Is this a weird choice for a reading?

I think this sounds nice and different. My cousin had a reading about the Dinosaur and the lovely Other Dinosaur - I thought it was fab. It's nice to have somthing that is different - I personally don't like the traditional romantic soppy readings x

We like the dinosaur one but a close friend of ours had this at their wedding, and there would be a lot of the same guests so that was ruled out (along with a winnie the pooh one that i think is quite popular).

I don't know the reading but I do find the reference to "dark = marriage/love" a bit strange; darkness is normally relating to bad, negative things in life and light/bright for the good things, so to call marriage a 'dark thing' does confuse me a bit - although I understand the parallels of not being afraid of it - but then again, if someone was 'scared of marriage' surely they wouldn't be doing it in the first place?

Obviously I don't know either of you or your friends, but by the sound of it I would probably end up a bit confused by the reading at a wedding, sorry.

What does your OH think about it?

OH likes it, at least in the same way i do. I originally thought the whole 'dark' thing was a bit negative but the book is written in such a positive way that the passage has a nice uplifting feel, especially at the end.

Maybe I also thought that quite a few readings out there start off with a 'negative' (two lost souls, for example), and then end on a positive (one combined 'partnership'), so it wouldn't be that different, but maybe i'm clutching at straws!

Ooh, no? This would be perfect as monkey's are very relvant to us!!

Noooooooooooo, not weird at all.....brilliant, creative , inspired, YES. This is my favourite all time children's book. I read it endlessly to my children when they were little. I'm having owls at my wedding and want my H2B's niece to read The Owl and the *** cat......but might have a re think ?

omg, this is PERFECT!!!

actually have a few tears in my eyes, this is so relevant to us (not least because of the monkeys) and would be brilliant!

Can I get through it without giggling at 'Love Monkey' though?? I'm not so sure haha

I would still be interested in others' views on the owl who was afraid of the dark, just for a balanced opinion

Well I am a tad odd, and love Winnie the Pooh. There are some fab quotes from it, but they are short.

“How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh”

“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

I love the idea of something from a book, but am certain my other half will never go for it

I think I would find the owl and *** cat reading a little odd. sorry hun. x

While it may sound giggle-inducing to read out "Plop" or "Love Monkey", I can say that neither would compare to the fit of giggles that overtook our pew at a friend's wedding two weeks ago, upon the full reading of The Owl And The Pussycat. I think it was because a shortened version of the word "pussycat" was repeated over and over....

That's so lovely - brought a tear to my eye!

I LOVE love love the Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - brilliant book, and I can see why you'd want something from it, but for me I don't think it quite works. Lovely thought though.

I really like the Love and Dream Monkey one...so cute!! I'd go with that one as the other one is a bit abstract. Plus if monkeys go with what your thinking...works well.

But The Owl And The Pussycat is about getting married! How is that random?

I may be wrong but i think she means my crazy idea about dark=marriage/love metaphor lol That is a bit random. Owl and the pussycat i reckon is pretty spot on

I thought for church weddings you had to have religious readings? I could be totally wrong...it wouldn't occur to me to have anything else I suppose but maybe you can?

My friend had The Owl And The Pussycat at her church wedding two weeks ago (C of E, if that helps). I've also attended many Catholic weddings which included non-religious readings. I actually thought it was pretty standard to have one religious and one non-religious reading?

Well there you go - learn something new every day! Most of the weddings I've been to are Catholic and they've always had religious readings - we are getting married in a Catholic church and when readings were mentioned they just gave us a list of the most commonly chosen ones from the Old and New Testaments as suggestions.

At the end of the day it's your wedding day, you should have whatever you like...i quite like the idea of your reading..it's different and i suppose a little quirky...

we had our kids read 'i like you' by sandol stoddard warburg...it's a lovely lovely book, a bit long but lovely..xxx