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Weddings - a terrible day out.

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    #602
    thebull85
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭thebull85


    The only good thing about Irish weddings is all the cocaine.


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    #603
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    _Dara_ wrote: »
    Bagpipes are a boil on the face of humanity!

    Oh are they, aye?

    tumblr_o6ok33zGhN1qh59n0o8_400.png


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    #604
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    I'm fairly sanguine about weddings generally. Their day and all that. Nor do I begrudge giving a cash gift. The one thing that annoys me is destination weddings though. Fair enough if one of the couple are foreign and having it in their home country but its usually just a drain on people's finances and annual leave, not to mention the colossal inconvenience when you have kids or get invited to a few destination weddings in the same year.


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    #605
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,608 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Wedding invites are like a summons.

    See people say that however if they don't get invited they huff!

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #606
    super_furry
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    If it's a close friend and all your mates are there, it can been brilliant. A cousin you never see, not so much.


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    #607
    valoren
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭valoren


    road_high wrote: »
    That sounds like a torture routine, something the CIA should pull on terror suspects to break them! Self indulgent tripe- the couple should have called a halt and said they just wanted a relaxed eve with friends and no pressure in anyone

    I was best man at both my brothers weddings and hated having to do it. I just wanted to relax and enjoy the day for what it was without any pressure. Couldn't get comfortable until the speech and my 'duties' were done. It is always in the back of your mind no matter how well prepared it is. Imagine having that nonsense heaped on everyone else i.e. waiting and hating it all until it's your turn to speak after the wedding day itself.


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    #608
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Strategically located to Australia at 30. Missing 9 this year between friends and family. Another 6 next year. Up for best man gig next year so non attendance is not an option.

    BTW didn't relelocate because of weddings! It just worked out that way.


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    #609
    Jamsiek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Jamsiek


    I got married 2 weeks ago. Family only and a few close friends. 16 people in all at it.
    Free bar and great food and we had more time for each than if it was a traditional wedding.
    Then had a party 2 days later open to all our friends to make up for it, which was a big occasion.
    I wouldn't have it any other way.


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    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,073 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Jamsiek wrote: »
    I got married 2 weeks ago. Family only and a few close friends. 16 people in all at it.
    Free bar and great food and we had more time for each than if it was a traditional wedding.
    Then had a party 2 days later open to all our friends to make up for it, which was a big occasion.
    I wouldn't have it any other way.

    Yes good for you . But I wish people ( not you ) on the thread would understand that people like different days . Some like 16 people some like to be surrounded by 100 people and others like a day with a huge crowd . To each their own and how they like to spend their day


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    #611
    Jamsiek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Jamsiek


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    Yes good for you . But I wish people ( not you ) on the thread would understand that people like different days . Some like 16 people some like to be surrounded by 100 people and others like a day with a huge crowd . To each their own and how they like to spend their day

    Agreed.
    My brother had 200 at his wedding but he regretted having such a big wedding because he didn't get to spend enough time with the guests as there was so many.
    I think smaller weddings are getting more popular as people are getting out of the regular formula and doing it the way they want to instead of the way it was always done before.


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    Iodine1
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭Iodine1


    Current trend for 2 day weddings in "special" wedding venue is a 2X pain in the. Go away and do it quietly and I will gladly send a card and cheque anyway to relatives who oblige. Only one couple have so far however.


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    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    With the Covid-19 situation bringing most wedding plans to a firm halt, and the weddings that are taking place small by necessity to keep numbers limited, this guy in the UK makes a plea for smaller, more modest wedding events.

    He speaks a lot of sense, in my humble opinion...

    https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/views/opinion-let-s-vow-to-keep-weddings-small-and-sensible-even-after-lockdown-1-6823538


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