to love weddings?

[Echobelly]

I know everyone seems to be cynical and moany about them, but personally I love weddings and I’m kind of sad that we are past all our mates/family getting married!

I suppose it helps that I don’t have a very large family so I didn’t grow up going to lots of weddings (or indeed, any in fact) and finding them boring, as a child would, and they were something of a novelty to me when I first started going to them. I even loved the year of 8 weddings when most of my now-DH’s friends got hitched. I liked the parties, seeing the bride’s dress, the general happiness, choosing a present etc. Or is it just me?

Nope, I love them too. Though I must say now I have my son its getting less enjoyable because of having to sort childcare which isn't easily available to us and if we decline we get people being angry with us.

I love them too, it’s lovely seeing people you love say their vows and commit to each other in such a way. Always get a bit teary during the first dance.

However it’s the logistics that drag me down, most of the weddings I’ve been to in recent years are in quite isolated, countryside areas (always gorgeous venues though!). The planning can be hard work, travelling in long journeys by car, battling to find reasonably priced accommodation in a secluded village when the hundred other guests are doing the same, paying extortionate rates for rural taxis etc etc.

It’s all worth it to share the big day of course. But I can see why some people struggle with them.

It might help in our case being in London that most weddings we've been to have been quite local, so there hasn't been too much schlepping. Also most of the weddings were done with before we had kids!

I love them. Putting your glad rags on, friends, food, booze, dancing. What's not to like?

I'm getting married next year, apart from being hundreds of miles away from you - feel free to come most of my guests have already declined and I fear its going to just be me, DP and the children.

I love them, the wedding and celebration, it always makes us reminisce about our own wedding day and gives us that warm fuzzy feeling (sad but true!). My husband always squeezes my hand during the vows, it's nice.

I hate the logistics (and expense!) that goes with it though, we've been to 2 weddings this year, they were both at the other end of the country. It took us 8 hours to get home from one! Worth it as both weddings were for people close to us.

@Wispaismyfave - yes, my husband always whispers the Hebrew wedding vows to me after others' vows. I can't remember mine, as we did use the option of the bride saying a vow (not traditional in the Jewish service), but mine was way longer than his!