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I'm at a wedding hiding in the loo

77 replies

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 27/12/2019 20:01

Man, it's SUCH a long day. I have been here for hours and am well and truly fed up with chatting now. Husband is being a normal person and having fun but I'm done. How long can I feasibly stay in here for?

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AnnoyingSatsumaInMyStocking · 27/12/2019 21:34

Find a lounge and have a snooze.

GreyGardens88 · 27/12/2019 21:35

Can't you just get drunk? It's how I while away all family events

LellyMcKelly · 27/12/2019 21:36

God, I know how you feel. I felt like that at my own wedding. I booked it for as late as I could, legally (3pm at the time) but it still went on and on. Is your own hotel nearby?

TheChosenTwo · 27/12/2019 21:36

2 of my fellow teachers have got married this Christmas! One was the day after we broke up.
Op just get a cab back to your hotel and leave dp to enjoy himself.
I bloody love weddings so wouldn’t be doing this myself, can always find someone to talk to

AveAtqueVale · 27/12/2019 21:42

@FlyMayBe I hid in the toilet at my own wedding . I was bloody exhausted and hot and my dress was killing me, and DS was very inconsiderately fast asleep so I couldn't use the excuse of needing to feed him to get away. I begged the venue manager for a mug of tea and had a blissful ten minutes scrolling through Mumsnet in peace and quiet before someone noticed a bit of train sticking out under the cubicle door 😂.

category12 · 27/12/2019 21:44

Just say you're not feeling well and go back to your hotel - leave DH there with your blessing to have fun.

mumwon · 27/12/2019 21:45

(thinks:why has no one thought of murder who done it at a wedding hmm new thread!)

Encyclo · 27/12/2019 21:46

I feel you OP, I hate the evening part of a wedding.

My dear old Mum always says "I'd rather get a court summons than a wedding invitation"

I'm totally with her on that!

speakout · 27/12/2019 21:56

Just go back to your hotel, feign a headache.
A wedding disco is my idea of hell.

I would rather have root canal work.

Thesuzle · 27/12/2019 21:58

If your husband is like mine. I have to start the Extraction process a good 1.5 hours before I actually want to leave, he has not yet learnt the
‘say goodbye to the Bride and groom only” way of leaving.
Or I do the ‘I’ll drive BUT we will leave when I say so

category12 · 27/12/2019 22:04

Why does she need to extract the husband? Surely she could just leave him.

speakout · 27/12/2019 22:06

Exactly.

Just go back to the hotel. OH can come when he wants to.

Thesuzle · 27/12/2019 22:09

I extract him, if we are not staying at the venue or nearby that evening. Or we are due to go home in our car

PlaymobilPirate · 27/12/2019 22:16

Oh god, I'm in the middle of organising my wedding - bit worried nobody really wants to come and that they'll all be bored off their faces by 7pm 🙈

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 27/12/2019 22:29

Someone hid in the loos at my wedding but that's because they were having sex.

I don't suppose that's an option?

speakout · 27/12/2019 22:33

I stumbled across the groom having sex with one of the bridesmaids in a toilet at a wedding.

AutumnRose1 · 27/12/2019 22:35

PlaymobilPirate

How long is the day?

Best wedding I went to, they said “leave whenever you like, the long day is for us”.

PlaymobilPirate · 27/12/2019 22:42

@AutumnRose1 3pm till midnight 🙈

AutumnRose1 · 27/12/2019 22:54

Play mostly I’ve suffered 12 hour ones.

Just be kind if anyone wants to leave early. Even 9 hours is a very long day.

anon2000000000 · 27/12/2019 23:52

@speakout did the bride find out??

speakout · 28/12/2019 06:04

anon2000000000

No. Not then. And I didn't think it my place to tell- and certainy not on the day!
Neither she nor the groom were close personal friends of mine- I knew them through my OH's family.

Marriage lasted 5 years ( multiple affairs during that time apparently)

VeganCow · 28/12/2019 09:29

In our family there was an Auntie and her husband, at any family function they used to scoff the buffet then leave after 5 minutes an acceptable time. My parents used to say it was safe to leave once they had

Smashtastick · 28/12/2019 09:48

@PlaymobilPirate that's not too bad.

I'v seen a lot worse (used to work in the industry) with ceremony at 10am and party right through till 2/3am.

If I were you I'd try to lop an hour off either side and provide lots of food and booze. Weddings are a lot of waiting around for guests and yes, can be boring. Maybe think about hiring some games like giant Jenga or connect 4 or other things like that to keep people occupied. I'd also try to provide a quiet space for those who want to escape and make it clear that people can leave when they are ready. Just make sure you prepared for slot of people to have dissipated by 10pm

AdobeWanKenobi · 28/12/2019 11:57

I recall attending one where after the 1pm ceremony we were ushered into a room, handed a drink and the bride and groom took off for photos. The meal was not served until 5pm, bride and groom did not reappear until then so we spent 4 hours with nowhere to go and nothing to eat as helpfully the bar was closed. There was a pizza express up the road I could see from the window. I wanted to make a break for it but DH said no.
It was a long, long day.

BedSprings · 29/12/2019 18:15

Is Op still at that bloody wedding?

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