Weddings
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Bar the Bull
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It is not Ashord, it is in Monaghan.
No offence taken, Hamm.
Our wedding cost less than 5g (excluding the frock), was organised in a month, and was in a very downmarket hotel. Savage pints, though.
No offence taken, Hamm.
Our wedding cost less than 5g (excluding the frock), was organised in a month, and was in a very downmarket hotel. Savage pints, though.
Bar the Bull
At the Start
Listen, most of these weddings have been in fantastic locations, with sumptuous banquets and beautiful flowers on the table.
But when it comes down to it, I would prefer a good old-fashioned knees-up.
But when it comes down to it, I would prefer a good old-fashioned knees-up.
Your going to be in Monaghan?! Christ, il get the pitchfork ready...
Castle Leslie I take it? I may be attending the same wedding....that would be frightning...Next year? Is she from Monaghan and he not?
Bar the Bull
At the Start
No, unfortunately.
Two Dubs.
I would have lobbied hard to have you at my table. We could have talked about Ger Lyons, cycling, Ger Lyons and Ger Lyons.
Two Dubs.
I would have lobbied hard to have you at my table. We could have talked about Ger Lyons, cycling, Ger Lyons and Ger Lyons.
Nice to hear, and you're still married. I presume your motivation was a marraige rather than an expensive wedding.
If a girl is looking to plan an expensive wedding, she is best avoided. The guy is the means to an end.
Hezz would be Ger Lyons bit on the side, but I would have indulged you none the less.. did you know Ger Lyons cycles as a passtime? Could have killed an hour on that one alone...
Bar the Bull
At the Start
I sang "Give it a Lash Jack" at my wedding. I think it is the only song of which I know all the words.
Bar the Bull
At the Start
Del,
Should we ever be at a wedding together, I am quite confident that we will have a Ger Lyons dance, a Ger Lyons cocktail and a Ger Lyons song nailed by the time the residents' bar action is in full swing.
You can substitue Ger Lyons for any racing personality of your choosing. I am flexible. As you will see from my Ger Lyons dance.
Should we ever be at a wedding together, I am quite confident that we will have a Ger Lyons dance, a Ger Lyons cocktail and a Ger Lyons song nailed by the time the residents' bar action is in full swing.
You can substitue Ger Lyons for any racing personality of your choosing. I am flexible. As you will see from my Ger Lyons dance.
I've never been there, looks nice though.
I think downmarket weddings tend to be less stressful and more enjoyable for hosts and guests, but hell, if she can afford it and it's what she wants I wouldn't dare tell a bride she was stupid to do it.
Bringing children to a wedding is a right pain in the hole for you, the children and everyone else. I'd prefer to spend on the babysitter. Potentially the best wedding I was at, I spent half the time playing Pokeman on a Nintendo in a quiet part of the lobby.
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Bar the Bull
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She can't afford it. She has been saving for four years (I shit you not). And she still can't afford to put the fucker on a weekend day.
Agreed on the children thing, but babysitters are like hen's teeth. Too many weddings means favours are used up. The last wedding in Mayo required to nights' babysitting.
Agreed on the children thing, but babysitters are like hen's teeth. Too many weddings means favours are used up. The last wedding in Mayo required to nights' babysitting.
Just stick them in a locked cage in the wedding garden, then. You can chuck them a sandwich now and then and a bottle of pop laced with brandy, which'll soon see them snoring their little heads off. People can then go and see them safely, secure that the hired gear won't have sticky fingers smeared all over it, or baby puke on the Jimmy Choos.
Like myself, Kri, you are obviously an expert on child care!
When my nephew was only a few months old, we had a huge Christmas as it was my brother and wife's first as a married couple. They ended up ligging off us (nothing new there) and bringing the in-laws with them.
To get Robbie to sleep was going to be a bit difficult, so Redhead II and I added a wee bit of Scottish water to his lunchtime feed. Everyone was so amazed at the way he slept through about 7 or 8 hours. "Oh! Isn't he good!". If only they knew.
When my nephew was only a few months old, we had a huge Christmas as it was my brother and wife's first as a married couple. They ended up ligging off us (nothing new there) and bringing the in-laws with them.
To get Robbie to sleep was going to be a bit difficult, so Redhead II and I added a wee bit of Scottish water to his lunchtime feed. Everyone was so amazed at the way he slept through about 7 or 8 hours. "Oh! Isn't he good!". If only they knew.
Love Everlasting
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At my friends wedding (she had 3 kids, now an extra one born on sunday) she hired 2 of the girls from her middle childs nursery as babysitters, it was a fantastic wedding (horseracing theme we even had a bit of a race night and casino after the food) and it was little attenion to detail like that that made it, all the kids had a fab time on their own table, bouncy castle, high as kites off all the sweets and fizzy pop I never saw mine from 4 till we went home!!!
I love "an extra one" born on Sunday, LE - just in case any of the others don't work out, she has a spare to threaten them with!
Redhead - I know I first heard about a tot o'brandy for little ones when I was pretty small, too. Seemed a darn good idea, especially when they get to that niggly tired stage and begin whining and snivelling. And as for the Scottish "water", I find that's very efficacious when I begin getting niggly and tired nowadays, too!
Redhead - I know I first heard about a tot o'brandy for little ones when I was pretty small, too. Seemed a darn good idea, especially when they get to that niggly tired stage and begin whining and snivelling. And as for the Scottish "water", I find that's very efficacious when I begin getting niggly and tired nowadays, too!
Sheikh
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Pretty much passed the wedding stage (for the moment) and have been to enough of them to form plenty of opinions.
A trend definitley appeared where the Wedding was all about the Bride and fuck everyone else. I'm not sure where it came from. Brides where being constantly told that "it's your day" you can have what you like .
The guest used to be the focus of Irish social gatherings. A lot of Brides really bought into this and I have experienced some swashbuckling displays of selfishness. Guests where treated more like an audience or fans . Responsibility to making sure that guests who had gone to great expense and trouble had a good time seemed to be lost. 'Guests' where dragged the length and breadth of Europe to places that had no resonance for anyone but looked nice in a photo.No regard for children,expense, or work commitments all because the bride was told "it's your day". One still trys to enjoys ones self though
The best Weddings I have been to have been local. When asked for advice I always recommend people use a local Club as a venue. Clubs are delighted to get the business. They will bend over backwards. You can dictate everything and they will charge you little or no corkage so you can get a nice bottle for the guests and plenty of it. You are off course putting money back into the community too. Hotels will tell you what they do and what they dont do. They'll charge you through the nose for any kind of reasonable wine.
Pointers: better the room is too small then too big for atmosphere. Three things people remember are the wine, the food and the band after that as long as it's not awful your fine.
A trend definitley appeared where the Wedding was all about the Bride and fuck everyone else. I'm not sure where it came from. Brides where being constantly told that "it's your day" you can have what you like .
The guest used to be the focus of Irish social gatherings. A lot of Brides really bought into this and I have experienced some swashbuckling displays of selfishness. Guests where treated more like an audience or fans . Responsibility to making sure that guests who had gone to great expense and trouble had a good time seemed to be lost. 'Guests' where dragged the length and breadth of Europe to places that had no resonance for anyone but looked nice in a photo.No regard for children,expense, or work commitments all because the bride was told "it's your day". One still trys to enjoys ones self though
The best Weddings I have been to have been local. When asked for advice I always recommend people use a local Club as a venue. Clubs are delighted to get the business. They will bend over backwards. You can dictate everything and they will charge you little or no corkage so you can get a nice bottle for the guests and plenty of it. You are off course putting money back into the community too. Hotels will tell you what they do and what they dont do. They'll charge you through the nose for any kind of reasonable wine.
Pointers: better the room is too small then too big for atmosphere. Three things people remember are the wine, the food and the band after that as long as it's not awful your fine.
Bar the Bull
At the Start
I agree about the room thing. I have been in massive rooms (Powerscourt, some place in Clane and Carton House) and there weren't enough to fill the room. Kills the buzz.
Sheikh
At the Start
The bar outside the room (Carton and Powerscourt) kills the buzz too .
Bar the Bull
At the Start
Agreed. To be honest, I couldn't give two shiny shites about how pretty the venue is. It is all about how conducive the place is to a knees-up in my book. The club sounds like a good idea. The good thing about a hotel is the all-night drinking.
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Gearoid
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The thing with it being all about the bride is because these days when you couples get married they disappear into the abyss never to be seen again. They are so broke from the wedding, honeymoon, two cars. a big house and a dog that you won't hear from them again until she is expecting.
Sheikh
At the Start
Now is a great time to be raisng a family, everyones broke anyway so not missing a huge amount.
Don't worry Gearoid when your old and lonely I'll be doing meals on wheels and I'll drop around .
Don't worry Gearoid when your old and lonely I'll be doing meals on wheels and I'll drop around .
On The Bridle
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The most recent Wedding I was at was excrutiating. I suspected as much when the invitation came with a posed photo of the happy couple on the front. After a mediocre meal the lights went dim a big screen appeared and we got a photo montage to Westlife music of everything from the girl picking out her dress to putting it on and everything in between. This lasted for about 40 minutes!!!Safe to say the vast majority of the audience puked!!! It was the most unashamedly narcisitic shite I have ever witnessed and I have seen some shite believe me!!!!!
I wouldnt have minded as much but she was a pig!!!! (that last bit was for Euro)
I wouldnt have minded as much but she was a pig!!!! (that last bit was for Euro)
Harbinger
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The most recent Wedding I was at was excrutiating. I suspected as much when the invitation came with a posed photo of the happy couple on the front. After a mediocre meal the lights went dim a big screen appeared and we got a photo montage to Westlife music of everything from the girl picking out her dress to putting it on and everything in between. This lasted for about 40 minutes!!!Safe to say the vast majority of the audience puked!!! It was the most unashamedly narcisitic shite I have ever witnessed and I have seen some shite believe me!!!!!
Good God. 40 minutes?!?