My friends are all getting married...and seeing all of these costs adding up is enough to make say, "I would never spend any money on a wedding!" and "I can't believe anyone would lose weight for their big day, how superficial!" and "I am so unmaterialistic and wonderful I'm getting married in a burlap sack at the bottom of a big hole in the dirt because weddings are stupid and they should really be about true love and blah blah blah." But seriously? Fuck that noise.I totally want a huge-ass wedding and a gorgeous designer dress and I'll probably try to lose five (or fifty) pounds by joining some retarded gym program right before the wedding. There, I said it. But I promise not to go as apeshit as the women profiled today's Guardian. According to the paper, women are getting boob jobs, nose jobs, Botox, teeth straightening, and more than 20% of brides polled by academic researchers "were taking an approach [to weight loss] that the researchers perceived as 'extreme', including downing laxatives, vomiting after meals and adopting a new-found smoking habit as a way to stave off hunger pangs." And then there are fake-tan companies such as Sienna X, which recently launched a bridal service that includes an entire schedule of tan "fittings" for three months before the wedding - to ensure you end up with exactly the right shade.
The article actually gets more absurd... like drinking tea is a "treat". Isn't that just water? WTF? Anyways, all of my little bride to be chick-a-dees...where do you fall?
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/fashion/story/0,,2271872,00.html
If you're really interested in "brideorexia"- check out all of these links: http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Brideorexia
2 comments:
Maybe its because i still have a little over 5 months until my wedding but I haven't felt that bridezilla mode much. I haven't been dieting much- infact, I wish I would a bit more but the fire isnt hot enough under my ass quite yet. I workout like I usually do and do my normal beauty things I was always doing even before I was engaged. Why should a girl need her wedding to start taking care of herself? I always want my face, skin, hair and body to look good everyday... not just for one day and one set of pictures.
I really haven't changed anything that I didn't already need to do- I whitened and still plan to do additional whitenenings of my teeth. Other than that, I'm pretty much chillin and ready for the big day.
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