Weddings .......

I occasionally pop onto Mumsnet and am fascinated (horrified?) at the character of weddings now and all that surrounds them.

No longer a happy occasion to welcome someone new into the family and make a lifelong commitment they seem to have become a performance. One bride is insisting that her young mixed race bridesmaids straighten their hair for the occasion - what the heck?!

None of this reflects my experience with my own DDs nor their many friends' weddings. Is it just Mumsnet women?

I would be interested to know whether anyone has experienced this sort of behaviour in real life or with their own families.

And as for over-the-top expensive and sometimes abroad hen and stag dos - what is that about?

Am I just an old fuddy-duddy?