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

I'd wrap a hanky around a mound of pepper and sniff away during the ceremony. Well, not really, but it's tempting!!

What is it about weddings that turn people into control freaks?!

Erm, "people" would indicate both sexes. I don't think that's correct.

I blame the magazines. They want to sell stuff for their advertisers, so they create this alternate universe where it's YOUR DAY YOUR WAY, any cost is justifable if it creates perfection, and the focus is all on materialism for obvious reasons. I think it creates a spoilt and control freakery obsession to get perfection, to justify the details costing so much. It's weird, but I do think it has a lot to do with it.

Perhaps the sneezing might be due to someone starting with the flu, and not hay fever after all ;)

I like crazy correspondence, it’s in a league with Christmas Round Robins. I do appreciate useful tips though, like ‘ceremony will be outside’ or ‘no off license within 30 miles - bring booze if you’re travelling up the day before’.

Is the wedding at a garden centre? Surely bride should credit guests with common sense in that if they suffer from hayfever they will deal with it. Piriton can be bought one a day non drowsy by the way.

Piriton (and also Clarityn) are fine during pregnancy.

My DS causes car alarms to go off when he sneezes.

That is a little blunt but I imagine well intended.
I think it's mean to laugh at bride and grooms giving helpful tips about taxis etc. When you are the hosts it suddenly hits you that you are responsible for alot of people enjoying themselves all day and I don't think it's fair to laugh at people who try to make their guests comfortable and give them helpful information
I do think I may have said something about 'for guests with hay-fever please be aware we will be having lots of fresh flowers at the church/reception' instead

“Be sure to avoid baked beans in the 3 day’s prior.. there’ll be NO farting at my wedding”

I dunno... I’m ok with people being warned about the pollen count. Less so about the warning coming with the suggestion that you might ruin the ceremony if you sneeze. But mainly glad the message wasn’t delivered in the form of a twee wedding invitation poem. God, I hate those.

Well it saves on providing booze, all your guests won't be able to drink after taking piriton.

Ah I think it's a bit mean to poke fun at people who are trying to provide additional info to help. Granted the extra bit about sneezing ruining the ceremony is ridiculous but pollen counts, taxi info and cardigans I think are generally from a place of love. And usually reflect a bride who is now panicking that her guests won't have a brilliant time if it's not all perfect. I wouldn't judge!!

IMHO I' take a BIG dose to avoid a probably horribly torturous wedding, which, seeing how it's started, will with out doubt end in a year or two with an equally torturous divorce! LOL, it is original!

Total control freak. Fingers crossed the rest of her day is military precise!!!

We once had an invite from my hubby's cousin that we are not at all close too (so declined) but asking for us to pay for our own meals. Adult and children costs of the meal were detailed, and asked for pre-payment when sending back the invite. They also requested money gifts only, no actual gifts. I thought it was extremely cheeky and rude, and just sent a decline, and no money.

Piriton and flunitrazepam is a pretty good way of getting through a tedious wedding, add it to the fruit punch and don't mention it to anyone

Freckles, yes, I think stuff like the taxi information is really helpful and just being nice too. No problem with that either.
"The last thing I want is sneezing at the ceremony" is just BEGGING to be taken the piss out of though.
I predict loud comedy AAAATCHOO's followed by "sorry, sorry, couldn't help it's" during the ceremony now.

Hilarious, what a fruit cake.

Can't you say it won't be needed as you've contacted a distant relative who's a meteorologist and it's going be p*g it down ! Can you share more of the letter ??

What next?? Please make sure your child has a clean nappy because we don’t want bad smells whiff ting around during the service.

Lol, what if someone farts!😂😂😂

Totally unacceptable to expect people to self medicate.

Next it will be please dope your children up so that they are not running around and making noise.

It is sweet, and definitely well-intended, but it’s also funny. I’m sure I did it myself when we got married and people took the Mickey out of me.

In an O’Henry story the bride would definitely have a heavy, stinking cold on the day 😂

If it's summer she should perhaps also advise against salad for lunch-don't want people farting...

I expect that the happy couple don't want anyone to spoil the day by sneezing, coughing or whatever during the video of the ceremony. Blimey. Would old Aunt Aggie be requested not to drink too much during the reception so that she doesn't become an embarrassment? Etc, etc. Perfect guests behaving perfectly - could be a bit dull. That's part of the danger of these occasions - humans aren't perfect and every single little thing that can go wrong can't necessarily be avoided. Well, have a nice time and don't forget you must behave perfectly.