Comments on: LOVE/HATE: the gender equality edition

By: blablover5

blablover5 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:23:36 +0000

I actually just saw one called Runaway bride, where the groom is standing on her dress while she’s trying to make a break for it.

And it was a real cake topper.

By: KateC

KateC — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:13:48 +0000

I think it would be funny but anyone that really didn’t know you well enough to know that you were just having joke might think the woman/man is a little scary.

By: Michigal

Michigal — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:41:38 +0000

It’s certainly a new spin on cake toppers that’s for sure. Although I’d hate to see it on a wedding cake, it could be fun at the bride’s last night out party!

By: daisyj

daisyj — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:39:33 +0000

Considering that Archie McPhee is the interbunny’s leading retailer of gag items (spark-spitting wind-up nuns, anyone?), I am going to guess that this item is not really intended to be put on a cake; it might actually be a joke on those woman-catching-a-man toppers. Still, that’s not to say some humor-impaired couple won’t run with it. . .

By: Twistie

Twistie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:52:16 +0000

These creep me out either way, but the fact that there are still places in the world where women are sometimes literally forced into marriages makes this even worse.

Still, either way, there’s no excuse. Just. Not. Funny.

By: BK

BK — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:24:25 +0000

I guess the reason the expressions are always so confounding and inexplicable on these little plastic guys is that no one is quite sure what expression a bride-dragging groom SHOULD have.

By: LadyKate

LadyKate — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:56:35 +0000

If I went to a wedding and the bride and groom had one of these cake toppers, I’d wonder how long the marriage would last. Hmmm, I’ve got something to research if I ever go back to school again!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:46:18 +0000

I’m with La Petite Acadienne. Those things make me cringe, no matter who the reluctant party is.

By: La Petite Acadienne

La Petite Acadienne — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:05:27 +0000

I just hate ANY cake toppers with the notion that one of the parties had to be “dragged” to the aisle. I’ve never been to a wedding with one of those on the cake, but if I did, I’d be very uncomfortable — it would make me think, “Okay, so one half of the happy couple would really have rather not gotten married. Uhh…let’s toast to that…?”