My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

MrsH_08 · May 2011

I watched some of this last night. Crazy stuff!! Did anyone watch?

(Sorry if it was already discussed. I tried to find it. I've been kinda spotty on here, lately.)

Ciaram22 · May 2011

That show was crazy. They talked about their high morals yet they allow 6 year old to get spray tans and dress like hookers. The dresses all looked like crappy Pnina Tornai knock offs. Who would wear a dress that had 550 yards of pink netting and weighed twice as much as you do? Then after your first communion you have to be carried to the car because you can't walk any farther.

Plus the fact that the girls cant go out alone and are bred to be housewives, pulled out of school at age 11 to help raise their siblings. Then to get married at 17 and start a family.

MrsH_08 · May 2011

Ciaram22:
That show was crazy. They talked about their high morals yet they allow 6 year old to get spray tans and dress like hookers. The dresses all looked like crappy Pnina Tornai knock offs. Who would wear a dress that had 550 yards of pink netting and weighed twice as much as you do? Then after your first communion you have to be carried to the car because you can't walk any farther.
Plus the fact that the girls cant go out alone and are bred to be housewives, pulled out of school at age 11 to help raise their siblings. Then to get married at 17 and start a family.

Yes, all of this! And I was totally thinking about the Pnina thing, too! (We still watch Say Yes to the Dress.) :-) The one girl said it's common to have pain in your hips from a dress: "The more bleeds, the better the dress." WTF?

iHeartHimMore · May 2011

Ooh! I forgot that I set the DVR for both episodes last night. I'll come back after I check them out.

pinktulips · May 2011

I thought it was crazy addiciting. I had never heard of Irish Travellers before, so I then stayed up way to late googling.

I want to see more.

kaskade · May 2011

So addicting! I usually avoid all the TLC and the like shows because I know I'll just get hooked, but I got sucked in last night. I remember seeing Irish Traveller wedding stuff when planning my wedding and just being amazed.

Seriously though, still not sure how this is a "culture."

kaskade · May 2011

And holy crap - wiki says that over half of Travellers don't live past 39 years old.

missv2828 · May 2011

Yes i saw the show as well its was good but crazy you know kept getting more crazy and more crazy...

JRS72206 · May 2011

Just added yet another train wreck to the dvr!

iHeartHimMore · May 2011

Okay - I watched. W.T.F.....??? Why do all the young girls (6yo!!) dress (and dance!) like hookers? And WTH was with the mom of the non-traveller bride? She looked like she had rubbed mud all over her face. Worst fake tan EVER.

MrsH_08 · May 2011

kaskade:
I remember seeing Irish Traveller wedding stuff when planning my wedding and just being amazed.

I remember seeing these types of crazy big dresses, some with led lights, ginormous tiaras, etc, while planning, too. I didn't realize it was from a certain culture; just people with bad taste.

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