Ladies, ladies, ladies.
Seriously? We may as well come right out and say it.
Let’s be even more direct.
LOL 
(*sob*). Oh dear. The awful part? She’s not alone.
There are many better things to do than taking your wedding daydreams (those are okay!) and constructing elaborate fantasies on Pinterest (thatz just kinda sad). We all want to find our soulmate, but will picking your centerpieces now help?
When you’re not only looking for the guy who will propose with a well-planned flashmob, but expending enough energy on the prospect that you’ve planned your wedding to him right down to your underwear (lace boxers, of course), you may be veering into obsession. Let’s recap:
Acceptable obsessions:
- Attending weddings and the inevitable, enjoyable snarking about the decor; occasionally daydreaming about your own nuptials
- Ryan Gosling
- Pugs
Unacceptable obsessions:
- Wedding planning and pinning when you’re not engaged
- Stalking Ryan Gosling IRL
- Borrowing pugs you don’t own, stuffing them into cute outfits, taking photos, and using them as the caller profile pics for contacts on your phone
Think of what you could do with all the time that would be freed up without imaginary wedding planning. You could master the fine art of crochet! Learn computer coding! Do one nail in each of these elaborate styles (chevron! ombre! hooker gets ahold of a bedazzler!). In other words, things you can do yourself, that you have control over.
Making someone love you? It doesn’t fall into that category.
As a great feminist once said, a woman needs a man like a fish needs one of those fish tank castle things (or something along those lines). Nice to have, but you know. This feminist also said, or would have said: a woman needs an elaborate wedding fantasy like a fish needs water laced with sulfuric acid, which is to say, she’s probably better off without.
At the very least, you don’t have to get all Snow White about it on Pinterest.
And some parents say exposing their little girls to princess stories doesn’t warp them for life.
Whenever I see a friend pinning tons of wedding pins, I always assume they’ve gotten engaged. I’ve never been right. Guess what they say about assuming is right….
Amen! I’m totally weirded out by imaginary wedding boards. It makes girls seem creepy, weak, and weird, like they’re just waiting for some guy to “trap” and marry. BTW, I love your blog and I follow you on pinterest!
Not to mention that while they may get a “whatever you want, dear” guy to marry, they could also wind up with a man with actual opinions about the wedding who will, like, you know, totally ruin your perfect day by insisting on part of it being stuff he likes too.