What is Wrong with a Real Wedding??!!

People seem to have no respect anymore! What happened to the days when people used to spend months planning a beautiful wedding in the anticipation of spending this most special day with close friends and family?

The craze of the destination wedding has sank its teeth into today's unmarried couples and will not seem to let go! I admit that when this fad took hold a few years ago, the thought of getting married in a tropical location was kinda cool. The novelty of flying to Mexico to attend a wedding ceremony was exciting. Now, it seems like the whole world is jett setting off to a foreign country to say "I do."

I find the widespread fad of destination weddings to be sickening. It is a cheap way for the bride and groom to "get off easy." There is relatively little effort spent on planning the "big day" once the resort is picked because most offer all-inclusive wedding packages as part of the deal. How romantic! The bride and groom end up spending on their entire wedding the same amount as their guests need to in order to be there for the big day! They also have their honeymoon as a sort of two for one deal. What happened to the days when family's put on weddings complete with food and booze as a celebration for all loved ones to participate in? I often hear that money is the big issue. So, have a small wedding with only close family and friends. I still believe that it is the responsibility of the family to put on a wedding for people to attend, no matter how large the guest list is. Why should I pay the same amount as the bride and groom to attend their wedding?

Since the destination wedding has become so popular lately, many people have one,two or three invitations in one year. How is this realistic? These selfish brides and grooms expect people to take time off of work and spend their hard earned vacation time on their wedding. Not everyone wants to take their holidays in the likes of Mexico.

Compound the money, time, and travel issues with the fact that I cannot get time off from school for the wedding of a former good friend, and it means that I am a bad friend. How dare I not take the chance to skip part of and possibly fail my APT, while spending $2000 on a student's budget just to be in the Dominican Republic for my friend's wedding. Obviously it is not important enough to me to be there! Perhaps I should suggest this inference regarding absent wedding guests at destination weddings is true only of the bride and groom who make such an inconvience of their wedding!