Four Weddings and a Funeral

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Watched this film tonight, bit of a comfort film and love anything from Richard Curtis. What I hadn't really paid attention to before was how soon people got married? Lydia and Bernard after 3 months. Carrie and Hamish after a few months?

Was this more normal in the 90s or just a plot device? I'm getting married this year but was born in the 90s and been with my partner for nearly 8 years. Most of my cousins got married in the 90s in their early twenties after 1-2 years together.

Yabu - that was normal in the 90s
Yanbu - definitely unusual, people took longer to get married.

I rewatched this last night for the 90's nostalgia. It was one of the first 'adult' films I wanted, I was born in 1982. Got it on video for Christmas. I think it was released in 1993.

I have to admit I never considered how soon people get married

Don't think it was really a thing in the 90's?

I remember as a teen going to lots of big weddings of family and friends in the 1990’s - lots of people for big sit down meals and night do’s with even more people

This seems to have died a bit of a death the people I know have much smaller do’s now.

Plot device.

It’s a film! We got married in 2001 having met in 1995. Love that film but rewatching it recently I thought times have changed!!

It’s just a film!

Plot device. In the 90s quite a few people lived together before getting married too.

Not really - it’s just to fit the whole thing into a ‘season’.

Carrie and Hamish got married very quickly, but Lydia and Bernard had known each other for many years so although the formal relationship wasn’t long there was a lot of shared history.

Yeah definitely not a thing in the 90s. One of my work friends married after a "whirlwind romance" just a few months after she met the guy -possiblynin 1988 or 9 but near enough 1990!. I remember our boss was really concerned and kept asking her if she was sure (small family company so we were all pretty close) as it was such an unusual thing for anyone to do

I love Four Weddings but I always wonder why Charles was best man to Angus. He had a really small part in the film and wasn't part of the group of friends. I also wonder how anyone could turn down Kristin S-T. And I can't unsee Nicola Walker as the wedding singer now although I missed her for years. It's a great film though😀