#163

didn’t happen. You got Total Recall’d, mate

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#164

If you get sore feet at a wedding it’s because you haven’t broken your new shoes in, rather than the fact you’ve run 26 miles.

#166

Yeah the ‘institution of marriage’ sucks.
I sometimes wish we hadn’t legally got married cos all the shite we went through after because of my inlaws expectations of what ‘the institution of marriage’ meant, perhaps would never have come up, if we hadn’t.

Blah garbled.

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#168

Maybe I should double check. Maybe it was on there, but my brain looked at it and said “nope, no reason to remember this any more”

#169

I got married at a wedding, and I don’t think I ever fully recovered either.

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#170

We had a small ceremony at a place local to my mam and dad, and then back to their’s for a garden party. We’d been over for a day trip to France the week beforehand to lay on wine for free. In terms of other drinks / food we paid the local pub to set up a bar in my dad’s bike shed at the bottom of the garden, and a barbecue alongside.

It was great (if a little messy towards the end).

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#172

isn’t that what all weddings are? (though usually done symbolic ceremony first) the priest can say whatever they want but you’re not actually married until the registry office says so

#174

Immediate family weddings are a pain in the arse to be fair but then I also enjoy no focus on me for a few years and have that in both my family and my bfs family at the moment so it’s all good

#175

oh wow, did you have to get ordained or something?

#176

Think it’s fine that weddings and marriage get a slagging tbh. People get married for all types of reasons and weddings/marriage shouldn’t be exempt from criticism or hate or whatever

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#177

apart from being told I should give my partner of 5+ years an ultimatum… :roll_eyes:

anyone been to a reluctant wedding? seems like a laugh

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#178

I didn’t think the registry office got involved for church weddings

#179

We provided all the booze at our wedding :sunglasses:

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#180

for my mates stag the other year we all went camping in the middle of nowhere in snowdonia, did some stupid games and got pissed and barbequed for the weekend. his sister made everyone tshirts that said GREGFEST 2017, first thing i asked him was if he was planning his divorce already so that he could have another gregfest

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#181

I’ve only ever been to one church wedding so I’m not surr; we were talking about doing the register the day before, purely a formality, and then having a ‘wedding’ later.

like, I am ‘marrying’ two of my friends this year. Doing the ceremony, the vows and that. They got legally married months ago but we’re all sort of pretending they’re not. They really wanted me to do the ceremony. But my dad couldn’t wrap his head around the idea of getting legally married and having a “wedding” on separate occasions, even though I know loads of people who’ve done that.

#182

I really wish we’d have been able to do that

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#183

at least if you cry at a wedding and anyone notices you can just say “oh, I’m just so happy!..so fucking happy for them…”

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#184

the registrar is there and you have to sign the book etc at the end of the ceremony - that’s the legal bit

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#185

My mate got married when his partner got pregnant. The wedding was a bit subdued because it came as a bit of a surprise to everyone. Always thought his heart wasn’t really in it, and they got divorced a few years and another kid later.

Everyone is fine now though, you live and learn.

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#186

And they’re emotional occasions.

Often even the cakes are in tiers

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