Right! The parallels are striking. |
Her blonde look was truly awful. All that money to look like that??!?! |
+1. Many men hate talking, planning, etc. And they are so conflict avoidant they would rather not raise something to their mom and skip a visit altogether than have an actual conversation about an issue (which may not even be a huge issue- something like "Hey DW is allergic to your dog and can't stay overnight there unless you board the dog.") |
Also, many men are so used to seeing their mothers handle all family interactions so they just assume the wife will do it. |
| They have a team of household staff. Nicola is not some poor beaten down housewife, buried under the mental load and responsibilities that her slacker husband won't take up. |
It's not like either of them are working. They aren't like you, living paycheck to paycheck. They have nothing else to do but hang out with their parents who foot all the bills. |
Who are you replying to and what are you even talking about? |
Who are you? Are you suggesting these two unemployed layabouts favored one side over the other because of all the work that goes into maintaining a relationship? As if they are too busy? |
Exactly. People here are acting like they are schlubs like them living paycheck to paycheck arguing over whose turn it is to "host" Thanksgiving because it's all too much work to clean the house before MIL arrives. As if they cook, clean, have kids or actual jobs. |
I do wonder what exactly they do all day. |
I think someone made an OT post about DILs generally favoring their own families and others chimed in saying it may look like that but the sons have agency too. I don't think anyone has compared their financial situation to the Peltz Beckhams. |
Her inspo was early Claudia Schiffer and I think she achieved that. I actually liked both of her dresses and wedding looks. It's just a bit crazy to do a vow renewal at a few years in. |
I think the favoring almost always happens tbh. I can't think of anyone I know who is closer to the dh's family than the dw's, but many have totally fine and good relationships with the dh's family, just not quite as close. Here it's trickier because she seems particularly close to her parents, and the Beckhams are likely used to doing things their very specific way due to wealth and fame. So I can see them asking their son to do x, y or z and the wife disagreeing. And because her family is even wealthier than the Beckhams, there is no pulling strings or guilting their son or else he'll be cut off since he doesn't need them financially. Had he married a poor girl, the dynamics I think would be very different. |
I will go against the tide and say I think she looks better blonde. Her brunette looks unnaturally dark. She's tall and skinny, but she does not have a pretty face - it's unfortunate that she did not get her mom's beauty. As for the vow renewals, who actually does that except for celebrities who have been together for awhile and need to show the outside world that they are still together after a cheating scandal?!? Seriously, do normal people go and renew their vows instead of just celebrating their anniversary or birthday? |
Comparing them to other couples and the division of labor/mental load implies that they are somehow like normal couples. They aren't at all. Buying gifts and making phone calls are things stressed out people who have limited means and time worry about. That doesn't apply to this couple at all. |