AIBU- worried about rain on wedding day

Just get several of those huge multi coloured golf umbrellas and keep nearby, sorted!

Could look really unique and great in family photos! Why be like every other wedding, how dull!

An important life lesson try not to worry about what you can't control.

Another important life/marriage lesson, it doesn't have to be perfect to be enjoyable.
Wishing you much happiness OP.

No, you bury a Child of Prague statue in the garden for good weather. Though some lightweights just put him under a bush.

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0704/1512414-child-of-prague-statue-ireland-weddings-weather-folklore/

You can’t think like this though, otherwise anything that goes “wrong” will seem like a massive issue.
we got married in uk on 1st October outside. We bought loads of lovely white umbrellas in case it did rain, and I googled loads of weddings rain photos so if it did rain, I would still have some pictures I loved. Actually it was a gloriously warm day and we didn’t need any of it at all, but I felt so much better in my head to have a plan in case it rained.

I knew someone would be picky so I’ll spell it out. Neither of the homes of the two people getting married are a ‘destination’. They are both home. Obviously (I thought but clearly not) a Spanish person and a British person could get married in Mongolia, and it would still be a destination wedding, but neither Spain nor the UK are destinations.

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?

Please try not to worry about the weather! You will still have a wonderful day regardless.

I used to be a wedding coordinator at a predominantly outdoor venue in London, and I can tell you that some of the most enjoyable weddings were on rainy days as the families made the most of it regardless 😊

One wedding still decided to eat outside despite it was pouring down (there were big umbrellas over the tables but there was so much rain the floor started flooding) but they all had such a great time and were singing and dancing in the rain. It was so joyous to watch!

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

Apparently so. It might rain all around your garden but your garden will be dry as a bone because of the buried sausage

🤣
"Burying a sausage"
Sounds like the film American Pie but with garden plants instead of apple pies🤣

Eh? So many people marry a spouse from a different town, city or country these days. Why is a destination wedding not a thing for them?

The OP could’ve chosen any country to get married in regardless of her or her boyfriends birthplace

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

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.

There’s always the possibility of rain, anywhere on any day.

Absolutely this! MN is often really weird about weather as though "abroad" guarantees sunshine - but obviously not too much sunshine or they will have to cower indoors all day.

It's not that long ago that there were numerous threads along the lines of "we booked a holiday abroad but it's forecast to rain all week, shall we cancel?"

More recently, people have been considering cancelling because (e.g.) the South of France is going to be too hot in August (no shit Sherlock)

"Weather" - whichever type floats your boat - is not guaranteed, and long range forecasts change on a daily basis.

Some posters are now wishing that they had stayed in the UK this year to take advantage of the high temperatures. I'm pretty sure that if those posters decide to book a UK holiday for August 2026 then they will be moaning about the fact that it's going to be raining (not unlikely!).

We went on a long-haul holiday earlier this year and the forecast right up until the day we left said solid rain for 2 weeks. Bit of a shame, but them's the breaks. We actually had two weeks of glorious sunshine. Very glad we didn't cancel (not that we were considering doing that).

OP, you could change the date, but what if the forecast then changes? How many times would it be feasible to do this?

Try not to stress, the weather on the day will be what the weather on the day is. I hope you have a lovely day.

TikTok didn’t exist when we got married 15 years ago and did this!

We did this for our outdoor wedding, in April, in the UK - it worked! Beautiful weather. We have suggested it to all our friends since and it had worked for them too

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.

It’s out of your control. Please stop worrying, what will be will be. When I got married it absolutely poured and I barely noticed as I was so excited! Twenty years later all I remember is the happiness and joy of the day.
Savour every moment that’s not weather related! 💐💐💐

We had an outdoor wedding married at the village church and a marquee in our garden 2 acres. August wedding Uk was meant to rain on the afternoon it didn’t happen and I was sad because I was so hot in my dress and a shower would have been lush. If I was to renew my vows I wouid wish for rain just to mucky the white dress and have fun with it. Honestly try not to stress over things that you can’t change. Go with the flow with a drink in hand and enjoy ever moment rain or no rain. It’s a once in a lifetime experience ( or meant to be) xx

I think she means having wanted to get married outside in sunshine she may as well have saved the expense of herself and her guests (it won’t have been cheap booking flights mid summer) and booked indoor Venue at home

“When you have a wedding you have a vision and a location dream”….

you might, but I didn’t. Agree with Pp that it’s your desire for perfection that is making you said, not the possibility of rain. There’s always the possibility of rain, anywhere on any day.

This. If I was a guest I’d be praying for rain. Otherwise you’ll have to watch for heatstroke, especially if it’s a bilingual ceremony (and therefore twice as long!).

I've some some absolutely stunning rainy day wedding pics. I'd research them and look into anything you might need like umbrellas, waterproof shoes etc

A perfect wedding doesn't exist OP. Chill, I'm sure you'll have a lovely day and lovely photos and memories no matter what the weather

The point of a wedding is to get married @MummaHud

The marriage is the important thing, not the venue.