[MississippiMan]

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.

And what percentage of weddings do you suppose are run "correctly?" I dare say the percentage is small.

As for myself, I certainly celebrate the institution of marriage. I'm in a 26-year happy one myself. But I hate weddings. I find them almost as depressing as funerals. Having talked to numerous other men who feel the same way, it's easy to believe that most men who go to a wedding by themselves must have a very good reason to do so. :-)

MM

[nopardons]

The vast majority of weddings and receptions, that I've been to ( and I've been to many, ranging from extremely expensive ones to ones that didn't cost much at all ) were done correctly. That doesn't mean that I haven't seen some weird invitations, or that some weddings and receptions weren't awful,but for the most part, yes, about 95% were correctly done.

Some men hate weddings; some don't.

And I'd wager to say, that if you had gone and found my daughter's wedding "depressing", then there would have to be something wrong with you. LOL