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Don't tell the bride. What a utter dick head.

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Queenlizandabottleofgin · 13/02/2015 20:32

Who in their right mind would do it?

The groom on tonight's has flown his mates to LA and basically ran out of money to fly her family over for the wedding. What a prick! Sat there grinning expecting her mum and dad and sisters to pay to fly out. Poor woman stuck with that selfish arse!

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MuddhaOfSuburbia · 13/02/2015 21:48

expat iirc and I do because I've seen that one twice she forgave him everything when she saw the shoes

fucksake

middleagedbread · 13/02/2015 22:29

Just watched it on catch up . The guy is a kidult and seems to have issues about his uncle's death, but she already knew that. She seemed happy at the end but I think that the fall out will continue when they return home and have to face the family members who could not attend . I wonder whether the marriage will survive?

Regarding the other show, the Vegas one . He was a real wanker and I knew they wouldn't last long.

APlaceInTheWinter · 13/02/2015 22:38

I do love sit open mouthed in horror at some of the spoilt brides too. I think my favourite was the one who demanded alterations to a Vivienne Westwood dress. Even the seamstress asked if she was sure and explained that the neckline was iconic Westwood. She still wanted it altered to make it look like every other white sundress .

Mrsteddyruxpin · 13/02/2015 22:54

Totally off point but I didn't like the side bun ...

Anyway, he is a wanker

emmaliz · 14/02/2015 22:38

They need to do a sequel to 'don't tell the bride' called 'don't tell the groom', where the wife gets Â£12000 to secretly plan the divorce

julker · 14/02/2015 22:46

Argh that was the worst episode of them all, I was furious!!!

Ok if he didn't care about family or whatever but he was doing it all for a dead member of his family while living members of her family didn't get to go!

Plus there had been the whole thing about the man who brought her up giving her away etc

If someone did that to me I would never speak to them again, the bags would be packed before he could make it home. If you don't see a problem with what you have done then you don't know me at all - goodbye!

UselessAtThis · 15/02/2015 01:07

The Vegas couple got divorced!

People do bullshit though, just because one random person on a forum says they know them and they are divorced doesn't make it true.

differentnameforthis · 15/02/2015 03:35

Seriously, if people are shallow enough to let a TV company film them doing this, then they can't exactly complain that they "don't get what they want"

I have little to no sympathy for the control freak brides who cry at every little detail going wrong, because if a wedding/marriage meant that much to them, they wouldn't sell out for 45 minutes of 'fame'

It's a bit rich to moan about their partners choices, you'd think they know them quite well by the time they get married...if anything the guy does comes as a surprise, they shouldn't be getting married!!

squoosh · 15/02/2015 03:48

I remember the Muscle Beach guy. Didn't he choose that location because his dead uncle had been a body builder? Very strange.

It was all so grim and concrete. I'd love to be able to check the relationship status of all those who'd participated.

squoosh · 15/02/2015 03:49

'I have little to no sympathy for the control freak brides who cry at every little detail going wrong, because if a wedding/marriage meant that much to them, they wouldn't sell out for 45 minutes of 'fame''

They can't exactly be described as 'control freak brides' if they relinquish all control the groom.

squoosh · 15/02/2015 03:51

As shit as Muscle Beach was the worst wedding was the underwater ceremony at a council swimming pool.

Tiredemma · 15/02/2015 07:20

Yes squoosh - that was just awful.

flashystars · 15/02/2015 07:44

The Thorpe park one was pretty shit too.

Ememem84 · 15/02/2015 08:13

I'm going to try and find the application form. And persuade someone I know to go on it. Am already married so probably shouldn't go on myself....

Icimoi · 15/02/2015 10:17

It would be interesting to test out the legality of any clause requiring them to pay the money back if they don't go through with the ceremony. I strongly suspect that it would be held to be void for public policy reasons.

PetulaGordino · 15/02/2015 11:04

I wondered that icimoi. I don't know about the details of it but it feels coercive

differentnameforthis · 15/02/2015 11:05

They can't exactly be described as 'control freak brides' if they relinquish all control the groom.

they can when they spend the entire episode saying 'I want this, he better do that, if he doesn't do this I won't marry him, If I don't like the dress I won't marry him, I bet he spent this that & the other on the stag, I don't like the dress, etc etc"

If they want control of their wedding, do whet most people do, save & do it yourself.

Although I get that it is 'clever editing' & makes a good show, but seriously...it gets boring!

fatlazymummy · 15/02/2015 11:57

That's the whole point of it now.Every show seems to fall into one of two categories.
One - bride is a control freak bitch, groom is a long suffering saint.
Two - groom is a selfish immature arsehole, aided and abetted by his immature friends. Bride just wants a nice wedding.
I guess the BBC thinks no one wants to watch nice couples who actually love and respect each other having nice weddings that suit them both.

wriggletto · 19/02/2015 11:24

My favourite was the gay couple, in which the groom-who-got-to-plan was a bit fey and very easily led by the clearly-in-love-with-him best man, and the groom-who-had-to-sit-it-out was a stylish, understated lover of quality tailoring. Planning groom/best man wanted high camp, hot pants, jazz hands type ceremony; bride-groom wanted Savile Row and string quartets.

I was watching through my fingers.

wriggletto · 19/02/2015 11:27

Also, I agree with posters saying they shouldn't have to go through with it, if it's clearly thrown up some major relationship issues. There has to be a way of allowing brides to say no for gripping television without it turning into that Start a New Life in Australia programme where families are clearly just doing it for a 4 week holiday in Canberra.

diddl · 19/02/2015 13:24

"Planning groom/best man wanted high camp, hot pants, jazz hands type ceremony; bride-groom wanted Savile Row and string quartets.

I was watching through my fingers."

How did it turn out??

wriggletto · 19/02/2015 13:30

Well, they had the high camp, hot pants, jazz hands wedding, with drag queens a go go, and the well-mannered bride-groom did a fair job of looking "delighted" about it all, but the best man was lurking around in the background looking like he'd happily stab a bitch up, if it meant he could run off with planning-groom.

All editing, I'm sure...

GlitchyWitch · 20/09/2019 14:47

I know this is an old thread but I’ve just watched the Muscle Beach episode.

OMG.

Victoria was LOVELY. Lloyd however came across as a spoiled mummy’s boy. All that drama about planning a wedding his dead uncle would have approved of.... someone needed to say “Your uncle is dead. He doesn’t give a shit about your wedding. Try thinking about what your wife to be might like”.

Idiot surrounded by idiots. I hope she’s divorced him by now.

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