Interesting request on wedding invite

[OohMavis]

"Please remember to take some piriton before arriving. The pollen count will be high and the last thing I want is sneezing during the ceremony."

Paraphrased but similar tone.

I can't work out if it's unreasonable to ask your guests to medicate themselves so they don't sniffle

But they've not mentioned coughing, farting, belching, yawning, shouting out, vomiting.... you get the idea!

Are they maybe going to advise bringing hangover medication and sanitary towels too?

Oh, that's brilliant.

Shame they stopped short from instructing guests to come with a Uribag and a catheter lest anyone disrupt the ceremony with unscheduled exits.

I would bring clever sabotage kit containing pepper and a feather.

If it weren’t for the bit about “the last thing I want”, I’d probably find the advice quite helpful.

I would love it if one of her little darlings lets rip with a massive fart during the I do's please god please god I'll be good from now on

Maybe they are just having shit loads of flowers. Or maybe it’s happened to her where she’s been at a wedding and got caught out.

I have awful hay fever that I always forget about until it’s happening and I just look like a puffy eye watery mess.

I was at a wedding in September and the weather was beautiful so last minute they had the ceremony outside and a load of wasps got attracted to the big bright hats and flowery dresses.

I would be tempted to warn people on my wedding invitation if I was getting married outside.

Dear God. AIBU to think you need to take pepper to the wedding?

Piriton knocks me out, I'd be snoring away during the ceremony.

Perhaps she could resend with a suggestion to use a non drowsy brand?

There is obviously a loud sneezer in the wedding party , my stepdad has such a horrendously loud sneeze people have been known to drop drink glasses in shock.... he's nearly given my mum a heart attack on a fair few occasions! You need to start a sweepstake as to who it is .

Uck, bless. Spent far too much time over the last 18 months reading all the wedding magazines and forums.

She'll have read all those "Your guests might appreciate..." OTT "special touches" and has decided to use ALL of them +++.

Quite sweet actually.

But they haven't thought this through; they failed to consider the sedative effect of Piriton.

Hope they're still grateful for the lack of sneezing when the ceremony has a soundtrack of gentle snores and no small amount of drool.

Hilarious! It's a mad mad mad mad world!

What if someone breathes loudly?!!

Tell her not to worry - you've done your best to dampen down the pollen, you've done a rain dance, and it will be pissing down on her wedding day.

You aren't supposed to drink alcohol if you have taken piriton, so probably not the best choice for a wedding

Hmmmmm piriton and booze.... she’s going to have some very drunk and drowsy guests. What a wally.

I'd be tempted to eat a tin of beans, platefuls of broccoli and cauliflower before the service and fart my way through the ceremony after that.

What is the actual wording (n.b. if you are worried about outing yourself I think the horse has bolted)

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that if you don't want people sneezing during your wedding ceremony, perhaps you shouldn't have it in the middle of prime hay fever season?

"Sorry, I'm allergic to Piriton so won't be attending. Hope you have a good day."

I’ve never taken Pititon or anything similar. I find it odd that she’s pushing drugs on people just to see her get married! What if people take her literally, take some and are allergic?

Side effects (from their website) Include:

Occasionally some people may have difficulty concentrating; blurred vision; loss of appetite, indigestion or upset stomach, feeling or being sick; diarrhoea, tummy pain; liver inflammation (which may make you feel weak, sick and turn yellow); difficulty in passing water; headaches; dry mouth; dizziness, palpitations (feeling your heart beat), fast or irregular heart beat, low blood pressure (you may feel faint), chest tightness; thickening of phlegm; blood disorders (anaemia); allergic reactions including itchy rash, skin peeling, and sensitivity to the sun; twitching, muscular weakness and inco-ordination; ringing in the ears; depression (low mood); irritability or nightmares; children may become excited and the elderly may become very confused.

I'd fall asleep with piriton and then my snoring would disturb the ceremony

What about any pregnant guests?

Piriton ( any antihistamine actually) isn’t suitable during pregnancy

If she hasn't told you to take some windeze first then farting through the whole thing must be allowed. I second the beans.

This is hysterical!

Piriton knocks me out almost immediately too

My soon to be SIL is the same. Controlling. It's the first step I'm telling you. The groom should run!
Most weddings have a hiccup, even a teensy behind-the-scenes one guests don't know about. I wonder what theirs hers will be....