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After watching Gavin and Stacey, do people really [big spoiler for the Christmas special]? Title edited by MNHQ

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Abbyk1980 · 27/12/2024 22:56

I’m trying not to give any spoilers but I did really enjoy Christmas episode. I’ve just watched it now however I want to know has anybody ever been to a wedding where people have stood up and said that person can’t marry that person because is that just something that happens in films or does it ever happen in real life?

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Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:38

WhatShudWeDoDrunkenSailor · 28/12/2024 02:23

My mum is a Vicar. She says if anyone says anything during the 'speak now or forever hold your peace' bit, then it all stops and the bride, groom: and whoever spoke up needs do go and have a chat with her about it in the vestry. My Mum has refused to carry on with the Wedding on 4 occasions

However whoever speaks up is responsible for Paying for the wedding, Whether they go ahead after the interruption or not

"However whoever speaks up is responsible for Paying for the wedding, Whether they go ahead after the interruption or not"

since when does that happen as its not common knowledge otherwise if someone is having an eg affair etc then the messager basically gets pickled ?

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 28/12/2024 02:38

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:33

because i didnt realise it had to be legal, besides would you really want to stand by and watch a friend get married knowing one of them was having an affair ?

just researched it seems it does have to be a legal reason, that said im sure if someone did mention an affair it would soon be holy trinity for the wedding

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Wouldn't you tell them before it got to that stage?

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:40

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 28/12/2024 02:38

Wouldn't you tell them before it got to that stage?

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morally yes, but there have been cases where some people either one of the couple due to get married wait until the wedding to then embarrass their other half due to them having an affair etc

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SavingTheBestTillLast · 28/12/2024 02:42

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:40

morally yes, but there have been cases where some people either one of the couple due to get married wait until the wedding to then embarrass their other half due to them having an affair etc

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That’s an expensive way of embarrassing someone

FannyCradocksDoughnut · 28/12/2024 02:43

It happens in the book Jane Eyre

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:44

SavingTheBestTillLast · 28/12/2024 02:42

That’s an expensive way of embarrassing someone

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true but then this is humanity

SavingTheBestTillLast · 28/12/2024 02:45

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:44

true but then this is humanity

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Fair enough

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 28/12/2024 02:47

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 02:38

"However whoever speaks up is responsible for Paying for the wedding, Whether they go ahead after the interruption or not"

since when does that happen as its not common knowledge otherwise if someone is having an eg affair etc then the messager basically gets pickled ?

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An objector doesn't have to pay for the wedding.

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 28/12/2024 02:48

FannyCradocksDoughnut · 28/12/2024 02:43

It happens in the book Jane Eyre

Because Rochester is still married to his wife, Bertha Mason.

EmmaSmiff · 28/12/2024 02:54

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 28/12/2024 01:53

I hope this doesn't spoil things for anyone who may not yet have watched Wallace and Gomit, but I have to tell someone.

They are not real people at all, but made of PLASTICINE...😱

What? This cannot be true. Absolutely no way. I live and learn.

derbiee · 28/12/2024 02:56

Did Mr Burns shoot JR?

Soiltypes · 28/12/2024 03:04

derbiee · 28/12/2024 02:56

Did Mr Burns shoot JR?

nah, he'd have been smarter and got someone else to do it

MagicalAnimal · 28/12/2024 03:38

FannyCradocksDoughnut · 28/12/2024 02:43

It happens in the book Jane Eyre

Oh my God, can't believe you have spoiled this book for me

tuvamoodyson · 28/12/2024 04:14

Marblesbackagain · 28/12/2024 00:36

I expect people to put spoiler alert. It's two days over Xmas! Have some manners. I am sitting in a hospital with a sick relation and keeping my head going and there's smart Alecs going on.

Spoiler alerts are basic common sense and courtesy!

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Then it seems you have more to worry about than spoiler alerts about G&S!

Pumpkincozynights · 28/12/2024 08:12

I had a friend who called off her wedding. I’d say around 6,weeks before the wedding date. It was absolutely the right decision. She went on to meet her current dh and they have been married for many years.
It is true that it has to be a valid legal objection and not just that you think the couple are unsuitable for example.

AsTheLightFades · 28/12/2024 08:49

Highfivemum · 27/12/2024 23:15

Yesit does but very rarely. It happened 17yrs ago with a friend of mine. Not like in having and Stacey though. My friend got to the alter and then called it off. Very embarrassing for everyone

Why embarrassing for anyone? Certainly no guest had the right to be embarrassed
Surely better than gossiping about the divorce later.

AsTheLightFades · 28/12/2024 08:50

MagicalAnimal · 28/12/2024 03:38

Oh my God, can't believe you have spoiled this book for me

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Oh lordy, you do know that not all the rabbits made it....

AsTheLightFades · 28/12/2024 08:51

olderbutwiser · 27/12/2024 23:19

I wish someone had at my first wedding.

Me too!

ForeveraBluebird · 28/12/2024 08:54

The wedding scene in The Graduate was one way to stop the service.

AsTheLightFades · 28/12/2024 08:55

Kimmeridge · 28/12/2024 01:06

All the thread title spoils is the fact there's a wedding. Doesn't say whos or what the outcome is but really it's been everywhere the past few days. I've never watched it but I know what happened there's been so much online.

How long after airing does something need a spoiler alert though??

Well, The Mousetrap has been running for decades, everyone knows whodunnit, yet at every performance, they ask the audience not to reveal the murderer outside the theatre

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 28/12/2024 08:57

AsTheLightFades · 28/12/2024 08:50

Oh lordy, you do know that not all the rabbits made it....

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Oh that's unforgivable!

Mirrorxxx · 28/12/2024 09:01

It’s just a tv show. Why are people so annoyed by something so silly.

Mymanyellow · 28/12/2024 09:02

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 28/12/2024 01:53

I hope this doesn't spoil things for anyone who may not yet have watched Wallace and Gomit, but I have to tell someone.

They are not real people at all, but made of PLASTICINE...😱

Ooh now you’ve gone too far.

fuzzychic · 28/12/2024 09:03

Abbyk1980 · 27/12/2024 22:56

I’m trying not to give any spoilers but I did really enjoy Christmas episode. I’ve just watched it now however I want to know has anybody ever been to a wedding where people have stood up and said that person can’t marry that person because is that just something that happens in films or does it ever happen in real life?

How is that not a fucking spoiler?

fuzzychic · 28/12/2024 09:04

Abbyk1980 · 27/12/2024 23:21

The thing is, it’s all over the news media anyway because I’ve just googled and the mirror article came up so how do you avoid it when it’s all over the Internet?

That's fine but there's no point saying you're trying to avoid spoilers when you're putting a massive spoiler in it