aibu to be gleefull at the fact that we havnt any weddings to attend this year hurah!!!

[eddiemccready]

Well had one last month, but this will be the first summer in 16 years that will be wedding free. I'm so happy its made me look forward to the summer so much. Dh and I have just wracked our brains and we are 99.999% there will be no invites, not even an evening one. Bliss

Baby showers! Thank god that trend hasnt appeared to have spread to the emerald isle

YANBU, God I hate weddings.

Why do you love weddings? The last one I went to was absolute dog doo. The bride -a bridezilla if ever there was one- insisted that the 'big day' was held in a super posh hotel miles- and I DO mean miles- away from her friends and family. The place was a third full because surprise surprise the arrangements were highly inconvenient to most of her friends and family- it was dire, so dire that she proceeded to get hammered on white wine for evening. Not just merry, but unconscious drunk.
Nobody had a good time and I was hundreds and hundreds of pounds out of pocket.
Nobody stays married on account of their wedding day- be it a massive Charles and Di affair or a trip to the register office,
At least with the latter, nobody else has to go through the pretence of enjoying the bloody thing.

Whoever made the comment about the royal wedding invite, you have provided a great deal of laughing in this house! If only you knew how ironic your comment is!

I think YAB a bit U. Many people love weddings and that's why they choose to get married and invite their friends and family to join them. If you don't like weddings, you can politely decline the invitation, claiming a prior arrangement.

Where does the idea that most people love weddings come from? I honestly don't think they do. They may say they do as nobody is going to turn around and say: 'Actually, your wedding was a right hassle finding babysitters and hotels, cost me a fortune and for no personal gain'.
It sounds harsh; but if people are going to get wed, they should do it as close to the area where their friends and family live (if possible). I am sick of the selfish bride - how the phrase, 'It's her day' makes me want to eat my own head; for all it really is an excuse for extreme selfishness and inconsideration on her part- thinks that everybody else has to travel through hoops because she's getting married.
Don't get me started on the wedding list...

I like a nice funeral, though. As long as the person is old and had a nice life, they're OK.