One of my favorite ways of procrastinating is to hop on Pinterest. This social media site has become extremely influentual when it comes to weddings (even I have a board called “The Perfect Wedding.” Judge me. “With its heavily female demographic and emphasis on DIY derring-do, Pinterest and brides go together like love and marriage. But it's not just the women in white who are touchscreen-tapping into the power of the 2-year-old site,” says this USA Today article.
“It's changing the industry" for vendors, planners and magazines, says Anne Fulenwider, editor in chief of Brides. Since she took over the title in November, Pinterest has "exploded and really changed the conversation." With social media sites like this taking over a large part of the industry, how are wedding TV shows keeping up?
The answer: by getting crazier. The more “Bride-zilla” a person can be, the more “entertaining” the episode. But why is this so entertaining?? I personally think its so women can watch these shows, maybe their fiance is tuned out in the room over, and the can yell over, “Hey, look at this girl! I’m normal compared to her!”
Wedding planning is definitely stressful, but often times we forget that these “reality” shows are manufactuered. Often producers "encourage" this crazy behavior to stimulate fights, tears, and the like. Americans love it! ...But personally, I think its a little overdone.
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