Take at look through any art museum. Bottecelli, Rubens, Rembrandt, they liked their models with meat on their bones. Even the 1940s and 50s era pinups were not spindleshanks. I can remember when Jet Magazine used to run bikini clad models built like Buffie The Body. It's only now that women are expected to look like prepubescent boys to be accepted.

If people were to focus more on the MARRIAGE and just keep their weddings simple and not spend the equivalent of the gross national product trying to rival the opulence and drama of an Andrew Lloyd Weber theatrical production, there wouldn't be this so-called "bridal rage."

In my view, the idea of "trashing the dress" says a lot about the bride's attitude toward marriage in general...and tells me maybe she should've stayed single. Destroying an outfit that costs over thousands of dollars seems not only very self-indulgent, but also a complete waste of money!

Personally, I'd rather see the bride sell that expensive dress so that brides less fortunate can have their "dream weddings" too. Maybe then the proceeds could be put towards some organization or charity that helps women such as a battered women's shelter or breast cancer research.

My daughter and I were close when she was a child, when she entered her teens, it got somewhat turbulent, and at one point about 19 or 20 we were barely speaking. When she became pregnant at age 23, she started reach out to me rather merely lashing out. Now we've never been closer... but the relationship is as friends, not as traditional mother/daughter. We talk parent issues, politics, and yes, even exchange dirty jokes! We're each others cheerleaders. I love it, and wouldn't have it any other way. So I say the psychologists and what not should just lay off...all that "I hate my mother" stuff is so over...and they shouldn't impose their maternal issues on the rest of us who are doing just fine, thank you.