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AIBU- worried about rain on wedding day

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MummaHud · 17/08/2025 12:05

We are getting married in Spain on 27th with our family ( my fiance is Spanish ) the weather this morning was showing sunshine purely and this afternoon 55% chance of rain. We wanted to get married outside and the inside option isn’t as nice and completely defeats the object of getting married abroad.

I feel really sad about it. I know it’s 10 days away and could change back as easily as it changed this morning… but I feel a bit deflated tbh

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cryinglaughing · 18/08/2025 15:32

Don't worry about something you can't change 🤷🏻‍♀️
It is absolutely pointless.

Hohofortherobbers · 18/08/2025 15:31

2thumbs · 17/08/2025 12:20

I wouldn’t worry unless the venue is on the plain

Missing the point entirely but all my life i thought it was 'mainly on the PLANE' which never made sense to me 🤦
Learn something new every day.
Im sure your wedding will be wonderful whatever the weather, don't get hung up on stuff you can't control 😉

ThreeColouredFeather · 18/08/2025 15:30

MummaHud · 17/08/2025 12:10

If we didn’t want an external wedding, we would’ve booked England and got our Spanish family over to here.. not vice versa. When you have a wedding, you have a vision and a location dream… your sarcastic comments don’t take away from the fact that it’s ok to have a ‘perfect wedding’ vision and our wedding we wanted it to be outside.

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Yeah but you chose the location knowing rain was a possibility. Talk about all eggs in one basket…

ForeveraBluebird · 18/08/2025 15:22

I hope it doesn’t rain and the sun shines for you Op. Try not to wish for everything to be perfect though, it rarely is. The things that don’t go to plan often become your favourite memory. Have a lovely wedding day .

UnderCoverB0ss · 18/08/2025 15:16

It’s like raaaaiiin on your wedding day…
A friend of mine obsessed about the rain forecast for her wedding. It tipped it down on the day so became a self fulfilling prophecy. Every year on her anniversary it’s been beautiful sunshine.

mnahmnah · 17/08/2025 21:42

ObtuseMoose · 17/08/2025 20:53

How does the sausage know what day it is?

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Special vibes

jhmlwos · 17/08/2025 20:56

As a farmers wife, NEVER EVER look at or concern yourself with a weather forecast TEN DAYS AWAY.

dear me they can be wrong in the day. Delete the app and look at it a week today if you must.

ObtuseMoose · 17/08/2025 20:53

mnahmnah · 17/08/2025 19:40

Noooo. Just wedding days 😀

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How does the sausage know what day it is?

Zanatdy · 17/08/2025 20:52

With kindness, it’s 10 days away. Stop obsessing over something you cannot change.

MrsArcher23 · 17/08/2025 20:44

If the Spanish family is religious, get them to put out a statue of the Child of Prague the night before (it worked on my wedding day in Ireland 25 yrs ago this week. Scattered showers on the day but none scattered on us!) Best of luck and try not to stress.

mnahmnah · 17/08/2025 19:40

50kHobbyJob · 17/08/2025 14:33

So if I buried a sausage in my garden every single day then it would never rain? Don't think so.

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Noooo. Just wedding days 😀

mnahmnah · 17/08/2025 19:40

Faceonthewrongfoot · 17/08/2025 14:32

How exactly do you think it worked"? (Rather than just being a coincidence?) Curious as to what anyone thinks the connection is between burying a sausage and the weather.

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I have no idea. It’s all very lighthearted! But it works!

mnahmnah · 17/08/2025 19:39

50kHobbyJob · 17/08/2025 15:03

So I have to go and bury sausages in all the gardens?

This is going to get expensive! Do they have to be cooked first?

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Raw sausage in the place the wedding is taking place! The night before. Although we chose a speciality local one

Notmyreality · 17/08/2025 19:23

Thoughts and prayers.

UnderCoverB0ss · 17/08/2025 19:18

You can’t control the uncontrollable. But you will bore people if you keep going on about it.

Catwoman8 · 17/08/2025 19:17

If its any help, I was in Spain a couple of weeks ago. The forecast wasn't great, BBC weather app was showing thunderstorms forecast and rain all day for one of the days, and a bit of rain on another morning. I checked 2 days before going , so the forecast should have been pretty accurate at that point.

Guess what? Absolutely no rain.

Empress13 · 17/08/2025 19:16

Anyway OP whatever the outcome weather wise I hope you have a fabulous day !

Empress13 · 17/08/2025 19:11

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/08/2025 14:25

Surely half her guests, and the groom, are Spanish. When you marry someone from somewhere else (and I have) there are no destination weddings, just a choice between two ‘home’ weddings.

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I was trying to justify what the OP had said in that she may as well have stayed at home rather than booked a holiday abroad where sunshine would have been more likely than here ! No need to be so judgy

Pickingmyselfup · 17/08/2025 18:44

PestoHoliday · 17/08/2025 14:52

Do you worry about free rides when you've already paid?

Or ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife...

Bad times...

In all seriousness...

Can you move the wedding to indoors? Is there a way of keeping everybody dry?

It chucked it down on my wedding day, we got a few photos outside but we were mostly stuck inside. I hadn't planned for an outdoor ceremony but I had hoped for guests to mingle on the lawns and play garden games but it didn't get to happen. It was a shame but I don't dwell on it, several years later there are more pressing things on my mind.

Whatever happens, you will be fine.

Liliwen · 17/08/2025 18:35

50kHobbyJob · 17/08/2025 15:03

So I have to go and bury sausages in all the gardens?

This is going to get expensive! Do they have to be cooked first?

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I wonder this too- also does it matter which brand? Will the cheap ones be as effective?

Shouldbeworkingnotreadingtalk · 17/08/2025 18:29

2thumbs · 17/08/2025 12:20

I wouldn’t worry unless the venue is on the plain

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️

AuntieDen · 17/08/2025 18:26

meh, we got married in the UK in August, of course it rained.

We persuaded the registrar that they could indeed do a fast trot to the outdoor shelter place where we had planned the ceremony instead of moving things inside as per regulations, we had to move the cream tea indoors when the thunderstorm hit and I trashed my dress playing croquet barefoot in the rain.

Great day! You will enjoy it whatever the weather.

Maddy70 · 17/08/2025 18:10

I live in Spain. If it does rain it's likely to be barely noticeable this time of year, maybe 10 mins then blue sky again , or a bit of moisture in the air for a while.
If you are unlucky enough for it to be a downpour, rain storms are quite spectacular in Spain so enjoy it.
Also weather forecasts are super unreliable in Spain. It's 10 days away ... Likely to be completely different by then

Lmnop22 · 17/08/2025 18:05

If you’re looking on the Apple weather app thing you get on your Home Screen on iPhone it’s an average % over the whole day.

If you click into the day it’ll give you minute by minute predictions across the day and might set your mind at rest if the 55% daily average is because there’s due to be an hour’s rain at 5am or something. Some parts of days where there’s 100% rain predicted are listed an guaranteed sunshine on the app and it’s usually quite accurate (maybe a little far now but nearer the time!).

Congratulations and good luck with the weather!

Letsbe · 17/08/2025 18:01

2thumbs · 17/08/2025 12:20

I wouldn’t worry unless the venue is on the plain

Next time if you are worried about storms try Hertford Hereford or Hampshire.