Weddings

On The Bridle said:
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!!!!!:eek: I wouldnt have minded as much but she was a pig!!!! (that last bit was for Euro)
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That's Hilarious !
 
Del, you just reminded me. I got the same thing at the wedding I was at. It seems to be the done thing now. By the time the couple have their first dance your so happy they each other because everyone else is sick of them.
 
We got married last year (2 weeks till our anniversay)! and we went away just the 2 of us to get married in Fort Augustus. We had our photographer and the lady who ran our accommadation as witnesses. We called our immediate family and then texted everyone else to let them know. We had a big wedding dance a few months later. Would recommend it to anyone! Pretty much stress free :)
 
When I got married we had no first dance chosen.The lead singer in the band said he would pick a good one and not to be worried about it.
Anyway the usual happens,we are called to the dancefloor by band and they start playing One day at a time (sweet Jesus).
The look of complete shock on my face never ceases to amaze me when I watch the video/DVD.
 
The most notable thing about my wedding was the priest's sermon. "A marriage built on LUUUST is like a house built on sand". I don't know how many times he roared the word LUUUST around the church. There was a degree of sniggering.
 
At a party to celebrate our parents golden wedding, and two weeks before a brother was due to be married, the band leader heard about the coming nuptials and asked me if they should play a song for the engaged couple. I couldn't think of a song and the band leader said should they play something funny or romantic; knowing my brother I said funny. They played Who's Sorry Now. My brother thought it was hysterical, my sister in law has never forgiven me.
 
Went to a wedding where the vicar was a very sweet, and tiny, Indian fellow. Thus, Victoria's big day translated into "Wicky's vedding wows" due to his strong native accent.
 
I have a wedding today. It's a guy I played hurling with for years and should be great craic, but I can't get motivated to go for two days of mayhem...
 
The last wedding I attended was my best friend's sisters in October 2010.

It is the best one I have attended as a guest. But then again, it was expected to be an excellent wedding, because it was on an exclusive glass boat with about 300 guests travelling around Sydney Harbour.

The couple got married in a Greek Orthodox church in Balmain. I think the service took less than 45 minutes, and then we had to fill in 4 hours between the service and getting to the reception. This actually worked out well, as it took 40 minutes to get to the Opera House, where the boat was being launched from. We then were able to easily fill in the 3 hours by sitting with others enjoying cocktails on the Harbour and listening to a brass band.

The boat itself was stunning, and the whole reception was extragavant. There was only 2 speeches, by the father of the bride, and the groom. Altogether they only went for 5 minutes. One of the sister's who was a bridesmaid, and a professional singer and songwriter, sung a song she had composed.

The worst are when EVERYONE wants to speak, and then the part where they have telegrams. I mean seriously, people just want to relax and enjoy themselves not hear half an hour's worth of rubbish that is unneccesary and a waste of time.

All the tables were set up well done, and everyone knew everyone on that particular table. I have been to other weddings where I have not know anyone at the table, or have been put places where it was inappropriate. The worst one was my cousins, who put my brother and I on some kid's table, he was 23, I was 17. The kids who were not related to us and we did not know were aged 10 and under. Would have been ok if we knew them, but we didn't and it didn't go down well with our parents nor some other members of the family. Also don't know why people would want kids under 12 at a wedding. Its not fair on them to be expected to be able to cope with the entire day, or fair on the other guests who have spent a lot of money.

All in all my friend's sister's wedding beautiful.

But then again when one's father can expect to fork out over $100,000 on a wedding, then of course it should be the best.
 
One of the Groupon offers today is for the wedding package at the Marwell Hotel in Hampshire (near the zoo) down 61% to "just" £2400 if anyone fancies making an honest woman of any of the single laydeeez on here ;)
 
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