# Dog + Bride + Groom = $$$$$ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697 "2011-11-12T16:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/1 "2011-11-12T16:37:04Z")
I have a part time job at an exclusive club. The club prohibits all animals except for service animals. I am an elevator operator, one day a week This couple had a wedding last week. Of course they were told they can’t have their dog. They are having the wedding and reception there and they want the dog to walk down the aisle with them. So the bride’s mother and groom’s mother, actually got together and bought out the club. They reserved all the sleeping rooms They got the three people that live their permanently, suites at the Four Seasons and moved them out. They booked everything in the club that day. From all bowling alley, to the tennis courts, all the function rooms, the handball courts, the swimming pools, everything that can be booked was booked. They agreed to pay to have a special cleaning crew come in and clean any room the dog has been in I don’t know what it cost them, but they did it just so they could have this dog in the club. Now the dog was nice, but it was a mutt. These rich people own this collie sized dog that is a hairy mutt. Very friendly, but he is probably a mix of every dog that has ever existed. He was supposed to set at the front door, to greet guest when they arrived, but kept sneaking out when the doormen weren’t looking. So I took him in my elevator and drove him up and down most of the day. He liked that. Can you believe some people have so much money. First of all I question a dog walking down the aisle with the bride, but hey that’s her business, but to buy out an entire club. I can’t imagine what it must’ve cost them to do that. They did that soley so they could have the dog in their wedding. What do you all think? So people got too much money 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/2 "2011-11-12T16:40:01Z")
Please tell us you have a pic of the wonder mutt and post it here. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/3 "2011-11-12T16:40:49Z")
Well, I suppose that’s one way to stimulate the economy… ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/4 "2011-11-12T16:49:36Z")
Not that I don’t enjoy ragging on the rich as much as the next person, because I do, truly. But imagine for a moment you have a gazillion dollars. Being you, of course you are neither showy nor extravagant in your tastes. No designer dogs, you have raised your children to be grounded and not entitled brats. You give large and regularly to many worthy causes. So, once you have a fast car or three, a fancy house/condo or two, etc, etc. What you going to do with your money? If you’re not into extravagant lifestyle or conspicuous consumption, what will you value enough to splash out on? And would you want to be judged because of it, when you do? As it seems they treated everyone equitably in achieving their goals, I’m inclined to smile and say ‘to each their own’. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/5 "2011-11-12T16:55:23Z")
Didn’t someone once post a wedding vid where instead of a ring bearer, the bride and groom taped the ring to a roomba vacuum cleaner and sent it down the aisle. (Guess they couldn’t scare up a little boy?) By comparison that roomba is starting to look pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/6 "2011-11-12T16:55:50Z")
So, some people are homeless and some kids are hungry or don’t have winter coats. But a bride and a groom got to have the dog with them at their wedding. Nice to know some people have their priorities straigth. :mad: :rolleyes: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/7 "2011-11-12T16:59:56Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > So, some people are homeless and some kids are hungry or don’t have winter coats. > But a bride and a groom got to have the dog with them at their wedding. > > Nice to know some people have their priorities straigth. :mad: :rolleyes: 😕 I can only get behind this if you think all excess money should go in this manner and that people should never have more money than they need. If you agree with that, fine. If not, then why is it okay for you to spend $1000 on a vacation but not for these people to do what they want with their money? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/8 "2011-11-12T17:03:39Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > So, some people are homeless and some kids are hungry or don’t have winter coats. > But a bride and a groom got to have the dog with them at their wedding. > > Nice to know some people have their priorities straigth. :mad: :rolleyes: 😕 You could buy a homeless person a nice meal with your Internet access fees, too… ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/9 "2011-11-12T17:09:06Z")
I bet these people have one of those new [$6,500 toilets](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/technology/personaltech/kohlers-numi-is-everything-one-wants-in-a-toilet-and-more.html) too. They probably have 2 of them, one for them and one for their dog. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/10 "2011-11-12T17:09:58Z")
The title of this thread can be badly misinterpreted. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/11 "2011-11-12T17:29:07Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > So, some people are homeless and some kids are hungry or don’t have winter coats. > But a bride and a groom got to have the dog with them at their wedding. > > Nice to know some people have their priorities straigth. :mad: :rolleyes: 😕 How do you know that they don’t also donate millions to charity every year? I agree that spending that kind of money on a wedding is ridiculously extravagant but besides the club, a lot of money went into the economy for it. I assume that florists, musicians, waiters, caterers, etc got paid nice money to provide for the event. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/12 "2011-11-12T17:32:34Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Didn’t someone once post a wedding vid where instead of a ring bearer, the bride and groom taped the ring to a roomba vacuum cleaner and sent it down the aisle. (Guess they couldn’t scare up a little boy?) By comparison that roomba is starting to look pretty good. That was OpalCat. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/13 "2011-11-12T18:39:43Z")
They didn’t spend all that money to have their dog at the wedding. They spent all that money to have the wedding of their dreams at a specific venue. Had your employer stood firm on the no-dogs rule, the bride and groom would have simply taken their wedding to another club. I would never spend that kind of money on a wedding, but as long as folks have the right to burn their disposable income on things not directly needed for their physical survival, who am I to criticize? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/14 "2011-11-12T18:51:06Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > So, some people are homeless and some kids are hungry or don’t have winter coats. > But a bride and a groom got to have the dog with them at their wedding. > > Nice to know some people have their priorities straigth. :mad: :rolleyes: 😕 So some people are homeless and some kids are hungry or don’t have winter coats. But **J-P L** has a computer, internet access and a $25,000 car. Nice to know some people have their priorities straight. :mad: :rolleyes: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/15 "2011-11-12T19:09:01Z")
Well, it’s their money. Too bad the pooch doesn’t know how much he’s valued. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/16 "2011-11-12T19:19:14Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Well, it’s their money. Too bad the pooch doesn’t know how much he’s valued. I’m sure he does. I probably wouldn’t go that far for my two but they already believe they’re the centre of our universe. It’s not like they fed the money to the dog, they spent the money on goods and services which support the employment of others. Consumption is an excellent way to support the economy. The rich people you should be complaining about are the ones sitting on all their cash and doing nothing with it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/17 "2011-11-12T20:06:47Z")
I wonder what the dog’s duties were on the wedding night . . . ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/18 "2011-11-12T20:38:28Z")
At our wedding, we hired a Kodiak to be our ring bear. rowr ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/19 "2011-11-12T21:28:42Z")
When I married, my husband’s K9 stood with us, along with my two children. Except for a few extra bucks for his bow tie, it didn’t cost any extra, but it was important to us, symbolically, because we were not just uniting two people, but two families. If we’d had some big fancy to-do, we’d perhaps have spent more on the dog specifically. It was just one of our priorities. (And I love the memory of the dog nibbling on the ribbons from my bouquet during our vows. That will always be more important than the venue or the cost of my dress.) I have a lot of issues with conspicuous consumption, but I can’t fault someone for ensuring that their family is included in such a meaningful event. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697/20 "2011-11-12T21:50:27Z")
I can’t believe the venue was more important than the dog. I mean, they could have gone somewhere else and had the dog without going to such trouble. Why was the place THAT important? What if they HADNT been able to buy everyone out? I have no problems with people spending whatever to get what they want, but this is…weird. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bride-groom/602697.md?page=2)