from a recent wedding I photographed... friends trashed their getaway car. it smelled. what do you think about the groomsmen "dressing up" the car? fortunately, adam threatened his friends beforehand so our car was clean from anything trashy. maybe a little car paint is ok? besides this example, how much is too much?
that's disgusting. Is that green chile and pasta?
ReplyDeleteI think a little paint, maybe some streamers and balloons are efficient. Hopefully they could see well enough to get to a car wash before the big honeymoon.
when their cousin got married, my husbands brothers rewired the getaway car so the horn went off everytime they used the brakes. super annoying. we had to go WAY out of our way to hide our car so it wouldn't get trashed.
ReplyDeleteit is one of those traditions i don't think should be a tradition. somehow "decorating" the new couples car has become, lets make it as gross and awful as possible.
ReplyDeleteand then you hear those awful stories of people hiding in the back of cars, or worse, in hotel rooms.
it's all bonkers.
Nice friends -- I'd rather elope than deal w/ friends like that. :)
ReplyDeleteI think this is rude and distasteful. I'm all for a good laugh but this crossed the line in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a silly tradition, and when I get married my friends and family will know in no uncertain terms that decorating the car is out of the question. I think this is what makes a hired getaway car (thinking vintage convertible or a great limo) such a great idea.
ReplyDeleteWhenI got married my husbands old roomates "decorated" our car with shaving cream, maple syrup, broken spaghetti, dog busciuts, oatmeal, and toliet paper. Not only did it take us more than 2 hours to clean up the car after the wediing brunch, but it scratched the paint :(
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing was very juvenile and distasteful!
Nearly 11 years later I still get angry when I think about it!
when my husband and i got married we told everyone to leave the car alone. (maybe we seemed uncool but my husband has some pretty crazy friends.) anyway, someone still got to it, but just with lipstick. but that was hard enough to get off. i feel for the people who have more disgusting stuff to deal with.
ReplyDeletei agree with the commenter who said this is a tradition that shouldn't be one. who wants to be cleaning their car on their honeymoon? :)
i think there is a tactful way of doing it. i like the classic string & cans tied to the back of the car & maybe writing tasteful things on the window (and ONLY the windows) with something that won't ruin the car.
ReplyDeletei hate seeing cars trashed like this. it's gross & tacky. even worse is when they do the INSIDE of the car. we had a limo pick us up and hid our cars at home when i got married, but a couple we're friends with weren't so lucky. they not only did hideous things to the outside (i.e. writing obscene things on the windows & slathering food all over the car), but they put ky jelly all over the inside! eeek!
Overall, I'm not a fan. Maybe a cute sign w/ some cans, but that's about it!
YUCK! That would not fly at my wedding!
ReplyDeleteewww. here's how every wedding car should be decorated:
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We just got married in July. My husband's sister went to our house and trashed my car, which was in the garage. She sprayed it with shaving cream and put maxi pads all over the paint. She then threw all of the trash into my car. Thankfully we didn't take that car to the hotel. It took 4 men 2 hours to scrape off all of the glue from the maxi pads. It took some of the paint off with the glue. :-( She still thinks we were all too serious about it.
ReplyDeleteWe threatened by husband's oh-so-immature brother with damage to his prized fishing boat if he dared touch our car. Needless to say, our car went unscathed. It was the beginning of my reign of terror. :)
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of car defacement on wedding days. I lived in Spain a while back and on wedding days they decorate the Bride and Groom's car so beautifully....gorgeous flowers, ribbons, etc...nothing tacky. I would so love for that custom to take over in the USA!
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who, when she got married, had to stop at a car wash right after they left the reception to vacuum out confetti that was everywhere inside the car. I think confetti crosses a line. That would be horrible.
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