People are way too sensitive
May. 10th, 2007 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
switch842So, there's this meesage board I visist that was started as a spin off of a local message board from a major wedding wensite and has kind of evolved into this thing where we basically talk about everything. It's 97% female and probably 90% local people.
Anyway, this one girl on there just got engaged a couple weeks ago. She's all excited, as she should be, and also a little overwhelmed by all that is entailed in wedding planning. So, last week, she made this post about how, after going over their budget and the guest list, etc, she realized they couldn't have the wedding at this really awesome location she had been imagining and was probably going to end up being a "banquet hall bride" but was a little concerned that it would just be the same as every other wedding. Natural concern right? She just wanted some reassurance, that her wedding really would be unique and special because it was hers, no matter where it was. IMO, totally natural feeling. Wedding planning can be overwhelming. Now, there were some people that got offended by this. Other "banquet hall brides" were offended that she had called their weddings boring and ordinary (or whatever her words were). Um, excuse me? What crack are you on? Did she insult your particular wedding? Um, no. I was a "banquet hall bride" and I had no qualms at all with what she was saying. Could she have phrased it a little better? Probably.
So, now, is it just me, or are those people that were so offended overreacting? Cos, I think they are.
Anyway, this one girl on there just got engaged a couple weeks ago. She's all excited, as she should be, and also a little overwhelmed by all that is entailed in wedding planning. So, last week, she made this post about how, after going over their budget and the guest list, etc, she realized they couldn't have the wedding at this really awesome location she had been imagining and was probably going to end up being a "banquet hall bride" but was a little concerned that it would just be the same as every other wedding. Natural concern right? She just wanted some reassurance, that her wedding really would be unique and special because it was hers, no matter where it was. IMO, totally natural feeling. Wedding planning can be overwhelming. Now, there were some people that got offended by this. Other "banquet hall brides" were offended that she had called their weddings boring and ordinary (or whatever her words were). Um, excuse me? What crack are you on? Did she insult your particular wedding? Um, no. I was a "banquet hall bride" and I had no qualms at all with what she was saying. Could she have phrased it a little better? Probably.
So, now, is it just me, or are those people that were so offended overreacting? Cos, I think they are.
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