WeddingIQ Retrospective: Why "Wedding Confidential" Should Make You Proud, Not Mad, Revisited
(Editor's Note: Our monthlong look back at WeddingIQ's most influential posts continues today, as Jennifer revisits her January 2013 article, "Why Wedding Confidential Should Make You Proud, Not Mad.")
If there's one thing I've learned in almost 20 years in the wedding industry, it's that the media will apparently never tire of not only vilifying wedding businesses, but also thinking it's original to do so. The January 2013 episode of the ABC News program 20/20, titled "Wedding Confidential," was no exception.
While the program link in my original article no longer works (evidently, ABC didn't feel the show was worth archiving anywhere - which is no big loss, trust me), my feelings on the program itself remain the same.
It still bugs me that wedding professionals are constantly made to feel like bad people for trying to sustain profitable businesses. For creating products or services and charging what they believe they're worth. For making a living serving people on what is supposed to be the most important day of their lives.
If you're still struggling with wedding industry guilt, I hope you'll reconsider, and remember you have every right to support yourself and your family doing quality work for people who want it. (Notice I said "want," and not "need," because I maintain my position that weddings are inherently a luxury, and no one should feel entitled to a luxury that they can't afford simply because they feel they should have it.)
Ready to check out my original thoughts on ABC News' "expose'?" Here it is: Why Wedding Confidential Should Make You Proud, Not Mad
