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Don't play yourself, okay? Pull up. When it comes to marriage, Brooke has always said it's never too early to start planning your second wedding. Jeffery! It's Brooke and Jeffery in the moment. I am not going to have another wedding. It's one and done, my friend. But it's good to plan ahead just in case. I don't know. Even if you're not looking to throw a wedding this year, you may have plans to attend a few as a guest. And if you are, some things might look a little different than the ones that you've gone to in years past. Okay. I say that because a team of experts came out with their predictions for the hot new wedding trends that you're going to be seeing all over the country in the upcoming year. I'm guessing. That's exciting. Mason jars are finally out. Are we there yet? The first one they're calling the year of the mini, where everything that's normally big at weddings is now going to be super tiny. What? Just because of the price? Is that what we're doing? Most likely. But it's like mini flower bouquets, mini wedding gowns, bridesmaids and mini skirts, mini wedding cakes, mini cones of french fries with a mini flute of champagne. The mini spawn cakes are really cute. Oh, that would be. Is this only for mini brides and grooms? Everything needs to be as small as you can. I do think it is about cutting costs. Probably. They're still cute. Diny things are cute. Yeah, and tell you only get a cute glass of wine. Okay, fill that boy up and make that glass big. The next one is something called experiential entertainment. Experiential? That's a fun word. Experimental? No, experiential is what they say. So you're still going to have your wedding band or DJ, but now a lot of couples are also hiring professional sketch artists and painters. Oh, I've seen that. To blend in with the crowd during cocktail hour and surprise guests with little five by seven portraits that they drew of them while they weren't watching. Wow, that's so cool. It's cute until it's not a very good artist. I somehow got put in the TikTok marriage wedding artist algorithm at one point. In the second one. Yeah, I swear. But some of them are amazing and then some of them are like, is that an insult? I don't know. There's also been a rise in hiring wedding magicians. Oh, yes. Walk around the tables doing magic tricks during dinner time. I love it. Are you kind of annoying? Is that a crab cake behind your ear? Wait. Remember when we couldn't find the wedding ring during the ceremony? Check your front pocket. See, I have a feeling a wedding magician is just going to make the hottest friars made suddenly disappear. We're talking about a list of the top new wedding trends that you're going to be seeing this year according to wedding experts. Number three is custom ice sculptures, which I know sounds lame. Those have always been around. Yeah, fancy. For rich people. But these aren't going to be your parents' boring old decorative ice sculptures of two swans making a heart with their necks. What do you got? So this is more personal. So if like a bride and groom have a puppy or a kitten that can't be with them at the wedding, they'll hire a sculptor to make an ice replica of their fur baby and have them on display over by the sushi bar. Oh, that's so cute. Can we turn into like a luge too so you like drink it? Drinking out of your dog's mouth? Number four is drone photography. That's on the rise. Oh, yeah. Now a lot of wedding photographers and videographers are offering aerial coverage as part of their standard wedding packages. Yeah, they tell you hire a guy off Craigslist and he crashes that thing right into the wedding tent. Because you definitely want to watch your Aunt Mabel grinding on Uncle Lou from 20 feet in a year. Yeah. But it's mostly going to be for outdoor weddings. Yeah, catch somebody in the bushes making out. Yeah. You're probably not going to see a whole lot of drones inside hotel ballroom weddings. That would be more exciting though. Maybe they will. Just crashing into everything. So loud. Number five, this one's hilarious. Audio guest books. Oh, it's like, remember back in the day when like you would hire a video recorder guy to come around, then you had to like say something in the video. You leave a video message. Yeah. Because the thing is now nobody wants their guests to write down kind messages on a notebook or on a poster anymore. Okay. I mean, I never know what to say anyways. Yeah. It's like, good job. Who remembers how to write stuff with a pen now anyways? But instead, couples are having you leave a voice recording of your well wishes on an old vintage rotary phone. What? That records your message like it's a voicemail. Oh my god. What's going to be funny is like the beginning of the wedding and then the end of the wedding messages. It's just going to sound like our loser line is what it's going to end up sounding like. That would be really funny to listen to like years later. I'd love it. Number six, I wonder what you're going to think of this. Instead of first dances, last dances. Oh, to tell everybody to go home. Is that how you end it? No, like instead of having like the bride and groom kick off the reception by having them take the floor first. Instead, they're going to end the wedding night with a special song and dance. Oh. So it is. Whoever lasted to the end of the night gets to see it. But apparently it's supposed to be like less nerve wracking to dance in front of people after you've already been celebrating for a few hours. You mean after all your aunts and uncles and grandma and grandpas left. Yeah. And you're just grinding. More of a dirty dance at that point. Yeah. And the last hot new wedding trend that you're going to be seeing this year are permanent wedding favors. Where instead of sending your guests home with like a box of monogram chocolates, a lot of people do that or like a mini candle. Now you give them something more permanent by setting up tattoo and piercing stations at the event. Dang. Whoa. Wait, are they covering the charges because that'd be super dangerous. Yeah, it's all free. What do you have to get their like wedding logo tattooed on your body? I'd like to get a portrait of my grandma full back please. This is going to take 20 hours guys. I have to get a line. Can you imagine waking up the morning after a wedding and realizing you have like a post Malone style tattoo of the bride's name now above your eyebrow. On your face. That's funny. But they're also doing things where they're hiring welders that take metal bracelets and they'll weld them onto your wrists during the ceremony. So they stay on forever. They're like those handcuffs? Yeah. No, it's like the forever bracelets. Just by handcuffs. Yeah. I just did it. These have no key. Oh. And they're not connected to anybody else. Oh. Yeah. Maybe if you pay extra they can do that for you. Those are the hot new wedding trends that are being predicted for the upcoming year. Those were good. We got your phone tap coming up right after this. All cat parents understand the feeling of being totally ignored by your cat and often thinking does my cat even love me? There's only one solution to solve that. Shiba. Feed your cat Shiba and go from feeling ignored to truly adored in 12 days guaranteed or your money back. Shiba has a menu of products, appetizers, entrees, treats and even a kitten's menu. So Shiba has a product for even the pickiest eater like Shiba puree made with bone broth, a smooth and creamy texture that cats love. Or Shiba grilled protein rich formula made with real chicken and seafood. To learn more check out Shiba.com. And now for a bit of breaking news between your breaking news with me the Glycogeko. Here are some things you ought to know today. People switch their car insurance to Geico save about $900 a year. Experts are calling that nice to know. Also plants can hear when bees buzz. My ficus just heard that. And finally animal experts have confirmed that goats have regional accents. I'm getting a hint of Irish there. It feels good to get good news. It feels good to Geico. 2%. That's the number of people who take the stairs when there is also an escalator available. I'm Michael Easter and on my podcast 2%. I break down the science of mental toughness, fitness and building resilience in our strange modern world. Put yourself through some hardships and you will come out on the other side a happier, more fulfilled, healthier person. Listen to 2%. That's T.W.O. Percent on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. It would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of the cat just hanging there. It would not be... Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to ThanksDad on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The next thing we're going to do is to get a little bit of a ride. We got the Grip to Nades podcast, the Ante Kyle and Big Ice Cup Cat. We got Club 520 with Jeff Teague in the gang. Don't call me white girl. Mona will be there keeping positive sweetie with Crystal Renee. We got reality with the King with Carlos King and yes, Drink Chance will be in the building. Black Effect Market please, the picture podcast and everything you expect from the Black Effect Podcast Festival. Tickets are on sale right now. Go get yours at blackeffect.com slash podcast festival. Don't play yourself, okay? Pull up.
