weddings and oaps

[Hullygully]

I have been invited to a wedding where the bride has developed what must really be called a phobia about old people. (Long story)

She refuses to have any one over 70 in case there is a "medical emergency" which would spoil her day and in order to avoid an outcry she proposes to organise a coach trip for the old people to see The Lion King as a treat on the same day with a special tea at a Holiday Inn afterwards and a video link to her ceremony.

Her mother is 72 and is allowed to go because she recently passed a stringent medical, but no one else of a similar age is allowed. My mother is 73 and looked after her a lot when she was little and really wants to go. Also, she has seen The Lion King already. I think she should be allowed to go to the wedding as a fit and healthy sort of "extra" mother. AIBU?

She backed the wrong horse, not in an animal sense. It was very messy.

Yes. Gatecrash. And do a flashmob. How cool would that be?

I'll take Gertrude's place in the coach.

You are being silly.

Poor Gertrude. There is a picture of her in the Imperial War Museum, she is standing just behind Goering looking up at something in the sky. She will never say what, but shortly after that she was packed off back to Blighty with her tail between her legs and a swastika shaped stain upon her character.

God, I wish I knew how much of this is true.

I'm assuming the bit about Goering is, obviously.

Gertrude and Goering sitting in a tree

K. I. S. S. I. N. G.

Well, then I am perfectly entitled to take her place

Goering wasn't much of a one for that, he had very different, shall we say, novel, ideas.

Are you 70, Absy dear?

Hulu, I love you!

Oh fucking hell hully damned auto correct. I still love you!

My phone autocorrects 'Hully' to 'Bully'. Not that I believe those rumours about her and poor Gertrude.

Sorry but I think your friend the bride has a point OP.

I was at a wedding where OAPs had free access, at least 5 of them were well over 70. Not surprisingly there was a serious medical emergency and most of the wedding guests sadly did not survive; the venue also exploded leaving the couple with an enormous bill and life-threatening infections.

So while it's a very difficult situation she is probably being prudent.

Physically, 31, Mentally, 93 and retired to Boca Raton

You'll have to sit next to Mr Wildebream and ignore his trembling and wandering hands. You might want to take an apron too, for the dribble.

Sold

Mr Wildebream's dribble or Absy's? (I've heard shocking rumours about an untreated salivary gland condition she has...)

His. I am afraid he dribbles uncontrollably and also his palsy makes it fly about.

Hello HQ I've nobly given up both my arms in Hully's quest for advice about geriatric guests. The least I deserve is for this whole thread to move to Classics.

How is your thigh injury Hully?

Have the meds kicked in yet?

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How kind of you to remember my thigh! It is quite better thank you, someone somewhere must have taken the pin out.

I think of your thighs often

Where did that come from?