Stupid David's Bridal commercial

jimandpam87 · January 2014

Has anyone seen the new David's Bridal commercials that have come out, I assume, for the new year? I saw one in particular the other day, and it really irritated me. If you haven't seen it, it shows the groom during the ceremony and you "hear" him thinking about how nobody's looking at him, the wedding is "all about the bride", etc.

Really!? It's stupid shit like this that makes girls think it's all about ME ME ME. It also portrays the idea that the groom has zero say in the wedding and should just sit back and shut up while their bridezillas selfishly rant and rave about the guest list and color scheme. Ugh.

Sorry, I just had to rant about this, b/c it irks me to no end. I just don't understand brides who don't value their grooms' input and honestly think their wedding is all about them. It's sad that brides are so willing to accept this line of thinking that retailers like David's Bridal can use it to make a buck.

jenna8984 · January 2014

YES their commercials are quite obnoxious. I just saw one where she's walking down the aisle and you hear her "thinking" what if I took the later train that night, I wouldn't have met him, and our lives wouldn't be magical, and I wouldn't be getting married, and I wouldn't be in this fabulous dress right now!!

Really?? Gag me with a spoon. Pretty sure I'm going to be crying tears of joy and emotion over seeing his face and marrying him- certainly not thinking of great I look.

jimandpam87 · January 2014

Oh yeah, I've seen that one too. Whatever happened to a wedding being about getting married?

Inkdancer · January 2014

jimandpam87 said:

Oh yeah, I've seen that one too. Whatever happened to a wedding being about getting married?

Wedding industry. We see marrying the love of our lives, they see $$$$$$$$$.

edandy · January 2014

I saw that and wanted to post here about it. You beat me to it! It makes me never want to buy david's bridal.

erinbethp · January 2014

I've not seen these, but I completely agree with you on the whole wedding industry and people's belief that the wedding is all about the bride, etc. It annoys me when people make comments to me about how I'll be the centre of attention and it's about me, etc. I'm like hello? I'm one half of a couple that should be equally important on our wedding day. Even though I know my FH doesn't care about some of the details, I make sure to run things by him because some stuff he does have opinions on or care about and I want him to be able to voice those and have a say. It's a day for us, not me.

Cookie Pusher · January 2014

And this crap is why everyone thinks they're entitled to a PPD. *smh*

JennyColada · January 2014

edandy said:

I saw that and wanted to post here about it. You beat me to it! It makes me never want to buy david's bridal.

DITTO!

It is the last place that I want to go. But it KILLS me that so many of the styles that I want come up as available in their stores. I'm purposefully going out of my way to avoid them.

jenna8984 · January 2014

Jennycolada said:

edandy said:

I saw that and wanted to post here about it. You beat me to it! It makes me never want to buy david's bridal.

DITTO!

It is the last place that I want to go. But it KILLS me that so many of the styles that I want come up as available in their stores. I'm purposefully going out of my way to avoid them.

Luckily for me, I had a very specific style in mind that's not very common and I literally scrolled through 538 dresses on their website and they didn't have a single one like my vision. Aw so sad, dropped a boat load of money at a local boutique

JennyColada · January 2014

jenna8984 said:

Jennycolada said:

edandy said:

I saw that and wanted to post here about it. You beat me to it! It makes me never want to buy david's bridal.

DITTO!

It is the last place that I want to go. But it KILLS me that so many of the styles that I want come up as available in their stores. I'm purposefully going out of my way to avoid them.

Luckily for me, I had a very specific style in mind that's not very common and I literally scrolled through 538 dresses on their website and they didn't have a single one like my vision. Aw so sad, dropped a boat load of money at a local boutique

Ha.

It is tempting: "Ooooo, that's cute, and only $535!" But no. *slaps hand* Not worth it!

mimiphin · January 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFl0gTu5O4w in case anyone was wondering

hikebikebemerry · January 2014

@mimiphin thanks for the video!

This was so dumb. So, so dumb.

btw, I thought the commercial was dumb.

Vivandiere8 · January 2014

Wow... "and for the bride, it's all about the dress."

That's just embarrassing. And sad. Though to tell you the truth it's probably true for many couples. How many girls out there get married just because they want to have a princess day? Remember that story in the news about the girl who pushed her fiance off the cliff on their honey moon? And had told people before the wedding she was only marrying him because she wanted to have a wedding, but not necessarily be married to him after? Sadly commercials like these just reaffirm, and support girls who think like that.

edandy · January 2014

Vivandiere8 said:

Wow... "and for the bride, it's all about the dress."

That's just embarrassing. And sad. Though to tell you the truth it's probably true for many couples. How many girls out there get married just because they want to have a princess day? Remember that story in the news about the girl who pushed her fiance off the cliff on their honey moon? And had told people before the wedding she was only marrying him because she wanted to have a wedding, but not necessarily be married to him after? Sadly commercials like these just reaffirm, and support girls who think like that.

I know someone IRL who is doing this. She's a cousin of my FI and shes like 19, with no education or money marrying a 27 year old. She's known him less than a year. She obsesses over how shes going to look and how the wedding will go, and has no other plans for the future. I obviously don't know their relationship but most of the family agrees it's more of a PPD than anything. Ugh.

buttercup1958 · January 2014

I just saw that commercial and i laughed so hard that i scared my dog from his slumber. who thought that was a good idea for a commercial?

Artemischief · January 2014

@buttercup1958 are you watching SYTTD Bridesmaids too? I did the same thing, but woke up my cat!

buttercup1958 · January 2014

Artemischief yes i am! shows how much of a party girl i am! haha

kerbohl · January 2014

I'm from Canada, and we have these "Spence Diamonds" commercials on my radio station, and they drive me nuts! Before Christmas it was all "hey guys, she's expecting a big diamond, but don't worry, we won't turn anyone away no matter how poor"! Now it's all "hey, you moron guys, your girlfriend was expecting a diamond for Christmas and you didn't give it, but at least it's Valentine's Day soon. Get a big diamond!" Paraphrased, of course.

grumbledore · January 2014

mimiphin said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFl0gTu5O4w in case anyone was wondering

WOW. That was much worse than I expected. Like, offensive levels of bad.

lovesclimbing · January 2014

Eww. That's just terrible! I heard a comedian joke once that "trust me, guys, if she could get married without you even being there, she would!" I just hate that attitude.

abbyj700 · January 2014

I think it's terribly sad how grooms get the short end of the stick on their wedding days. In the last few weeks my FI kept repeating during wedding conversations that it is "my special day" so whatever I wanted was fine. I finally sat him down and talked to him about it - letting his know that it's OUR day and that anything that is important to him or me should be discussed and done. He decided yesterday to attend a Bridal Show with me and two of my bridesmaid - I had kept asking him to go and really didn't think he wanted to - after the "it's OUR day - let's do what WE want - not just me" - he decided to go. And now has huge opinions on what he and his guys will wear and what he'd like the invitations to kinda look like amongst other things. I'm happy - while I find some of his thoughts kinda insane - I'm so happy that he can get excited and feel special for the day. Shit commercials like this really are teaching men and women so poorly to have a gender divide that shouldn't exist...

Cookie Pusher · January 2014

FI is the one who wants the wedding, so I don't make very many decisions without consulting him. We see eye to eye on almost everything we've planned so far. This is his day too, and I want him to be involved. After all, if it truly was MY day, we'd be jetting to Vegas and eloping!

afox007 · January 2014

FI threw a fit after seeing this commercial this morning. He decided that with that attitude towards the wedding the marriage would be annulled the next day. This way the bride gets "her day" and the groom can run far far away!

Vivandiere8 · January 2014

You know if we all give it thumbs down when we see it posted on youtube and such maybe they will keep from making such horrible adds in the future

HisGirlFriday13 · January 2014

DH and I may or may not have had a slight disagreement in a craft store about the colour of the candles, votive holders, and tissue paper.

One of us was concerned about whether the orange of the votives was more of an amber or a pumpkin colour.

That person was not me.

Cheetah2B · January 2014

FH asked if I saw it, bc we had both tv's on the same channel. It was several hours later I noticed it. Seriously, wtf? Aside from paper products and my gown, he's had a say in everything. Even he was like "I've been raised it's about the girl, marrying you is the important part, but damn it! It's MY MONEY TOO". Lmao he's such a jack ass when he wants to be.

I've scrapped using them. When I had major issues at the one closest to me, I said F it. Especially when it took 3 to hunt me down and say they couldn't find my info, and I almost went stupid. WTF does it matter about my info?! I hadn't made choices yet FFS!

abbyj700 · January 2014

HisGirlFriday - LOVE laughing at/with your post. While my FI has repeated "it's your day honey" - he also is having specific issues with the EXACT orange everything has to be! And ya know what -while it's funny - it's his day too and I love that he's being that passionate!

Cookie Pusher · January 2014

HisGirlFriday13 said:

DH and I may or may not have had a slight disagreement in a craft store about the colour of the candles, votive holders, and tissue paper. One of us was concerned about whether the orange of the votives was more of an amber or a pumpkin colour. That person was not me.

There's a chance FI was more upset than I was when the coffee filters we dyed royal blue for our "florals" turned out to be powder blue when they dried...

PolarBearFitz · January 2014

Definitely had a florist give me the 'it's your day and all about you speech' in front of my mom over the weekend. My response? 'No it really isn't as I have a groom too.'

She still insisted it's all about me. *sigh*

She was really really nice and sweet but I really hate when people give me that speech. Please do not perpetuate 'the bride is all that matters' to me because it will fall on deaf ears.

grumbledore · January 2014

Last night my FI had to cajole me into looking through a catalog at cutesy wedding favors. I hate this mentality that seems popular right now. It's like those awful cake toppers where the bride is dragging the groom by the neck. Just. Stop.

LDay2014 · January 2014

this is the one that gets me...the stupid crest commercial. No wonder men think we're crazy...You've never even said 'Hello' but already planning your life as soulmates and your children *GAG*

http://youtu.be/E-anmVGZv2c

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