Weddingbee Blog

Dubs [duhbz]: noun, a fold of fat beneath the chin; slang for double chin.

“When you look down, I can see your dubs.”

And that, my friends, is Jam-clique lingo, otherwise known as the primary reason we untag Facebook photos. The dubs come out uncontrollably, especially when we’re laughing or looking down…and sometimes without purpose. I recently realized that I have dubs every single time I look down at my phone, which happens to be about 5,000 times a day.

Proof:

Oh my heavens above, I can’t believe I just posted this photo for all to see. There are plenty more where this came from, but I’ll leave them to your imagination. You can thank me later.

With that said, I now present you my biggest wedding-related fear: I am terrified that my dubs will ruin wedding photos, namely photos during the ceremony. I’m expecting it as I daintily wipe a tear with a vintage handkerchief (while looking down), when I put Mr. Jam’s ring onto his finger (ahem, while looking down), and have nervous laugh-attacks (not necessarily looking down, but you never know).

You see? It’s pretty much guaranteed. And even though everyone says losing weight will get rid of the dubs, I know this is not the case because when I was a Skinny Minnie (aka awkward) high schooler, I still had it. And chewing gum to tone up the facial muscles? I chew enough to create enough energy to fuel the entire city of Chicago. No such luck.

But, if you struggle with the dubs like me, I do have one little piece of advice for you: Be aware of your posture. The good ol’ “back straight, shoulders back,” thing should do the trick…or at least keep the dubs from popping up in too many pictures. In the posed photos? You can totally remember to do this.

Although I admit, it’s going to be awfully difficult to concentrate on my posture when, you know, I’m in the middle of GETTING MARRIED. Sheesh. I guess I’ll also have to warn the photographers, too. Just to cover all the bases.

Anybody out there struggle with dubs, too? If you have any valuable hiding tricks up your sleeves, please share! I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that far too many Facebook photos have been untagged already…can we at least spare the wedding photos?!