Champions league ban at wedding

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Were attending a wedding the day of the champion leagues final, now Liverpool have gotten to the final DH understandably wants to watch it. The majority of people attending are from Liverpool and the surrounding areas, my DH included. The couple getting married have now put out a notice saying that they have chosen not to screen the champions league, and they do not want anyone to ask for it to be put on, to leave and watch it or to be watching it on any devices and to please respect that this day is about them.

On one hand, I get it.. it's your wedding day. You want it to be about you. But DH and his brothers aren't willing to miss such a massive game and are now trying to work out a plan to be able to watch it and then return to the wedding after. It ended with DH and I having a bit of an argument because I think it's extremely rude to leave, watch the game and return. It's just been left with they will be watching and that's that, they think the bride and groom are being unreasonable to put a blanket ban on the whole thing and not just shove it on a tele in the bar. There's over 200 guests invited to the wedding.

Who's being unreasonable?

“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other half.” Jane Austen.

As usual, she hits it on the nail.

In this case the football/wedding divide provides a handy social class marker too.

Haven't read the full thread - but this is a prime example of why I got married during the closed season. No way would I have risked missing a big match.

If people insist on arranging their weddings during the period when finals are being played it's inevitable that some guests will be conflicted.

I see Nancy Mitford is still among us.

My eldest brother was a professional footballer. My view, your DH and co. need to start realising what is important in life, 90 mins of a football match (that can be viewed later) or the friendship and generosity of the wedding couple. Personally, knowing there will be folk who will go to all lengths to watch the match during the wedding I would uninvite all those who I know to be Liverpool supporters explaining I know they will be disappointed to have to miss the game and that my wedding is a secondary to that occasion. The fans' behaviour just highlights the mentality of the majority of those involved in football. Probably the wedding date was set before it was known the teams in the final. I absolutely detest football. I have been interested in the female teams until I saw them too, running and hugging one another after doing something they are supposed to do if playing a match. Looks like they to are succumbing to the self gratification as demonstrated by the male teams.

Reading between the lines I think this rather extreme reaction of uninviting guests and detesting football is more a brother issue.

I have read the whole thread and find that those who think it provides ‘handy class markers’ are themselves the very clearest marker of petty, inaccurate, socially frightened small-mindedness.

@6oodfella I presume you were alerted to this thread by the daily mail, you seem like a daily mail reader.

Your partner if someone is still filling that dreadful position is probably also on here saying how you're still living in the 1970s, sexist, boring as shit and treat women as a second class, can't understand the washing machine because you're a man.

Women lack passion..... I bet anyone you touch does.

Obviously if you've got time do explain the offside rule for the wimmin to understand!
🙄.

HeronLanyon eh? I didn't say anything about class markets, that was the posters before me, who I was critical of in my subsequent post.

markers not markets, bloody autocorrect clearly does not do sociology.

No it's really, really not important at all. If if think it is then you really need to reassess your priorities. It is just a few men kicking a ball around.

I think it's a few men kicking a ball around. To many people it's extremely important, tribally so. I cannot deny that it is a multi-million pound, global industry. So whilst I'm not bothered, I can understand that to some people it's very important and that sticking a TV at one end of the bar is probably the best solution.

I don’t support either team (neither does my husband) but we will be watching the game.

If it were our wedding we would have definitely had it on a big screen.

I think the bride and groom are being unreasonable to think people will not watch it or find a way to watch it. It’s the second all English Champions League final. It’s a huge deal.

Jane Austen clearly gets it

Priorities!! It’s only a football match. Surely they can watch it after the wedding. Why should the couple pay for a party for a tonne of football fans, it’s their wedding, not football piss up?! I can picture all the fans standing around a tellie shouting and getting drunk. What a way to ruin a beautiful wedding day...

If it was our team in the champions league final I think we’d miss the wedding.
It wouldn’t be fair to turn your day into a football match, so we’d just make our excuses ( unless you were immediate family) but even then dh would probably rather watch the football

keeling over with laughter at the supercillious responses in this thread, the looking down on people who love football is incredibly small minded. By all means ban me me for that mumsnet, there is much much worse said above. COYS.

Priorities!! It’s only a football match. Surely they can watch it after the wedding. Why should the couple pay for a party for a tonne of football fans, it’s their wedding, not football piss up?! I can picture all the fans standing around a tellie shouting and getting drunk. What a way to ruin a beautiful wedding day...

Again it's not about watching the game later, it's about watching it live 🙄

Those pissed up footy fans are the couples friends and families and would be pissed up wedding reception goers if they drink anyway.

This ithread is hilarious. My wedding is on the champions league final next year 🤣🤣🤣 only just realised thanks to this thread!!

@winniestone37 I agree with everything you said, especially COYS!

Although not happy Poch saying he's going home when if we win.

@teacher22 please explain what you mean by social class marker? I can guarantee that I if you want to tot up vile class markers I will I will come out somewhere above you, I still love football. You are silly snob (with little reason to be such a way) as are so many others on this board.

I can't believe anyone would want to host a party of any kind where the guests are there under duress and that you really put yourself ahead of the enjoyment of the people you are hosting!

You’re acting like it’s a back garden barbecue. It’s a wedding! It will have cost thousands, it’s once in a lifetime. It’s not unreasonable to not want half your guests sloping off for a couple of hours because they’ve had a better offer.

People really do care about football more than their friends, don’t they? It’s staggering to me.

Prince William is a football fan. I've always thought he looked a bit councilly - have you seen the state of his house? No kerb appeal at all.

@6oodfella the perfect man.... calls me honey and sweetie..... just like a REAL man does!

You sound AMAZING!

Anyone must go I have washing to catch up on.

BTW, you do realise that women play and officiate football, fuck knows who does the dinner then, but it does happen.

A player is in an offside position when he is closer to the goal line than the ball or the last opposing player just as the ball is passed to him.

It's the second-last opposing player.

sakia yes to all. Loved your NM allusion !

@6oodfella it's Neanderthal prat's like you that give football supporting men a bad name!

What do you think of the female football
Pundits?