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The Sock Chicken
Beginner August 2010

Once again - Things you hate about weddings

The Sock Chicken, 6 May, 2009 at 19:50 Posted on Planning 0 75

Inspired by summer sparkles' thread, and to liven up a quiet hitched.

Here's my tacky list

Money poems, dove/butterfly releases, goldfish as centrepieces, chimney sweeps, willies on hen nights,

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Latest activity by ooh la la, 9 May, 2009 at 17:44
  • D
    Beginner August 2009
    debmal ·
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    Heres mine (sorry if it offends anyone)

    karaoke

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  • cheska
    Beginner May 2009
    cheska ·
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    Yipppeee love this!

    Ok here we go:

    money poems

    people who ask "so how are the wedding plans" then glaze over when I tell them

    people who ask "so will you be trying for a baby straight away" - mind your own business!!!

    waiting for ages in between the ceremony and the food when you don't know anyone and end up steaming drnk (this has never happened to me of course)

    hmmm there are more I will come back to this in a bit

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
    ooh la la ·
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    Plastic horseshoes,

    personalised carpets,

    Animal releases,

    OTT brides,

    Top hats on groom and grooms men,

    money poems,

    cheesy photos,

    Plastic wedding cake stands,

    Overly pissed guests,

    Bride and groom "trying" to be Posh and Becks!

    Chair covers,

    Artificial Flowers (silk or wooden),

    Dull vicars,

    Disposable cameras,

    Vodka Luge!

    Chocolate fountains,

    Using a microphone to do speeches,

    Annoying DJs

    Toasting with Champagne because it's the "done thing",

    Wee flower-girls wearing make-up,

    Phew!

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  • Bridget Gump
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    The fact that nothing is white or cream when you are talking about weddings, it's ivory.

    Chocolate fountains

    Tiaras on anyone but the bride

    The obvious money poems.

    Photos in B&W with one bit, such as the flowers, in colour

    Releasing anything. I include sky lantern thingies in this too.

    Tacky garter shots

    The ushers pants co-ordinating with the BM's bras and so on

    The whole princess/fairytale thing.

    Limos or even worse hummers used as transport

    Not a big fan of typical wedding shoes either, but that's not a hate more a mild dislike.

    Balloons galore, some used subtly can be ok though

    The word fiance.

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  • cheska
    Beginner May 2009
    cheska ·
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    Ohh lala whats a vodka luge?

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
    ooh la la ·
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    An ice sculpture that you pour vodka down and drink it! VERY MESSY!

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  • summer_sparkles
    Beginner August 2009
    summer_sparkles ·
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    Pressure from families to give in to things they want which you don't., people not reading the information sheet, fittings only being done on weekdays....

    Ok that's just my wedding. Weddings in general:

    Balloons, coordinated first dances, 22 bridesmaids, DJs talking during the first dance (other than to announce it), photographers walking up the aisle during the service to take pictures, forgetting to thank people in the speeches, animal releases, groom serenading the bride.

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
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    DITTO!

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  • cheska
    Beginner May 2009
    cheska ·
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    I bet it is!

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  • Spamboule
    Beginner October 2008
    Spamboule ·
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    I have to disagree there. One of my friends knitted me a willy lipsalve holder that is also a keyring. You lift up the foreskin and the lipsalve goes inside. Genius ?

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  • ebony_rose
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    Chocolate fountains

    animal releases

    big fluffy "princess" style dresses

    traditional dresses - white/ivory. They are nice, and pretty, just not on me

    confetti

    cheesy pics, including staring into your OH eyes, garter shots, confetti shots, cutting the cake shots.

    b&W pic with a bit done in colour

    Brides who overdo the fake tan and hair extensions

    when people have stupid amounts of bridesmaids/ushers

    money poems

    people looking down their nose at me just because im breaking away from the "norm" in wedding planning

    prob loads more, mind has gone a bit blank

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  • sazelbean
    Beginner February 2010
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    This could have been a life drawing of one of my ex's!!!

    We all have them! lol ?

    I don't think i have many hates... everyone does what they want cos thats what they want and if someone doesn't like it then thats their problem... I worry bout people at my wedding telling me how great it is but wispering bout bad food, boring decor, merangue (sp??) dress etc....

    However my top five would be:

    1 - animals in any form (inc dogs with bow ties!!)

    2- little bridesmaids dressed up as adults

    3 - masses of green stuff in the flowers

    4 - cheesy snogging in the first dance

    5 - photo lists

    x

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  • vikki-04/07/09
    Beginner July 2009
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    Ok here's mine - I dont wont to offend these are just my opinions

    • Balloons
    • Money Poems
    • Animals in any way shape or form
    • Tackey dj With peter kay type lights
    • Ice scuptures
    • Drinks fountains
    • Chocolate fountains - even tho they do taste yummy
    • Bride & Groom in thrown type chairs
    • banners
    • those pop up type paper decorations
    • fake tan - and yes my mother wants me to have it, will i no coz i never have a tan so why look fake
    • veils over the face
    • cake topper with the bride dragging the groom
    • people having church wedding yet never go to church
    • bride & groom leaving early

    Again sorry if i offend

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  • Amethyst
    Beginner October 2010
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    Too long ceremony

    Limited welcome drinks

    Anything but quite quick, relevant, amusing speeches

    Boring veggie options

    Not being sat with my friends / making small talk

    Tacky hen nights

    Anything tacky (though I like the chimney sweep idea - I love Mary Poppins!!!)

    I'm finding myself not really liking wedding dresses at all!

    Weddings that follow a predictable wedding format

    I guess I've been quite fussy picking up on some of those!

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  • moomin8804
    Beginner July 2009
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    Money poems

    balloon scultptures

    photographer shots of garter and the bride getting ready

    horse shoes

    chimney sweeps

    long speeches

    chair covers

    Hope i haven't offended anyone!

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  • Bridget Gump
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    Good shout!

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  • shoegal01
    Beginner October 2010
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    Spam that is the funniest thing i have ever seen!!!

    things i hate -

    Typical pointy toed, satin wedding shoes - yuk!! (sorry if i have offended 95% of people there!)

    Silk/Wooden flowers

    Mixed tables so you dont know anyone - hate hate hate that!

    B&G taking ages and ages with the photos

    Cheesy music like Amerillo, YMCA, Aga do... etc etc

    Too many bridesmaids

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  • Saracroft251
    Beginner August 2010
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    Hmmmm dare I say it?? I hate the colour baby PINK at weddings, especially pink balloons or pink bridesmaids, pink cravats etc

    (SC runs and hides from all the hitchers who are having pink weddings)

    If I am really honest, when I was younger I always thought Pink was what I would have as my theme, but as I have started to plan our wedding I have realised how much I hate it at weddings, I think it looks like arsebum, I turned up at our venue for a show around with my mum and sister, they had a wedding that afternoon that was baby pink I honestly couldnt believe how gross it looked, even the weddig co-ordinator looked like she may vomit from the pink induced nausea ......since then I have turned my back on pinkness at our wedding day which in some ways makes me sad,.......as it was something I had my heart set on

    V sorry if I upset anyone, It is after all just my opinion and what do I know?

    Arsebum isnt a real word BTW, I made it up and it is MINE, MINE, MINE

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  • kierenthecommunity
    Beginner May 2005
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    [delurks]personalised carpets?[/delurks]

    seriously? how...just, how?

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
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    OOOOOH YES!

    Think monogram hideously emblasoned onto an off white rug, with edges curled up and creases in, - a la Claire Richards (that wedding documentary on bbc3 last night)

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  • Houdini
    Beginner August 2010
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    Personalised Carpets???????

    Agree with the top hat thing and the flower girl thing though

    ETA: Had I not been so eager to question the carpet thing I guess I would have seen you'd already answered it! But still, really?

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  • memedoaky
    Beginner September 2008
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    Totally agree with the pink thing!! Loving arsebum, I am stealing it!!!!?

    BIL and his wife did the baby pink thing for their wedding back in February and it looked terrrible, not to mention thefact that the bride and bridesmaids had fake tan to rival a bottle of fanta and false eyelashes that were about 6 inches long!! Sorry to say but its the tackiest wedding I've ever seen not just because of the tan etc but namely because the men were dressed as pimps complete with canes and hats with pink ribbon!!

    I hate brides who spend ££££ on their outfits but the groom wears a cheap polyester suit which is made to look worse than normal due to the brides layers of silk, chiffon, lace and any other material wedding dresses are made of!! Its his day too!!

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  • kierenthecommunity
    Beginner May 2005
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    quality. do you get to take it home?

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  • Bridget Gump
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    That's another one, grooms and ushers etc in white or cream suits.

    I also really don't link pink wedding dresses - sorry anyone having one!

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
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    ..........Possibly {sheepish reply}

    Why, are you in the market for a personalised carpet?!

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  • summer_sparkles
    Beginner August 2009
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    I'm with you there. In fact I would also add Fuchsia.

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  • auldlangsyne
    Beginner May 2010
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    I really dislike reportage photography, particularly those pics which are squinty. I don't get it.

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  • Saracroft251
    Beginner August 2010
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    Oh you aaare a daredevil.............The pink hitchers are gonna get you now.........

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  • Blackkat
    Beginner July 2008
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    Can't think of many things but here goes:

    plastic horseshoes

    chocolate fountains

    walking sticks (as part of top hat & tails, saw on don't tell the bride, ahhh)

    animal releases

    Really long speeches

    Expensive bar prices

    Also I hate the way that when you mention the word 'wedding' the costs of a service double!

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  • summer_sparkles
    Beginner August 2009
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    At least I'm in good company eh?

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
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    Can I add another one to my list?

    Equally as sickening as overtly pink princessy weddings, I dislike red / burgundy / merlot / scarlet and ivory weddings, as they seem like the "safe" choice and quite overdone.

    (This will probably offend and I'm sorry)

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  • Bridget Gump
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    ? I'm having red (claret!) and ivory BM dresses but actually completely agree with you! hence very little red elsewhere and breaking it up with some ? dusky pink ? and claret flower girl dresses and some touches of pink in the ivory bouquets.

    If only I'd put more thought into it and not been such a relaxed bride (gave BM's pretty free reign) I think I would have gone for aqua.

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