My step dad
After my mum left my dad but before he died she got with a new guy, he is an amazing guy and more of a dad to me than my real dad ever was. Him and my mum only ever argued about one thing, he wouldn't marry her. He said he was just shy and didn't want all the ceremony and being in front of everyone and having all his relatives watching etc.

So two years ago imagine my surprise when he phoned me asking if I could help him book a surprise for my mum. I helped out with the bookings and got everything arranged and on the third day of their holiday to Vegas he took her to an Elvis Wedding chapel and made an honest woman of her. I have always hated the idea of these cheap and nasty weddings but in their case it was simply perfect. He got to show her that he wanted to be married to her even if he was too shy to do it in front of other people (except Elvis obviously) and she got her mind put at rest as she thought there was another reason he wasn't marrying her. Their mothers were really pissed off but most of us were really happy for them and the DVD is great!
( Peej, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:17, 4 replies)

Fantastic
What a great thing to do. Disturbingly that's how the future Mrs.Brighton RAWK wants to get married...
(Brighton RAWK at the tone, the time will be:, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:25, closed)

Mrs Vagabond and I are getting hitched by Elvis in Vegas.
My best man's going to have an 8 month old sprog by then, and wants me to find out which Elvis we're getting married by, so that he can get the sprog a matching outfit.

Awesome.

My mum's one of those people who's way too snobbish to enjoy things like that, though, so she's not coming.

It's a bit of fun. Nothing else.

It's not like marriage is so grand and admirable - it's the symbolic trading of a woman for gain, if you really want to get down to it.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:42, closed)

Huzzah!

(Brighton RAWK at the tone, the time will be:, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:44, closed)

I'm somewhat disturbed that you like the DVD of their wedding night
but different strokes....
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 19:13, closed)