The WIC debunked (Part I)

The WIC (wedding industrial complex) has struck again! Before I got engaged I never saw the point in ordering programs. I mean, why do you need a piece of paper telling you whose getting married? However, over the past eight months, as my addiction to wedding porn has gotten almost unbearable, I had convinced myself of their necessity. Every wedding I saw, and (*almost) every blog I read had programs. They were everywhere. And while I’ve always prided myself on not following the crowd, somewhere along the way I forgot about my program prejudice. I told myself that I needed them, that they were vital to the ceremony. I told myself that this would be a way to recognize those in the wedding party and thank those who had helped us….

Then this past weekend when I was down in FL, my preppy stationary loving Martha Stewart and Betty Crocker’s love child sister (read: my exact opposite) of all people asked me why I was ordering programs.
“You don’t need them and they’re just going to be thrown out” she said. To which my reply was “………..” (I'm quite eloquent aren't I?)


Why did I need them? She was of course completely right. Why do I need to recognize the wedding party in the programs? They will be standing at the front of the church in matching dresses. What about thanking those people who helped out? That’s what a heartfelt handwritten letter and/or gift is for. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve come to really enjoy programs and think are quite gorgeous. Matter of fact, in my head, I even had our own programs written out (they would have been lovely) 

But the truth is ladies that I had been fooled by the bastard that is the WIC. I had stopped seeing programs as simply another piece of pretty stationary and instead had been convinced that they were a vital part of the ceremony. Which is really quite silly of me. You don't need programs, they are just a nice little extra something-something to have. So long story short we have decided to forgo the beloved program.**

 

Anyone else out there not doing programs?

**please don't hold it against me