Bridezilla: Difference between revisions

* Averted in certain eastern nations, where the girl's ''family'' is traditionally responsible for planning the wedding. Even though brides sometimes choose to get involved, it's often considered a status symbol when she needs to arrive only on the day of the wedding. Aversion goes [[Up to Eleven]] in Southern India, where if the bride has a brother, the entire responsibility falls squarely on his shoulders. On rare occasion, may result in a ''[[Spear Counterpart|male]]'' Bridezilla, a Groomzilla. Note that Indian weddings in general and Hindu weddings in particular tend to have a lot of elements and ceremonies, meaning ample opportunities that someone somewhere goes into 'Zilla antics at any moment, even if the wedding isn't particularly lavish.

** Also averted historically in North America, at least among upper-class families. The bride's mother planned the wedding, the groom's mother planned the rehearsal dinner, and the groom planned the honeymoon. The bride literally had nothing to do but show up. A bride whose mother had died was pitied because she'd have to find another relative to plan her wedding. (As an unmarried woman, she'd never be allowed to do it herself.)

** In certain Middle Eastern countries, the wedding is supposed to be the business of the ''groom's'' family. In more traditional times, the wedding was a general community bash held that started small and at home (in the garden or on the roof) and then spilled out into the street, so planning was pointless: at a certain level, herding cats would be an easier proposition. In some cases, one just set up the tent in the street, put out the food, and maybe got a friend to dance or sing, and hoped for the best. Today, most Middle Easterners live in apartments—hardlyapartments —hardly the best venue for the more traditional sort of wedding—andwedding— and as a result, the expectation is that the groom's family arrange things (as part of the dower), and if the bride's family helps, it's seen as them being nice. You do hear ridiculous stories, but most of these are about the truly immodest sums parents spend on them (they paid ''how much'' to get Famous Singer X to play?) rather than anyone's insistence that things be ''just right''.