Mrs. Lovebug, Tucson
Age and Occupation in 06: 31, Writer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Professional Game Show Contestant
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: April 19, 2008
Venue: Historic Inn
About Me: Likes: blogging, wikis, semi-colons, cuddling, fragrant flowers, syntax, and spooning. Dislikes: typos, dangling modifiers, flypaper, citronella candles, and run-ons. If I had my druthers, I'd exchange simple vows in a candlelit library. But I lost my druthers long ago...anyone seen them?
True Bride Confessions
May 17th, 2007 @ 9:29 am by Mrs. Lovebug
Seems it’s a world full of heavy consciences. First there was Post Secret. Then there was Group Hug. And now, True Bride Confessions.
We got word of this site when it was launched a few days ago, but we figured we’d wait a couple of weeks until there was a nice cache of super scandalous, juicy secrets to post about. Goal achieved early.
The (sometimes wicked, sometimes sweet) confessions are listed in order by date. I spent half an hour riveted by what women want to get off their chests. And I think it’s a fantastic idea: a place to vent, to unload, to bitch, to brag…
But what’s really interesting are the clickable “me too” tags showing the number of co-conspirators in that given secret. I was blown away at the sheer prevalance of some of these very strong feelings.
Some examples from the site (numbered, to make commenting easier 
)
1. “I’ve been married just six months and I’ve already broken my vows. Oh shit!” me too (0)
2. “My mother wore white to MY wedding” me too (3)
3. “I detest my husband’s attitude about what marriage ’should’ be.” me too (5)
4. “I asked my girlfriend to be MOH when she was the same size as me. Now she’s lost 40 lbs. I hate her and don’t want her to even come to my wedding.” me too (4)
5. “I recently decided to hyphenate my last name, and I sprung it on my fiance at a dinner with some friends of ours so he couldn’t say anything about it. Hey, I’m a professional and am known in my community by my name, so getting rid of my last name might hurt my career. The kids will get his name, but I’m hyphenating.” me too (0)
6. “I have never been as alone as I have been since getting married” me too (4)
7. “I’m scared my fiance is going to sleep with other women (ie strippers) at his bachelor party, but I can’t stop him from having strippers, can I? Because I want to.” me too (4)
8. “I’m only marrying my husband for his money.” me too (18)
9. “My parents are spending a lot of money on this wedding and I’m secretly thrilled by it. My heart jumps every time Mom puts down the credit card. I’m nearly 30 years old, a hippy who works for a non-profit, and I’m getting a princess wedding. I love it but tell all my friends I’m doing it to make my mom happy.” me too (1)
10. “I hate how much time I’m spending thinking about vegetarian options.” me too (7)
Now here’s MY confession: as I looked through six pages of these secrets, I clicked “me too” twice.
13 Responses to “True Bride Confessions”
here’s also the original bridal confession site that’s now closed for new confessions, but has an extensive archive of old ones: http://www.weddingbee.com/2005/02/15/bridal-confessions/…
a little guilty pleasure for our thursday mornings.
I couldn’t believe how many me too’s there were for “I’m only marrying my husband for his money!”
I think it is really sad that so many people responded “me too” to #8. It just shows how little progress women have really made. Pathetic.
wow, I guess, sad but true- you know it’s out there, but when its in print, it hits you that a lot of people are not that happy….
After reading those sometimes I wonder if people marry for less than solid reasons (money, desperate not to feel alone, etc.)….it seems like so much heartache could be avoided in the first place.
Whoa some of them were so funny and other I just felt bad for the bride.
lol @ the marrying for my husbands money… dang hella gold diggers!
that website is like a car crash. you just can’t help but read it all!
Some of those confessions are so sad… like the one that said, “sometimes I feel more sure about my wedding dress than my fiance”…. 17 people “Me too”ed it.
fascinating!
Hi Mrs. Bee - I’m getting a page not found on the link you put up.
This is interesting stuff!
Oh how addictive. Goodness.
