To ask what your dream wedding now would be?

[RantyMare]

Whether you're already married or not?

What would your dream day be like? Not necessarily interested in stories of stereotypical dream weddings, but just what your ideal day would be, what would you change (if anything) ?

I'm being silly really. I have never wanted to BE married, but recently I've had a little daydream to myself about what my wedding would be like, what I'd wear, who'd be there (including now sadly deceased people).

I don't think I'll ever even be able to marry really.

I would have all my family and friends there, simple registry, then a band, lots of vegan food and booze at my (late) Grandmother's, who had a really lovely huge garden. The sun would be out and my family and friends would all be happy!

Would anyone like to feed my daydream with theirs :)

Yolo at the last wedding I was at the speeches went on faaaar too long, but I totally agree the traditional rules around who makes the speeches at an English wedding are utterly stupid.

If everyone who feels like it can make a speech please tell me you at least use a 2 minute egg timer?

I wanted an evening wedding with flame torches on the walls of the church then straight to a party, no meal just delicious canapés and champagne. Guests in evening wear.A bit like Andie McDowell's wedding in 4 Weddings and a Funeral. unfortunately, when we trie dot do this we were told by venues that we'd still have to pay for the day hire and meal as they were losing out on that business. This was in the days before civil ceremonies in other premises.

Mine would be exactly how we had it, I wish my uncle who passed away before my wedding very suddenly could have been there but shortly before my wedding I had a dream about him being there so kind of felt like he was.
I know it’s sounds cliche and ridiculous but my wedding day was the best day of my life. We spent a lot of money on it and I wouldn’t change a thing.

Registry office, no random relatives, mother dear could fuck right off with changing seating plans and making me cry the night before. Piece of cake.

I had the big country house do first time round, only daughter so I felt I had to.

Second time we buggered off to NYC and got married at City Hall, just the two of us, high on champagne. It was the perfect day.

I would have a much more personal ceremony with only very close friends and family. We had a church wedding and I really feel it was totally taken over with parents wishes and became their day. We were quite young and went along with it.. (mainly because theynoffer s financial help) It was nice but now, twenty years later, I would have rather the personal bit was more intimate and a lot less of a "show". I'm not even religious and the whole church thing was really because that's how it was expected to be. These days there's so much more choice of lovely places licenced for weddings

I would have a nicer dress!
Would get married abroad with my adult DC to witness and just have a fab holiday afterwards

I'd have just got married without the wedding part. We had a perfectly fine wedding but it was all a bit unnecessary.

My dream wedding is to have no wedding. I cringe at being the centre of attention at a social event.

I got married at 8 months pregnant with ds2 and I was huge, swollen and ill. So I would like to do it not pregnant in my original dress (50's style) instead of a horrible maternity dress.

I would get married in a pretty registry office, with our children and immediate family and go for an Italian meal afterwards. Then a few days away in the lakes or similar as we never had a honeymoon. I would like some nice photos as I hate nearly all of our wedding ones.

I'm married and we eloped. Dream wedding indeed!

Six years married, and wouldn't change much. 50ish guests, French restaurant, copious food and free booze all day/night, cigars and brandies, a dress I could never change.

The last minute MIL illness, I’d change that, of course.

I'd repeat the day I had.

Surrounded by family and friends, lovely venues (church and hotel) in special places. I'd made pretty much all the trimmings so they were personal. I still love my dress. I even got a warm, sunny day in August. It really was the day of my childhood fantasy*, and still happily married.

• although bridal fashion had moved on from Diana puff sleeves since childhood

I'd get married in Christmas Eve in cave with a slim fitted white dress and red lined cape with roses in my hair and small bouquet

We would eat some winter warmer food like stew and thick bread and have great music

Our local registry office is in the building that where we met, and also on the same street that we first lived together on, so it would be quite meaningful to get married there.
Then I’d like to have some sort of festival feel to the reception. I heard that Nando’s hire out a person and a van and maybe a cool pizza van too or fish and chips. I’d love to have fairground rides like dodgems or a big wheel. And fireworks at the end of the night.
But really as long as we got married, I’d rather spend more money on an amazing honeymoon.

Exactly as we did it. We ran off with 2 guests and had a naice meal afterwards. We often look back and say how great our little wedding was!

I'd have almost everything we did but with a different dress (mine was the fashion but didn't suit me), different photographer as i hate the photos and less cava for me at the reception. I wouldn't change the church/venue/food.

Get married during our lunch break then go on holiday and break it everyone when we return.