Family & Relationships Weddings

[Thistle]

So I'm getting hitched and we've just started researching options for our wedding day.

We're not sure if we'll go big(ish), small or even elope at this stage but thought it would be interesting to hear what have been some of the best/worst weddings you've been to and why?

Would also also appreciate any advice and suggestions from posters from their own wedding experience and if you would do anything differently?

If there's a thread already that's great but couldn't find one.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Eloped
On the balcony at my place ..no guests....my sister and BiL drove up in 24hours...so just 2 uninvited guests

Was going to be a choice between spending thousands on a big regular one or a trip to Italy with just the folks, they were paying(as the gift), until my sister said she wanted to come too, then the rest of the family would want to come too...so no go.

On the balcony it was cost a few hundred for the celebrant went to the local restaurant my sisters shout.
Wife made a walnut and fig meringue/cake

Super Easy Fig and Walnut Tart

Derek and I made this for some friends on Sunday night for desert. Thanks Julian and Justine for the delicious roast. I have a Maggie Beer cook book in my kitchen which has this tart on the front c…

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[Dockerjonz]

Eloped
On the balcony at my place ..no guests....my sister and BiL drove up in 24hours...so just 2 uninvited guests

Was going to be a choice between spending thousands on a big regular one or a trip to Italy with just the folks, they were paying(as the gift), until my sister said she wanted to come too, then the rest of the family would want to come too...so no go.

On the balcony it was cost a few hundred for the celebrant went to the local restaurant my sisters shout.
Wife made a walnut and fig meringue/cake

Super Easy Fig and Walnut Tart

Derek and I made this for some friends on Sunday night for desert. Thanks Julian and Justine for the delicious roast. I have a Maggie Beer cook book in my kitchen which has this tart on the front c…

spendlessnourishmore.wordpress.com

Italian restaurant?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Italian restaurant?

No
Generic tourist town International

 

[PT Bar None]

Serious suggestion: be wary of micro-charges when taking and comparing quotes

Plagiarized suggestion from a divorced bloke:
" Weddings are basically funerals with cake. If I wanted to watch someone throw their life away, I'd..."
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I hope it all goes well and you have a great and happy life together!

 

[Caesar]

Elope

 

[Shell]

Elope and then have a party with all friends and family.
Do not mention the word "wedding" to the venue or anyone. Its just a cocktail party or whatever.


That's what I'd do.

Pls PM me now groom.

 

[Pistol Night]

Cut out the middle man. Find someone you hate and give them a house

 

[Shell]

Cut out the middle man. Find someone you hate and give them a house

Syd

 

[Pistol Night]

Syd

Kidding. Quote from Kenny movie that resonated with me.

 

[the_interloper]

So I'm getting hitched and we've just started researching options for our wedding day.

We're not sure if we'll go big(ish), small or even elope at this stage but thought it would be interesting to hear what have been some of the best/worst weddings you've been to and why?

Would also also appreciate any advice and suggestions from posters from their own wedding experience and if you would do anything differently?

If there's a thread already that's great but couldn't find one.

Ok I'm presuming you're the groom, even if you're the bride my advice would be: don't get as pissed as I did at my wedding. New brother in law got me on the Bacardi 151 shots at the reception, I was blind, new Mrs Interloper not impressed ha ha

 

[WCErevival]

Elope. We did it 2 years ago and was the best choice.

We recently attended a big wedding and it made us happy with our decision. Big waste of money that could be spent better elsewhere.

 

[Pistol Night]

Ok I'm presuming you're the groom, even if you're the bride my advice would be: don't get as pissed as I did at my wedding. New brother in law got me on the Bacardi 151 shots at the reception, I was blind, new Mrs Interloper not impressed ha ha

Yeah we always award 3,2,1 votes for best on at weddings. Some campaigner will always be a clear standout and be shitfaced before the speeches

 

[the_interloper]

Yeah we always award 3,2,1 votes for best on at weddings. Some campaigner will always be a clear standout and be shitfaced before the speeches

I got best on at my brothers engagement, called his new BIL a dirty campaigner in front of his old man, the old man not impressed apparently ha ha

 

[Pistol Night]

I got best on at my brothers engagement, called his new BIL a dirty campaigner in front of his old man, the old man not impressed apparently ha ha

I comfortably picked up the 3 votes at a mates wedding and thought I could drink 3 bottles of red before the speeches.

 

[the_interloper]

I comfortably picked up the 3 votes at a mates wedding and thought I could drink 3 bottles of red before the speeches.

**** , brutal hangover I'm sure. Went to a wedding a few years ago at a winery, I'd recently acquired a taste for red and their drop was sensational, the head the next day was not though

 

[Hawk Dork]

best weddings Ive been too are wineries or old national trust mansions in the bush

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I had a surprise wedding at our engagement party. It was great. No pressure from anyone on the guest list or what “should” be included. It was exactly the way we wanted except the stupid campaigner DJ ruined our first dance.

 

[Pistol Night]

fu** , brutal hangover I'm sure. Went to a wedding a few years ago at a winery, I'd recently acquired a taste for red and their drop was sensational, the head the next day was not though

Head was as sore as Caroline Wilsons tongue

 

[perthblue]

I had a surprise wedding at our engagement party. It was great. No pressure from anyone on the guest list or what “should” be included. It was exactly the way we wanted except the stupid campaigner DJ ruined our first dance.

what did the DJ do?

 

[Scotland]

I've been invited to one wedding that was cancelled last minute, one that went ahead and some important guests (i.e. bridal party, family of the bride and groom) couldn't attend from interstate and another I know of but wasn't invited to was cancelled last minute due to this week's COVID restrictions.

Weddings are stressful enough to organise (a lot of that self inflicted), must be a nightmare with COVID rules hanging over everything.

 

[Thistle]

Elope

Elope. We did it 2 years ago and was the best choice.

We recently attended a big wedding and it made us happy with our decision. Big waste of money that could be spent better elsewhere.

Is that what you did and if yes how did you do it?

 

[Shell]

Dont have it during footy season. I had to sacrifice one of the Geelong v Hawks 11 for a wedding.

I had a surprise wedding at our engagement party. It was great. No pressure from anyone on the guest list or what “should” be included. It was exactly the way we wanted except the stupid campaigner DJ ruined our first dance.

I know that story.

****en DJ what a dickhead. How hard is it to play Rick Astley.

 

[revo333]

The best weddings I've been to have usually been the ones where the ceremony and reception are at the same venue or close together.

 

[Caesar]

Is that what you did and if yes how did you do it?

Flew to Austria, had a ceremony, took some photos, went skiing. Signed all the paperwork at the registry office when we got back.

Were originally going to have the wedding solemnised overseas, but it meant lodging the paperwork in-person in Vienna at least six weeks before the wedding. Too hard.