Last week it was all about those “Slashers“! Today its all about four letter words in the wedding world.
I’m so floored right now about the amount of foul words that we support and act are OK to use when referring to weddings.
When did this happen? When did it become OK to refer to flowers as “porn”. I grew up the daughter of a florist. She was always making pretty things, arranging gift baskets for teachers, and flower girl crowns made of roses and babies breath back then. We were never allowed to say bad words in our house or you got your mouth washed out with soap. Any of you relate to that? Imagine if back then people were talking about flowers and her corsages for dances describing them with sexual innuendos. My blog coordinator Lauren said to me yesterday “even if its lust worthy.. Choose another word. It’s just gross!”. I know some of you do this- sorry you may not like what I have to say but in an industry of love and marriage- I just don’t think its appropriate.
It also is really hard for me to see people using Ebonics in their wedding industry related tweets and blog posts. How is that good for your brand? Maybe some of you will disagree here, but when you act like you cant speak proper English while conducting business, it baffles the mind. If you’re a wedding industry professional who is hired to provide a service to a bride and groom through this rite of passage, I’m assuming you’ve been educated? Then why are we using words like “Ass” and “Porn”. I mean why do I have to even write this? Its so upsetting that we use words to describe wedding sentiments, products, and images with words that are not only not very lady like but are down right offensive.
I’m not saying that I have never said a bad word- come on! We’re all human and I’m not a saint.. I’m just wondering when our industry started accepting mediocrity and foul language as appropriate. Are we re-defining what weddings are all about? I’m not a fan! I choose to plan my wedding with dignity and class and conduct my business in a similar vein. I’m hoping as an industry we can stay classy. Who’s with me?
**UPDATE: I am not personally attacking anyone. This is my opinion. When I am referring to Ebonics I’m referring to its usage as slang!
