Grand Final or Wedding?

[adamgreen]

This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I said to her " lucky last week wasn't a draw, cos I wouldn't be going to this wedding!" She told me that I would be going and that I could record the game and watch it later. As far as I am concerned I would have watched the game, but she got the shits big time with the mere suggestion.

What would you do?

 

[CAS79]

This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I said to her " lucky last week wasn't a draw, cos I wouldn't be going to this wedding!" She told me that I would be going and that I could record the game and watch it later. As far as I am concerned I would have watched the game, but she got the shits big time with the mere suggestion.

What would you do?

When it's your team you go the game.

You do not schedule weddings around the finals series.. but I do feel for the girl, she did the right thing by scheduling October.

 

[Zvim]

I wouldn't miss a H&A game for a wedding let alone a grand final.

You just don't get married during the footy season, just not on. At least plan ahead to when some duds are playing.

 

[MightyFighting]

If it's your wedding, you should probably go.

 

[Johnson#26]

Disgraceful and insensitive scheduling.

 

[adamgreen]

Disgraceful and insensitive scheduling.

In fairness to her she is not a footy supporter and the wedding was scheduled 1 week after the GF. She just didn't consider the draw!

 

[True Bluebagger]

This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I said to her " lucky last week wasn't a draw, cos I wouldn't be going to this wedding!" She told me that I would be going and that I could record the game and watch it later. As far as I am concerned I would have watched the game, but she got the shits big time with the mere suggestion.

What would you do?

It brings back a bad memory when my mother forced me to go my cousin's wedding in 1975 and it broke the sequence of 7 GF's I had watched live from 1968 to 1974. But from then on the only GF I missed until 1982 was the '77 replay where I had to play cricket for Richmond 2nds at Punt Rd.

That was an unreal day and as our captain was 'old school', we couldn't talk about the GF between North and C'wood.......but that's another story.

 

[mcuzzy]

If it's your wedding, you should probably go.

and miss the grand final? **** that!

 

[Ninty]

I missed my sisters fiances bucks party because they made it the 27th of September. I told them I can't see myself making it if Geelong win, and well, I didn't of course. They don't give a shit about football, so **** them.

I was pissed enough missing a H&A game last year because of a wedding, no way I would miss a finals game for a wedding.

I even went to the Big Day Out in '07 instead of attending my cousins wedding.

 

[Doctor Feel]

This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I said to her " lucky last week wasn't a draw, cos I wouldn't be going to this wedding!" She told me that I would be going and that I could record the game and watch it later. As far as I am concerned I would have watched the game, but she got the shits big time with the mere suggestion.

What would you do?

Footy every day of the week.

 

[gandaal]

You actually told her?

If your team is playing then you watch the Grand Final regardless. After that it depends on how close you are to the people getting married.

 

[Pamam]

watch the grand final then go to the reception

thats what i did

i had a wedding last weekend, and i stayed home to watch the game, once it was over i went to the reception

then as bad luck as it seems i had another wedding yesterday!!

 

[Fear0411]

If it was my own wedding and my team was playing??

just have the reception in the drinks line its friggin long enough

 

[Ryder_Hooker]

Weddings shouldn't be during Football season. My partner wouldn't dare schedule our wedding then....

I've been to a bunch of weddings this year, one just recently when Geelong played the Pies in the Prelim. My mate is a mad Geelong supporter and he cracked the shits and tried to get out of it! His wife made him attend to his disappointment.....and it was our best mates wedding.

 

[MightyHawks]

If someone has scheduled their wedding on the day of the grand final then they're doing it cheap and expecting that friends will give up something important to go...

fu@& that...

Why stop with grand final day?

Why not organise the wedding at 11am on a Wednesday?

I'm sure you'd get the reception centre cheap...

People have weddings on Saturdays, Sundays or late afternoon Fridays because it is convenient for their guests to attend.

Well, whether or not you like football is irrelevant. Half the people in Victoria want to watch the Grand Final. Ridiculous to expect them to miss it and go to your crappy wedding.

Football will still be around for years... Your marriage may not be...

 

[legend166]

Depends whose wedding.

 

[thejester]

My old man is 51 and in that time Geelong have won 3 premierships; he's seen two of them. He also has two children. I figure that ergo seeing your team win flags is roughly equivalent to seeing the birth of your children. Would you miss the birth of your kids for a wedding? **** no.

 

[windyhill]

Are you kidding ? For Nab cup games I have missed weddings,parties & family gatherings. " I`ll be there later on" It has taken years of training but both sides of the family are up to speed now. A Grand Final ?!?!?!?

 

[mantis]

This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I said to her " lucky last week wasn't a draw, cos I wouldn't be going to this wedding!" She told me that I would be going and that I could record the game and watch it later. As far as I am concerned I would have watched the game, but she got the shits big time with the mere suggestion.

What would you do?

My daughter is unfortunately a Doggies supporter & last saturday her father was getting married for the third time. She told him that if the Doggies made the GF, she would not be going to his wedding.

 

[Giants FC]

Anyone who invited me to a wedding on Grand Final day obviously doesn't know my all that well. So I wouldn't feel any guilt about declining the invitation.

 

[GFCMAN]

watch the grand final then go to the reception

thats what i did

i had a wedding last weekend, and i stayed home to watch the game, once it was over i went to the reception

then as bad luck as it seems i had another wedding yesterday!!

Scheduling a wedding on Grand Final day is just totally stupid. Even if you dont follow footy it's a very silly and insensitive thing to do.

 

[Power King]

This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I said to her " lucky last week wasn't a draw, cos I wouldn't be going to this wedding!" She told me that I would be going and that I could record the game and watch it later. As far as I am concerned I would have watched the game, but she got the shits big time with the mere suggestion.

What would you do?

Females will generally never understand the difference between watching a game live and watching it the next day or hours later - they are a lost cause with this.

Your best bet is to come up with an analogy females can relate to, something like the be all and end all of shopping.

You actually told her?

If your team is playing then you watch the Grand Final regardless. After that it depends on how close you are to the people getting married.

My thoughts exactly.

Football will still be around for years... Your marriage may not be...

LOL, bravo. Would love to see the reaction on the girl's face upon hearing this.

Anyway, when scheduling weddings, one of the utmost important things is to cater to your guests. If a significant number of guests are going to be into AFL (very general - male anglos in WA/SA/VIC), then it's poor form to schedule the day around the finals/grand final.

 

[94_Eagles]

Apparently the replay is played on the Sunday and not Saturday the following week.

 

[SirJimi05]

Funny you should mention this. I'm engaged to be married and we planned to fly to Singapore for our wedding 3 months after our baby is born to have it there. At the time i didn't even think but as it turns out it would have pretty much been smack bang on the time of the finals/gf.

A few days ago i had a chat to the other half and convinced her that mid October would be a better time to have it because it gives her more time to get back to herself after the baby and also that my best man will find that time easier to get off work. No way in the world i could mention football.

 

[mantis]

Scheduling a wedding on Grand Final day is just totally stupid. Even if you dont follow footy it's a very silly and insensitive thing to do.

It's more selfish than insensitive, like your wedding is more important than the GF. FFS, you have 364 other days to have your bloody wedding on.