Am I the only one who loves a proper formal wedding?

[StealthPolarBear]

Dress up, watch the ceremony, drink and dance and chat. Maybe even have your photo taken?
It seems fashionable now to call them stuffy and hate them.

I absolutely love them and as having one myself! Pretty much everyone I know has had one and I've only been to a couple of more low key ones. I don't know anyone in real life who doesn't like them.

I personally am meh about less traditional weddings. I'll go and have a great time because ultimately it's up to the bride and groom but it always feels like less of an occasion.

TBH as long as there's food and drink, the wedding is a good'un!

weddings are what the couple want
if they want a tradition day with speeches etc then fine, if they dont then fine as well
not everyone likes the same thing, weddings can be boring as it is, sometimes the best ones are the non traditional ones

Yes but the ones I enjoy attending as a guest are the formal ones

I love a good wedding. Ideally a full cathedral affair but a nice church service, lots of flowers, good music, sunshine. Actually went to a Druid wedding too,that was jumping over brooms but still lovely. The reception is less interesting to me but ones at the brides homes are usually the nicest with a marquee on the lawn or a barn dance. I dislike 'themes' immensely and think the wedding is the theme. Not much bigger theme than taking lifetime vows before God, family and friends.

I also love a good wedding. This will be the first year in about 12 that I'm not going to any!

I'm not too bothered about the details just so long as there is plenty to eat and drink and a good band!

I hate weddings, don't know why. I was told I would regret not having a big white wedding but honestly it was my idea of hell and I've never regretted it. Each to their own.

I like them too, I've been to a few weddings recently that have been 'original' and they're all melding into each other in the same way that traditional weddings did for a while.
Ours was a fairly big white wedding and we (and the guests) had a blast!
I prefer to go to a wedding where I know vaguely what's going to happen rather than wondering if the groom is going to parachute into the venue or clowns are going to pop out of the wedding cake - which is the way weddings seem to be going!
Btw, no he didn't parachute in but he (seriously) threatened it for a while!

The only thing I hate are receiving lines. Oh and fascinators.

YANBU at all.
I love a traditional wedding. Never understand the loathing for weddings on MN - I've rarely been to a wedding I've not enjoyed, and I started going to weddings in the 70s
I was only saying on the 'hat' thread that I think it's a shame people rarely wear hats at weddings anymore.

I enjoy spending time with people I'm close to, ideally 1:1 as I'm an introvert
That said, I went to a bar with a dancfloor on
Friday night, great fun, but you can't choose th music at a wedding...
I hate dressing up
I hate doing small talk with people I don't know
I don't find anything about service, speeches, standing around for photos interesting
Don't get me started on travel and costs!

I miss going in the department stores and trying on hats with my lovely late Mum. She loved a hat bless her!

I love weddings, but even though I'm an atheist I don't feel they're properly married if it's not traditional CofE vows.

I've never worn a hat for a wedding. If a family member gets married in 2017 I'll buy one in honour :)
I can't imagine having such specialist music tastes that standard wedding music isnt just fun.

I LOVE a proper trad wedding. Esp the speeches and dancing!

And hats. I love hats. Our wedding season kicked off in 2004 when I only dared to wear a fascinator. Now I'm on to huge, eclipse the sun hats. I love them.

I love other people's weddings! Love meeting up with pals, enjoy the speeches, don't love dancing but happy sitting chatting.

I haven't really been to any alternative ones though so cant really compare.

Not keen on just going to night bit tho!

Elfride, you are a rubbish atheist!

What's standard wedding music?

I suppose because often by the time the disco starts I've been there hours and sometimes I'm already dying to go home. I'm never going to an all day affair, like 11am start, ever again, though. The worst being 11am start with no food till 5.30ish.

I've never worn a hat o a wedding as I'm short and I can't really look good in hats, or anything much really.

We are having a traditional wedding (I think!). Church ceremony, marquee at home. Proper meal, disco, cake etc etc. I've currently got my four fruit cake tiers out on the table for feeding! Having a hog roast and a band in the evening. Nothing "quirky" even if everyone on the planet would love to involve my horse and my other half's dairy cows!!

My friends don't have crossover so I rarely have friends at a wedding and it's usually just acquaintances. I always say you can party with real friends any time as long as they live within travelling distance. I have a birthday do, usually a winter and summer do at my flat, a lot of picnics and outdoor bar meets when the weather is nice.

So I'm surprised when people talk about weddings as a good reason to get together and have fun, that canbe sorted in many other ways that don't involve receiving lines and speeches.

Pattern, you left your horse off the guest list? That's just mean!

Tbh I don't dance but I do enjoy just sitting and chatting while others do as a pp said

I'm getting married this year. We're having a very traditional service, dress, venue, speeches etc, but no sit down meal as such (outdoor street food) and then a proper knees up! So I think that's somewhere in the middle! I love weddings.

My horse will be in the next field! No one needs that idiot wading in on things- he'd probably trash the tent!! Haha

Stealth, a dance is the only saving grace of an all day wedding.
But no wedding should be all day. Does anyone enjoy the 12'hour ones?

I love a traditional wedding too. Been to one which was rather quirky, and everything was home made by the bride and it was too fragmented to relax.

The worst thing about any wedding is being sat with people I dont know. I like the opportunity to spend time with family and friends. And I hate small talk.