Four Weddings

Honestly I would just like to know which marriages lasted, and which didn't.

Human entitlement at its worst. Each bride critiquing the other brides wedding at a rating full of personal biased and how entertained they were. Not one of them were graceful about it either. Not one of these women deserved the price tag of being a guest at another's wedding. All smile in each other's face and gossip while sharing their most intimate of events. It really ruined the beauty of each event. The big lady was the most awful. She had literal goose poop on her wedding guests feet but viciously critiqued the food and her not being entertained,except the chocolate bar. Only thing is my compassion for each bride was sucked dry by each ones shallow critique of nit picked things they on camera said for each disparage. None of them were fair and grateful to be a part of each one's special 10-50 thousand dollar weddings. You could tell that each one was thoughtfully tailored to each bride. The side talk too was tacky as hell. The money value spent in 2009-2014 would be so much more this day and age.

The show is pointless and a waste of air time. Hopefully it gets cancelled soon. Whoever came up with it should be fired.

My daughter and I started watching this series when she announced her engagement to be married in six months. I thought it would be a great show to wedding ideas from and I will give it that--it was. Several of her decorations and activities came from ideas generated from this series.

But that is unfortunately the ONLY positive thing I have to say about the show. The show features four brides who go to each others weddings and give them scores for food, venue, dress, and overall experience. There is absolutely nothing scientific in the scoring and no possible way of ensuring that the scoring is fair (no, not even the "rate the weddings in order" section). Scores are usually dependent upon things that have nothing to do with weddings in general and more on personal bias. For instance there is one bride who scores a wedding ridiculously low because she is a vegetarian and there was meat served. There's another episode where one girl is allergic to peanuts and eats something that she didn't realize had peanuts inside so she scored her next to nothing. I could probably list another hundred examples of that.

God forbid someone doesn't want alcohol or a dance at their wedding and when did a cocktail hour complete with another five courses become an expected part of a proper wedding? No wonder the average budget for these weddings is about $40,000. (Just a guess based on episodes I've seen) There is almost nothing covered about the couples themselves, any challenges they've overcome, their goals, dreams, and most importantly, their love for each other. These things would only give the wedding genuine meaning and real value. But there are no scores for those aspects. How sad.

Why do they all have to be chubby or obese, snagged-toothed and lack confidence?? It's pretty sad. The women critique one another and rarely give accolades to one another. For example, the "robust" majestic military contestant had nothing kind to say and it was evident that she had no education or self-esteem. How does that make someone qualified to critique another? Some of them have beautiful qualities; a few of these contestants are kind-hearted, have a family first soul, are creative and deserve to win more than a trip to DR. I'll keep watching and hoping there is more quality in the chosen brides-to-be.