hk blues Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 19 minutes ago, Rugster said: Pish. Both our sets of parents threw us a decent amount of money before our wedding and not only did they have no input, they didn't even make a whisper of wanting any. It's your day, not anyone else's. It's maybe a big day for your parents too, seeing their kids getting married but f**k running your wedding for other people. They've had their day. And nae hymns! Pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 28 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Can't agree, I'd be genuinely annoyed if they started insisting on things - I won't ever ask them for money so if they want to put towards it that's their choice. Agree, f**k the hymns but agree with the rest. I suppose I was talking from my experience where both sets of parents paid for everything and didn't have any particular demands so it was a win-win for me. If they had been different, i might have a different idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: As for a normal wedding? f**k getting £20k to £30k in debt for a single night's meal and piss up. You call that normal? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Just now, oaksoft said: Apparently it's the average UK spend on a wedding. Madness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I haven't been to a wedding since I was a child. I tend to give them a wide berth and don't really see the point in them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Just now, Rugster said: Madness I think they would cost a lot more to hire. Most people scrimp on the wedding band and don't go for a big name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I've only ever been to one wedding in my life, and I was 15 at the time. I'm 25 and have been to dozens of funerals, though. Is that an indictment of the type of person I am? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 minute ago, DAFC. said: I've only ever been to one wedding in my life, and I was 15 at the time. I'm 25 and have been to dozens of funerals, though. Is that an indictment of the type of person I am? Probably means nobody likes you since you can got to funerals without invites, but not weddings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 16 minutes ago, Rugster said: Probably means nobody likes you since you can got to funerals without invites, but not weddings. A wedding in a church is a public event, hence the if anyone objects etc. The reception is private obviously 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, DAFC. said: I've only ever been to one wedding in my life, and I was 15 at the time. I'm 25 and have been to dozens of funerals, though. Is that an indictment of the type of person I am? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Adam101 said: A wedding in a church is a public event, hence the if anyone objects etc. The reception is private obviously Well, yes, that's why people who get married in churches are idiots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Just now, Rugster said: Well, yes, that's why people who get married in churches are idiots. true but plenty people do it, I might start going to random weddings hoping to latch on and get some free scran, certinaly beats the sausage rolls served at funerals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Adam101 said: true but plenty people do it, I might start going to random weddings hoping to latch on and get some free scran, certinaly beats the sausage rolls served at funerals. Edited August 30, 2019 by Rugster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 27 minutes ago, Rugster said: Probably means nobody likes you since you can got to funerals without invites, but not weddings. Oh, no, I should've added to save confusion, I have been invited to plenty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, DAFC. said: Oh, no, I should've added to save confusion, I have been invited to plenty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Rugster said: Now I have a craving for crab cakes & lemon aioli. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBlue62 Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Not a chance we will be spending 20k on the wedding. I don't even want to spend what we will be spending but will be max 5k after everything is included. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Getting married in Hungary June 2020. Will be grateful for anyone that ends up coming (NOT a PnB open invite!) so don't want gifts or anything.Also her mum insists we invite her cousins etc. f**k that, I'm not even inviting most of my own family.One awkward bit though is inviting one of my half brothers but not the other. I have no ill feeling but he never reaches out see how I am. Ever, for like years. So no invite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Getting married abroad in front of immediate family only is the best way for sure - that's what we did. It weeds out all the dross that make so many weddings so stressful - that uncle who's guaranteed to get hammered and make a c**t of himself, those second cousins who will want to bring their entire extended tinky families, that auntie who hasn't spoken to some other relation since they had a fight in the early 80s, that other one that is desperate to try to make the whole thing about her and will manufacture something to feel snubbed about, and also all those folk you don't even actually know but one of your parents feel obliged to invite because they went to their wedding 20 years ago. Have a do for all those folk when you get back by all means, but by that point the pressure's off and you can just enjoy it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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