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[Puzzle Piece]

THAT would be one guy I would never marry nor date again! 

What a very Stoopid thing to do. 

[Lucky Charm]

I can't believe the police would participate--as in they really need to be portrayed as *quick to shoot*?

I guess it's not a shotgun wedding....

[Vivian]

Absurd, stupid, and dangerous. What's wrong with a traditional, heartfelt, romantic proposal? Some people just don't get it.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@cherry wrote:

I would never get involved with someone that was that big of an exhibitionist to begin with.

I am a private person and the idea of taking a moment meant only for 2, and turning it into a sideshow repels me

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I am totally with you on this, @cherry. I don't understand the need for that much attention or trying to make something like that go viral. 

I am totally over viral proposals, promposals (why are those even a thing at all?!?!), wedding dances, pregnancy announcements, and baby gender reveal parties. I get documenting things for yourself, but publically documenting every big moment in your life just seems way too narcissistic for me. Get over yourselves. And get off my lawn!

[suzyQ3]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@cherry wrote:

I would never get involved with someone that was that big of an exhibitionist to begin with.

I am a private person and the idea of taking a moment meant only for 2, and turning it into a sideshow repels me

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I am totally with you on this, @cherry. I don't understand the need for that much attention or trying to make something like that go viral. 

I am totally over viral proposals, promposals (why are those even a thing at all?!?!), wedding dances, pregnancy announcements, and baby gender reveal parties. I get documenting things for yourself, but publically documenting every big moment in your life just seems way too narcissistic for me. Get over yourselves. And get off my lawn!

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@ChynnaBlue, hmm, the need for attention, grandstanding, making every thought a tweet -- where have I been seeing such behavior lately?

[Pqfan]

If they did that to me the wedding would be off.

Or at least on hold until they get some mental help.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@cherry wrote:

I would never get involved with someone that was that big of an exhibitionist to begin with.

I am a private person and the idea of taking a moment meant only for 2, and turning it into a sideshow repels me

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I am totally with you on this, @cherry. I don't understand the need for that much attention or trying to make something like that go viral. 

I am totally over viral proposals, promposals (why are those even a thing at all?!?!), wedding dances, pregnancy announcements, and baby gender reveal parties. I get documenting things for yourself, but publically documenting every big moment in your life just seems way too narcissistic for me. Get over yourselves. And get off my lawn!

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@ChynnaBlue, hmm, the need for attention, grandstanding, making every thought a tweet -- where have I been seeing such behavior lately?

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I'm so sad this is what we've become. 

[Mominohio]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@cherry wrote:

I would never get involved with someone that was that big of an exhibitionist to begin with.

I am a private person and the idea of taking a moment meant only for 2, and turning it into a sideshow repels me

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I am totally with you on this, @cherry. I don't understand the need for that much attention or trying to make something like that go viral. 

I am totally over viral proposals, promposals (why are those even a thing at all?!?!), wedding dances, pregnancy announcements, and baby gender reveal parties. I get documenting things for yourself, but publically documenting every big moment in your life just seems way too narcissistic for me. Get over yourselves. And get off my lawn!

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@ChynnaBlue

You spoke my mind. 

I really don't have a problem with people doing many of those things for just themselves and most immediate people in their lives, but I'm sick to death of the constant attention people need to get with all these 'announcements'.

They are done in public, or posted on social media, often times in hopes of being picked up by the media. We have one couple in our family that got engaged, and had about a million "engagement' pictures posted online, then she got pregnant and there were engagement pics done with the big belly thing. The wedding got postponed by the pregnancy, so after that, there were engagement pics with the baby, then a year after the birth even more engagement pics about a month before the wedding. 

The wedding was called off just about two weeks before the date. All that public display of 'look at me, look at me' did nothing toward creating a solid and long lasting relationship. Maybe some more time should have been spent considering the choosing of a mate and developing a relationship, and not a photographer and grandstanding about a relationship that obviously wasn't what they portrayed in social media.

So many today are all about the attention.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@Mominohio wrote:

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@ChynnaBlue

You spoke my mind. 

I really don't have a problem with people doing many of those things for just themselves and most immediate people in their lives, but I'm sick to death of the constant attention people need to get with all these 'announcements'.

They are done in public, or posted on social media, often times in hopes of being picked up by the media. We have one couple in our family that got engaged, and had about a million "engagement' pictures posted online, then she got pregnant and there were engagement pics done with the big belly thing. The wedding got postponed by the pregnancy, so after that, there were engagement pics with the baby, then a year after the birth even more engagement pics about a month before the wedding. 

The wedding was called off just about two weeks before the date. All that public display of 'look at me, look at me' did nothing toward creating a solid and long lasting relationship. Maybe some more time should have been spent considering the choosing of a mate and developing a relationship, and not a photographer and grandstanding about a relationship that obviously wasn't what they portrayed in social media.

So many today are all about the attention.

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Oh, such a sad story. I think people are way too caught up in the pomp and circumstance and forget what they're really celebrating in the first place.

My friend shared a pregnancy announcement video her sister-in-law had made. It was TWENTY MINUTES LONG. It started with a 5-minute video that made up the actual announcement and then spent another 15-minutes on photos of the couple's life together. Why would anyone need that much time to tell people they're having a baby.  UGH.

A couple of months later, they had another video for the gender reveal. I can't even imagine what they'll do for the actual birth, but I'm sure it will be completely awful.

[Greeneyedlady21]

I saw that on tv last night. Everything has to be a sideshow and about garnering attention these days. It's a real sickness in this country.

I too don't understand police officers participating in that. Very strange and unprofessional.