This is one of those traditions for which Queen Victoria is guilty off. Prior to her wedding, women used their best clothes and they weren’t necessarily white.
Queen Victoria was making the statement that she was a pure virgin bride and the nobility decided to copy her and from there it tricked down to the masses.
My wedding gown only cost $75, but that was not cheap at the time. I did save it, but then threw it in the trash when my husband left me for a younger woman. I could not make it into something I could wear. My daughter did not want to wear it for her wedding. She thought it would bring bad luck to her marriage. She got divorced anyway. Such is life!
My wife and I were just talking about this, especially since a local TV station reported that 7 out of 10 women did something they absolutely hated doing, to wit, buying a bridesmaid’s dress. And Ironically, even though I owned a tux at the time (being, as I still am, a 4th degree Knight of Columbus), my wife insisted I rent a tux for the wedding because she wanted me to wear tails.
cutiepie29 almost 8 years ago
You can rent gowns. Many people do. And, technically, he COULD buy his tux as well.
KEA almost 8 years ago
why submit to that whole capitalist scam anyway?
Cozmik Cowboy almost 8 years ago
Because he’s just the groom; the wedding has nothing to do with him.
Not the marriage, you understand, the wedding.
danedsmith55 almost 8 years ago
That is what I asked my wife, Can you rent those.You only wear it once
BearsDown Premium Member almost 8 years ago
We were wearing hiking gear. Went camping immediately afterward.
Rob Smith Premium Member almost 8 years ago
“Because I spent my money on a bauble for your finger.”
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 8 years ago
Stop popping the questions.
Larry Zambrano Premium Member almost 8 years ago
This is one of those traditions for which Queen Victoria is guilty off. Prior to her wedding, women used their best clothes and they weren’t necessarily white.
Queen Victoria was making the statement that she was a pure virgin bride and the nobility decided to copy her and from there it tricked down to the masses.
prince valiant Premium Member almost 8 years ago
It is perpetuated by the Marriage Industry Complex that Tom and Ray Magliozzo warned about.
magicwalnut Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Excellent point!
sfreader1 almost 8 years ago
My wedding gown only cost $75, but that was not cheap at the time. I did save it, but then threw it in the trash when my husband left me for a younger woman. I could not make it into something I could wear. My daughter did not want to wear it for her wedding. She thought it would bring bad luck to her marriage. She got divorced anyway. Such is life!
BeniHanna6 Premium Member almost 8 years ago
because women have their wedding fantasies and there is no way they will wear someone else’s dress
flake-67121 almost 8 years ago
if government refuses to defend marriage, they have no right to regulate it
K M almost 8 years ago
My wife and I were just talking about this, especially since a local TV station reported that 7 out of 10 women did something they absolutely hated doing, to wit, buying a bridesmaid’s dress. And Ironically, even though I owned a tux at the time (being, as I still am, a 4th degree Knight of Columbus), my wife insisted I rent a tux for the wedding because she wanted me to wear tails.