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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A wedding is and should be whatever the two people getting married want it to be. That said, they must be gracious if people decline to attend for any reason, including child care.

But no, "two families" are not getting married; two individuals are. So it's whatever they want. If you don't like it, decline. No one owes you a family reunion. If you want a family reunion, plan, pay for and host one. The end.[/quote]

Your opinion is quite a shift and a result of an increasingly secular, selfish society.  Yes, two families are being joined.  The whole purpose was to have family, friends and congregants witness and support the union, not to throw a formal party.[/quote]

So- I mostly agree with you. I think “the way things used to be” regarding weddings was better.

But we are dealing in reality here. Weddings have changed, whether we like it or not. [/quote]

DP. I agree. I think the increase in child free weddings is directly correlated to how miserable zoomers and millennials are, and that has to with two things: the malignant narcissism of social media and the economic uncertainties they face.

I think in general that child free weddings are a reflection of the couple’s pain and misery. The endless striving for perfect pictures for social media, the gaping narcissism, the bridezilla/couplezilla behaviors, this is all unhappiness at work. Add to that solid, real, and often unacknowledged (and often gaslit) financial stress, and you get the result.

It is unfortunate, but I also think that it’s out of line to have anyone challenge or push back on the couples. They’ll have to sort this out themselves. [/quote]

Whew. Yes, it is definitely the zoomers and millennials having small weddings who are the problem here.

Egads.[/quote]

They are the ones who are suffering, true. It’s not really up for debate how unhappy they are as groups. Rates of mental illness, depression, etc are very high.

You can mock them if you want, but they are really struggling and unhappy. I think it’s ridiculous how as a society we pretend that zoomers/millennials aren’t under significant financial and emotional stress as a group. [/quote]

Yeah maybe we should do more criticizing of their choices publicly, even throw in some insults like "gaping narcissism." That's going to help for sure.

How lucky young people are to have you setting standards for society, bravura. [/quote]

That gaping narcissism is an outcome of extensive social media use is not particularly up for debate. It is well-documented.

You are just avoiding reality. [/quote]

thank god we have you to set us straight
imagine if people had to figure this out without you[/quote]

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