To think some weddings are basically just corporate mixers for the bride’s dad?

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There’s a certain type of wedding - very formal, very expensive, very “prestigious”, where the whole vibe feels less like a celebration of love and more like a networking event for the bride’s father. Rows of suits who clearly know each other from boardrooms, not birthdays. Speeches that mention “strategic partnerships” more than childhood memories. Bridesmaids posting for LinkedIn-worthy photo ops. You know the type. I’m not saying every big wedding is like this but AIBU to think some weddings are really just corporate mixers in disguise, with the bride as the event host and daddy’s legacy centre stage?

Is this yet another one of the AI "just wondering about this dynamic, which feels less like this and more like that" posts? Usually about romantic relationships, but they've been branching out recently.

🤣 not in any weddings i have attended.

Just thinking of the weddings I have been to. My own dad is a teacher and step dad was a fireman. From everyone else we have, policemen, more firemen and teachers, a pig farmer, a school caretaker, a couple of civil servants and a manager of a garage. I am very far removed from the circles you move in.

Yep. I know that by Mumsnet standards I'm a relative povvo, but really?

Sorry to break this to you OP but your entire premise is absolute pishwallops.

HTH.

Yes, I've seen a number of those, although I can spot them a mile off and tend to avoid them like the plague.

I saw the wedding of someone I used to know in a magazine, there was a multiple page spread and only 2 photos of the bride, a double spread from above showing the massive train (so you couldn't see the bride's face, only her very expensive dress) and a tiny photo of her with her bridesmaids. All the other photos were of celebs/vips her father's age. I found it utterly depressing, and explained a lot about the huge confidence issues she had had when I'd known her.

I’d have liked a wedding like this if dad was paying of course.