Do people actually object at weddings?

[BeverlyLincolnScripts]

Is this just an American movie idea? Does anyone actually object at weddings?

Have you? Or have you been to one where someone objects?

plans to object at next wedding so at least someone has

I don't think it is asked anymore All checks are done prior now AFAIK

But others might know more.

They did at Jane Eyre’s

I can’t remember but I think they asked if anyone knew of any reason why we shouldn’t get married at my wedding last year.

You have to have your notice of intent to marry displayed in your local council and that’s the opportunity for people to object.

They ask if people know of any lawful reason why the couple shouldn't marry. Because the bride really loves Richard here doesn't count. Having you first wife hidden the attic does count. Which is why Jane Eyre is better than most American movies.

Richard Gere, not Richard Here ffs!

Is the ex wife in the attic in Jane Eyre???

Well she was the current wife !

I'm a registrar and it most definitely still asked at weddings. I've only been doing the job a year but I've not heard it and my more experienced colleagues have not had it happen.
Apart from the odd person who thinks it's funny to joke.
But yes. The question must be asked!

at Richard here, thought you were just pointing to some random Richard in your mind leghair

Boo! Was hoping there was a dramatic mumsnetter out there who’d stood up like Dawn French ‘IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME’

Ooo HappyGirl I would love that job. Wonder if you’ve married any mumsnetters?

I wish someone had objected at mine.

I've heard it asked at weddings and everyone giggles.

Only in soap operas (and The Graduate) does somebody actually pipe up.

@Fuckenstein Me too.

DD tried very hard to express her disdain at one wedding when this was asked, but as she was only 15 months old, she was deemed to young to raise a valid objection. We bundled her out to the foyer pretty briskly at that point!

The objection does have to be a legal reason not to marry.

I read that as 15 years old bathorshower. Changed my perception of your story completely!

I was at a wedding when it was asked and someone stood up and dramatically said "YES". Left a pause and then said "Only joking" and sat back down. Nobody was impressed or found it funny and the couple looked very upset (I later learned he was just a friend of a friend of the couple who had an +1invite).

It's a lovely job @BeverlyLincolnScripts I wonder if I have married a mumsnetter!

Dh wanted to object at my friends wedding he had been there when she confided about her fiancée verbal abuse. Dh hated him from that moment on and refused to speak to him ever again.

My mates mum objected at hers as she found out the groom was already married.

Dh is a wedding photographer and covers 20-30 weddings a year and no one has objected yet.

Pastithea why didn’t she just tell the bride before rather than waiting until the moment they ask in the wedding ceremony? (Unless she literally found out seconds before)