Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: » Recreate the ‘Blinded By The Lights’ video - now, that’s a plan.
Thelonious Monk wrote: » great song but never saw the video. I never got the lyrics either, something like "Wake up like a douche now in the middle of the night". Wtf.
Hardtochoose wrote: » Boards.ie must have the most miserable people in Ireland. It would depress you reading threads like this.
razorblunt wrote: » I think that poster meant The Streets version of the song.
Nokotan wrote: » I love the mayhem of the actual wedding day so it's the best of both worlds for me. In terms of not missing someone that you invited, there's enough going on and enough people that are there that it'd be foolish to be thinking about the person not arsed going. In my case I'm still friends with the lad, I was disappointed at the time that he declined but I got over it quickly, nothing I can do.
LirW wrote: » I hope you didn't take any offense in what I said, trying to see it from your point of view just makes me understand how much I struggle to understand the general concept of Irish wedding customs. See, back home weddings are very small compared to here and people are invited because they're close, often not even extended family makes the cut and there are generally no hard feelings about not being invited because the custom is so different. People get married in small settings, go have food, drink and mingle and the couple, while being the most important part, are right in the middle of it all and days aren't as strict and rigid and it has a natural flow because entertainment doesn't matter that much but being with the people does. Not saying it's better, it's just different.
Thelonious Monk wrote: » The who? I'm old.
Thelonious Monk wrote: » That's the way to do it instead of interfering in other people's lives and bank balances! Fair play.
Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: » People do destination weddings because they are cheaper for the couple. But in reality it just transfers the costs onto the guest. Foreign weddings are always more expensive, no matter what anyone says.
Pinch Flat wrote: » Work colleague spent €40,000 on the wedding. €40k ffs! The boom is getting boomier
PhilOssophy wrote: » Its complete BS. We were at one and it was about a 5-hr drive from the airport, the venue looked nice but the food was rotten (we would have rang a pizza only we were too far from civilisation), the hotels were awful and expensive, and it felt like we were shepherded around like sheep for 3 days to indulge a pair of narcissists. We (and others) couldn't wait to get out of there. I also think in Irish weddings the day after thing is a load of me asre - "we will be all relaxed and people will love spending time with us". For our wedding, the next day - after we said our goodbyes to our guests, we spent with our parents and bridal party for a while. Then everybody headed off. Then we spent the rest of the day on our own reflecting about the day and it was a million times more relaxing than sitting around with people who feel obliged to stay for the next day party! Bottle of champers that night at home, it was bliss.
PhilOssophy wrote: » I also think in Irish weddings the day after thing is a load of me asre - "we will be all relaxed and people will love spending time with us". For our wedding, the next day - after we said our goodbyes to our guests, we spent with our parents and bridal party for a while. Then everybody headed off. Then we spent the rest of the day on our own reflecting about the day and it was a million times more relaxing than sitting around with people who feel obliged to stay for the next day party! Bottle of champers that night at home, it was bliss.
eviltwin wrote: » I hate weddings. I would have not been able to cope with a traditional affair, we got married very quietly with just a few people there who thought they were going to a house warming. Simple with no fuss. Why do people go mad? Who knows but it's one of the reasons the wedding forum on boards is so entertaining.
SusieBlue wrote: » I was in Vegas a few months ago and got chatting to a pair of newlyweds around my own age at the pool. Rather than do the big white wedding, they flew their parents, siblings, partners & nieces/nephews to Vegas where they eloped. Their wedding was intimate and special and they had an absolute blast with their families for the week they were there. They did a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon, visited Hoover Dam, and had relaxing days by the pool, as well as the obvious partying by night. At the end of the week, their families were going home and the newlyweds were heading to Cancun in Mexico for their honeymoon. They were so relaxed, chilled out and happy and no one at home was any the wiser to what they had done. If I ever get married, I'd love to do it that way.
pwurple wrote: » That wasn't small money though either I'd say! 4 parents, the couple,2 siblings each plus partners = 8 Maybe 8 nieces and nephews... Flying 22 people to las vegas = 22,000 euro. Plus hotels, helicopter rides, a week of accommodation for all and a honeymoon in mexico? Looks like close up on the 40k again there. Also, if their parents were there, by definition it wasn't eloping, but I'm being picky there.
Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: » It does sound like a more fun way to spend that wedding budget though and it’s great if they covered the costs of the guests!
pwurple wrote: » Well, the money got spent either way, right?That's the thing with a lot of foreign weddings, you're just dumping spreading cost onto your guests. Anyway, I have to say, we had a wedding, not a massive one, and however many years later, I still like looking at the photos of the people who were there. It is a milestone in most people's lives... like a graduation, or birth of children. It is a day I remember for a heck of a long time,
