The wedding world of the last few years has been filled with WHIMSY! Mustaches on sticks! Broadway-style musical numbers! Food served out of a truck!
Once upon a time it all seemed so clever and charming, but frankly, now it just makes us wince. And while we’re complaining – there are several other more long-term wedding trends (some might call them wedding staples) that we’d like see die a slow death. But we’ll begin with a few more recent offenders…
“Is great grandma the one with the mustache?”
Handlebar mustaches. We know we said wedding props would be huge this year, and they are totally are – but the sight of one more handlebar mustache might throw us into a psychotic, wedding-induced rage.
Everybody “T-rex”!
Choreographed wedding party dances. A wedding is already a production in and of itself. It really doesn’t have to be this kind of a production. Please make it stop. They spoofed it on an episode of “The Office” TWO YEARS AGO.
Till diabetes do us part.
Food trucks. I’d really rather feel like I’m at a wedding, and not loitering on a street corner during my lunch break. I’ll take a nice wedding buffet over sloppy, gourmet street food any day.
Uh, thanks.
Crappy wedding favors. Nobody wants a piece of plastic with your wedding date on it – and the amount of money you paid for these useless, “customized” tchotchkes makes us cringe. Please oh please, just give us one of those “we’ve donated $ to X charity in your name” cards instead.
Pretty, but several hundred dollars worth of pretty? Hmm…
Cathedral length veils. SO over. Sure, they’re pretty for a photo opp or two, but the rest of the time, they’re overpriced and cumbersome.
BTW, reading your vows off your smartphone makes you a CHODE.
Writing your own vows. I know, I know – it’s super meaningful to you. But watching you blubbering through your own prose makes us so uncomfortable.
Overly clever & overly trendy!
Ampersands: Yes, we get it. It’s a nifty symbol that makes for a single humorous photo opp. A photo opp I’m likely to photo bomb with a cardboard sign that says “4EVA” in permanent marker. Just sayin’.
Not at all symbolic!
Bird-themed wedding decor. Birds jumped the shark last year. Also, an antique birdcage is pretty, but maybe not a great metaphor for your marriage?
Wow, this DEFINITELY means you’re not getting divorced.
“Unity” rituals. If you don’t have any family wedding traditions or religious rituals to fall back on, don’t pour sand into a glass vase just for the sake of killing time.
Oh look, the groom actually had some input!
Groom’s cakes. Having one sad little cake that somehow represents his interests sitting in the midst of all your perfectly curated wedding splendor is just a little tragic. Also, you spend enough on the one cake as it is.
What do you think, did we miss some? Tell us what wedding trends you’re sick of in the comments.
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I agree whole heartedly on the favors. I work in the wedding industry and they are just pointless. A co-worked gave MINNI TEACUP and saucer. First off, what do you do with a mini tea cop? Second, what do you do with one of them? I do however disagree on two things: writing your own vows. To me that will never go out of fashion, I think they are more meaningful than the pre written ones everyone uses. Then the sand/unity ceremony. If you have children it is a great way to include them. Normally I would say skip it if no kids.
Wow, the tone of this was just a little mean – not that I don’t agree but Dayem, maybe lose the chip off your shoulder?
Absolutely LOVED this post! Here are a couple of additions: …If I see one more Purple linen, I’m going to die a slow, painful, death. KILL THE PURPLE already, there are other colours out there, trust me! Also, on the ‘bird’ topic, could we get rid of feathers, just for a little while? Yes, they are fun, but they don’t suit every theme and they are not ‘unique’… same goes for Birdcage Veils! I’m sure there are lots more and you could probably produce a few more posts about this topic.
Agree with most. But if they want to do it, hey it’s their wedding. Maybe they really like their crappy ideas.
And to dee dee: my wedding is purple lol!
For most people these are novel ideas. As if there aren’t enough people saying what you should and should not do on your wedding day. If you want to do it, do it. Who cares if it’s trendy or tacky? It’s your day.
The only trend that bothers me is the one in which all the focus is put on the wedding, and very little on the meaning of the marriage itself. Styles come and go- who cares what colors, decor, and cake someone chooses. It’s individual style, not a competition. The marriage though, I hope would be timeless.
I feel like the word “CHODE” in this article entirely diminishes any validity it had going for it.
Love! Completely agree. Of course people can do whatever they want but the flock of people doing something “unique” (and most of it’s pretty awkward) gets tiresome.
wow. well first off this sounds a lot like it was written by someone very bitter about weddings in general. second, aside from people in the wedding industry, most people have never been to a wedding with most of these things. the average person just goes with the simple things they get from their venue. that said, most people only get married once (hopefully) and it shouldn’t be a competition to come up with the most unique ideas ever.. THAT would be over the top, pricey and way more stressful than it needs to be. and as a graphic designer who loves typography i WILL be using an ampersand and any one that thinks its tacky can seriously suck it. As for a grooms cake, there are only so many wedding related things a girl can do to surprise and excite her groom.. most of whom probably dont even know such a thing exists because most men are clueless about the wedding industry. as for everything you said about ceremonies.. if someone can’t sit through 20 minutes of the most important day of someones life without rolling their eyes then they probably should not have shown up to that wedding. either way, you seem to have lost sight of what a wedding is really supposed to be about, it’s certainly not about having bitchy and bitter girls judging your choice of decor.
While I totally agree with many of these, I must admit that I clicked a link to this article with a little bit of trepidation that something from my wedding would be listed!
I feel like there’s no point in making someone feel bad about the wedding they’ve planned. Maybe this article will benefit future brides and help them avoid super-trendy elements that will seem dumb after the trends have passed. But if I’d read this and a couple of these things were part of my wedding, this article would make me feel pretty crappy.
Megan – PLEASE know that this is simply a tongue-in-cheek post about our current wedding peeves – we look at wedding stuff 24/7 – and we are fully aware that holding a grudge against handlebar mustaches is not exactly a rational thing to do. Every bride is susceptible to wedding trends, and we don’t fault them for it! I for example, had vintage typewriters and mason jars at my wedding – which I’m SURE are on 3 other “Wedding Trends We’re So Over” lists.
How about playing a song symbolizing your love during your ceremony while you stare in to each others eyes and the quests sit in silence feeling incredibly uncomfortable….til the very end of the longest song in history. Bonus points if it is sexual in nature. OR comparing your love to an ocean at anytime during the ceremony. I totally agree, wedding favors are pointless. Like I need a tiny jelly or a bottle opener with your name on it? I loved your list. I have seen three of my friends all do at least four things on this list. I’m getting married next and I know I will do something weird that I will tell my grandchildren “what the hell was I thinking” lol
Ok so let’s think about this for a second.
No cathedral-length veil. No birdcage veil. I guess only a certain length veil is okay somewhere in the middle, and everyone is supposed to wear the same one….which will make that one the next thing that gets overdone. Are wedding dresses still okay? God, everyone wears a wedding dress; I guess we’re over that too. All that white; man, everyone is wearing white at their weddings. So maybe white has to go also. But I’m sure that the writer also has a problem with “trendy color dresses” instead of white.
Seriously, we should ditch any sort of representation that we’re getting married. No sand, no unity candles, no “&” signs, no vows, no elements of personality.
Be mindful of where you may end up if you continue down this road you’ve chosen. You won’t have much of any kind of wedding left if you seriously adhere to the rules of someone who has become embittered by their overexposure to the wedding world. I continue to applaud those who choose to think outside of the overpriced, all-inclusive package deals with a rectangular room and the same flower puff centerpieces that will be gone tomorrow, along with your thousands of dollars. Don’t be afraid to be creative with your wedding and do WHATEVER YOU WANT!! And DO NOT be disheartened by a disenchanted hater like the writer of this post.
Oh silly people, lighten up!