Why Fridays are the Best

There are many things to like about Fridays; the start of the weekend, casual Fridays, it starts with the letter F and thanks to Rebecca Black it has it was the most celebrated day of the week on youtube in 2011.  

While those are all valid reasons to love this day of all days, my reason tops the list: Wedding day on TLC!! 

Every Friday night, TLC offers up some of the best entertainment on television, from Say Yes to the Dress which is my personal favourite, its spin-offs Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, Bridesmaids and Big Bliss, Four Weddings and Brides of Beverly Hills.

Why would I much rather stay inside in my pjs instead of heading out with my peers on a Friday night of debauchery and bad decisions? Well there are many reasons, but one of them is that I really really like weddings.

I’m not sure when this obsession began; I was pretty anti-wedding, anti-marriage for awhile. Maybe it was because I just saw marriage as a socio-economic construct that had no basis in society. However, that all changed when I watched my first ever wedding show, which was Say Yes to the Dress.

It wasn’t only about the dresses, which were pretty spectacular, it was more about the different family dynamics that entered the store on every episode, the stories of how the bride met her fiancé and why they are together and the financial struggles that are revealed during the length of the appointment. It is all endlessly fascinating.

Maybe it is because I am a hopeless romantic, or the fact that I will always be sucked in by a good story. It probably comes down to the fact that I’m living vicariously through these people who seem so happy and blissed out. But I do know that it really isn’t about the wedding and the party, it’s about the day that these two people confirm in front of everyone they know, and a lot of people they don’t that they are proud to be with that person, for however long it may last.

I know that all the hoopla surrounding these big days is not for me, I would prefer a very small wedding, 30-50 people or maybe I’ll elope. But I will always love watching other people’s huge spectacles.