Do you LOVE going to weddings?

PowerToWait · 28-10-2016 11:02PM

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

I've been to something like 32 weddings In last 3 years.
Going to another one tomorrow and have 6 next year including one I'm best man at.

Forty weddings in 4 years? That's just shocking. I've not been to half that in my lifetime.

Andrewf20 · 29-10-2016 01:29AM

Your table colleagues can make or break the day. A fun table can be great craic, although once 1am comes I'm usually ready to hit the hay.

cripesonfriday · 29-10-2016 01:43AM

No, I don't enjoy them, I've been to maybe thirty weddings, have enjoyed maybe five, two were abroad (including mine) which I think always helps guests treat it as a holiday (both were pre-recession though) one was a humanist ceremony followed by a short trip to a local restaurant that served great food and drink and music.

The other two were just lovely weddings between lovely couples who loved each other, were perfect together, and who chose to get married among family and friends, with no candy floss machines or magicians or caricaturists.

JupiterKid · 29-10-2016 01:47AM

I used to like weddings but find them a bit of a chore/tedious/repetitive these days. The best weddings are modest affairs between good friends who truly love each other and a bit of imagination and originality is shown.

The most odious are super lavish "events" where you hardly know the bride or groom and often they expect a hefty cash gift. Horrible.

RobertKK · 29-10-2016 02:11AM

Hate weddings, and happy when not invited to weddings, some take insult, I secretly think 'thank you'.

blueshark22 · 29-10-2016 02:16AM

Weddings depend solely on the crowd going, I already have 3 'big ones' next year one i am half dreading because i know i won't have any craic! Agree that 3 day weddings are hard work.

blueshark22 · 29-10-2016 02:17AM

ps in some cases my father calls a wedding invite a 'summons' he's not wrong in some cases!!

PandaPoo · 29-10-2016 02:40AM

I love weddings!!!! A night away, getting dressed up and drink, staying in a hotel and shagging all night, having the hangover cure the next day and driving home to lie in bed and sleep.

I hated my own wedding, literally a complete and utter disaster that will stick with me and my guests for life

I like everyone else's though

Ayuntamiento · 29-10-2016 02:57AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Good for them. Coming on a message board to criticise how some people prepare for a wedding gets a few eye rolls too I'm sure.

Although to be honest I'm not surprised wedding prep is more lax in the states at the rate they marry and divorce each other at.

Because it's well known that divorce rates are directly related to the amount of money that's p*ssed away on weddings....ðŸ™„
Plenty of divorce in Ireland, although the rates probably look lower because of all the seperated couples who are stuck waiting 4yrs to start proceedings.

I really hate weddings. I have a family one coming up soon that I couldn't get out of but we have our own room in the hotel so I'll probably spend most of the night up there after I've shown my face.

I eloped so I'll never understand the princess complex that other (allegedly) grown women have around it. All I know is that we had that extra 20-40k of money you'd spend on a wedding to put into buying our own house.

Wowbagger · 29-10-2016 03:18AM

I don't mind weddings but have been known to pick and choose which invites get a yes. The last wedding we attended was that of a good friend of mine which was a long time coming and definitely was not going to be missed by yours truly. Just after throwing a rough guesstimate of the spend for the day/night and it reached 770e.

An invite coming for one in May 2017, hotel booked.

Do you LOVE going to weddings?

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