no best man

daddyorchips

Let me start by saying I am not getting married now or in the near future. So i was talking to the other half the other evening about getting married mostly because we where bored and it occurred to me that at the age of 22 i do not have any friends, so noone could be my best man if i got married, so is this a big no no or is it a fairly regular thing ?.

PizzamanIRL

What's with the increase in wedding threads in the past couple days on here?

Femme_Fatale

daddyorchips wrote: »

it occurred to me that at the age of 22 i do not have any friends, so noone could be my best man if i got married, so is this a big no no or is it a fairly regular thing ?.

Having a best man is a tradition which is a choice, it's not mandatory. Btw, at 22 you have plenty of time to try and make friends.

The Backwards Man

All you need to get married is a ring and two witnesses, the rest is all a load of auld ****e.

dodderangler

Doesn't always have to be a mate.
A lad off my old rugby team had his father as his best man

daddyorchips

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Having a best man is a tradition which is a choice, it's not mandatory.

the tradition being the best man fought off the brides father in cases of forced marriages ? I read that somewhere once.

Chucken

The Backwards Man wrote: »

All you need to get married is a ring and two witnesses, the rest is all a load of auld ****e.

..and a partner.

daddyorchips

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What's with the increase in wedding threads in the past couple days on here?

Must be something in the water.

ardinn

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What's with the increase in wedding threads in the past couple days on here?

During the sunny spells we had over the last few weeks everyone was so drunk all the women now think they are pregnant and are enforcing marriage on their oh's

KeithM89

Nothing wrong with that, its your wedding.
You shouldn't worry about having to conform to wedding traditions.
You dont have to have a best man, you dont have to have a big fancy reception, you dont need to get married in a church, do what you want dude.

Sofiztikated

dodderangler wrote: »

Doesn't always have to be a mate.
A lad off my old rugby team had his father as his best man

Doesn't necessarily need to be male either.

OP, I'll be your best man, whenever. Pay for the suit, me dinner, and I'll pretty much suck your dick.

The Backwards Man

Chucken wrote: »

..and a partner.

Knew I was missing something.

daddyorchips

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Having a best man is a tradition which is a choice, it's not mandatory. Btw, at 22 you have plenty of time to try and make friends.

that is true but I find it hard these days, I had alot of friends in school but lost touch as ya do.

ardinn

And why have you no friends? Do ye smell?

hfallada

Why do Irish people have such an obsession with having large weddings. Just go to the register office and make it just you and the other half and your parents. Make the wedding day about you two

daddyorchips

dodderangler wrote: »

Doesn't always have to be a mate.
A lad off my old rugby team had his father as his best man

I suppose but i do not like my father or any of my family really.

daddyorchips

hfallada wrote: »

Why do Irish people have such an obsession with having large weddings. Just go to the register office and make it just you and the other half and your parents. Make the wedding day about you two

ya see I said that and I got called cheap, may have been the fact that I said I wouldn't like to pay for everyone to eat bit go figure.

daddyorchips

hfallada wrote: »

Why do Irish people have such an obsession with having large weddings. Just go to the register office and make it just you and the other half and your parents. Make the wedding day about you two

I would do that as im not even catholic.

Chucken

daddyorchips wrote: »

Let me start by saying I am not getting married now or in the near future.

Did you miss this bit? ^^^

hfallada wrote: »

Why do Irish people have such an obsession with having large weddings. Just go to the register office and make it just you and the other half and your parents. Make the wedding day about you two

Pj!

When the time comes you might have some friends OP. There's also the big possibility that yourself and the OH will have gone through a heart breaking, gut wrenching breakup which will ruin you for years.

Best of luck.

daddyorchips

ardinn wrote: »

And why have you no friends? Do ye smell?

its kind of a burning rubber smell do you know like skidmarks ?

daddyorchips

Pj! wrote: »

When the time comes you might have some friends OP. There's also the big possibility that yourself and the OH will have gone through a heart breaking, gut wrenching breakup which will ruin you for years.

Best of luck.

I suppose it could happen, will you hold me if it does ?

Mouzone

Just watch the movie I Love You, Man. Tell's you everything you need to know.

Czarcasm

OP you don't need any of that nonsense, my wife and I were married in the registry office in a civil ceremony, my best mate and his wife acted as witnesses, my wife's immediate family were there, none of mine were there, half an hour later we were as legitimately married as my brother who spent €42k giving my mother a day out plus the other 250 guests they had at their wedding.

They're still paying back the loan.

daddyorchips

Mouzone wrote: »

Just watch the movie I Love You, Man. Tell's you everything you need to know.

If it comes to it I might hold open auditions

daddyorchips

Czarcasm wrote: »

OP you don't need any of that nonsense, my wife and I were married in the registry office in a civil ceremony, my best mate and his wife acted as witnesses, my wife's immediate family were there, none of mine were there, half an hour later we were as legitimately married as my brother who spent €42k giving my mother a day out plus the other 250 guests they had at their wedding.

They're still paying back the loan.

yeah that makes alot of sense to me and 42 k ? Did he give everyone at his wedding money or is that the going rate

shopaholic01

daddyorchips wrote: »

I suppose but i do not like my father or any of my family really.

So you chose the chips in the end?

Czarcasm

daddyorchips wrote: »

yeah that makes alot of sense to me and 42 k ? Did he give everyone at his wedding money or is that the going rate

Boom times, the hotel had big windows, saw them coming! :pac:

daddyorchips

shopaholic01 wrote: »

So you chose the chips in the end?

the chips chose me

daddyorchips

Czarcasm wrote: »

Boom times, the hotel had big windows, saw them coming! :pac:

Must have seen the fat wallet too

dodderangler

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Knew I was missing something.

That's what she said

Sandypants

daddyorchips wrote: »

Must be something in the water.

must be all the cheap-ish deals the hotels are doing...

daddyorchips

Sandypants wrote: »

must be all the cheap-ish deals the hotels are doing...

and who says romance is dead.

shopaholic01

daddyorchips wrote: »

the chips chose me

Well there you go, you do have friends!

Don't get bogged down worrying about what's 'normal'. It's common to lose contact with friends after school/college, you will make and lose a lot more throughout your life. People who say they have lots of friends really have a lot of acquaintances.

freshpopcorn

A lot of people just get there brother or their future brother in law. My parent would nearly expect me to pick my brother over a friend if I was getting married because that's what a lot of people did in there day!

daddyorchips

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Doesn't necessarily need to be male either.

OP, I'll be your best man, whenever. Pay for the suit, me dinner, and I'll pretty much suck your dick.

as long as you swallow, I dont want stains all over my good tracksuit

daddyorchips

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Well there you go, you do have friends!

Don't get bogged down worrying about what's 'normal'. It's common to lose contact with friends after school/college, you will make and lose a lot more throughout your life. People who say they have lots of friends really have a lot of acquaintances.

that's true its like having a thousand friends on fb.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

daddyorchips wrote: »

Let me start by saying I am not getting married now or in the near future. So i was talking to the other half the other evening about getting married mostly because we where bored and it occurred to me that at the age of 22 i do not have any friends, so noone could be my best man if i got married, so is this a big no no or is it a fairly regular thing ?.

That's kind of sad.
If I ever get married though it'll be abroad with no family or friends there, so no worries bout bridesmaids

[-0-]

I got married without a best man.

MadsL

Sandypants wrote: »

must be all the cheap-ish deals the hotels are doing...

You mean the return to sane prices having lost the run of themselves a few years back, being a zombie NAMA hotel puts manners on you.

cletus van damme

i had no best man in hindsight I wish I had no wedding but that's another days rant

If I get married again I'll ask my son to be best man or go it alone.