Weddings....

I shal be getting married this summer, We`ve been planning the wedding now for roughly 2 months, and its got to be one of the easyest things we`ve ever done. so far we have organised:
Invites have gone out.
Venue booked, and menu chosen.
Cake,
wedding car,
rings,
wedding favors,
confetti.
table decorations,
brides dress
bridesmaids dresses
photographer.
gifts for the grooms party (and the groom YEAY)
florist is sorted just need to leave deposit this weekend,
chair covers.

All we need to do now is sort a dj out and hire my suits, and buy the gifts for the bridesmaids


Can anyone think of anything we`re missing?
and any tips on wrighting a speach?

:beer2:Congratulations. Is it worth a trip to Calais for the cheap drink, I'd think so. Anyway… booze, what about the booze:)?:beer2:

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Originally Posted by AlanII

:beer2:Congratulations. Is it worth a trip to Calais for the cheap drink, I'd think so. Anyway… booze, what about the booze:)?:beer2:

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we`ve got pimms for the arrival drink, half a bottle of wine on each table per person, and 2 bars to take advantage of.

booze is in hand old bean :beer1::beer2:

Couldn't tell if you are missing something.
My wife and I bought rings, flew to the US (business related for me) drove to lake tahoe and got married there by rev. Warren Kessler. Noone attended the wedding, since we hadn't told anyone.

Sometime after we got home we took our parents out to a restaurant where they met each other for the first time. Other than that, we didn't throw a party or anything else. We were looking for a house around that time, and decided we'd spend money on that so that our mortgage would be lighter.

The most important thing is that you marry the person you love. Everything else on that day is secondary.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Couldn't tell if you are missing something.
My wife and I bought rings, flew to the US (business related for me) drove to lake tahoe and got married there by rev. Warren Kessler. Noone attended the wedding, since we hadn't told anyone.

Sometime after we got home we took our parents out to a restaurant where they met each other for the first time. Other than that, we didn't throw a party or anything else. We were looking for a house around that time, and decided we'd spend money on that so that our mortgage would be lighter.

The most important thing is that you marry the person you love. Everything else on that day is secondary.

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Sounds lovely, SWMBO wanted to run off some where and do it on the quiet, but i wanted to shout it from the roof tops.
We were originally planning on getting married in 3 or 4years time when i finish uni, But we`ve been through a rough couple of years, at the end of 2008 we both lost our jobs, our house had some major problems that ment us moving in with my parents for 6 months, I decided to go back into education and get a degree, and discovered i`m dyslexic, but have an iq of 134 so the 16 years i spent at school were wasted. then just before xmas last year my new born god daughter passed away, the stress of which brought on some rather worrying effects in SWMBO and we now belive she may well have multiple sclerosis.

So after the stresses we`ve both been through over the past 2 years we`ve decided to put something good in our lives and get married, theres no question we love each other, in the 4+ years we`ve been living together we`ve had half a dozen arguments. And with the past two years of having to endure more stress than most people do in there entire lives, we`ve stayed together and been there for each other, the very sight of her makes bad days great days, and good days even better.

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Originally Posted by BigIan

Sounds lovely, SWMBO wanted to run off some where and do it on the quiet, but i wanted to shout it from the roof tops.
We were originally planning on getting married in 3 or 4years time when i finish uni, But we`ve been through a rough couple of years, at the end of 2008 we both lost our jobs, our house had some major problems that ment us moving in with my parents for 6 months, I decided to go back into education and get a degree, and discovered i`m dyslexic, but have an iq of 134 so the 16 years i spent at school were wasted. then just before xmas last year my new born god daughter passed away, the stress of which brought on some rather worrying effects in SWMBO and we now belive she may well have multiple sclerosis.

So after the stresses we`ve both been through over the past 2 years we`ve decided to put something good in our lives and get married, theres no question we love each other, in the 4+ years we`ve been living together we`ve had half a dozen arguments. And with the past two years of having to endure more stress than most people do in there entire lives, we`ve stayed together and been there for each other, the very sight of her makes bad days great days, and good days even better.

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crickey Ian i'd do whatever makes you both happy :)

all the best ian

cheers Ian, Nice name btw,

i`ve been trying to make us both happy for years but i never win the lottery.

and another thing purchased for the wedding...
Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Cufflinks on eBay (end time 24-Mar-10 13:29:34 GMT)

Very pretty

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Originally Posted by BigIan

its got to be one of the easyest things we`ve ever done. so far we have organised:

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If it seems easy there must be something that you're missing.

For me it was the in-laws. I had no fear what so ever saying I do. But if I had met her whole family before we got married I would have been scared sh!tless. But I'm sure your in-laws are no where near as crazy as mine.

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Originally Posted by ndw76

If it seems easy there must be something that you're missing.

For me it was the in-laws. I had no fear what so ever saying I do. But if I had met her whole family before we got married I would have been scared sh!tless. But I'm sure your in-laws are no where near as crazy as mine.

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erm.....

no there mental.
Mother in law to be can`t keep her nose out of any ones buisness. Has hurt most of her family by doing so.
one sister in law is cool, in an ecomentalist, vegan, travleing hippy giving up meat and smoking pot will cure every thing kind of way.
t`other sister has issues,
and her dad was THE tax man,

but they are all cool, just going to be fun having them all in the same room as my family, I have no idea what`s going to go on.

I take it you are one of those "orgaized" people I've heard about. My wedding is two months away, and it feels like we haven't gotten anything done! ok, so her dress is done, the photgrapher, pastor, and church are booked, so at least we've got enough covered that a ceremony will happen. oh boy, the next little while will be interesting....

he he he, yea i tend to make every one sick when i tell them how close we are to having the weding finished off....

Looks like you have it all covered!
Congrats!!
Regarding the speech, don't prepare anything. go with your gut when the time arrives.
But who am I to give advice, the mrs and I ran of to the canary islands and skipped the whole reception thing. Just brought 8 or 10 of the closest family and got married in the sailor's church down there.

Good luck with the upcoming, I'll bet it will be fantastic:)

Things that come to mind...

Priest/Rabbi/Judge/Elvis?

Limos/Cabs/Horse-drawn Carriage?

Wife's Garter for tossing?

Honeymoon Plans and Flights?

My Invitation???

When you pick the DJ, make sure you pick songs for the first dance, Father/Daugher dance, etc. He should walk you through it.

When you write the speech, just be yourself and tell her how much you love her. Don't worry about it being long enough or funny or clever. IME, women just want to hear how much you love them blasted over a PA.

Congratulations!

I got married in a small town in Belarus. Not even in Minsk, because there's more bureaucracy there. Very funny thing, we went to the town hall, I could make out some stuff in the Belarussian ceremony and that was it. :) Two of her friends were there, the lady from the town also took some pictures and that was it. :) Later that night we had a lavish dinner at a local restaurant with her family and some friends, and of course tons of vodka.

A bit like Bruno's setup, nice and small.

I can understand your story Ian, best of luck and may it be a great and memorable day for the both of you.

Ian for a speech here is a link to what i use for when i have to write or give a briefing(speech) http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/share.../afh33-337.pdf

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Originally Posted by BAMARACING8

Ian for a speech here is a link to what i use for when i have to write or give a briefing(speech) http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/share.../afh33-337.pdf

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Cheers for that, Quite an interesting read, and may well help me with my college work.

My big issue is the informal nature of the speach. i can stand there and talk al day about stuff, but when it comes to talking about my self, i get a bit flustered

well there is a section that that shows you how to outline what you want to say and how to do it.....what i was taught when you give a speech you do it in this order
tell them what your going to tell them( intro)
tell them(body)
then tell everyone what you told them(summary)
make sure not to introduce any new topics in the summary
and practice it before you get up there get a 3x5 paper and put some key notes on there to keep you on track and keep it to 3-5 min (for the wedding) it doesnt have to be all crazy formal just saying use the outlines provied to keep you on track, good luck buddy!

i also hope that it can help you with your college studys as well