Been to a (UK) wedding lately? Did they do that horrible tink-tink-tink thing?

[NotQuiteCockney]

I ask because people at last night's wedding were doing it .

For those of you luckily ignorant of the custom, people tink their cutlery on their glassware and to make them stop, the bride and groom have to kiss. I hate hate hate this custom - it's normal in North America, but is dire and dreadful and please stop it. Now.

[themoon66]

Never heard of that one before

[starshaker]

certanly wont be happening at mine lol

[SenoraPostrophe]

no never had a tink tink tink wedding.

sounds naffo (as gdg would say).

[zippitippitoes]

sounds tedious in the extreme

[NotQuiteCockney]

It is unspeakably tiresome. The popularity of this naffo habit means that the reception of Canadian weddings are so full of tink-tink-bloody-tink that you can't hear a bloody thing for all the tinking.

Some couples make tables do recitals or songs or something if they want to make the bride and groom kiss, but the whole thing is just so unspeakably naff ... gah.

Besides, if you lot start doing this, next you'll have the couple smearing cake all over each other's faces, and brides doing money dances, and throwing garters. [shudder]

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

no

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

id stand up nad shout "for gods sake they haev had full sex for ten years what the deal with th kising"

[sniff]

I must admit I have never ever seen that

[twelveyeargap]

I would want to leave... How irritating.

[DimpledThighs]

how cringy - but I am not good at weddings - I once heckled during the father of the bride's speech and had to be removed from the room.

[DarrellRivers]

DT were you uhum drunk?
What did ou shout?
I'm imagining security removing you along the lines of the heckler at the Labour party conference (the old chap)

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

i havenever seen it but i WODUL shout that

[DarrellRivers]

Get a room FGS

[Swizzler]

Lost in admiration DT: have often wanted to heckle wedding speeches

[Swizzler]

never a tink tink though

[DimpledThighs]

father of the bride made some revolting navy type joke about all women are good for and I shouted out "You can't say things like that - least of all about your daughter!" and he said "Maybe someone should help that lady to leave." and DP and waiter made sure we got out pretty quick.

I had had a couple of glasses of wine but would have shouted it stone cold sober too.

[DarrellRivers]

What a lovely thing to say in a wedding speech
well heckled I reckon

[MrsBadger]

one US wedding we went to had actual bells on each table that you were meant to ring to make the bride and groom kiss

now that was dire.

(haven't ever heckled but may have been on a table that whooped and bayed)

[SoupDragon]

I went to a UK wedding about 10 years ago and the pretentious Happy Couple had this. Poncey, irritating and cr*p.