#234

It’s nice that you get to pop the baby in some fancy clothes as well eh I bet

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#235

Somali weddings can be a total nightmare, I’m not rare in that i have actual siblings of my parents and first cousins I’ve never met, or actually even know of, and even the first cousins i have and know, could walk past them on the street and not know because i haven’t seen them in years. Let alone all the other relatives you have to invite or close family friends or people from the same tribe who’d be offended that they weren’t invited, so you’d be stuck with a massive guestlist and not know who loads of them are. Quite common in south asian/middle eastern weddings too, and filial piety means you will probably end up agreeing to it :sweat_smile:. Also idk if i could cope with a traditional somali wedding, some of the traditions are devastating. What stands out is the opening of a drum thing thats tied shut with ropes and the harder it is for the groom and his party to open it, the more virginal the bride is :sob: the weddings can be fun tho, as a guest, and if you aren’t seriously introverted. Also your eardrums might burst when a random aunty starts ululating in your ear, or said random aunty shoves you into the clearing of the dance circle and you want to die but cant because there’s about 20 cameras pointed at you and your mum looking at you like :face_with_raised_eyebrow: so you clap awkwardly and inch backwards into the crowd until the aunty finds another victim

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#236

Just lots of fun in total

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#237

June this year. But they’ll also be travelling from California for the wedding. Like, obviously I’ve softened up (my best mate will have a baby of similar age too).

i think there’s a big difference between babies and children though. babies, like you say, can’t really be left to it. “children” on the other hand, you’ve got to make arrangements for entertainment and food and whatnot. But I just don’t like kids**, and that’s on me. My fiancée feels differently.

**as in, i’m terrible with them. kids are fine. I’m not a monster. I’m just socially useless at dealing with them unless they’re too young to hold a conversation, or old enough to hold a conversation I can understand.

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#238

Never…

Sorry.

#240

The first ever memory I have of being at a wedding is telling “PUT A SOCK IN IT” at a DJ at a very young age and it bringing the house down.

My attitudes towards wedding DJs have remained steadfast since then.

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#242

We love our nephew and our future niece or nephew and our friends kids but I do not want a screaming child anywhere near me when I’m even trying to have a drink at the pub so why would I do that for my wedding day?

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#243

The screaming is temporary though (usually)

#244

Just big fat “nah” for me thanks!

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#245

Yeah, they also bring good things. Much like all of humanity. Good and bad. Light and shade. Balance to the force.

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#246

no thank you!!!

#247

I have had my wedding and if you remember you were NOT invited!

Still expected a gift though, which I did not receive.

#248

I got you that electric toothbrush, remember?

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#249

You will be so busy, focused, harried and perhaps overwhelmed with/by everything else going on you will absolutely not notice them. Trust me. Unless one kicks off during the service of course but that’s like < 5% of the entire day.

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#250

:thinking:

#251

How can I help?

#252

Holding me would be a start.

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#253

Do you remember “The bowlers Holding the batsmans Willy”?

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#254

I’ve been to a wedding where the frontman of the ceilidh band was our actual old PE teacher. He wasn’t impressed with anyone, guest or pupil, getting out of synch with his meticulous “heel toe, heel toe.”

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#255

Hell yeah

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