Weddings
- Thread starter Bar the Bull
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G-G
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A friend is getting married next September; so far the bill is up to £27,000 and still rising. This does not count the £7,500 lost in deposits for the original date which was to be in May next year. It's absolutely ridiculous for one day.
My brother chose to get married on St Leger day. Luckily he had a sensible best man who knew that Redhead II and I would much rather be elsewhere at that time of the day. He started his speech with: "For those of you who are missing their afternoon's racing to celebrate their brother's wedding, the winner of the St Leger was Bob's Return ..."
Several good friends have married since and their days were great fun. The best one was an army wedding, with half the regiment turned out in Number 1 uniform of the Glosters. (Happy days
)
That was also the cheapest one as both bride and groom were broke, so everyone mucked in to help make it a special day. One lot hired the cars, we helped pay for the hall, my pal in the flat downstairs helped out with the flowers and we all spent the evening before decorating and/or cooking. Terrific fun.
When we got kicked out of the hall that night, the party carried on in my barn of a sitting room. Bodies everywhere the following morning, but they all helped clear up and a couple of the blokes nipped out to the shops and did breakfast for everyone.
20 years and 5 babies later, they are still happily married and still good friends.
Several good friends have married since and their days were great fun. The best one was an army wedding, with half the regiment turned out in Number 1 uniform of the Glosters. (Happy days
)That was also the cheapest one as both bride and groom were broke, so everyone mucked in to help make it a special day. One lot hired the cars, we helped pay for the hall, my pal in the flat downstairs helped out with the flowers and we all spent the evening before decorating and/or cooking. Terrific fun.
When we got kicked out of the hall that night, the party carried on in my barn of a sitting room. Bodies everywhere the following morning, but they all helped clear up and a couple of the blokes nipped out to the shops and did breakfast for everyone.
20 years and 5 babies later, they are still happily married and still good friends.
Grasshopper
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Congratulations, rory.
A free bar all day and night makes a hero of the groom , and will almost certainly secure "best wedding ever" status in the memories of the assembled guests. This does however have to be offset against the exorbitant fecking cost of such largesse.
Get speeches nailed as early as possible (limit the best man to, say, 11 pints beforehand
), and a band always beats a disco.Hope you and your wife have a great day when it arrives.
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Gearoid
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When you get married do you have to give up lumping on?
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Marble
Guest
Congratulations Rory. Having been to an Irish wedding last year I can second the above post, a nice touch.
rorydelargy
At the Start
My sister got married the day before the Leger with festivities carrying on all weekend. I convinced the groom's father that he could recoup much of his outlay on the appositely named Millenary. Happy days ©™.
After I got married the wife said I wasn't allowed to have tenner or twenty bets.
Some quality posts here.When I was on the sauce I tried to have 5 pints before the meal and 10 pints after.It's fairly realistic considering the day could be 16 or 17 hours long.
As I got older I switched to vodka and seven up-full bottle of seven up with every vodka-you would have no problem drinking that for 20 hours and keeping it together.
As I got older I switched to vodka and seven up-full bottle of seven up with every vodka-you would have no problem drinking that for 20 hours and keeping it together.
Mention your wife,parents and in laws-nothing else really matters.Less is more -5 minutes is enough to be talking.
A few sincere thank yous should be enough-don't try to be a comedian.I know someone-an incredibly intelligent man-who had his mother in law and sisters in law in tears after an insensetive comment.
It's an emotional day fuelled by alcohol-don't underestimate what can go wrong.
It's an emotional day fuelled by alcohol-don't underestimate what can go wrong.
Irish Stamp
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No you don't though phrases such as "don't turn it off, the one in the yellow is paying for your dress" don't go down too well apparently.
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Gearoid
Guest
I once ruined a happy couples day when getting the bar manager to ask the best man to pay for a round of drink he called off me at around 3am. To say it was over the top is understating it. The bride wanted blood.
trudij
Senior Jockey
My friend got married the day Bobbyjo won the national.... The ceremony was at 10.30 and she had Grandstand on in the corner of the reception all afternoon and stopped the whole photographing session to watch...
Quality day
Quality day
Jesus, some line up or a wedding!! I'd say magnier was seething you had them booked...
Nothings too good for my Princess.
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Gearoid
Guest
:lol:
Bar the Bull
At the Start
We are invited to two weddings at the start of next year.
The first one is in the same town as the bride and groom are from. The hotel cost €100 per night for two people. Our children are invited. The church to hotel drive takes two minutes. This is on a Saturday.
The second one is on a Wednesday. The drive from church to hotel is 1hr30mins. It is in a castle, which is €170 per night minimum. Our children are not invited.
The bride in the first wedding (mate of mine from college) would completely understand if we didn't make it.
The bride in the second wedding (very good mate of my wife from college) would completely flip if we didn't make it.
The first one is in the same town as the bride and groom are from. The hotel cost €100 per night for two people. Our children are invited. The church to hotel drive takes two minutes. This is on a Saturday.
The second one is on a Wednesday. The drive from church to hotel is 1hr30mins. It is in a castle, which is €170 per night minimum. Our children are not invited.
The bride in the first wedding (mate of mine from college) would completely understand if we didn't make it.
The bride in the second wedding (very good mate of my wife from college) would completely flip if we didn't make it.
Married in a castle? Sounds like a typical example of a woman who wants a wedding, rather than a marriage. In these times in Ireland, should people really be getting married in a castle, and expecting everyone to pay. Things still haven't hit home for everyone..