My best friend got married last year so I spent quite some time perusing bridal magazines–of which there are an unbelievable number.  I’m not very “girly” in most respects, but I do love weddings.  They combine two of my most favorite things in the universe–flowers and cake.  I still glance at them now and again because they give me good ideas for flower arrangements or fun party decorating ideas.  They are fun magazines to look through in my opinion, but there’s one thing about them I just don’t get–the models in the dress ads.

Considering the average age for a bride in the U.S. at first marriage is now 26, I am a little confused why so many of the bridal dress ads feature barely adolescent girls in desperate need of a sandwich who look like heroin addicts at the end of a bad bender.   This does not make me want to buy a dress.  It makes me want to call social services.