my sister to just go a head and deliver the baby 3 months early so she will look up-to-par for the wedding. She doesn’t get sarcasm and will not listen to any comments made about her behavior. It’s really strange she just blocks out anything that she doesn’t want to hear because this is ‘her day.’ What the hell is wrong with my brother? I PRAY they don’t have children.

]]> By: BdgBill http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-243997 BdgBill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243997 There is little in American culture that has grown more ridiculous than weddings. Pop culture constantly makes fun of men for buying big TV's and being rabid sports fans. These failings are nothing compared to the runaway craziness and unbridled selfishness exhibited by brides. Going 100k (or more) into debt for a five hour party is no way to start a life together. There is little in American culture that has grown more ridiculous than weddings.

Pop culture constantly makes fun of men for buying big TV’s and being rabid sports fans. These failings are nothing compared to the runaway craziness and unbridled selfishness exhibited by brides.

Going 100k (or more) into debt for a five hour party is no way to start a life together.

]]> By: knodi http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244006 knodi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244006 I like BoingBoing because it makes me actually think about things that I didn't realize I had accepted blindly. I think this is where I first heard somebody ask "Why DO we have green grass lawns, anyway?". And "Why do we spend so much on weddings, and not think it's insane?". I'm also pretty sure this is the site that made me re-evaluate my stand on diamonds. Thanks for being counter-cultural! I like BoingBoing because it makes me actually think about things that I didn’t realize I had accepted blindly.

I think this is where I first heard somebody ask “Why DO we have green grass lawns, anyway?”. And “Why do we spend so much on weddings, and not think it’s insane?”. I’m also pretty sure this is the site that made me re-evaluate my stand on diamonds.

Thanks for being counter-cultural!

]]> By: scionofgrace http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244263 scionofgrace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244263 Y'know, my parents' still-solid marriage started with a wedding where they had one attendant each, Mom wore a dress she made herself, and Dad wore his best green polyester suit. This is disgusting. Think of all that time and money wasted when so many people don't even expect marriages to last anymore. All the best weddings I've been to were more about everybody having a great time than trying to be impressive and perfect. Y’know, my parents’ still-solid marriage started with a wedding where they had one attendant each, Mom wore a dress she made herself, and Dad wore his best green polyester suit.

This is disgusting. Think of all that time and money wasted when so many people don’t even expect marriages to last anymore. All the best weddings I’ve been to were more about everybody having a great time than trying to be impressive and perfect.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244264 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244264 how about Marriage Ceremony by Combat, where the winner gets to make the decisions thereafter? how about Marriage Ceremony by Combat, where the winner gets to make the decisions thereafter?

]]> By: Mingross http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244266 Mingross Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244266 Xopher #42: Heh, good one! I forgot about Godzilla vs. Hedorah (or, as I call it, "Godzilla vs. the Shit Monster"). :) Xopher #42:

Heh, good one! I forgot about Godzilla vs. Hedorah (or, as I call it, “Godzilla vs. the Shit Monster”).

:)

]]> By: mdhatter http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244013 mdhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244013 Knodi FTW! Knodi FTW!

]]> By: Apreche http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244016 Apreche Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244016 <i>“Friendships of 20-plus years gone over a spray tan?” Ms. Goldberg said. “Sad!”</i>People who care more about appearances than their friends feelings? Shallow and despicable! Last week, two women who were this shallow were sitting next to me on the commuter train. I felt physical pain at the level of shallowness exhibited. Recall the semi-famous Internet video of the girl who's parents did all her homework for her, and cried when someone tore up a photograph of her. Also recall the beauty pageant girl who said people don't have maps. These are the children we are raising. And people are having a hard time figuring out why the economy is so bad? “Friendships of 20-plus years gone over a spray tan?” Ms. Goldberg said. “Sad!”People who care more about appearances than their friends feelings? Shallow and despicable!

Last week, two women who were this shallow were sitting next to me on the commuter train. I felt physical pain at the level of shallowness exhibited. Recall the semi-famous Internet video of the girl who’s parents did all her homework for her, and cried when someone tore up a photograph of her. Also recall the beauty pageant girl who said people don’t have maps.

These are the children we are raising. And people are having a hard time figuring out why the economy is so bad?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244274 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244274 <i>how about Marriage Ceremony by Combat, where the winner gets to make the decisions thereafter?</i> The whole point of wedding planning is for the bride to establish dominance. how about Marriage Ceremony by Combat, where the winner gets to make the decisions thereafter?

The whole point of wedding planning is for the bride to establish dominance.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244278 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244278 so that's what happened so that’s what happened

]]> By: BadKittyM http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244028 BadKittyM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244028 #8 - you might be surprised by the number of young women these days, who look at at marriage not as something that is a prize sweetest as soon as they finish school, but as something that can and ought be put off until later. Much, much later in many cases. Of course, there will always be those for whom getting married really *is* the only thing they've dreamed of, but thanks to evolving mores and social climes, a young woman has many more options available than in the past. A bride so overbearingly selfish as to expect her "friends" to spray, slice or otherwise completely alter their physical being (nearly permanently, in the case of implants), deserves no friends at all. War Justice of the Peace, Eloping or staying single. That 100k would be far better spent as a down payment on a house, regardless of one's marital status. #8 – you might be surprised by the number of young women these days, who look at at marriage not as something that is a prize sweetest as soon as they finish school, but as something that can and ought be put off until later. Much, much later in many cases. Of course, there will always be those for whom getting married really *is* the only thing they’ve dreamed of, but thanks to evolving mores and social climes, a young woman has many more options available than in the past.

A bride so overbearingly selfish as to expect her “friends” to spray, slice or otherwise completely alter their physical being (nearly permanently, in the case of implants), deserves no friends at all.

War Justice of the Peace, Eloping or staying single. That 100k would be far better spent as a down payment on a house, regardless of one’s marital status.

]]> By: Banksynergy http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244284 Banksynergy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244284 Although being a new, young bride (married at 20 - only a year and a half ago) I managed to have a fantastic, memorable wedding for... ...prepare yourself... ...less than $150. It was absolutely lovely and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Marriages are supposed to be about love! You remember, that thing which doesn't concern itself with appearance or one-upping others. How people can POSSIBLY think that putting on a HUGE show and getting in a tizz about everything being "perfect" can possibly be an appropriate way to celebrate love is beyond me. ...and good luck to the schmucks who marry them. Although being a new, young bride (married at 20 – only a year and a half ago) I managed to have a fantastic, memorable wedding for…
…prepare yourself…
…less than $150.

It was absolutely lovely and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Marriages are supposed to be about love! You remember, that thing which doesn’t concern itself with appearance or one-upping others.

How people can POSSIBLY think that putting on a HUGE show and getting in a tizz about everything being “perfect” can possibly be an appropriate way to celebrate love is beyond me.
…and good luck to the schmucks who marry them.

]]> By: trr http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244034 trr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244034 @#6, That would be Planck time, unless it's a pirate wedding, in which case, you're probably right. The groom ends up walking the plank. @#6,
That would be Planck time, unless it’s a pirate wedding, in which case, you’re probably right. The groom ends up walking the plank.

]]> By: phoenix21 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244040 phoenix21 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244040 @3 Antinous - My maid of honor is gorgeous. I am considering outfitting her in a burlap sack and pigtails in order to ensure that she doesn't outshine me on my big day. I'm only half-kidding. @3 Antinous –

My maid of honor is gorgeous. I am considering outfitting her in a burlap sack and pigtails in order to ensure that she doesn’t outshine me on my big day.

I’m only half-kidding.

]]> By: Strophe http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244046 Strophe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244046 @2: ...tuxedos? I am in no place to pontificate, as I forced ridiculous measures on my groomsmen: they were all made to wear aqua chuck taylors, and I (the groom) wore shiny reflective silver ones. @2: …tuxedos?

I am in no place to pontificate, as I forced ridiculous measures on my groomsmen: they were all made to wear aqua chuck taylors, and I (the groom) wore shiny reflective silver ones.

]]> By: jonathan_v http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244047 jonathan_v Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244047 People like this make me lose faith in humanity. People like this make me lose faith in humanity.

]]> By: techdeviant http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244052 techdeviant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244052 I've always figured that crazy bridezillas developed from a need to make the wedding event appear more awesome so as to cover up the flaws in the actual marriage. If you look beautiful together in your wedding photos it means its all going to work out right? I’ve always figured that crazy bridezillas developed from a need to make the wedding event appear more awesome so as to cover up the flaws in the actual marriage. If you look beautiful together in your wedding photos it means its all going to work out right?

]]> By: demidan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244053 demidan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244053 Many years ago having just read one of William Gibson's novels can't quite remember which one I found myself believing that "everyone can become beautiful given enough money" (paraphrased), and that Ugly would become the new beautiful. I agree wholeheartedly, anyone with enough money these days can buy what ever they need to "become" lovely. Yuck! Myself am heavily tattooed shaved of pate rings in ears, not for modern "fashion" but to separate myself from the sheepish vanities of our times. Power to the Uglies! Many years ago having just read one of William Gibson’s novels can’t quite remember which one I found myself believing that “everyone can become beautiful given enough money” (paraphrased), and that Ugly would become the new beautiful. I agree wholeheartedly, anyone with enough money these days can buy what ever they need to “become” lovely. Yuck! Myself am heavily tattooed shaved of pate rings in ears, not for modern “fashion” but to separate myself from the sheepish vanities of our times. Power to the Uglies!

]]> By: DiscipleN2k http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-244054 DiscipleN2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244054 "Some brides pick up the tab for their attendants, replacing the pillbox inscribed with the wedding date with a well-earned squirt between the eyes." That sounds like one hell of a bachelorette party! “Some brides pick up the tab for their attendants, replacing the pillbox inscribed with the wedding date with a well-earned squirt between the eyes.”

That sounds like one hell of a bachelorette party!

]]> By: vespabelle http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/brides-demand-breast.html#comment-246871 vespabelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-246871 #74, don't knock the separate bedrooms, people stay happily married for a long time doing that. #74, don’t knock the separate bedrooms, people stay happily married for a long time doing that.

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