bride - traditonally late

loismustdie

does any1 else think the notion of the bride keeping her grrom waiting on the day of their wedding is a bit weird? it's not a very romantic idea like?

oscarBravo

Seems these days it's more to do with the photographer than the bride herself. Our photographer was so notorious for keeping the bride late that we told him the ceremony was actually happening half an hour earlier than it actually was - and she was still ten minutes late arriving at the church!

Victor

10 minutes keeps him on his toes, anything after that is just impolite and ignorant.

simu

It's annoying and impolite.

Specky

It's annoying and impolite

To whom?

If the groom is too intolerant to put up with a few minutes wait then he possibly isn't ready for the grand compromise we come to know as married life.

If the guests don't like waiting then tough! The happy couple are forking out a fortune to entertain you. Put up or go home and everyone else can drink your share of the free booze.

Personally the delay thing didn't effect me and the missus as we both arrived at the registry office at the same time, in the same car.

I think calling the bride impolite and ignorant is in itself more than a little ignorant of the size of the occasion for some people. It is often described as the most important day in a person's life. Personally I don't place a great deal of significance on any religeous conotations that some people attach to the ceremony and I think it's ludicrous the amount of money some people choose to hurl down the toilet on such events but I do think it's up to the individual to make that decision and to spend the day how they want to. If that includes arriving a bit late for the event then <shrug>...

Memnoch

Originally posted by Specky
To whom?.........

Ifindividual to make that decision and to spend the day how they want to. If that includes arriving a bit late for the event then <shrug>...

can you hear the sound of the whip?

simu

Originally posted by Specky
To whom?

If the groom is too intolerant to put up with a few minutes wait then he possibly isn't ready for the grand compromise we come to know as married life.

If the guests don't like waiting then tough! The happy couple are forking out a fortune to entertain you. Put up or go home and everyone else can drink your share of the free booze.

Personally the delay thing didn't effect me and the missus as we both arrived at the registry office at the same time, in the same car.

I think calling the bride impolite and ignorant is in itself more than a little ignorant of the size of the occasion for some people. It is often described as the most important day in a person's life. Personally I don't place a great deal of significance on any religeous conotations that some people attach to the ceremony and I think it's ludicrous the amount of money some people choose to hurl down the toilet on such events but I do think it's up to the individual to make that decision and to spend the day how they want to. If that includes arriving a bit late for the event then <shrug>...

It's annoying to me who has relations and aquaintances who insist that I must go to their rubblishy little "legal acknowledgement that I'm having sex with this person" ceremonies.

I admit it, I'm very anti-marriage!

oscarBravo

Originally posted by simu
It's annoying to me who has relations and aquaintances who insist that I must go to their rubblishy little "legal acknowledgement that I'm having sex with this person" ceremonies.

The good news is that this attitude is so uncommon that some day, when you're celebrating an occasion that you consider to be one of the biggest events of your life, these relations and acquaintances will almost certainly have the good grace to be happy for you.

simu

Woot!:rolleyes:

NEway, i don't think I'm the only one alive to be cynical about marriage.

Yoda

Simu complained:
It's annoying to me who has relations and aquaintances who insist that I must go to their rubblishy little "legal acknowledgement that I'm having sex with this person" ceremonies.

At least you're afforded that legal status and the perks and protections that come with it. Unless you're not heterosexual.

simu

Originally posted by Yoda
At least you're afforded that legal status and the perks and protections that come with it. Unless you're not heterosexual.

True - actually I think it should be abolished and replaced with some kind of contract that manages property and inheritance issues and care of children between any two adults, regardless of their gender.

Velvet Vocals

No... you couldn't abolish it.... no day out.... no big party with all your friends... that would suck. Just change it so that everyone regardless of who they are can do it and have it whatever way they want it.

Kalina

Maybe a few minutes is ok, if the bride is a bit of a traditionalist. But any longer is a bit unfair on everyone sitting in the church waiting.

Villain

Just a woman feeling empowered for the last time in her life;)

Kalina

Originally posted by irish1
Just a woman feeling empowered for the last time in her life;)

Now, now, no need for that!! Maybe it's a case of the woman enjoying the first taste of a new empowerment...

Villain

Originally posted by Kalina
Now, now, no need for that!! Maybe it's a case of the woman enjoying the first taste of a new empowerment...

LOL, well no harm in her dreaming I suppose

Specky

woman enjoying the first taste of a new empowerment

...sounds like the working title of a porn movie....to me....

TomTom

The whole marrage cermony is extreamly important to some people. The whole fasionable late thing is a bit dumb though. You have to think of others, you can't just decide it my day and i'll do what i like. After all it's just a big front for a leagal signing and there are loads of people to consider, espically the people who have the church booked after you.

I'd have to have a big church wedding not because i want to but because its important to steph and my mother. End of story.
Also the piss up afterwards would not be the same as after a regestry service, and there would be no grooms man trying it on with brides mades and just about anything that moves.