Weddings..

[Eddie Hitler]

Great things they are. I did what a single man does best at a wedding. Banged a bridesmaid. Well, a blowjob. So not a total win. But hey, still a result. Sharing is caring, I know you will all appreciate my hard work.

Oh, and ask me if I'm hungover. I dare you.

[nowhere.elysium]

As a soon-to-be-married man, I can attest to the fact that they're pure evil, condensed into expensive clothes and raised blood pressure.
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[Jackorias]

are you hungover?

[panrider_uk]

[Dave500]

Boom! Man points!!
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[Tamsin]

[nowhere.elysium]

No, weddings as a whole. I've porked my fair share of bridesmaids, and my stress-inducing behaviours outweigh those of my soon-to-be-wife, so I'm not too worried about that part; it's organising a knees-up for an ungrateful bunch of relatives that I'm not likely to see again for the next 20 years or so that I resent. Especially given that they're already complaining, and the fucking wedding hasn't even happened yet.
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[GhostRider]

[P.addy]

[Visitor Q]

I go one better. As a career expat, my sister expected me to fly back expressly for her wedding. From Australia, having just emmigrated there (it's in August).

24 hours on a plane, 11 hours worth of jetlag, to watch a fat bird in a dress get married to the guy she's been living with for nearly a decade.

No.

As said, get married a long way away. Only deal with your parents, who are treating it like a strange holiday. Win.

Elysium, I don't envy you. You poor poor bastard. Should have nipped the bullshit in the bud early, marry over seas.
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[Rogerborg]

Parents and siblings, registry office, supermarket buffet in the inlaws' back garden. Brother-in-law took pictures.

Absolutely no stress for anyone involved, really nice day all round.

I did push the boat out and bought a new shirt though.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

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[Tracey Suntan-King]

We only told the people we wanted there that we were getting married. Local town hall then home for various delicious home-made foods on paper plates. Accompanied by lots of bubbly/beer sitting in our garden in brilliant sunshine until we ran out of booze and it was too dark/squiffy to see each other.

Easy peasy, except for the sunshine, that's quite hard to organise.

Ive never understood the need for massive expense, and the nonsense described above of inviting people you care nothing fo to be with you for what is essentially an intimate ceremony for the two of you.
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[Clanger]

My father recently told me how disappointed he was at my wedding gift to him (for his third marriage). The real present was an after-the-fact one (where I manipulated a wedding photo and had it blown up on canvas).

Anyway, to justify his disappointment at my meager token 'on the day' present, he asked me how I'd feel if on my wedding day, he were to pay for an evening buffet at McD's or something!!

If I were to get married, I certainly wouldn't be having anything as extravagant as he's done (past and present)...its most likely we'd slip off somewhere quietly with a couple of witnesses. But what happened to the 'it's the thought that counts' in terms of presents (especially to a man who has everything)...sheesh, weddings can really bring out the worst in people.
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[Nb]

Weddings are easy, dont tell anyone except the witness and visit the registry office like i did. Parents were pissed but fuckem
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[nowhere.elysium]

Well, I come from a family that, when fully unrolled, extended and mapped, constitutes five people. Most of my extended family croaked before I hit the age of 12, so funerals were the family meet-up (with ever-dwindling numbers, I hasten to add) for my lot. My OH has got a family that believes in spawning in a big way; the extended family that she's aware of spans ~250 people. Of that, about 50 have been invited, and of those, several have dropped out, citing the fact that it's on the other side of London, and it's not a free bar. Ergo, I'm fucking incandescent.

I did originally want to do the Gretna Green thing, but things would've gotten potentially explosive if I'd had my way, and although I'm perfectly happy to ignore any familial baawww response, she's a bit less so.
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[djrikki]

I do a lot of wedding photography and video, its a huge extravegance that is not needed. Driven by commercial interests, my own to an extent but I charge fairly and dont try and bait the line with add ons and stuff.

When me and the mrs to be finally do it we'll be careful about it all.

[GhostRider]

[andyscooter]

[Rogerborg]

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