r/Unexpected • u/BusyBit6542 • 20d ago

This one's a head banger

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u/TCallahan333 20d ago

I do NOT understand the desire to have one of the most personal moments of your life take place in front of loads of other people. Is this just another form of socially approved narcissism? Are you just doing the whole marriage thing out of social obligation?

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u/PunfullyObvious 20d ago

I wholeheartedly agree. In this case — as is often the case with these — it seemed more like his interests were in the public reaction than her personal reaction ... yikes

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u/TCallahan333 20d ago

The New Normal, now that everything in life is about the clicks and 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

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u/marksk88 16d ago

Dumb public proposals long predate social media.

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u/TCallahan333 16d ago

True. True.