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.... but who announces their pregnancy at their cousins wedding!

346 replies

flumpybear · 15/10/2018 08:48

Let's hope it was secretly and not to upstage poor Eugenie!

OP posts:
skippy67 · 15/10/2018 10:15

snobby so your husband's cousin didn't get a say?

Igorina · 15/10/2018 10:15

Jacques, I popped over to Tumblr last night after someone mentioned it on a thread and found out just how little Meghan Markle needs to do in order for people to seeth over it.

It is genuinely frightening how much people hate her and everything single thing she does.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 15/10/2018 10:16

I'll never forgive her for it.

You wont ever forgive someone for sharing their good news just because it happened to occur on your wedding day? Hmm

skippy67 · 15/10/2018 10:17

I meant your husband's cousin's husband!

IABURQO · 15/10/2018 10:17

A wedding is a family event where news is shared. You'd have to be an immensely dysfunctional family to be grumpy about a pregnancy announcement at a wedding, funeral, birthday party or whatever. I didn't think there was really such a thing as "bridezillas" until I read mumsnet, how pathetic they would have to be to begrudge someone sharing such lovely news. It's no wonder some marriages don't last if people are only doing it for one day of attention.

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 15/10/2018 10:17

We were stood round as family before the meal and she announced to us. We only had a small wedding so everyone there was family.

We had no idea beforehand and it contentedly took over the day. She was staying the day before and day after the wedding. She could have told everyone then. We'd barley got out the door of the ceremony to talk to everyone before she did it.

MrsTeacake · 15/10/2018 10:17

It's a particularly triggering day for those who have buried an infant and are gearing up to remember that tonight. It's a national event, and those who don't know about it are lucky.

It is great news, but badly timed.

ivykaty44 · 15/10/2018 10:17

If the journalist knew it was announced at the wedding- why wasn’t it published in Saturday newspaper? That would be a big story

skippy67 · 15/10/2018 10:18

And are you less married as a result?

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 15/10/2018 10:18

She came without her husband. He was at home unwell.

Lunde · 15/10/2018 10:18

There is absolutely nothing in any of the reports that say that they stood up and made a huge announcement.

I think for various reasons they had a narrow window of opportunity

  • Meghan is 37 so they probably wanted the nuchal scan and bloodwork completed before any announcement
  • they would have wanted to tell the Queen in person and she only returned from Balmoral for the wedding and they were leaving for the tour on Saturday/Sunday
  • the wedding lasted days - I don't see a problem with them going to the Queen's apartment to tell her and close family
  • it would probably leaked anyway given how many people were at the wedding saw she wasn't drinking
  • they didn't want the tour ruined by "bump watch" speculators

It was happy family news shared at a happy family event - I don't get these American Bridezilla traditions that nobody else is allowed to mention any other family news at weddings.

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 15/10/2018 10:19

@skippy67 no but when our anniversary comes round people talk about it and it ended up being mentioned in the speeches as well so is all over our wedding video too!

thisneverendingsummer · 15/10/2018 10:19

THEY DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT AT EUGENIE'S WEDDING!

Just another excuse for another Meghan basing thread. Harry and Meghan obviously waited til Eugenie's wedding was over before announcing it, out of respect for her and her husband. But the Meghan haters and bitter vipers on here will turn it around to it being Meghan at fault.

Congratulations to Harry and Meghan, and I am pleased for them but some people on here make me so angry and sick to my stomach with their jealousy and hatred and bitterness, that it makes me wanna scream.

@divadee

I never understand the hate on MM. I think she is refreshing for the royal family. Is it because she is mixed race? American? An actress?

All of the above, as well as gorgeous, sweet, and talented, along with her being a woman who has a successful career in her own right.

The women on here who bash her are so painfully bitter and jealous of her, that it's almost laughable to be honest. They are pathetic. They want her life, and they are bitter. It's so obvious.

I am seriously starting to believe that samantha markle is on this forum. She loathes Meghan too, and is bitter,and jealous of her.

BrightonGallery7 · 15/10/2018 10:19

What odd timing indeed.

SillySallySingsSongs · 15/10/2018 10:20

they would have wanted to tell the Queen in person and she only returned from Balmoral for the wedding and they were leaving for the tour on Saturday/Sunday

The Queen will have known before the weekend, for various reasons.

skippy67 · 15/10/2018 10:20

It's not a national event. I've had 2 late miscarriages and I've never heard of baby loss remembrance day. So just stop it with your it's poorly timed nonsense.

OkMaybeNot · 15/10/2018 10:20

This woman can't do anything right, can she?

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 15/10/2018 10:20

We were stood round as family before the meal and she announced to us. We only had a small wedding so everyone there was family.

Whether she had announced it or not if it was a small intimate wedding then people would have noticed at the meal. If she or her partner had said nothing people would have then spent the evening speculating. What do you think she should have done?

JacquesHammer · 15/10/2018 10:20

no but when our anniversary comes round people talk about it and it ended up being mentioned in the speeches as well so is all over our wedding video too

So a double celebration, both of which are remembered fondly.

How absolutely lovely.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 15/10/2018 10:21

Kensington Palace has said that medical advice has been taken and the tour will continue with no changes (Re Tonga and Fiji and the Zika virus)

I really hope this is wrong. There may be lot I don't admire about the woman, but only a heartless idiot would wish her anything other than a happy, worry free pregnancy ... and there's nothing to stop them visiting Zika areas in the future and taking the kid(s) with them

BrightonGallery7 · 15/10/2018 10:21

Haven’t read the thread but I think - based on this page alone - some people need to calm down.Hmm

NotACleverName · 15/10/2018 10:22

Oh wait, I know the answer to this one. A healthy dose of misogyny, perhaps seasoned with a soupçon of xenophobia and a sprinkling of racism.

Woomp there it is. Not that the not-so-subtle MN racists will ever admit it.

skippy67 · 15/10/2018 10:22

Well said summer

MrsTeacake · 15/10/2018 10:22

I'll say what I like thanks, @skippy67

specialsubject · 15/10/2018 10:22

a wedding should be a happy day. If there is extra good news, where's the issue?

anyone who gets jealous about someone else's good news adding to their day belongs in a playground, not a marriage.

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