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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To feel a bit bad....

25 replies

TandB · 29/04/2011 08:15

...about being so disinterested in the royal wedding?

It occurred to me last night that if my mum had still been alive she would have been so excited. She would have been too shy to organise a street party but if someone else did she would have baked cakes and put up decorations and absolutely loved it.

She would have cried when the bride walked down the aisle and been so happy for them. She didn't really get her Fairytale happy ever after but she loved thinking that other people might.

I wish them all the best but I don't feel particularly interested or involved and I almost feel a bit ungrateful at not bothering with such a big event that so many others are so excited about.

So AIBU to take a moment to wish the couple well on her behalf?

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carabos · 29/04/2011 08:29

Apparently interest levels decrease the further out of London you are, with only 25% of people in the north east declaring themselves to be very interested in the wedding. However, I am in the North and got some very sharp looks at work yesterday when I said I am planning to spend today doing housework and will read all about the wedding in the Hello magazine at the hairdressers next week! Most of the girls at work are planning to watch it from the start wearing wedding dresses and tiaras and going to parties - don't get it myself, but each to their own.

TeamLemon · 29/04/2011 08:31

I was totally disinterested, but this morning I keep welling up!
Every time the wedding is mentioned I get a little lump in throat thinking about a couple I've never met, living a lifestyle I could never imagine, making the same promises to love and cherish each other as DH & I did.

TragicallyRoyallyHip · 29/04/2011 08:50

I wasn't bothered really but found myself getting a bit excited yesterday and slightly teary [chmm]

kreecherlivesupstairs · 29/04/2011 08:56

I am not remotely excited. DD on the other hand has gone to school in red, white and blue with her comic relief boppers on her head.
I have had to promise to set the DVD to record it all. I doubt she'll watch anything other than them kissing, but, each to their own.
I am going out to buy her birthday present so that's a couple of hours on its own.

MsToni · 29/04/2011 08:59

Gone to school? My school's on break today (and monday too).

kreecherlivesupstairs · 29/04/2011 09:02

But MsToni, we are not in the UK much to DDs disgust.

MsToni · 29/04/2011 09:03

Ah!!!! Silly me....apologies :) Have a lovely day.

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TandB · 29/04/2011 09:05

What? You mean the whole world is not grinding to a halt to celebrate the British royal wedding?

[insulted]

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TragicallyRoyallyHip · 29/04/2011 09:19

Some women just said on BBC, today is the most exciting day of her life...then the camera zoomed in on her baby [chmm]

Vallhala · 29/04/2011 09:27

Erm... the wedding of people I have never met and am unlikey to ever meet, whose only claim to fame is accident of birth and enormous wealth... am I interested... erm...?

Nope, not in the slightest. TBH I think that those who are lining the streets and flag-waving are slightly mad peculiar too.

I'm in a nice, TV-less, newspaper free environment with 60 dogs for company. :)

Punkatheart · 29/04/2011 09:28

Not disinterested (that means objective) but uninterested. I will always wish a young (or old) couple the loveliest day. Let people smile and enjoy. But it is not for me.

trumpton · 29/04/2011 09:34

kungfupannda I too am totally disinterested BUT MIL lives 2 miles away is very excited says it's the last one she will ever see ( 87 years old ) It would be generous of me to sit and watch it with her . Wouldn't it ? Even if I only went for a little while and OOHed over the dress.

Oh bugger I am going to have to go and bite my mean spirited tongue.

Ah well will earn me points I guess. DH gone to work as usual. No wedding fever here at all.

trumpton · 29/04/2011 09:35

Punkatheartsorry I am not disinterested I am UNINTERESTED [GRIN]

kreecherlivesupstairs · 29/04/2011 09:38

Interestingly, I've just had a brief exchange of words with Mrs Overemotional next door. She was horrified that I am going shopping and not watching the wedding. I did say it would give me a couple of hours peace from her yapping dog. She had the nerve to agree and say it is a bit noisy.

Punkatheart · 29/04/2011 09:39

Sorry - I am more pedantic in the morning!! My DH has also gone to work - poor soul. I just feel at times that I have been waylaid by the bore at a party who just talks non-stop about trains. Too much.

But I like the happy vibe and as you say, it will particularly make elderly people awfully happy.

Newgolddream · 29/04/2011 09:44

I wasnt interested either much, but for some reason this morning Im strangely drawn to watching it on the TV, bit like Princess Dis funeral really. But I really dont know what to make of the sad people that have camped out for days to get a good view!

trumpton · 29/04/2011 11:15

I compromised and rang MIL at 10.30 and we talked dresses and things until service started . It was worth it .

NinkyNonker · 29/04/2011 12:24

I watched the exchange of vows and found it touching, as I would. do anyone's. They looked young, in love etc and that is lovely no matter who you are. But other than that, not fussed. Going to wander into town later though for a drink and see friends, make the most of their extra day off!

FreudianSlipper · 29/04/2011 12:30

i watched a little to see her dress but i can not get emotional about two people i do not know, and i find it hard to understand how people can unless in some way they have touched their own lives (like an artist may do) or have a great talent that you are in ore of

i find it all a bit cringy when people go on and on liek they know them or love to use that line well they are like us really

i did feel patriotic while driving aroudn central london the other evening (my niece is here from the states) and regents street looked great. i am more excited about the olympics

FreudianSlipper · 29/04/2011 12:32

and i only saw a fwe people about 10 camping out on wednesday not hundres like reported

diddl · 29/04/2011 12:36

I wasn´t interested but have been drawn in by teenage daughter!

Just saw the Middletons, C & C arrive back & thought that it was bloody ignorant of C&C to go on in ahead & not all together.

I know W&K will be tied up by official things-but I think that she/they will probably see quite a bit of her parents.

QuietTiger · 29/04/2011 12:44

I'm not remotely interested and actually, it was bliss to be able to get to where I needed to go and run my errands on quite roads. I say we should have more royal weddings, if only to have quiet roads!

GloriaSmut · 29/04/2011 12:47

I'm happy to see people enjoy an event but like any wedding of people I don't know, I'm overly interested. With any luck Waitrose will be rather more sensible today though. Yesterday most people in there seem to have confused themselves with the official wedding caterers.

GloriaSmut · 29/04/2011 12:48

Sake, that should read not overly interested!!

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TandB · 29/04/2011 12:50

Sainsburys had some great offers and there were no queues!

But I did look at the photos on the Internet so I have shown an interest.

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