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To think this isn't my job? (Wedding related!)

40 replies

NickNacks · 18/12/2015 17:57

Dd is going to be a bridesmaid for sil in January. Sil has now asked if she can read a poem and dd is very excited to. I've asked sil this week if we could have the poem to practise as dd is only 6 and will need to go through it a few times to make sure it's right on the day. Sil has text back today to say she thought I was sorting it?

A miscommunication has obviously occurred but on what planet is this my job to sort? I don't have time to do this and I don't want to do it. I'm right to hand it over to her aren't I?

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AlistairSim · 18/12/2015 18:51

I vote for some Ivor Cutler.

BalloonSlayer · 18/12/2015 18:59

What about this one by Pam Ayres:

Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear.
And here’s the reason why.
So I can push you out of bed
When the baby starts to cry.
And if we hear a knocking
And it’s creepy and it’s late,
I hand you the torch you see,
And you investigate.

Yes I’ll marry you, my dear,
You may not apprehend it,
But when the tumble-drier goes
It’s you that has to mend it.
You have to face the neighbour
Should our labrador attack him,
And if a drunkard fondles me
It’s you that has to whack him.

Yes, I’ll marry you,
You’re virile and you’re lean,
My house is like a pigsty
You can help to keep it clean.
That sexy little dinner
Which you served by candlelight,
As I do chipolatas,
You can cook it every night!!!

It’s you who has to work the drill
And put up curtain track,
And when I’ve got PMT it’s you who gets the flak,
I do see great advantages,
But none of them for you,
And so before you see the light,
I DO, I DO, I DO!!

Tiggeryoubastard · 18/12/2015 18:59

Or Ivor Biggun......

UterusUterusGhali · 18/12/2015 19:07

I was going to suggest John Cooper Clarke too.

Funny enough for a 6 year old but a lovely wedding poem.

UterusUterusGhali · 18/12/2015 19:10

I wanna Be Yours...

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust
If you like your coffee hot
let me be your coffee pot
You call the shots
I wanna be yours

I wanna be your raincoat
for those frequent rainy days
I wanna be your dreamboat
when you want to sail away
Let me be your teddy bear
take me with you anywhere
I don’t care
I wanna be yours

I wanna be your electric meter
I will not run out
I wanna be the electric heater
you’ll get cold without
I wanna be your setting lotion
hold your hair in deep devotion
Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean
that’s how deep is my devotion

LYRICS © JOHN COOPER CLARKE

MrsHathaway · 18/12/2015 19:35

Balloon - SIL had that as well Grin

Tenementfunster · 18/12/2015 19:55

I rely on you by Hovis Presley

venusandmars · 18/12/2015 20:31

I think that asking a 6 year old to read at a wedding is an awful pressure tbh. I've seen confident young children crumble under the excitement of the day. If it is going to happen then choose something really short, and be prepared to step in yourself if it gets too much for her.

GinIsABreakfastFood · 18/12/2015 20:58

I think perhaps Ogden Nash?

'To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you are right.... Shut up.' Grin

On a serious note, there is a really sweet reading about everything I need to know about life I learned in kindergarten which might work....

MidniteScribbler · 18/12/2015 21:12

Balloon Slayer beat me to it :)

Pam Ayres always has something for every occasion!

UterusUterusGhali · 19/12/2015 00:39

That Pam Ayres one made me cry. Xmas Blush

WyldChyld · 19/12/2015 01:12

May I recommend a personal favourite...

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Bogeyface · 19/12/2015 02:04

Wyld If you are going to name a poem, at least do it properly.

Its called The German Guns by Pt S O Baldrick.

Honestly, some people have no idea

:o

WyldChyld · 19/12/2015 16:35

My apologies, Bogey, I got so excited by the literary masterpiece that I just had to declare it!

Costacoffeeplease · 19/12/2015 17:07

How about the lyrics to Ben as in Pete and Dawn's vow renewal in Gavin and Stacey? Hilarious

Pete, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say....

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