To be absolutely gobsmacked by this wedding

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My friend is getting married in September. She is having a hen night in her local town, consisting of a meal and a few drinks. She is inviting 100 people to the wedding and all will be attending the ceremony, the meal and the party afterwards. She has not specified anything in relation to wedding presents, but if anyone rings her mum to enquire they have been told a gift voucher would be appreciated or have been given a list of small inexpensive things the couple need for their house and told anything off the list would be very welcome.
The wedding itself will consist of ceremony at lunchtime, followed by a meal in a local restaurant and then some dancing and access to the garden. There is no pre wedding dinners or post wedding barbecues.
The couple are paying for their honeymoon themselves.

AIBU to be shocked and taken aback by all this and to wonder what on earth is going on?

You're having a laugh aren't you? Is she for real?

No swatch of materials in three colours?
No request of nobody posting anything on Facebook until they've been married for three years
No Faberge egg wedding gift list

Something is amiss. Are you sure you received the full invite?

My trolldar has just gone off. Nice bit of drip feeding there OP. Next time try to make the story line at least a little bit credible. Pah. Amateur.

my wedding was like this

Selfish arseholes!

Tbh if this was written 18 months ago I would have assumed you were talking about my wedding! (Bonus points, we also paid for all accommodation for the wedding party/both families and all the outfits for the bridal party. )

Maybe they have a secret 'themed' dress code they can inflict on you?
What are they playing at?!

Still plenty of time for a classic thread. Maybe she'll present you with a bill for your lunch, or only cater for 25% of the evening guests. Maybe you'll only get a pissy, warm glass of Jacobs creek to last you through dinner. Maybe she'll cancel the fun, simple wedding and go for Package A on a Wednesday at the local fairytale stately home/ conference centre. Don't worry, you'll get your bridezilla thread someday.

Jonsnow

I think that to properly ruin this wedding, the OP's boyfriend needs to go down on one knee in the aisle and propose very loudly just as the bride starts walking down it. You know, between the two tentative "is this organ switched on?" notes and the opening notes of Here Comes The Bride.

Even better, the OP should turn him down and her boyfriend should attempt to drown himself in the font.

Just a few ideas to burst the bride's balloon, the selfless cow!

Good plan SecondMrs. Perhaps before going down on one knee in the aisle the OP's BF could do an impromptu Full Monty style strip? Even better if he is rather fat and pasty. A YouTube upload could make this wedding famous forever.

It all sounds very extravagent and self indulgent to me. What's wrong with a simple ceremony in your Sunday best at 11 am, followed by sandwiches and wedding cake in the community hall, and then bride and groom departing at 3pm to catch the train to Blackpool?

Dinner? Hen party? Dancing? I never heard the like!

It all sounds very extravagent and self indulgent to me. What's wrong with a simple ceremony in your Sunday best at 11 am, followed by sandwiches and wedding cake in the community hall, and then bride and groom departing at 3pm to catch the train to Blackpool?

Dinner? Hen party? Dancing? I never heard the like!

Perhaps she's got a weddingoke planned?

Was there not a note in the invite with the lines you are required to learn?

(Troo story)

That sounded exactly like my wedding to dh. I was looking and looking for the unreasonable bit, but there was none.

Yes we had just 75 people, all attended, the ceremony, meal cake cuttin. Hen was a Chineese buffet, and day trip to,Alton a Towers than camp at mine for 10 friends. Gifts, none was stipulated, if people asked us we told them to get us what they thought we liked or gift vouchers. I think it shoukd be like that, not a chance to grab grab grab.

I think you should wear white, tbh.

That'll show her!

ugh my brother is having a similar wedding - being held in a country house where all guests are being put up, small note on the invitation of link to JL list if anyone wants to give them anything (there is one item over 20quid), my parents are hosting a BBQ the next day for any stragglers if they want. No dress code, kids invited (though to be fair mine are the only ones they know).

Her hen was a day in London (where she lives) with her closest (london based) friends, picnic in the park, sushi and cocktails. His was a weekend in the countryside with his 4 best mates where they seemed to just BBQ and drink beer.

However, behind closed doors my DBro has royally upset my parents on a few occasions so there you go.

But I am so so so so excited about this wedding and particularly that they're both making a huge effort to make it as effortless for guests as possible

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