The Bride of the Day today is an intrepid dress designer protesting her favorite soccer team’s slump by “tearing” up her jerseys and stitching them into a punk-goth wedding dress.  Symbolizing the “love-hate” relationship with her team (not to mention, betraying the progression of sentiments within marriage itself), the dress drew the attention of the Beeb the other day, where they posted these photos. 

The Naughty Bride marvels at the simple elegance of this protest. In one fell swoop, this gal Angela Morton is 1) working out her frustrations creatively, 2) keeping Newcastle United’s apparently floundering management in the spotlight as they switch parks and try to sell the team, 3) making us all rethink our commitments, 4) showing herself to gorgeous advantage with a wickedly wonderful Game Day outfit, 5) reminding her husband why he married her in the first place (TNB imagines reenactments of the Wedding Night each Game Night) and 6) brilliantly advertising her business via TONS of free press, blogs and brouhaha.  FIVE BIG FAT SMOOCHES! 

With smooch distrubution accomplished, The Naughty Bride is drawn like a newlywed to the tropics to look again at number three, above.  To wit, commitment, and why we stick with some things, but not with others.  Why is it that most of us would sooner divorce our spouses than switch loyalties to our fovorite teams?  Does this make sense?  After all, if we’re loyal through juggernaut and slump to a team run by highly-paid professionals so that multi-millionaire players can fool around to entertain us and THEY make huge blunders, sometimes year after year and for decade upon decade (The Naughty Bride is a Cubs fan, folks!), shouldn’t we take an even MORE forgiving attitude toward our mates, and even (and here The Naughty Bride chokes on humble pie) family, friends and neighbors?   Oh, that crow doesn’t go down easy!  Since maintaining a sense of Naughty Fun is the secret to well, everything, let’s give five more smooches to everyone who uses this question to catapult him- or her-self to greater heights of forgiveness-fueled Naughtidom!  Is your Groom grumpy?  Give him a goose!  Is your Mother-In-Law loopy?  Get her lei’d!  Go on, all we have to lose are our disappointments, and they’re no fun, anyway!