The Best Of IHateWeddings.com

Some of you have left fan mail.  Some of you have left hate mail.  As I continue to fill the site with more content, I decided to create a quick archive of my favorite I Hate Weddings.com articles and the ones that have generated the most controversy.

Wedding haters unite!

Send us your stories and send me fan and hate mail at ThisShowAgain@gmail.com

Thomas J. Kelly
Stand Up Comedian and Creator Of IHateWeddings.com

My Favorite Articles Of All Time
Wedding Gift Calculator
The Morals Of IHateWeddings.com
Why We Shouldn't Give Wedding Gifts
Sunday Night Weddings Are Evil
Passive Aggressive Way To Taunt A Bride
July Fourth Weddings Stink
Thank You Card Etiquette

Some Of Tom's Other Projects And Links
Tom's Web Radio Show This Show Again.com
Tom's TV Show About Becoming A Male Mermaid
Tom's You Tube Page With Other Non Wedding Funny Videos
Tom's My Space
Tom's Facebook
Tom's Twitter

Are Destination Weddings Self-Centered?

Here is an e-mail I got from a woman named "Tina" about how upset she is that she has to drag her entire family to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a destination wedding. Are destination weddings the most self-centered way to get married?

Send me your wedding horror stories at ThisShowAgain@gmail.com

If I like it, I'll post it here!

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Bachelor Party Fun Part 3

Will this guy at the clubby club dance with Tom while he's at Rolling Thunder's Bachelor Party? This is a much happier clip than the car video I posted yesterday.



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Bachelor Party Fun Part 2: Pimp My Bride

A group of Bridesmaids decorated this car for a bachelorette party weekend in Atlantic City. Thomas J. Kelly discovers a reason why these decorations might be ESPECIALLY inappropriate.



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Bachelor Party Kick Off: Part 1

Thomas J. Kelly and several friends kick off "Rolling Thunder's" bachelor party night in the Hooters in Atlantic City. In this video produced for IHateWeddings.com and the podcast ThisShowAgain.com, Tom debates whether or not bachelor parties get lamer as you get older.

This is part one of a six part series.



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Wants To Leave A Bridal Party

This person needs your advice. How do you tell a bride you want OUT of their wedding party. Leave some comments.

Dear I Hate Weddings.com,
I have to ask for some help here. I agreed to be in my best friend’s wedding as a bridesmaid a few months ago. Since then I have encountered tough economic times with my employer cutting out my position and moving me to part-time status. I have a family to feed and my husband's hours have also been cut. Ican no longer afford this wedding and I want to bail.

She is so into herself and it makes me sick that one conversation we had about the foreclosed home situations led her to saying that it the homeowner's own fault for living beyond their means!

For crying out loud she is getting a loan to pay for a huge dream wedding and then wants to buy a house after?

I laugh because she is extremely clueless to economic downfalls and has no idea of how this "loan" for the wedding could've been her downpayment for a home~!

I am not sure how to tell her- maybe I should just be honest and tell her straight up how I can’t afford to be in her wedding?

Response To The Morals Of I Hate Weddings.com

Here is a response to the article "The Morals of I Hate Weddings.com" from Jordy.

Oh man. There are not words in the English language to describe how much I loathe and despise weddings. I'm a Christian and am all for marriage. but weddings are a sick joke. I hate the emotional voyeurism, in the sense that the couple are expected to get all sentimental and tearful in front of a crowd of hundreds; I hate the insane expense for a single day; I hate the way it all ends up being about everyone else's expectations and tradition and convention, even if it's utterly inappropriate to the particular couple; I hate the way all weddings are so generic and samey; I HATE the way that according to the traditional format, the men do all of the talking at the reception while the women sit in silence. If I never get invited to another wedding again it will be too soon for me. Gahhh.My good for nothing husband ditched me last year, but even in our happiest moments I regretted going along with all the fluffy crap and always wished we'd just eloped. If I get married again, that's what I'll be doing. No more drama.

Worst Wedding Date: Monday July 3rd

This comes from our reader Amanda who's friend is getting married on Monday July 3rd of this year! And a counterpoint from someone named Jeani.

Point:
I have friends who got married on July 3 (a Monday) because they stupidly and naively thought that everybody would have a 4-day weekend, what with July 4 being on a Tuesday. I was really upset because I had to work that day and I couldn't go. I have held a lot of different jobs, and I have NEVER worked anywhere that gives people off the day before or after July 4. What the hell were these people thinking? You're right: holiday weddings can backfire, depending on the holiday.

Counter Point:
Wow how funny that people get so worked up about things. Who really cares whether people get married on a Holiday. Get over it. And for all those who are getting married on the 4th may you have the wedding you want and don't listen to all these miserable people who have nothing better to do but belittle and humiliate others.

Signs You're At A Trashy Wedding V. 2.0

With suggestions and help from actual I Hate Weddings.com readers, I have updated our "Signs You Are At A Trashy Wedding" list. This list includes suggestions from friends and I Hate Weddings.com readers. Whether your friends are White Trash, Long Island White Trash, or some other variety of trash there should be something on the list that rings true for you.

If there's something we forgot to add leave a comment and I'll put it into version 3!



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Questions To Ask Before Agreeing To Be In A Bridal Party

For young professionals in hard economic times I have created a list of questions you should ask yourself before accepting the honor of becoming someone’s bridesmaids or groomsmen. These hard financial times have given the young and poor among us permission to say “I can’t afford to be your man-slave for six months as you plan your wedding.”

But in all seriousness, when you agree to be in a wedding party there are expectations. If the expectations bother you say no. If you don’t have enough time to live up to the bride and groom’s expectations say “No, thank you I can’t do it.” If you don’t have enough money to live up to the bride and groom’s expectations say “No thank you I can’t do it.”

You won’t be in the pictures the young couple may keep on the mantle. But you’ll save a friendship.

Read on for a list of questions you should ask the bride, groom and yourself before committing to be in a wedding party.





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