We all know that divorce isn’t funny. You can bake and consume (or smash) all the divorce cakes you want. You can even buy a little casket for your wedding rings. But the reality is that divorce is still a costly and sad process that ends up hurting a lot of people one way or another.

Divorce parodies, on the other hand? They’re still pretty funny, even if a tad mean spirited. Let’s say that laughing at this send-up of the dancing processional video is a guilty pleasure, even though I’m sure the creators don’t harbor any actual ill will toward Jill and Kevin.

When someone tells you that you’ve just gone way too far where your wedding details are concerned, perhaps it’s just that you haven’t gone far enough? A visit from a super villain at your wedding reception is one thing… and this is quite another.

Tony Lucchese and Sarah LaFore went all the way when it was time to plan their wedding, with costumed heroes and Amazonian princesses and wedding vows straight out of Superman. Volunteer carpenters built a Fortress of Solitude altar in a rented warehouse space in Portland. The couple was married by Kieschnick’s father, dressed as Jor-El, Superman’s dad.

The groomsmen included Spider-Man, Aquaman, Flash, The Hulk and Batman. As you might guess, the groom’s attendants were a lot more willing to give spandex a go than the bride’s attendants, who nixed the idea in favor of Amazonian warrior garb: togas, spears, and sandals.

The bride herself, however, totally rocked her tights as Wonder Woman.

The funniest part? This super couple isn’t even particularly big on comic books! Can you tell I love this? Big congrats to them!

If you hunt around the web or in bookstores or just talk to random people in the streets it’s easy to get the idea that getting married in and of itself is going to make you a basket case feared – at least temporarily – by your nearest and dearest. We here at Manolo for the Brides do not believe this is an inevitable situation. Indeed, we hate the way the term ‘Bridezilla’ is used to both punish the timid bride who just wants her own way about one or two things and trivializes ongoing abusive behaviors from those who have long made a habit of stepping on every toe but their own.

On the other hand, we know that stress can cause bizarre blowouts in even the most rational person, no matter what their gender or what activity they are involved in.

There are also a lot of guides out there for ‘stress-free’ weddings. I have to say, though, that I think this concept in and of itself can cause nearly as many problems as the assumption of bridal insanity as a universal truth.

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To read most literature on wedding planning, it can seem that what you’re about to undertake is every bit as complex as a major military engagement. Most magazines and books assume you’re going to spend at least a year putting it all together.

You may well do that, too. You could even be like me and take a great deal longer. I started my plans about nineteen months out. Then again, I had a lot of lace to make for a gown that was going to take a very long time to produce.

But what if you don’t have a year or more? What if you need to move more quickly because of the health of an important family member, a military deployment, the concern that those little feet that are about to start pattering be born into an established marriage, or a simple desire to get past the wedding and on to the marriage? What happens when you decide that two or three months is as long as you’ve got to plan?

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