Weddings of yesterday and today.

Our granddaughter was at our daughter's wedding. Years ago I would have been horrified but things change.

I think some couples - and I'm honestly not generalising here - lost sight of the fact that a wedding is just one day. I know some who have spent an absolute fortune on a big flashy wedding, even getting themselves into mountains of debt to do so - only to split up a few years later. It's often all for show. My daughter's friend spent a fortune on her wedding and I remember my daughter saying at the time that she'd far rather have used that money as the deposit on a house.

Germanshepherdsmum four of our children were at our wedding, it was a wonderful day and they enjoyed every minute of it.

Our fifth child often tells us that they wish we had waited until after they were born, as they feel miffed that they missed it.

The couple marrying today have hired a Nanny from 11am to 1am tomorrow to be at the wedding venue in charge of the baby.
I also don’t like to see big white weddings with their children as bridesmaids, page boys etc.
It wouldn’t have happened years ago but hey ho it does now and is totally normal.

I know I’m out of touch but I really, really dislike seeing the children at their parents’ wedding. I think it’s a good idea for people to live together first - they didn’t when I was young (not where I lived anyway) and if they had I would have been saved a miserable marriage in 1970 - but I wish they would marry before having children. The excuse is often that they’re saving up - it doesn’t have to be expensive.

We married 50 years ago. We had 50 guests for a three course dinner in a hotel. We were married in church at 2pm and had to leave our reception at 6pm to catch a flight. It was all a mad rush and I don't know why we didn't wait a day or two to go away. At the time our wedding cost a lot. Dad paid for most of it, bless him.

hand made wedding dress, hand made 4 bridesmaids dresses, home produced buffet, hand made 3 tier cake. Held in my mums house with nice borrowed cloths on borrowed pasting tables. 1970. Tbh I don`t know how I did it all at the age of 22.

Honeymoon in a camper van. Lovely time and a marriage that stood the test of time and lasted. The children came after a year

I’m a misery guts. I think an awful lot of money is wasted on weddings. I’d rather see a registry office and a good party. The trimmings can all go as far as I’m concerned.

Apologies for misplaced apostrophe, don’t know if that was me or auto whatsit.