[sageb1]

As a society, we certainly have become quick to judge, haven't we? I watched two hours of FOX & Friends coverage of this story this morning and I'm glad the show is over. There is a fiance, two families, and many friends who were close to Jennifer and who are confused and struggling to understand what happened.

One of the most dangerous aspects of interactive talk shows is that the hosts and their guests tend to over-speculate and they say things that are little more than kneejerk reactions to an evolving story of which the facts are not known.

The profiler who accused the runaway bride of narcissism seemed pretty narcissistic herself - so much so that I was wondering if she was running for political office.

The media benefitted from this story and they are partially responsible for the seeming magnitude of the situation, and possibly, even for the amount of time and money spent by the Gwinnett County police, the GBI, and the FBI. This isn't a bad thing because the media has been helpful in other recent cases and we don't want to discourage them for being involved.

But I think we "experts" have to back off and wait for the facts to come in instead of believing we have the right to hang around in attack mode.

There may be other issues here that we are not aware of, but if it was a case of emotional breakdown over a huge wedding, then maybe it's time for a discussion about how stressful planning a wedding has become. I've seen other brides come very close to doing what she did. They just want the wedding part of the marriage to be over and done with.

When I got married, I was pretty stressed out beforehand, and I did so little in comparison to what women do nowadays. I didn't have my hair done. I didn't have my nails done. I threw on some eye makeup, which is the only makeup I wore in those days. My wedding dress cost $120. Weddings have really gotten out of control, expense-wise and in the amount of things brides are expected to do.

[Ditter]

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[Empireoftheatom48]

I have payed for three weedings in three years. I could have bought a top of the line corvet. But Hey it's only money!!! Sob!!!

[TAdams8591]

"Weddings have really gotten out of control, expense-wise and in the amount of things brides are expected to do."

I couldn't agree more. It's beome utterly insane.

[hardworking]

Weddings have really gotten out of control, expense-wise and in the amount of things brides are expected to do.

Oh, for pete's sake! If a wedding is large (or in this case, huge) there is at least one event planner, assisted by a team of people, to do all the leg work. In fact, the bigger and more well-funded, the less the bride has to do - she gets treated like a royal princess and just has to 'show up' at the various events. Ask the new Mrs. Donal Trump about that.