# My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499 "2010-02-18T18:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/1 "2010-02-18T18:26:57Z")
I’m speechless. And deeply regretting I live in the US, and won’t be able to watch. > **[Tacky and spectacularly OTT but steeped in traditional values... Channel Four...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251444/Tacky-spectacularly-OTT-steeped-traditional-values--scenes-gypsy-weddings.html)** > > They look like they should be at home dressing up their Barbie dolls, not about to walk up the aisle looking exactly like one. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/2 "2010-02-18T18:45:41Z")
> [@Hedda\_Rosa](#): > > I’m speechless. And deeply regretting I live in the US, and won’t be able to watch. > > [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251444/Tacky-spectacularly-OTT-steeped-traditional-values--scenes-gypsy-weddings.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251444/Tacky-spectacularly-OTT-steeped-traditional-values--scenes-gypsy-weddings.html) If only they show it to a sound track of Gogol Bordello! ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/3 "2010-02-18T18:56:14Z")
That last one in the article has the best bridesmaids dresses I’ve ever seen! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/4 "2010-02-19T16:13:43Z")
Wow, I hope they show it here, I really, really do! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/5 "2010-02-19T17:54:16Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > That last one in the article has the best bridesmaids dresses I’ve ever seen! No kidding, those women could be Ladies in Waiting to the Queen of Hearts. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/6 "2010-02-19T18:21:30Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > That last one in the article has the best bridesmaids dresses I’ve ever seen! On the other hand, the second set of bridesmaids gave me a wicked bad craving for a Blue Raspberry Slurpee. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/7 "2010-02-20T05:21:01Z")
Pleasepleaseplease let this show up somewhere online so I can watch. UK Traveller weddings fascinate me. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/8 "2010-02-20T16:17:03Z")
Agreed. I’d love to see this. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/9 "2010-02-20T20:40:10Z")
I would also love to see this. I was upset when a recent Holocaust remembrance e-mail left out any mention of all the Romani the Nazis killed. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/10 "2010-02-20T23:22:31Z")
It looks to be on YouTube, but you need an account because it’s got naughty language in it. It’s elsewhere as well. Reviews have been mostly positive and it was something of a suprise ratings hit, with over 5m viewers and an audience share of something like 17-18%. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/11 "2010-02-20T23:34:35Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > It looks to be on YouTube, but you need an account because it’s got naughty language in it. On closer viewing, it seems the uploader is 4oDDocumentaries, it’s likely to be region locked as well because it’s all official and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/12 "2011-05-27T03:39:27Z")
Bumping because I found full episodes on YouTube, and it is airing on TLC starting any day now (if not already) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIeoJaI2qy0) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/13 "2011-05-27T12:43:06Z")
Is Rocky Dennis one of Jolene’s bridesmaids? What is up with the girl with the giant face? ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/14 "2011-05-29T13:12:45Z")
It’s on today (Sunday) on TLC. Actually several episodes are on tonight back to back. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/15 "2011-05-29T20:53:02Z")
I thought gypsies were poor. Where do they get all this money? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/16 "2011-05-29T23:51:56Z")
Thank you for the heads-up on this; my sweetie is giving me the ‘WTF’ look as I hog the dvr space for the four episodes on later tonight, but he’ll live. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/17 "2011-05-30T02:26:09Z")
This is…insane. So, the girls are housewives and just want to get married and start keeping house (and I assume popping out kids), and the guys do what? Are they upstanding, loyal husbands, or are they out drinking with the boys every night and chasing skirts? Dresses you can’t sit down in or fit into a huge limo - ooookay. And what’s up with “grabbing?” Isn’t that kind of…sexual assaulty? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/18 "2011-05-30T02:29:52Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > This is…insane. So, the girls are housewives and just want to get married and start keeping house (and I assume popping out kids), and the guys do what? Are they upstanding, loyal husbands, or are they out drinking with the boys every night and chasing skirts? > > Dresses you can’t sit down in or fit into a huge limo - ooookay. And what’s up with “grabbing?” Isn’t that kind of…sexual assaulty? You aren’t being tolerant of other cultures! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/19 "2011-05-30T02:36:13Z")
Blast! I forgot to call a relative with cable and ask them to DVR the show. (I’m on dial up so I can’t watch it online). How was the tone? Is it more ‘The Rom are a fascinating people and let’s find out all about their culture and traditions’ or ‘Let’s all point and laugh at the gypsies!’? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499/20 "2011-05-30T02:37:34Z")
And what’s the deal with not having a toilet in the trailer? 😕 I see how that could be considered “unclean” (especially since these are camping trailets), but where do they go to the bathroom? Do their “caravan parks” hav a shower & toiler block, or do they just go outside somewhere? :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-big-fat-gypsy-wedding/529499.md?page=2)