#164 - I Hate Wedding Culture (& Love Weddings) with Anna Sun
Podcast |
First of All
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Feb 01, 2022
Episode Duration |
01:27:26

Weddings! Love. Joy. Family. Friendship. Magic! Celebration!! .... Stress. Tension. Regrets. Bills. Fights. FOMO. As beautiful as these momentous milestones are meant to be, let's be real. Weddings can be as painful as they are joyous. In the whirlwind of dreams coming true under very strained budgets while juggling tons of deadlines, expectations, logistics and relationships...it can be anything but a fairytale. In this episode, Minji unpacks her issues with the insanity of modern wedding culture with her dear friend and fabulous producer - actor and mama Anna Sun. Together they share 15 weddings as bridesmaids/maids of honor, and Anna has been a bride herself. For the record, they both LOVE love and love weddings, but there's much to examine when it comes to the culture surrounding them nowadays. From price gouging to bridal party expectations, fragile relationships, pressures to perform and be perfect, toxic entitlement, cultural layers, social media, and MONEY issues, they break down some of their toughest experiences, lessons learned and the societal norms that have gotten out of hand when it comes to tying the knot. They share their battle stories to empower folks to make their special days the way they truly want, do things differently, normalize having those hard conversations and truly be surrounded by love! 

Follow Minji On:

▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap" by Uzuhan and “Monster” by Meg and Dia▫️ Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon▫️ This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Produced by @marvinyueh & @AnnaSunSupported by @JulianaDeer 

00:00:00 - Intro’ing + please be kind00:04:38 - How we feel about this topic00:07:53 - A sprinkle of positive commentary 00:13:01 - Anna’s engagement story00:16:09 - The laugh/ cry moment of becoming a bridesmaid00:20:09 - ALL the pressures + expectations00:22:30 - How to prioritize ALL those decisions00:25:01 - Nonexistent convos about money as a bridesmaid 00:30:31 - Bridesmaids v groomsmen00:34:32 - BREAK - [Books & Boba Podcast]00:35:41 - [Ways to support FOA]00:37:29 - The wedding party selection00:41:13 - The BM experience (esp in our 20s)00:50:05 - Beware of becoming a bridezilla 00:54:52 - Always a bridesmaid 00:58:00 - Dealing with the guest list, parents and gift etiquette 01:08:20 - The best parts about Anna's wedding01:10:31 - What Minji loves/ would change about weddings 01:18:58 - FOA Q’s for the guest01:23:41 - Outro + Music by Meg and Dia (Monster) 01:26:20 - [Modern Minorities Podcast]

 

Weddings! Love. Joy. Family. Friendship. Magic! Celebration!! .... Stress. Tension. Regrets. Bills. Fights. FOMO. As beautiful as these momentous milestones are meant to be, let's be real. Weddings can be as painful as they are joyous. In the whirlwind of dreams coming true under very strained budgets while juggling tons of deadlines, expectations, logistics and relationships...it can be anything but a fairytale. In this episode, Minji unpacks her issues with the insanity of modern wedding culture with her dear friend and fabulous producer - actor and mama Anna Sun. Together they share 15 weddings as bridesmaids/maids of honor, and Anna has been a bride herself. For the record, they both LOVE love and love weddings, but there's much to examine when it comes to the culture surrounding them nowadays. From price gouging to bridal party expectations, fragile relationships, pressures to perform and be perfect, toxic entitlement, cultural layers, social media, and MONEY issues, they break down some of their toughest experiences, lessons learned and the societal norms that have gotten out of hand when it comes to tying the knot. They share their battle stories to empower folks to make their special days the way they truly want, do things differently, normalize having those hard conversations and truly be surrounded by love!

Weddings! Love. Joy. Family. Friendship. Magic! Celebration!! .... Stress. Tension. Regrets. Bills. Fights. FOMO. As beautiful as these momentous milestones are meant to be, let's be real. Weddings can be as painful as they are joyous. In the whirlwind of dreams coming true under very strained budgets while juggling tons of deadlines, expectations, logistics and relationships...it can be anything but a fairytale. In this episode, Minji unpacks her issues with the insanity of modern wedding culture with her dear friend and fabulous producer - actor and mama Anna Sun. Together they share 15 weddings as bridesmaids/maids of honor, and Anna has been a bride herself. For the record, they both LOVE love and love weddings, but there's much to examine when it comes to the culture surrounding them nowadays. From price gouging to bridal party expectations, fragile relationships, pressures to perform and be perfect, toxic entitlement, cultural layers, social media, and MONEY issues, they break down some of their toughest experiences, lessons learned and the societal norms that have gotten out of hand when it comes to tying the knot. They share their battle stories to empower folks to make their special days the way they truly want, do things differently, normalize having those hard conversations and truly be surrounded by love! 

Follow Minji On:

▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap" by Uzuhan and “Monster” by Meg and Dia▫️ Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon▫️ This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Produced by @marvinyueh & @AnnaSunSupported by @JulianaDeer 

00:00:00 - Intro’ing + please be kind00:04:38 - How we feel about this topic00:07:53 - A sprinkle of positive commentary 00:13:01 - Anna’s engagement story00:16:09 - The laugh/ cry moment of becoming a bridesmaid00:20:09 - ALL the pressures + expectations00:22:30 - How to prioritize ALL those decisions00:25:01 - Nonexistent convos about money as a bridesmaid 00:30:31 - Bridesmaids v groomsmen00:34:32 - BREAK - [Books & Boba Podcast]00:35:41 - [Ways to support FOA]00:37:29 - The wedding party selection00:41:13 - The BM experience (esp in our 20s)00:50:05 - Beware of becoming a bridezilla 00:54:52 - Always a bridesmaid 00:58:00 - Dealing with the guest list, parents and gift etiquette 01:08:20 - The best parts about Anna's wedding01:10:31 - What Minji loves/ would change about weddings 01:18:58 - FOA Q’s for the guest01:23:41 - Outro + Music by Meg and Dia (Monster) 01:26:20 - [Modern Minorities Podcast]

 

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