MTV - My big fat fabulous wedding...

[13_jane]

... has anyone seen any of these programs?? OMG!!!! they are the biggest and most expensive weddings ever!! the two I watched last night were fantastic - one cost $750,000 and the other was $2,000,000!!!! the flowers alone on one of them cost $150,000!! I had to rewind the tv to make sure I'd heard it correctly!! lol

Here's a link to the website - you can watch them on line too!

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtv2/sh...sode_breakdown

[kate58]

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I once did some work for a wedding planner. He turned out to be a bit of a crook, but that's a whole 'nother story.

Anyway, one wedding he did, the couple had 40 mature trees imported from Italy and planted on the avenue leading to the venue (a private castle hired for the event) because they thought it looked "a bit dull". Can you just imagine what that cost?

[13_jane]

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OMG!!! I just think what else I could buy with the money!!! lol

One of the weddings last night had her wedding cake flown in, and the cake decorator flew with it to arrange it on the day!!! they said that was $12,000!!!! I've made wedding cakes and cost £200/$400!!! lol

[rozigrl221]

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I know Jane. It is hard to phathom that people would spend that much on a wedding. I guess if you have it to spend that is one thing, but some of those people go there and end up in debt. To think what I could spend that $ on.

[Miss Phode]

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And I thought my wedding was expensive at $60 a plate. Of course, that didn't include the flowers, church, DJ, Band or the like.

[julirama723]

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I've seen that show, CRAZY stuff!

The show that's almost as bad (or is it worse?) is My Super Sweet 16--I can barely imagine spending loads of $$ on a serious life-changing ceremony, let alone some snobby rich girl's 16th birthday party! Am I just cheap? I always think of all the practical things I could be doing with that money, like paying off my college loans, buying a new car, buying new work clothes, etc.

[Alexa]

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Urghh, that just seems kind of obscene when people are struggling to get by and put food on the table.

I've never heard of sweet 16s but that sounds even worse. A party is one thing and quite a cool idea, a consumer orgy is quite another.

[DuchessOfDork]

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I never got a sweet 16 birthday party. =( I never got a quincenera either, and being Latina, well.. yeah...

It's okay, though. I make up for it now. I have a party at least once a month and invite all my friends. I just look for something to celebrate and do it! And it usually doesn't cost me much because everyone brings booze! ..which I don't drink anymore!

[Thumper1616]

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I've seen the supersweet 16 and all I can say is bootcamp!! those kids are beyond spoiled.

[13_jane]

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lol - Yes I watch the sweet sixteen too!! OMG those kids need a slap!! The thing that gets me, is how rude and horrid they are to their parents, and they still get the party!! And the cars they all get!!!! I bet they're all wrote off and crashed within the first month!!! lol

[Miss Phode]

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There was a show on TV once with some NYC party planner. He planned a Bar Mitzvah and some famous band, I think it might have been Aerosmith, performed for the party. Doesn't that kind of take away from the significance of the event?