Seems reasonable. Good hunting guys!
I thought it was was interesting and funny to read in the article:
"...Women have so much trouble admitting they are single [that] they will bring anyone to a wedding," said dating consultant David Wygant. "They hate to answer this question at a wedding: ''Why is a nice girl like you still single?'
"So to avoid the embarrassment, they end up going with a guy they do not like and hoping to hook up with the hot out-of-town friend they met at the rehearsal dinner," Wygant added.
On the flip side, men aren't likely to bring a guest to a wedding unless they are very serious about someone, both out of fear of sending the wrong message to a starry-eyed date and also to make the most of the opportunity..."
Two guys from the N.Y. Post tried it out ( so they could report about it all ) and were almost always thrown out on their ear!
The thing is, when a wedding is run correctly, NO singles, who aren't engaged, or about to be, are allowed to bring a date.
Tables are set with place cards, there are NO extra/empty seats at the wedding breakfast/tea/dinner, so crashers can't stay without being caught.
I saw a few clips from this UNFUNNY movie and there is no way that they could do some of the things they did, without being caught and summarily tossed out on their rears.
Sounds about right.
I suspect males don't feel comfortable going alone to these weddings either if they are alone and want to find a wife (female).
I think it is totally silly. The weddings that I have attended do not promote such encounters. Everyone's attention is on the bride and groom, as it should be. It is, after all, their day.
I have not attended a wedding alone since my husband passed away. I am sure I would feel sad. I miss my husband and my marriage. Also, I would like to fall in love again and get married. However, I have not met any men who want to get married.
I attended a wedding two weeks ago - I was the only single person there. No single ladies, desperate or otherwise.
Generalisations of this type tend to miss the mark.
Regards, Ivan
There was one fellow in the wedding party who I felt kinda bad for. He's a geeky/nerdy type...very intelligent...great if somewhat odd sense of humor...good looking...but just can't get a date. He attended alone...started getting real depressed because all his friends are getting married and he's spinning his wheels.
It became especially apparent the wedding night. Seems like htere's this new deal where the ENTIRE wedding party spends the night with the bride and groom at a hotel. Yuppers over a dozen guyz n gurlz in several rooms adjacent to the bridal suite. Pool party, beer in the bathtub...things are a lot different from when Wife and I tied the knot.
Wife and I were there for a couple of hours as well. It was sad watching this fellow try to mingle when everybody else was pairing off. He and I ended up sitting in one of the rooms and watching coverage os hurricane Dennis...at least until I left early Sunday morning.
That said here are a couple of other highlights/things I learned from the wedding...
For a year all I heard around the house was...wedding this...blah-blah-blah...wedding that...blah-blah-blah. I know their speaking but all I hears was blah-blah-blah...hey I'm a guy.
Here are some of the festive weekend highlights...and prove why guys aren't into weddings.
In no particular order...
Ceremony opened with 5 minute stand up comedy routine byt Pastor Greg...actually was kinda cool in a guy kinda way.
Now the best...
Being chased by the State Police Copter during the drug bust...
Being strafed by the USAF Thunderbirds jets 50 feet above the car on the way to the reception...
The dead or dying deer flying in front of my car after a mini van in the next lane hit the animal...late saturday night coming back from the reception.
I also learned...
I don't even OWN a pair of dark socks.
A white and red USA baseball cap is NOT considered appropriate attire with a tux...even OUTSIDE the church.
Now it wasn't a total loss. I've come up with a new and I suspect very lucrative idea. Weddings planned by, organized by and totally run by and for MEN! Picture this No wimink at the church...They'll be off to the side in their own room where they can talk and take tens of thousands of pictures to their heart's delight. Meanwhile Men will gather for the ceremony using pictures or possibly life size cutouts of the bride and the other wimink. Vows can be taped or phoned in.
Preferably taped.
For the reception ...again the wimink can gather in a side room while Men enjoy a couple of big screen HDTV's...a few kegs ...and finger food...preferably fried....deep fried. Only wimink present will be Hooters girls...or similar ...attending to filling the mugs, plates...etcetera. Who knows you >might< find a gal more...ummm...interesting.
prisoner6
I see this movie as another chance to subtly bash men. Stereotyping men as predators while women are just too sweet to notice, or too desperate to care. This movie furthers the the thought in women that men are to feared and not to be trusted. Subtle but persuasive.
From everything I see about this movie, besides the Hollywood extra drama of course, it seems the premise is spot on. As a former PUA, I found weddings to be almost always chock full of easy prey. And with a good Wing Man ...
Kinda reminds me of ANIMAL HOUSE. One of the stars went to a dorm. where he knew a girl had just died. He acted like he was her boyfriend coming for a date with her. He ended up in a hot steamy car, in the backseat, with a soro. sister who took pity on him.
Haw haw - sounds like a real funny movie - without stds, unwanted pregnancies, or those pesky emotional and spiritual traumas of emptiness that in accompany sleeping around.
use the occasions to their advantage
Worked for me but it wasn't me that made them "vulnerable".
I think the movie looks like it will be a box office bomb.
It doesn't look funny at all. The two bachelors are butt ugly, homely, nasty looking and old and couldn't "hook-up" with cute single bridesmaids if their lives depended on it IRL. Maybe if it starred Brad Pitt or Orlando Bloom it might be believable. The gags in the trailer weren't funny and the trailer usually contains the better jokes.
That's just my 2 cents.
that men, realizing how vulnerable weddings make single women feel, use the occasions to their advantage.
Well, I believe it depends on the bridesmaids. In this case above, all the whiskey in Kentucky could not make me want to "take advantage" of those heifers.
Unfortunately, the bridesmaid's at my sister's wedding (last one I attended, 8 years ago) were all married, although I did wind up getting three dates out of it.
Ping.