We live in a society where wedding is really important part of our culture. But nowadays we can observe that people are turning the bride and groom’s big day into something that shows their wealth. Celebrities are also playing part is this wedding fiasco which is promoting this unfortunate trend even more. From pointless mehndi and manyo fuctions, renting very expensive banquet halls, useless dance numbers to serving 19-20 types of dishes people are wasting their money just to show their relatives, neighbors and their acquaintances that they are rich which makes no sense at all because why are people seeking other people’s approval? Why do they think that by being pretentious will make them better than others? and the sad thing is that other people and guests still find something to complain about especially the desi aunties who either keep passing bad remarks about how the food is too oily or spicy or how the bride’s/groom’s dress isn’t good enough. This is important to think about because people are taking cues from other people and think that they are a competition of some sort because they have to show themselves better than others and they want their son’s/ daughter’s wedding to be better than all their relatives and acquaintances and for that they are willing to spend even more money which is very disgraceful. And the main problem is that because of this people’s expectations are increasing especially from the bride’s family but not everyone has the same amount of money and privileges which has turned the wedding of their daughters into a feeling of apprehension and is very stressful for them and keeps them on edge because they keep thinking are they doing enough or are people satisfied with everything.
In my opinion weddings should be simple and free of any pointless functions regardless of how much money one has. And if the parents really want to spend money they should donate that money to a charity or even better they could simply transfer that cash amount into their son’s/daughter’s bank account so they can spend the money as they like it. This will also make things easier for the people who aren’t that privileged and overall make our society better. All we need is just taking an initiative and start this change from within our homes, we could talk to our parents, relatives about bringing this change and we could even set this example by making our wedding simple and not pretentious so we can tell others that they can bring a good change if they want to.