facehugger99 wrote: » Smug is the fcukin word for the ones who were at my pre-marriage course. The whole day was awful. We had to do role-plays - not the exciting sexy kind either - the situation was that the husband (obviously) was a fcuking slob who kept leaving his dirty socks thrown on the floor and the long-suffering wife had to nag him into submission. I wish I was joking - that was literally the scenario we were expected to act out (in front of about 20 other couples). We also had a 30 minute module on the human reproductive system complete with biology diagrams of the male and female genitalia. This was in 2004 BTW - not the '70's. It was a whole day - 9am until 5pm. I had an absolutely horrific hangover too. We actually had to pay for that day of ****e - what a scam!
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professore wrote: » What kind of stupid roleplay is that?
Spanish Eyes wrote: » I think (personally) that if the middle bit was cut out completely it would be tolerable. You know, the bit between the end of the ceremony and the dinner. The hours of hanging around starving waiting for B+G to finish the photos. OMG that has to be the worst. And it's usually when stuck in some out of the way venue where you can't even drop in the local hostillery for an hour or two and have a bit of craic, no... you (well ladies) have to stand around in heels on damp grass and sip a prosecco with a ritz cracker and a half a teaspoon of pate to keep you going. I absolutely hate that bit, adds hours to the day. Anyway I wish someone would come up with some ideas on that one! My ideal wedding would be a short registry office or on site ceremony, a short (half an hour) drinks thinngy and straight into the meal. If people weren't so supersticious about the groom seeing you all dressed up before the day, the photos could be taken a few days before. And all that would be left photo wise is the ceremony and the hotel bit. No one notices that as everyone is in the same place. I know I'm wittering on, but at one wedding a few years ago the B+G were missing for three hours (probably not all photo related who knows!), and I was getting narky and wanted to just fekkin leave! Anyway, am enjoying the thread. Just goes to show everyone is different, and different people have different expectations, needs and wants.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Hmmm, clever that! I'd say it's been noticed alright, just no one said anything, but mutter into their prosecco/beer as to how you got away with it. In typical Irish fashion!
Spanish Eyes wrote: » To be fair I've never had the bottle to slink off the ceremony and the middle bit. Not really possible when wedding is out in the sticks somewhere. But I do confess that when I bring dear old mother to one of her rapidly departing friends funerals, we just go within ten minutes of the end and mingle outside with the other mourners when they are on the way out. No one knows and job done. Very sorry if that offends, but it works.
facehugger99 wrote: » It was a whole day - 9am until 5pm. I had an absolutely horrific hangover too. We actually had to pay for that day of ****e - what a scam!
Meadow Freezing Newsman wrote: » Yes, when did this business of the bridal party disappearing for hours to have endless photographs taken, while the guests starve in the bar and try not to drink too much on an empty stomach, start? My ideal wedding would be ceremony around midday, a few quick photographs followed by a short drinks reception and a nice meal in a restaurant or nice hotel, a couple of speeches, champagne and wedding cake, a bit of chit chat and then the Bride and Groom changing and heading off and everyone free to go at about 6pm.
Bob Harris wrote: » Would that be 5 fingers at the same time or one after the other?
thecretinhop wrote: » I had a bride tell me that below a hundred guests is a loss. 150 is break even. 180 is a small profit. If you want to pay a bit of the house off 250. I was speechless... Yes a lot of weddings are muck. I enjoy watching especially at a country wedding watching the redneck rampage as the single guy or girl all dressed up and smart at 1pm staggering about with soiled shirt and tie on there head drunkenly mumbling i need to get some feckin hole!! While sweet caroline is playing in the background...
erica74 wrote: » :pac: we had 20 guests altogether, what would that bride make of us?? :pac:
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Come on you hipsters, start a trend here....
murpho999 wrote: » Been to foreign weddings and I think Ireland does weddings very well , a real sense of occasion, people dress up well etc. Also, some great venues out there with some very good food offerings.
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....... wrote: » No - I didnt have a catholic wedding so I wouldnt know much about them except what other people tell me and what other people have told me was that it was a priest.
LirW wrote: » Our photographer, we get her just for a few hours for the ceremony and the pub afterwards, said that in the cities small weddings are on the rise, she does loads of them and she prefers the small city ones over the more traditional ones because they are a lot more spontaneous. So there might be hope
Fred Swanson wrote: » We didn't even bother with a photographer. We did all our own photos. 3pm in the registry office, all done by 3.15 did the photos and off to the pub for a meal. All done and dusted by 11pm. Was home in bed by midnight. I just couldn't imagine doing anything more lavish.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » End of the day they are all the same. Formulaic in the extreme.
splinter65 wrote: » I was married at 11 lunch at 1 left for honeymoon at 3.30. Lovely day. Church wedding incidentally.
LirW wrote: » She wouldn't go, that's below her, or if she would, she'd give you a gift according to how glamorous the wedding is, you don't do the whole hundreds of people thingy? Here have 30 quid and 2 McDonald's vouchers :pac:
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Opened the letter box this morning, and discovered an invite to the wedding of my nephew and his girlfriend. Has put me in bad mood as a result. I’ll have to go, but I’d rather get a 5-fingered prostate exam than attend to be honest. Does anyone actually enjoy Irish weddings? They take all day. They cost a fortune. The food is nearly always shîte, you end up talking to cousins and other relations you hate, the speeches are always the same, you can’t get too drunk or the extended family will be gossiping about you, you don’t know who you’ll be sitting beside, the music is terrible. Just a really bad day out. The only positive is that there’s a decent chance you’ll get the ride at the end of the night. When will start having w mature conversation about this? No one wants to go to these dreadful affairs only Bridezilla and her bridesmaids. Fiasco.
