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Top Ten things that drive you crazy about this show

posted 12 years ago by kprp
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Well, I don't know if I can come up with ten, but here are my favorite peeves about this TV show:

1) Brides who bring an entourage of 10 and then are "confused" by the variety of opinions voiced about their dress choices

2) Now that I think about it, entourages, period.

3) Brides who feel the need to have yet another big expensive white dress for wedding 2 or 3 or beyond

4) Pnina Tournea hooker-fairy dresses

5) Everyone who wants a mermaid dress when that probably isn't the best siloutte for the average figure

6) Brides who talk about how they always get what they want and deserve

7) Brides who (apparently) don't solicit the opinion of their consultant on which kind of silouette looks good on them

8) Never, ever, is the fabric content mentioned on this show. I assume that the higher end dresses are silk, but no one ever comes out to say that--they only talk about "bling" as driving up the cost. Seldom do brides talk about how the fabric feels.

9) oh right, that word "bling."

10) Brides who are pobably spending a huge percentage of their annual income on this dress
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[–] tigerlily_86 12 years ago

Most of these are budget related, but what can I say? Budget things bug me.

1) When the bride (or parent) gives a budget of $1,500-$2,000 and the consultant talks about how "limited" the dress options are.

2) Consultants or family members pulling dresses that are way over the stated budget and talking about how it shouldn't matter if the bride loves the dress. Um ... unless you're willing to pitch in money for the difference, stay within the budget and zip it.

3) People who come in with "unlimited" budgets. It's a dress, not life-threatening surgery ... set a price point.

4) The crying. Good lord. They talk about their fiance, and they cry. They talk about how they want their parents to be proud, and they cry. The find "the dress," and they cry.

5) Equally annoying are the ones who DON'T cry and suddenly think there's something wrong with them because they're not feeling how they're "supposed" to feel.

6) The phrase "jack her up" on SYTTD: Atlanta.

7) Entourages who don't even consider the expression on the bride's face or her comments about loving the dress before they start trashing it.

8) Brides who pick dresses that they know are over-budget when their parents are paying and proceed to talk about how they "always get what they want." Or brides who pout and cry and stomp their feet like children when the parents hesitate on paying the elevated price.

9) The virginal brides and their entourages on SYTTD: Atlanta who make a huge deal about how "significant" it is that the bride is wearing white.

10) Brides who say "my fiance and I are paying for the wedding" and then go over budget on the wedding dress without so much as a phone call to the fiance to discuss it first. Yeah, I can tell you how THAT marriage is going to turn out.

[–] blondee661 12 years ago

I already posted but I got a couple more including:

It drives me insane when brides want a "vintage" or "old hollywood" wedding gown and 9 out of 10 times the gown they pick or think is that style is nothing like it!

Brides who want to dress like Audrey Hepburn/Jackie Kennedy/Grace Kelly (this theme seems to appear a lot in the Atlanta episodes.

Brides who talk about their fiance and actually mention they hope they will stay married forever hopefully. Honestly, if your not 100 percent sure maybe you shouldn't be getting married! Granted some people are sure their marriage will last forever before the big day and it ends in divorce, but if you are not sure before the big day I think your in to some serious problems down the road.

[–] slboyle-1 12 years ago

I can't stand the people who are so critical of the bride, yet they look like something the cat wouldn't even drag in.

On the Atlanta show, with the bride who worked in tv news, her friend who wanted her to look like "Beyoncé." He couldn't even say the name; his braces weren't working and it's a WEDDING, not a concert.

Then there was that bride who wanted to wear an old pair of dirty boots, with her wedding dress. What???? I know she was a Southern bride, but really???

Oh, and how about the spoiled brat, in New York, who ordered a custom gown and then wasn't happy that it wasn't what she wanted. Well, gee, that lace can't stand up on its own and was going to look really slutty. But, Daddy caved and spent another 10K+ on another gown. He would have been better off saving it for the divorce lawyer.

[–] LadyRieRie 12 years ago

LOL! ^^^ Just watched that episode on Netflix and her custom dress looked so cheap!! To make it worse she did pick a gorgeous dress and managed to make even that one look cheap by taking off all the lace!! I feel bad whoever married her, I couldn't even stand her for half an episode.

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[–] Lovetvshows 12 years ago

I remember that show too. That bride had the most annoying voice. The father ended up spending about $24,000 total for the first dress and then for the trade-in for the second dress. The annoying bride had to ruin the second dress by removing the beautiful lace from the skirt. The girl truly had no taste.

[–] evilcookiepixie 11 years ago

That all the dresses I've seen were boring and plain. I haven't seen a dress that's special. And The women who aren't good looking that don't interes me.

[–] ni-knight-mp 11 years ago

Already many good points, especially about bitchy entourages and budgets.

My least favorites are, "I'm here to buy my gown..." Really?!? We wouldn't have guessed. And "I'm marrying (name)", as if we should know who he is. I always yell at the TV, "Not the (name)!!l!"

People who are mean about the bride's dress choice or body. Just say you don't like it, don't be insulting.

People who come in 8-14 days before the wedding for the first fitting and saying, "If they can't get the alterations done in time, I don't know what I'm going to do." Then why didn't you come in when you still had plenty of time?

When someone in the entourage, especially when shopping for bridesmaid's dresses, is so snotty about what they want the dress to look like and the bride gives in to them. I don't mind if the bride changes her mind, I just hate it when someone who was such a bully gets their way.

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[–] cookiela2001 11 years ago

1.) Brides who weedle (sp?) more expensive dresses out of their parents than the family can afford.

2.) Packs of onlookers who aren't serious.

3.) Lame brides who have little to no concept of what they want, and so must see everything.

4.) The fact that 95% of the dresses shown are strapless. Usually is only flattering to a very young bride, and really isn't appropriate for a church wedding for anyone.

5.) Brides whose main purpose is to admire themselves in a mirror.

6.) ENORMOUS FAKE BREASTS....usually very tanned. (Like those on the New Jersey wife who bought the $20,000 dress kept in the vault.)

7.) Tiny, piping, baby voices on grown women.

AND (maybe top offense)

8.) Consultants who immediately pull dresses right at the top of the brides budget...or later, show them great dresses outside their budget,

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[–] m.p. 11 years ago

Not me, I love it all - every bit of it. I'm not paying for anything, I don't know any of those people, I'm not related to any of them, I don't have to go home with them, so what's not to love? It's entertainment with pretty dresses and a little bit of melodrama. And I *adore* Randy...he's a living doll. I don't understand why you would be annoyed by anything on this show. If you're not enjoying it, why watch it? Just sayin'..

[–] faithish 11 years ago

I agree with just about everything that's been said so far, with a couple of exceptions. I don't mind the more touching stories - for instance, the bride who donated a kidney to her fiance, and the bride who had had breast cancer. They were some of the most gracious brides on the show, and their happiness was well-earned, and it added a counterpoint to the more spoiled, demanding brides we often see. I also think that the second-time brides deserve something just as nice for their second (or third, as the case may be) wedding, if it's within their means. Many women (my own mother and stepmother included) didn't get the full wedding experience the first time around. I think a woman of any age deserves the chance to walk down the aisle in a white dress, if that's what she wants. Also, for the most part, I love Randy. But here are my biggest beefs with the show (some of which have already been mentioned):

1. The Pnina Tornai sheer corseted monstrosity. I am in complete agreement that that dress needs to go.

2. Pnina herself. She strikes me as uppity and full of herself. I recall one episode where she actually said the words, "I'm Pnina Tornai!" to justify the outrageous cost of her gowns.

3. Kleinfeld's is constantly bragging about their enormous selection of gowns. So why are we always seeing the same ten or twenty on the brides who come in? I'm guessing these designers are paying to have their gowns more prominently placed on the show.

4. Camille's makeup. I'm sorry, she seems like a nice enough person, but her lips are drawn on about a quarter of an inch outside the boundaries of her actual lips. I get wanting your lips to look fuller, but it just ends up looking clownish. I'd love to see that poor girl get a makeover!

5. Family members/friends who insult the bride. It's one thing to be honest, but you can still do it tactfully. Sure, the dress might make her butt look huge, but don't tell her that! I've heard several people say something to the effect of, "That dress doesn't do you justice," which I think is a much more tactful way of saying that a gown is unflattering.

[–] cookiela2001 11 years ago

Oh yes....also:

Cranky friends/family members who reject everything the bride comes out in, then whine they have to be somewhere else because the appointments running too long (!!)

HELLO???? Just say you LIKE something, and the appointment's OVER!!!

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[–] wildfire79 11 years ago

I agree with pretty much everything everyone has said. My biggest pet peeve is when women come in to play "dress up". That is so rude! This may be fun and exciting for you, but this is their job. They work on commission and don't need you wasting their time. I remember one woman came in, tried on one dress, then spent the next 3 hours looking at herself in the mirror. He family was all like "oh she's going to buy it, but maybe we could get a vale, maybe we could get some earrings. Really complete the look so she can see how it all looks together" So the accessories people came over and fixed her up, the consultant had to give up other appointments to help this girl out and then at the end of the day she didn't even buy it! She admitted she had no intention of buying, that she just came in to try on and look around. She was easily one of the most self absorbed brides I had seen on the show. I remember another woman came in and she wasn't even engaged! Really? I know it's exciting to try on dresses and look beautiful, but have a little respect. Grow up!

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

[–] rekd 11 years ago

I hate when the Bride gushes about how great her fiance is. He is so wonderful- of you think so that is why you are marrying him! I would love for a bride to say well he is not much to look at and does not have a great personality but he is rich!

[–] Housefan2 11 years ago

I will never understand why you would go shopping for a fancy wedding dress when your first marriage ended in divorce.

In one of the more recent seasons, a bride came in with a $30,000 budget. This was her second wedding and she had a child from the previous marriage.

My favourite though, a bride named Jennifer who came in wanting a custom ball gown. It was her second marriage. She wanted a 'princess romantic' gown. She talked about how her first wedding was a child's wedding and this was a grown woman's wedding. Really?! You're supposed to have one wedding day. Not different weddings for different stages in life.

And you expect your grandmother to drop $10,000 for a second wedding dress?

For a second marriage, go to the courthouse, wear a white dress from JC Penneys, and have your wedding dinner at Red Lobster.

Lizzie

To love another person is to see the face of God! - Les Miserables

[–] Lovetvshows 10 years ago

I saw that episode where the bride had a $30,000 budget for two dresses. She was going to get married in Ireland. I honestly think that many people see weddings as another excuse to get dressed up and party. I knew a woman many years ago who got married. She was so shallow that she remembered to do everything concerning her wedding except memorizing her vows.

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