to think the women in "Don't Tell The Bride" should go through the day their OH has organised? [contains spoilers]

[MardyBra]

Like the woman on the last one.

She didn't like the dress her bloke chose, so she had a tantrum to get another one.
And then she didn't jump out of the plane he so thoughtfully organised her.

I mean, if you're going to prostitute your big day and accept thousands of pounds of our licence fees to get a free day, you should go through with the premise of the show.

Otherwise the brides should pay the money back.

[enormouse]

I quite like the one with the irish guy and the Welsh girl who had the wedding on the beach a few weeks ago. I thought it was such a sweet idea and he was so gutted when it didn't quite come off.

Pulled at my hormonal pregnant heartstrings somewhat.

[WaitMonkey]

I love this thread.

[Loosingthebigkickers]

ooh yes..I felt awful for the irish bloke. .he tried soo hard and put soo much thought into it! Sad they all got soaked

[OneStepCloser]

I felt so sorry for the Irish chap, that would have been such a beautiful wedding, but she was pretty lovely and happy about it all, even though she wanted to get married in the Wales.

[Theimpossiblegirl]

The wedding in Ireland was lovely though, even though it all went wrong for him they had a good wedding and she was really nice about it.

[LoreleisSecret]

Obviously you know better than be Oranges but, with my friends weddings the team were very very insistent on exactly what they want.
They made the brides mother (who is absolutely lovely) out to be a real monster in law, they didn't allow the groom to actually pick the dress (they showed him 3 hideous ones and said pick out of these) and they was determined to have it in a certain location even though the groom wanted it elsewhere!

I was very shocked with how they made the bride do morethan one take on walking down the aisle (making it considerable less special), the best man was told what to say in his speech and they let all the guests wait until 7pm to eat because the team were too busy filming.

It used to be my favourite show ??

[Grennie]

That is so disappointing to hear Secret.

I love this programme. And I thought the derelict church looked beautiful.

[salsmum]

My DD loves this programme and I thought the Bridezilla last night was awful...but I also think it's wrong when they get extra funds from DPs too I thought the idea was to stick to your budget x

[Stealmysunshine]

Stalking this thread cause I love it lol!

I would love to go on the show, we would never be able to afford a wedding as we have both have bad credit and no savings so only a lottery win would make us seriously think about getting married.

Orange how did you decide on going on the show? Had your dh already propose or did he propose after discussing going.

Nosy me! :)

[Stealmysunshine]

'Scuds my grammar!

[Stealmysunshine]

Ha ha! I hate predictive text.

I can usually write, I promise.

[ALittleBitOfHalloweenMagic]

Love this thread I was obsessed with DTTB while planning my own wedding ! Still try and catch it the odd time now .

Oh Lorelei is that really true that makes me really sad she had to retake walking down the aisle

[Grennie]

Just watching it, but I don't think there is anything wrong with them getting extra money from relatives.

[Grennie]

I actually think it is fair enough for a bride to refuse to wear the dress chosen. If you don't feel happy with what you are wearing on your wedding day, it is going to affect the whole day.

[BeScarefulWhatYouWitchFor]

Just watching the plane jumping episode now and although I haven't changed my mind about jumping out of a plane the bride is really coming across as a spoiled brat. Mind you so was her sister over the bridesmaid dress.

[Pinupgirl]

If you don't feel happy having some tv producer decide what dress you are going to wear on your big day then perhaps don't sell your soul to be on tv?

I used to enjoy this show but it is so clearly all staged now. There was one with a very young bride who insisted she didn't want a "princess" wedding-aye right! You could tell from looking at her-fake nails,hair,eyelashes-that,that was exactly what she was after and lo and behold-a pink carriage appears

[Grennie]

PinUp - I don't care about that kind of staging to be honest. I just like seeing the grooms saying it will be easy, and then getting very stressed.

[NuggetofPurestGreen]

I rarely watch this as I get too annoyed and just assumed it was all staged but I saw it last night and actually couldn't believe when your one said she was reconsidering marrying him cos she hated the dress!

[MyfavcolourisOrange]

Lorel you may well be right....even though it's the same program, by the same production company the producers are all different (they have to be because some shows are filmed simultaneously and they are with us for the whole three weeks, sometimes 12 hours a day, every day!) So I suppose that's why some couples have better experiences than others because really it's down to the producers how it's run. It sounds like your friend had a bit of a tyrant of a producer!!!!

Sunshine we got engaged and then applied, it was my idea and my husband was confident he could do it (his confidence dwindled though and he was one of the crying grooms when I left!)
I trusted that he wouldn't do anything that outrageous....I suppose we were one of the couples that could have been seen as "not needing the money" if you took the show at face value, however, we don't have savings and no family to help fund the wedding so the money was a big part of why we applied. I just wanted us to be married without having to go into debt and it seemed like a fun way to do it.

It happened quickly though, engagement > application > marriage was less than 12 weeks in total!

[Grennie]

Did you enjoy your wedding orange?

[MyfavcolourisOrange]

Lorel I've read again and that's awful for your friend having to walk down the aisle more than once.... Our actual day was left to run through from the moment I got into the wedding car - obviously we had to do interviews throughout but there were no re-runs and the day went ALMOST as my husband planned!

[MyfavcolourisOrange]

Yes Grennie I loved my wedding....I didn't enjoy the three weeks running up to the wedding because it was tiring and stressful but the day was wonderful - he did really, really well.

I'm not sure it came across how happy and grateful I was though, I'm afraid I looked like a bit of a madam though which is my main regret

[DownstairsFucker]

Sounds lovely orange... now tell us who you are!!!

[Grennie]

I am sure they film and edit it to make the participants look less than ideal Any intelligent viewers will know that. But I am glad you had a great day.

[ALittleBitOfHalloweenMagic]

Ok orange you need to give us a bit more details ?

Theme ?
Do you have kids ?

I need to work out who you are I can't not know !!