How important is a posh wedding?
Is it really vital to have a grand reception wedding
outfit costing several thousand pounds, wedding planner
and enough alcohol to inspire even the 96 year old great gand pa to dance in a Gene Kelly moment.
Or rock with the standard songs from a repetoire of ages past and often repeated at your daughters wedding, your wedding and that of your parents.
Do you save all your life for this great occassion
What is the cost for the great day?
30.000 euros ?
Do people borrow money to create a wedding? In France ...In UK
Great to hear about your special exsperiences.
Part of my buisness is about wedding guests....
Although I am not the venue.
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Permalink Reply by Alexander Keith Watson on -
My wife was desperate enough to get married to me to accept a wedding that I sprung on our friends and relations with 6 weeks warning and that took place in a friend's barn in the middle of nowhere. She still appears to be quite as tolerant because that was in 1994 and we're still married.
Some former bosses of mine also decided to tie the knot in 2000, they got married at the Abbaye de Collonges (one of Paul Bocuses places just up the river Saone from Lyon) It was absolutely wonderful. I insisted that my wife, son and I bloat ourselves with the rather delicious amuse-bouche because I had very largely contributed to the payment of them. The height of it all was when Paul Bocuse Himself appeared: a very memorable occasion indeed, which is just as well because by 2004 the happy couple were divorced, which, I reckon meant that their wedding cost about 15000 euros per year of marriage.
Ho-hum.
Ooh, while I'm on the subject, the champagne was delish too.
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Permalink Reply by Terry Williams on -
No. We had a registry office wedding with only close family as guests because a student grant didn't pay for much else back then, even if we'd wanted it. But we're still together nearly 50 years on. We had our "honeymoon" -- a long trip from Tokyo to Kashmir and back home to Kenya -- to mark our silver wedding!
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Permalink Reply by barbara deane on
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I hope that the champagne was delish too.
60.000 EUROS FOR a wedding....it is vaguely possible to buy a house in France...somewhere for
that?
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Permalink Reply by Alexander Keith Watson on
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That's true, even more so in 2000 !
We never got round to the posh wedding thing in 1994 mainly because we did n't have the money, but also, because my some of my wife's family (French) refusing to consider the idea of going to such an outlandish place as England for our wedding. My dear father (English) also told me that he refused to see me get married in a Roman Catholic church (in France): so after about 18 months of bickering on 14th of july 1994, I announced to everyone that we were getting married on 27th August (1994) in the registry office at the local Mairie and we would enjoy the company of those that saw fit to come.
I don't exclude having a posh ceremony one of these days but as my wife and I have plans to retire to Venice in 25(odd) years, we'll do it then and there.
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AdminPermalink Reply by Catharine Higginson on -
@ Alexander and Terry - aaaahhh!
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Permalink Reply by Alexander Keith Watson on
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That was a very sympathetic "aaaahhh!"
Which gives me an idea; perhaps you can add an extra dimension to your site with a column dedicated to advice on sentimental matters, and I would be very happy to work as your first agony uncle.
While we are on the subject of marriage, here's my own foolproof recipe for longterm success : NEVER dissappoint your Chère & tendre; she cannot accuse you of having become an old fart if you were already one when you got married, some practice is needed at first, but with a little effort you'll be surprised how quickly it becomes second nature.
So, am I hired then?
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AdminPermalink Reply by Catharine Higginson on -
You sure are! Funnily enough, one of the reasons we started SFN was because I got an email saying "I am reading your blog out to my husband and I've told him that if he still doesn't get how I feel, I'm leaving"
We did plan an agony column but no one ever volunteered to write it.......
I think you have got the tone just right!
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Permalink Reply by Alexander Keith Watson on
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:))
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Permalink Reply by John Axson on -
Done it twice and both times on a 6-7 week turnaround and all in for the 2 less than a couple of K which works out at not bad value for 12 years of crap and 6 years of good times :) First one 4 months honeymoon in France on push bikes, second one 3 days in Cornwall before high tailing it down to the South of France to rescue me dads car.
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Just for the book...J and I are not married but have been together for a very long
time and have a PACS
WE are in the buisness of providing rooms etc for clients who are attending weddings.
Sometimes young wedding guests get a little wild...
Having seen the variety of guests I think that I prefer the aunties, priests and grandparents
to the younger bunch. I like a little respect.
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Permalink Reply by julie ballantyne on -
Im with you Barbara, ran a small B&B pub in kent close to several prestigious wedding venues, many weekends we were full with guests. The young were the worst, to the point where a very well todo group left their rooms dressed to the nines and returned several hours later very much the worse for wear. After a few arguments between themselves(best friends supposedly) a full blown punch up ensued and we had to kick them out. I also prefer respect
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For the fist time we have had 4 cancellaions FOR THE SAME WEEKEND ....a bunch of media lads
who work on all of the current top productions..ENDEMOL AND TALENT BASED.
So all deposits have to go back.Actually I will probably be better of empty than put up with thier agrevation.I had to present 4
CREDIT CARDS for one of them before I got the funds.
Hope that the wedding venue funds go ok for the chateau owner.
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