OK, I think we had a thread somewhere but I can't find it. I watch The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. It's my guilty pleasure. Right now, I'm watching Sean and Catherine's wedding for the first time (stupid ABC made it so you can't watch episodes online until a week later.) I find myself shaking my head almost every minute.
-Right now, they're saying their vows. And Sean says, "You had me hooked from the beginning." Really? Because I'm pretty sure a couple weeks ago, you said to Juan Pablo (the current Bachelor) to keep an open mind with his 27 ladies because "Catherine wasn't even on my radar until a few weeks in." Get your story straight, bro.
-Catherine's vows weren't even really vows. All she vowed to do was love him forever. It just seemed super frivolous and light. Personally, I take vows seriously and I think there's a reason people often use the same vows that have been said for a long time (in sickness and health, for richer for poorer, etc.). Sean at least made a few promises: be a good father, put her first, love you forever.
-I can't get over how TMI this whole wedding is. The whole obsession with not having had sex. Showing him lingerie shopping. Her getting ready for boudoir photos. The honeymoon suite cam. It's just TMI. For two people (or at least Sean), who seem to have pretty conservative and Christian values, I just can't believe they are telling so much to the whole world. Your kids are going to watch this someday. You really want them to hear and see all this?
-On that topic, she kept talking about this "grown sexy" theme. And she mentioned that it's like her growing up and she wants to make sure Sean sees her as a woman. And she essentially said that having sex for the first time with him would be when he saw her as a woman. At least, that's how I interpreted it. So basically, you're saying that you've felt like a kid and he's seen you as a kid your entire relationship? That just seems a little off and maybe a bit creepy.
-Personal opinion, but I think the ceremony site was ugly, ugly, ugly. SO MANY FLOWERS. It was just too much.
-I did appreciate that Sean's father didn't talk about the purity of gold as a symbol, but rather just it being a previous metal. Whenever I hear the purity of gold in the ring used as a metaphor, I just want to roll my eyes. No one's ring is pure gold. The max normally used for jewelry is 18 karat and that is rarely used for rings. Rings are usually 10 or 14 karat. Pure gold is 24 karat. So I hear someone talking about the purity of the gold in their ring as a metaphor for the purity of their love, I think "really? I guess their love isn't really very pure then."
End rant.
Anyone else watch the wedding and have opinions?