Don’t Flame Me Because I Love the Royals
I was going to wait and post something about this later this week, but then I got sick of reading all the “I Don’t Get It” tweets on Twitter and decided, Naw, I’m just gonna explain it to you people now.
I am really, really, really tired of hearing things like “I don’t get why everyone cares so much about the Royal Wedding” or “Am I the only one who doesn’t care about the Royal Wedding?!”
I’m just as much tired of it, I’d imagine, as you people who say these words are sick of hearing us talk about it. But for real? Why are you so shocked? You act like this doesn’t ever happen with the news media and social networks. You turn your nose down at us like “I can’t believe you’re actually into it.” Get off your freakin’ high horses, please.
Hi, remember the coverage when Anna Nicole Smith died? How about Michael Jackson? Here’s one that’s even more pertinent—remember the coverage of the Chelsea Clinton Wedding? Get real—the news media LOVES this shit and guess what?! SO DO I.
A little explanation for you, if you please:
1) We don’t have royals in America. We don’t have a monarchy. We don’t have castles & crowns & palace guards & priceless jewels & traditions that have been around for a bajillion years. So to you Royal Wedding Naysayers I say how can you NOT find this at least a little bit interesting? Even if you don’t care about Wills and Kate themselves, I can’t begin to fathom how you don’t find the pomp and circumstance at least a tiny miniscule little bit interesting. And the media knows that. Thus, they bring it front and center for us all to see. Even if you couldn’t give a flying you-kn0w-what about this, you have to admit that the history of the whole tradition is kind of fascinating.
2) Hello, a handsome prince (alright, maybe he’s not SUPER handsome…he’s a bit more Charles the Horse Face than he is Diana the Beautiful, but still, I wouldn’t kick him out of bed) marrying a beautiful, stylish, chic woman who DOESN’T COME FROM ROYALTY?! Come on, this is like a real life fairytale. Handsome prince falls in love with a commoner, they get married and live happily ever after.
Would it stretch your imagination too much to maybe think about why that fascinates American women? It’s like Princess Grace of Monaco all over again.
3) Yes, I know there is REAL news to be concerned about. (Seriously, someone asked me that on Twitter. Don’t be a jackass—of course I know there’s real news going on). But honestly, if we’re not hearing about devastating earthquakes in Japan, political turmoil in the Middle East, wildfires in Texas, the battles between the GOP and the Democrats…COME ON. I need a little bit of fluff news in my life. I am TIRED of politics. I am SAD about natural disasters and the turmoil in the Middle East. I LOVE hearing about the royal wedding because it’s all rainbows and butterflies, baby. And sometimes we just need that! And, I for one, don’t think there’s a problem with that at all.
So go on, you Royal Wedding Haters. Keep hating if you want to. But please STOP asking why people are so fascinated by it. It’s really NOT THAT HARD to figure out why! And besides: this will all be over by this time next week, anyways. Until then, quit going all Kevin Doyle on our asses:
Kevin: “I’m just trying to point out the hypocrisy of the spectacle.”
Jane: “Oh! That’s so noble of you. Do you also go around telling small children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist? ‘Cause someone needs to blow that shit wide open!”
27 Dresses, yo.
…and leave us Royal Wedding Watchers to enjoy our modern day, real life fairytale.
My DVR is set for Friday’s coverage. How about yours?
my dvr is set too
I want to watch it — always dreamed I’d marry Prince William because I would soooo impress Queen Elizabeth that she’d INSIST we be together — but I don’t have a DVR. Do I dare get up at 4 a.m.?
I love you, I love this, and I love the Royal Wedding. I completely agree with you, especially about how refreshing it is to hear something GOOD in the news.
I’ll be watching it. Will you be up early to catch it?
I agree with you. I haven’t been obsessively watching the Royal Wedding covereage but I do find it interesting. I love your comparison to a fairy tale – that’s so true! I also agree that it’s nice to have something positive on the news for a change. I’ll probably DVR it.
I am on the fence, this past summer when I was in Sweden I watched their royal wedding all day which was beautiful so maybe I am just royal weddinged (I just made that word up) out? I am not however mad at people for being interested it totally makes sense to me, I am nosy about a regular wedding!
I’m totally fascinated by it all!
LOVE the 27 Dresses reference.
I too am very excited! I think it’s trendy to make fun of romantics, but I am happy to be one. They seem happy together and I am thrilled to watch a fairy tale wedding of two deserving people.
I LOVE THIS. Amen to all of it. My DVR’s set, and I can’t freaking wait.
Bravo! I’m getting up, and going to my Mom’s, where we are ceremoniously going to watch it, in PJs. Just like we did when William’s Mom got married all those years ago. Well said, my friend!
The people who are “over it” are just SO nasty about it! And here’s the funny thing. Ok so most of us met while planning our weddings, right? Most of us obsessively read WB as well as each other’s wedding blogs. So let’s just say on average we were invested in the wedding planning of at least 10 STRANGERS on the internet. But some of those same people are just dumbfounded as to why anyone would be interested in the royal wedding. Really?
I think I’ve subconsciously avoided a lot of coverage because I want to enjoy it when it’s actually happening. I don’t think I’ll DVR it because I watch so much news already and I’m sure there will be plenty of coverage. But I am really excited to see her dress and stuff. She’s quickly becoming a style icon and that part fascinates me more than anything!!
I’m not overly into the whole Royal Wedding but I do find it neat. I haven’t followed much about it and I don’t plan to wake up to watch it, but I do want to see pictures!
Although, with all the Twitter talk about it, I had a dream last night that I was standing behind the pastor who was marrying them. I was standing on a bench, looking down at them. Odd. Hahaha.
i’m getting up at four a.m. to have scones and mimosas with friends while watching.
Amen, sister! Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Ok, I’m a little late commenting. Well said Amy!! There is nothing wrong with people wanting to watch and nothing wrong with people not wanting to watch. Personally, my DVR has been set to record all the wedding shows all week and it is definitely set for Friday. I can’t wait to see her dress and tiara as well as all of the details put into the wedding. I’m sure she will look beautiful!
Hah, thanks for this. People piss me off, not just about the royal wedding, but just when they think they’re too cool for school, you know? Anyway. I totally dig Kate. She’s gorgeous AND she’s “a commoner”. Total Cinderella story!