Pinterest, ugh...

SP29

A pin I just saw on Pinterest for DIY honeymoon fund jars...

Decorate the lid of the jar with something that represents the travel destination... except there are two differently decorated jars and guests vote with their money for which honeymoon you should take. 

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. 

I wanted to comment on the pin about how tacky it was, but I decided not to post rude comments on someone else's board that I don't know and come complain about it here instead . 

AddieCake

Pinterest is what's wrong with most weddings.

mysticl

So do the people who voted for the losing destination get their money back?

Do they plan two honeymoons and then do a last minute cancel of the loser or do they scramble to plan their honeymoon in one day?

This sounds like a logistical nightmare, never mind the tacky factor.  

SP29

@mysticl I highly doubt the "losing" jar guests get their money back. I assume that's the idea behind it, get more money as a competition. 

What I would like to know, is whether the couple actually goes on the trip that "won", because no one is holding them to it, or do they go on whatever trip they wanted to in the first place with all the money. In the picture, one jar lid was blue with palm trees, the other was a mini statue of the Eiffel tower. When DH and I looked into honeymoons, going to a nice resort in the Caribbean is definitely NOT cheap, but I bet it's still cheaper than Paris, so in this case, even if Paris won, would the couple go on the more expensive trip (potentially costing themselves more money)? 

Jen4948

Ugh, ugh, ugh.

mysticl

SP29 said:

@mysticl I highly doubt the "losing" jar guests get their money back. I assume that's the idea behind it, get more money as a competition. 

What I would like to know, is whether the couple actually goes on the trip that "won", because no one is holding them to it, or do they go on whatever trip they wanted to in the first place with all the money. In the picture, one jar lid was blue with palm trees, the other was a mini statue of the Eiffel tower. When DH and I looked into honeymoons, going to a nice resort in the Caribbean is definitely NOT cheap, but I bet it's still cheaper than Paris, so in this case, even if Paris won, would the couple go on the more expensive trip (potentially costing themselves more money)? 

Yeah, I wasn't really serious with that question.

As for people holding them to where they go I wonder if they announce the "winner" at the reception.  If that's the case and they go on the loser trip I wonder if friends and family would start calling them out on it when they saw pictures.  

ohannabelle

I am genuinely embarrassed for people when I see things like this, and I hate feeling ashamed for people who don't have the sense to be ashamed for themselves. They should just get matching his and hers tin beggar's cups, and sit on the curb when their guests arrive. With a bad poem.

lc07

Pinterest is the Devil.

MollyandD

I might start a honeymoon jar for the honeymoon trip we will take on our one year anniversary. We can't afford it now. The jar will be in out house and we can put money in it from time to time.

I can't imagine asking guests to help me with a vacation.

larrygaga

But if they have a cute poem it's fine right??? Their circumstances are special and they actually need the money!!!

This is why I won't even go on pintrest. I'm worried it will contaminate me. 

grumbledore

I liked Pinterest at first (in general, not for weddings) but now I just can't.  All it is is a bunch of people reposting things that they like - most of them never actually do any of them or even know if they work.

sarahufl

I actually really like Pinterest. I have found a lot of really good recipes on there that I cook frequently. However, for wedding stuff- it is kind of awful.

ElcaB

I like Pinterest overall, but the wedding section just kills me for the most part. I have gotten some good suggestions on there, but if I see one more person pin this hairstyle for their wedding I will go on a rampage. 

PrettyGirlLost

It's pretty!

Inkdancer

I have a Pinterest board called "No. Just no" for all the bad ideas I find. I mock them in the comments. It fills me with joy, even if it's not very nice.

Kauris

@Inkdancer, I would follow that Pinterest board.

When I did hair/makeup trial, stylist told me once someone came in with a Pinterest photo and she turned her away because it was a ridiculously complex braid updo, that no stylist could ever do in a reasonable amount of time.

MrsAitch

ElcaB said:

I like Pinterest overall, but the wedding section just kills me for the most part. I have gotten some good suggestions on there, but if I see one more person pin this hairstyle for their wedding I will go on a rampage. 

I showed this photo to my hair stylist at my trial lol (along with several others, I didn't want an exact replica of this, but I liked the soft/romantic feel of it).

mysticl

sarahufl said:

I actually really like Pinterest. I have found a lot of really good recipes on there that I cook frequently. However, for wedding stuff- it is kind of awful.

Me too. Dinner in this house is often inspired by Pinterest.  

ElcaB

MrsAitch said:

ElcaB said:

I like Pinterest overall, but the wedding section just kills me for the most part. I have gotten some good suggestions on there, but if I see one more person pin this hairstyle for their wedding I will go on a rampage. 

I showed this photo to my hair stylist at my trial lol (along with several others, I didn't want an exact replica of this, but I liked the soft/romantic feel of it).

I think it's gorgeous; I'm just so tired of seeing the same stuff on there combined with terrible ideas and "tips and tricks" like "spritz your hair with a brown sugar & water mix and it will dry perfectly straight!" 

Are you fucking serious? Do you really expect me to believe my hair would end up anything other than sticky and disgusting (and I suspect covered in bugs during summer)?

kelliem251

We attended a wedding with a Honeymoon Jar contest. They didnt announce the winner.  One month after the wedding the couple announced their pregnancy and i highly doubt they will be taking a honeymoon any time soon...

wrigleyville

Molly&Domenic said:

I might start a honeymoon jar for the honeymoon trip we will take on our one year anniversary. We can't afford it now. The jar will be in out house and we can put money in it from time to time. I can't imagine asking guests to help me with a vacation.

That was actually the original intention of the "Honeyfund" jars. They're supposed to be for your laundry room, fireplace mantle, etc. You toss your spare money and loose change in there as a "cute" way to save up.

Unfortunately, people started pinning them onto the Wedding boards, and now you have the current stupidity.

SP29

Oh, I actually love Pinterest. I pin all kinds of meal options and ideas for my future home. I have a wedding page where I pinned things that I liked- usually jewelry I was interested in, dresses, etc.

It's just pins like these! Well, it's not just pinterest. If the idea came up in conversation with a person I was talking to, I'd have a hard time hiding the terrible look on my face and contributing anything more than, "Oh, I see". 

Rosebubbly

I'm so tired of seeing the pin "today two families become one, so pick a seat not a side". GAG!!!

lovesclimbing

ElcaB said:

MrsAitch said:

ElcaB said:

I like Pinterest overall, but the wedding section just kills me for the most part. I have gotten some good suggestions on there, but if I see one more person pin this hairstyle for their wedding I will go on a rampage. 

I showed this photo to my hair stylist at my trial lol (along with several others, I didn't want an exact replica of this, but I liked the soft/romantic feel of it).

I think it's gorgeous; I'm just so tired of seeing the same stuff on there combined with terrible ideas and "tips and tricks" like "spritz your hair with a brown sugar & water mix and it will dry perfectly straight!" 

Are you fucking serious? Do you really expect me to believe my hair would end up anything other than sticky and disgusting (and I suspect covered in bugs during summer)?

Yes!  I saw one a couple weeks ago with something like "from a dentist: swishing hydrogen peroxide around in your mouth every day will give you white teeth." NO just NO!  Once in awhile, sure, but not every day!

I didn't join Pinterest until after my wedding. Everyone told me I just HAD to have it to plan a wedding. Umm, no I don't. Pretty sure it was launched less than five years ago. Obviously, no weddings happened before 2009. /sarcasm

I pin stuff and a lot of it I actually do. I do have a future home inspiration board. Some of the crafty stuff I haven't done yet, but quite a few projects, I've done.

vulpiepop

I like Pinterest in general; some awesome recipes, cool design and DIY stuff, cute animal pictures...The wedding section is hit or miss though (mostly miss). You can find some great stuff on there but there are some awful suggestions too. Even worse are the pins from people who aren't even engaged yet (on boards usually titled "When I find my prince", "One day hopefully soon", or "Dream wedding when he asks"). I kinda get the feeling that most of the pins in the wedding section are from those teenage girls.

thesummersky

I love Pinterest, but it has a knack for making people feel their wedding isn't 'real' or 'personal' if they don't use the expensive, complex ideas they find. Sad.

wrigleyville

I wish I could find the pin... I saw it last night. It had to have been a teenage girl, and it was one of those "Someday..." boards.

She had the Disney wedding dresses from Alfred Angelo pinned. It was a compilation photo, so all six (?) dresses were in one pin. Those dresses are pretty and don't actually look *Disney*, so I don't really have an issue with that.

Her caption, though, was, "OMG YES. This is my dream wedding!!! All my girls in these Disney Princess dresses and then my fiance's guys/men in the corresponding Disney Prince outfits!"

Barf. What are you, 12? Also, those are wedding dresses, not BM dresses. Also, no. No no no. NO.

One pinner did comment, "Um, are you sure the guys are going to be okay with that...?" :-D

JCbride2015

wrigleyville said:

Molly&Domenic said:

I might start a honeymoon jar for the honeymoon trip we will take on our one year anniversary. We can't afford it now. The jar will be in out house and we can put money in it from time to time. I can't imagine asking guests to help me with a vacation.

That was actually the original intention of the "Honeyfund" jars. They're supposed to be for your laundry room, fireplace mantle, etc. You toss your spare money and loose change in there as a "cute" way to save up.

Unfortunately, people started pinning them onto the Wedding boards, and now you have the current stupidity.

We have a honeymoon piggy bank in our bedroom!  FMIL and FSIL decorated a silver piggy with wedding stuff and gave one to me and FBIL's Fi (I guess she's now FSIL too...) at Christmas.  FPILs had already put a few bills in there which was sweet.  We put our spare change in there and don't plan to open it up until after the wedding.

But putting it out at our wedding?  Just no.

Also.  I guess all these people expecting wedding gifts or Honeyfund jars to fund their honeymoon, are not taking a honeymoon right away?  How are you supposed to plan a honeymoon until you know how much your budget is?

Somehow I suspect most of these people have just planned whatever honeymoon they want anyway, and then pocket the money.

wrigleyville

JCBride2014 said:

Somehow I suspect most of these people have just planned whatever honeymoon they want anyway, and then pocket the money.

Ding ding ding.

That, or they use it as spending money while on their honeymoon.

Or, they're like us, and they went on their honeymoon later, but still. We didn't ask for handouts. We postponed our honeymoon because we were saving up for the trip we really wanted.

RebeccaB88

I'll admit to having a wedding pinterest board, but I started it when I was engaged and it's still there.  If I could make it private without deleting it, I would. But I also have another board devoted to just the tacky, ugly, rude, and fails of weddings and all other things.  And I comment the hell out of them. 

wrigleyville

RebeccaB88 said:

I'll admit to having a wedding pinterest board, but I started it when I was engaged and it's still there.  If I could make it private without deleting it, I would. But I also have another board devoted to just the tacky, ugly, rude, and fails of weddings and all other things.  And I comment the hell out of them. 

I still have mine too. I pinned mostly external stuff, though - venue ideas, floral, hairstyles, things like that. By the time I started planning, the wedding boards on Pinterest were full of burlap and craziness, so I very rarely pinned something that was already on the site.

I found a few "Wedding WTFs" boards last night but didn't have time to glance through them. I can't wait to check them out tonight. I might make one for myself.