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.

[Loosingthebigkickers]

I considered applying but was too scared of it being edited and me looking like a horrible cow! ..Plus stbdh was terrified at the thought!

[EBearhug]

As we were a couple, DH had a pretty good idea of what I would like

This is one of the things that puzzles me about DTTB (though obviously makes it more entertaining TV.) If you know each other well enough that you agree to marry and spend the rest of your life together (because surely that's what everyone thinks, even if they end up not making it to their first anniversary) - shouldn't you have a fairly good idea of what sort of wedding and dress and so on might be appreciated by the woman you're going to marry? I mean, if anyone were ever going to marry me, I think they'd have a pretty clear idea of my view of what sort of wedding may or may not be appreciated long before it got to that point, whether it was important to have my family and friends there, in a church or definitely not at all religious, all that sort of thing.

Mind you, I can't imagine wanting to marry someone as clueless as some of the grooms they have on DTTB in the first place, but it's hard to know just how much editing there is and if they're really that useless - probably not in most cases.

It's probably no surprise that no one's ever wanted to marry me!

[Grennie]

DP would have a good idea of the kind of wedding I would like, but wants something totally different to me. So the question would be whose desires win out. And DP wouldn't have a clue about choosing a wedding dress.

[Grennie]

I loved the farmer one where he made the barn look amazing.

[Lilypad7]

Love this thread! The older series were better where the men actually tried to make their weddings good and what the bride would want, now it's what the groom wants and the wackier the better, for example, the alien themed one! That was awful, the poor bride

[cerealqueen]

The last episode must be an exception as its all a bit OTT now, with the bride and groom totally opposed on how the day should be, so we get worked up thinking the bride will get very angry but she always says 'he did better then I thought he would, he knows me better than I know myself ectzzzzzz.'

The concrete body builder was a classic case. Doing it all in memory of his dead uncle, FFS.What about his future wife?!!!

[cerealqueen]

Still, the irish version is dull, dull, dull. I love the narrator on the english one, she has a sense of humour.

[thenightsky]

I never understand why the feck they take the bride to try on all the lovely dresses she CAN'T have and she gets all excited. Anything the poor bloke chooses after that is sure to be a let down.

[Grennie]

nightsky - They do it to up the ante.

[DownstairsMixUp]

The builder guy was one of the worst. I imagine him as one of the people that goes gym them updates his status to say he "smashed it"

[Writerwannabe83]

I also couldn't believe the selfishness of the guy who booked his wedding at the wrestling place in LA to honour his uncle - I watched the whole show in total disbelief! If I was the fiancé I don't think I could ever forgive it

[NotYoMomma]

she hacked me right off always saying 'its such a shame'

aye its such a fucking shame to be given 12 and you be a fucking nobba

[DownstairsMixUp]

Yep thats the one i was going on about writer no idea why i said builder! Selfish twunt.

[Harrin]

I remember reading an article where the couple claimed the producers made the delivery of the bridesmaids dresses late on the day as there wasn't enough drama and it was running too smoothly

[squoosh]

The worst one was the Glaswegian couple from last year who got married at a festival, she threw a hissy fit of EPIC proportions. Even her Dad was cringing.

The most uncomfortable episode to watch was the Vegas wedding, what an idiot he was!

Oh and the recent muscle beach wedding was atrocious, so tacky, so grim.

I'd be interested to see which couples are still together.

[Grennie]

The things that make me smile is the way the presenter sometimes tries to create drama in the narration when there is none. For example, oh no if she doesn't like the dress, will there still be a marriage. When the bride has never suggested for a minute that she won't get married.

[Writerwannabe83]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the couple in the Vegas wedding show from a few series ago broke up quite quickly following the wedding.

[Bogeyface]

I remember the Vegas one and I was thinking at the time that she only went through with it because she had to. Didnt he leave half her family behind so she couldnt get married with her mum and dad there or something?

I do remember discussing it with my sister and we both agreed that she wasnt throwing a hissy fit but genuinely gutted and we both thought that she would be filing for annulment once it was all over. I felt so sorry for her.

[Bumpotato]

Orange please tell me you are the bride who got the nose cake and cat toilet seats...that's my all time favourite episode.

[Writerwannabe83]

Me too bogeyface - I felt really, really sorry for her.

What about the one a few weeks ago where the guy arranged the wedding on a beach (was it Wales?) and it absolutely pissed it down and the tide came in? I saw all those guests, freezing cold, climbing up and down those dangerous wet steps...it was just awful! What an idiotic idea!!

[aquashiv]

The Vegas was a classic in two people that really were not on the same wavelength.
I am slightly that they have to go through it. I always thought the will she wont she is part of the drama.

[mrsjay]

DTTB gives me the rage i stopped watching it I was shouting at the telly the men seem so self centred some of them anyway, I saw one where he did an abroad wedding her family couldn't afford to go abroad he spent all the budget so her mum paid to go, yet ALL his side went to the wedding even after HE said it is about me and her, I was and thought you are marrying this git, oh the wedding was somewhere he always wanted to go,

[mrsjay]

the one im on about isn't the vagas one was this series i caught it when i was in bed ill one night, the vegas one sent be over the edge thats when i stopped watching it ,

[DesperatelySeekingSedatives]

Does anyone remember the groom who organised the wedding to take place in Magaluf despite his bride hating it there? He was a knob of epic proportions but I think that's a common theme on this show, or what they'd like us to believe anyway. That's been one of "worst" weddings ever. ceremony on a yucky looking beach surrounded by nearly naked people getting wasted while they tan, reception at a grubby looking sports bar and food provided by a burger joint across the road. lovely.

2 of my favourites have been the slightly loopy (but utterly lovely) groom (who's bride was equally nice) who had an Alice in Wonderland theme. Think it was Alice theme anyway although they went through a wardrobe to get to the actual wedding. The other was the guy who held his wedding at a space centre. He'd been raised JW and his stag do consisted of his mates celebrating all the birthdays his missed out on. I may have cried at that So sad his parents refused to attend (think it was due to him marrying out the faith?) but the couple seemed lovely.