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AIBU?

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Don't Tell The Bride irritation

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captainfarrell · 22/10/2015 16:10

Lighthearted thread but still gets right up my nose. Why is it that these brides on this show seem to hate everything the groom chooses, cry, threaten to not go through with it but then tell him it was the best day of her life. Sometimes the groom spends half the money on a stag night, hardly anything on a hen night or organises a really bad one. Am I turning into a miserable old cow? AIBU to want, just once or twice, it to end in the bride jilting the groom?

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MrsJayy · 22/10/2015 20:42

squoosh That wedding was lovely i might have cried a bit. The cruise one was hidebehind a cushion cringey what a twat he was

SomeKindOfDeliciousBiscuit · 22/10/2015 20:46

sidge that barn did so not look pretty and there was no heating!! All those relatives looked like they were absolutely dying up Snowdon in April! He spent £4k on a tent! I would have chinned him and left

MrsJayy · 22/10/2015 20:47

There was a DTTB ages ago where he wanted an underwater wedding great maybe scuba diving in the carribean nope the local swimming baths it was so funny bride wailing wot about me aaiiirr for half an hour

TheCatsMother99 · 22/10/2015 20:53

I liked it till my friends were on it. Now I know how it actually works (and that most of it is staged) I can't bare to watch it.

LauraChant · 22/10/2015 20:53

At least they are admitting now that they are not properly married. In the early series I used to shout at the TV "how can you get married in a church? What about the banns?!"

Blimey DH just turned on TV while I was writing and DTTB is on...ooh my sister had those VW vans!

Senpai · 22/10/2015 20:56

All reality TV is staged. The people behind the scenes put people in different scenes, encourage them to throw tantrums, and they know just how to rile these people up. You might notice they don't put laid back, mature people on there unless they're a secondary character.

Dowser · 22/10/2015 20:56

I watch it having got married last month but yes, I know what you are all saying its got too predictable.

Apart from last nights little offering. The bride Vicky/ Victoria obviously liked 50s clothes. She had dark hair, wore pillar box red lipstick and he wore quite stylised clothing too.

She purported to prefer a flowery monstrosity but I think that was a deliberate red herring ...and the clue was in the brides maid dresses.

He chose for her a very 50s dress which I think was right up her street. It was a longer version of a tea dress except it was all white. Again a colour she purported not to want.

The bridesmaids were dressed in 50s style polka dot dresses. Vicky had her styled very fifties.

Yes she had a denim jacket and sneakers ...but I think she got exactly what she wanted.

She wanted a wedding that was different and got a car themed one. Again I think she got what she wanted but on that programme I think that's rare.

carabos · 22/10/2015 20:59

dowser I've just watched that one and it was blatantly obvious that the whole thing was exactly what everybody wanted.

CassieBearRawr · 22/10/2015 21:05

Vegas are divorced. He was cheating on her for years apparently.

noeffingidea · 22/10/2015 21:13

Agreed dowser. Funny how all through the programne she was saying 'ooh I hope it's not outside' then didn't say a word when it was.
Got to say, that hall she visited at the beginning and the flowery monstrosity dress she picked out were horrendous. And why did they only show the real wedding during the end credits?

Thisismyfirsttime · 22/10/2015 21:33

I know someone who was shortlisted for DTTB and they were told in no uncertain terms that they'd be steered a certain way. They applied because they would get a 10k wedding paid for and went in a bit wacky (as they are, but hammed up a bit) but were dropped like a ton of bricks once it became clear they had similar tastes and were not immediately willing to play roles 100% to make good telly.

Dowser · 22/10/2015 21:36

That should read...Vicky had her hair styled very fifties.

Glad we all agree ;-)

That gym one on muscle beach. Just awfu! Not forgetting the one where he wanted her to go on a roller coaster before her wedding!

The Irish beach one...that was a hoot!

ProvisionallyAnxious · 22/10/2015 22:50

I binge-watched a load of DTTB with a friend a year or so back, and there was one I really liked. It was a very sweet couple and she wanted to get married in an old house but the budget couldn't cover it for the ceremony and the reception. So the groom had the ceremony there and then had everyone drive the hour or so back to the town they all came from to have a reception in the pub they had met in (or spent a lot of time in, I can't remember the details!). The bride was dubious about the long drive at first but the whole reception at this place they knew well was so lovely and 'right' in the end. I also remember the groom plumping for the 'right' dress first time and clearly being pushed by the producers to consider a different one - he wavered but stood his ground. I thought good for him!

Also watched a hilarious one in which the groom was all "I think her legs are her best feature", and chose her a wedding dress with a train behind, but the front skirt cut away to high thigh.

Flambola · 23/10/2015 05:47

My friend's friends were on it a few years ago. Apparently it was going really well so the producers manufactured some drama and all the guests had to wait four hours for the ceremony or reception or something.

I can't really remember the ins and outs of what happened and I've not seen it but they were Mormons or something? But lost their faith and their parents were no longer in touch with them. A nice couple by all accounts.

Dizzywizz · 23/10/2015 06:21

Just started watching the zombie apocalypse one - I mean, wtf?! Had to stop watching it as baby got scared, but he obv just wants to stage a zombie apocalypse and doesn't seem to care much about the wedding.

MrsJayy · 23/10/2015 07:34

Oh gawd the 1 with the mullet dress he was obsessed with a guns and roses video and did he not get a tribute band for the service.

lighteningirl · 23/10/2015 07:38

there was one at Brihton Pavilion Ice rink and the bride was about supposedly about 2 hours late. The registrars at Brighton are very clear if you are more than fifteen minutes they leave and there is no way they would clear the ice rink at twilight all beautifully lit and keep it clear for an extra 2 hours. She was vile as well I kept wishing he'd leave and save himself a lot of anguish.

ComposHatComesBack · 23/10/2015 07:57

It is always emphasided that the brides have been "planning their perfect wedding since they were 7" and seemingly their 'perfect' wedding almost always consists of the same thing a big white dress, married at a country church followed by a ritzy do at a stately home. Surely that isn't 20 years worth of planning? It just shows a chronic lack of imagination.

LurcioAgain · 23/10/2015 08:19

This is definitely one of my guilty pleasures.

Another thing that gets me is the number of couples who, in the intro, wax lyrical about how they like having a traditional relationship (usually delivered while he slobs on the couch playing with his Xbox and she hoovers round his ankles with their toddler balanced on her hip). Though by this stage my DS is usually ranting at the telly saying 'why does she want to marry him? He's dreadful.'

I would love to know the divorce stats.

I totally agree with earlier posters that Marrying Mum and Dad is far better - real feel good TV. DS has already planned mine.... only thing we're missing is the groom. Any single dad mumsnetters out there who fancy getting married at Anfield to a plump middle aged woman wearing a Liverpool kit?

Sidge · 23/10/2015 08:42

Somekind I think I meant pretty, relatively speaking . It was a right hole, and yes freezing cold smelly sheep shed. What fun.

I've been recording DTTB to watch on catch up but I'm not sure I'll bother. What was quite fresh and funny a season ago is not tired and formulaic. Which is true for most TV to be fair.

Sidge · 23/10/2015 08:43

Now, not not.

DYAC.

notquitehuman · 23/10/2015 10:49

The Magaluf one comes up a lot in these threads, but I thought it suited them both pretty well. They were both obviously party animals, and she seemed to enjoy the burger van. Plus, he actually seemed to give a shit about the bride and was quite thoughtful, if a little misguided. They had a big party and the proper ceremony when they got home anyway, so Magaluf was just a free holiday.

The roller rink one really stands out as being weird. The guy basically had the mind of a child and couldn't cope without his fiancee. He spent 2k on a shit stag do to Portadventura and spent like £30 on the hen do. His lack of respect and utter dependence on her was bizzare.

LittleRedSparke · 23/10/2015 12:57

they had the one with the cunt of bestman who thought it was all about him on the other night

where he sulked until he got a £300 suit, and then he arranged the stag do with football and beer and the groom didnt even like football, but cunt man said you cant go without paying for it?!?!?

was he called Liam?

LittleRedSparke · 23/10/2015 12:59

full on rant about this ep on FB

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