I'm quite happy today
My sister got engaged at the weekend. I would have thought I would be totally bitter about it, but I'm actually really happy for her. This means that I've grown as a person. Aren't you proud of me?

Plus I get to be head bridesmaid and I've never been a bridesmaid before. I've never actually even been to a wedding before.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:12, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Wooo, congrats Kitty' sis!
I have been a bridesmaid three times :(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Did you know my mother has been married three times and I've never been to any of her weddings.

( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Well done
I was at my parents' wedding, in a bun-in-the-oven kind of way
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:15, Reply)

I think I was a bun in the oven too : )

( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

shotgun wedding for the win

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:19, Reply)

Strikethrough time...
be give

+as the
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Congrats at being head bridesmaid, lots to do for you!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

I'm quite excited
sister was never very good at planning parties and I love doing that, so I'm all over it. There will be ice sculptures and doves and flowers and pumpkin carriages. All my research is based on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:20, Reply)

100ft sequinned train FTW.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Never been to a wedding eh?
No matter what anyone else tells you, or shows you photographs of, the bridesmaids all wear duffel coats and balaclavas.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

duffel coats and balaclavas absolutely nothing
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:17, Reply)

I told her I plan to upstage her
I think that would do it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:21, Reply)

Of that
I have no doubt.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:27, Reply)

When I said "Yay, bridesmaid dress!"
she said "you're not wearing anything with skulls on it."

I told her I'm going to get a tattoo on my face the day before the wedding.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:21, Reply)

Classy

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Full-face spider web, 'cut here' dotted line round neck
couple of backwards swastikas and 'skins' on the forehead.

That's my advice. I've never regretted it myself.

*stabs cellmate*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I think I might get some stars around my eyes
hope I don't fall asleep in the tattoo parlour....
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:29, Reply)

My honest opinion
is that stars will date quite badly a la 'tribal' bollocks - on the face this might become an annoyance in time.

My 'Bay City Rollers' body-suit has become a bit of an albatross for me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:32, Reply)

yeah, gotta hate those tribal tattoos
*scowls*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:33, Reply)

By all means hate the shit squiggly 'tribal'
But show some respect for proper Polynesian/Maori/Incan tattoos!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Ey! Good for you!
I'm very proud, I am.

Bridesmaid, eh? I'm not having any of those. Well, I'm kind of having them, but they won't have to wear stupid dresses unless they want. And they are called witnesses in Spain.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:33, Reply)

haha that makes it sound like a crime
My bridesmaids will be in black, mourning the death of my single life.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:34, Reply)

hahaha
Mark's brother's wife's bridesmaids were dressed in black, and they looked really nice on the dresses, and very sexy.

We have godmother (his mother) and godfather (my father). Tradition, tradition.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:37, Reply)

I asked my sister which of her friends would be bridesmaids
but she said that her best friend will complain she can't afford the dress and will whinge about how expensive it all is, if she has her next best friend but not the first one then that will cause problems and there's a third girl who thinks she is my sister's best friend but she's really not, so she's just said 'sod it, I'll just have my sister and no one else'. Absolute power! Mwa ha ha.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:41, Reply)

I have all of those scenarios and no sisters, so no bridesmaids it would be for me

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:42, Reply)

get your cat dressed up
everyone will think you're just crazy and not question it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:43, Reply)

Oh my god!
Tigger as my best man!
He would scatch the registrar's face up and rip the seating though...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:47, Reply)

then you can bag yourself £250 on You've Been Framed

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:00, Reply)

WIN!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:04, Reply)

I wouldn't have bridesmaids
I don't have a compatible 'look' and there would be murder over who was the chief bridesmaid blah blah.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:34, Reply)

That's something I don't have to worry about
There had to be something good about doing it Spanish way.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:38, Reply)

My oldest friend from school has made it clear that she thinks marriage is a load of bollocks
and she has utter disdain for it. That makes me not want to include her in my wedding line up because I don't want someone there who thinks the whole thing is stupid, but she's one of my best friends so I want her to be there, which sucks. She can sing so I might ask her to sing with another friend for the aisle-walking bit.

I've put too much thought into this considering I'm no one's fiancee...
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:43, Reply)

I'm not anyone's fiancee either
But you can't help looking at other people's weddings and thinking "Well I'd do this, this and this..."

My 'best friend' is an obnoxious cow and would have an argument with someone who she knew I really liked. My other 'best friend' is a snob of the highest order (a cover-up for her total commonness).
I have other friends I really love but it would cause murder.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:46, Reply)

I definitely think that I should be involved in your wedding

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:47, Reply)

In what role do you see yourself?
Wedding planner?
Father of the bride?
Covers band?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:48, Reply)

something important
father of the bride might be pushing it a bit though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:49, Reply)

Well, we have a while yet
My Dad's only 53 but he may well have long passed by the time someone dares marry me
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I'd do it tomorrow. You are GRATE.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Well what you waiting for!
I'll just go get Mother's pearls!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:08, Reply)

See you in a bit!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:12, Reply)

This is what I hate.
I'm not a big fan of marriage but a wedding should be all about the couple and not the politics of friends and family.
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:50, Reply)

totally this
everyone else can get to fuck
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I was reading a sailing blog a bit ago
and the couple on there got married on a beach in the bahamas out of the blue. They weren't even engaged. They flew their parents out urgently the night before and found a local priest type guy to do it, then posted all the pictures on line, saying "sorry friends, we couldn't help it". Half of me would love to do that, but the other half wants a massive fuck off show.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:02, Reply)

A couple of Mark's friends did the same
But in China (she's Chinesse)

The friends are still complaining after years that he owns the a stag do.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:08, Reply)

a friend of a friend was in sri lanka
and met a guy, fell in love, and got married in a little sri lankan village. apparently that wasn't enough to satisfy immigration to here or something, so they went to the next village over and had another wedding but with more criteria met. That wasn't good enough either, and for various reasons they ended up getting married 5 or 6 times.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:23, Reply)

My mother lost a friend of 20 years over my little sister's wedding.
She could not comprehend that it was not my mother's fault that my sister had not invited her, the twat.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:06, Reply)

Not a very good friend, eh?

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Apparently not.
I thought they were quite close (as did my mother). Just goes to show, eh? You never truly know anyone.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:26, Reply)

that sort of thinking is just completely incomphrensible
it's Hollyoaks thinking. fucking stupid bint. anyone is better off without someone that stupid in their life.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:24, Reply)

She made fantastic gravy.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:26, Reply)

in that case
why the fuck wasn't she invited to the wedding?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:30, Reply)

my mrs isn't having any I think
other than maybe our nieces
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Nieces is nice
But It all costs so fuck 'em. I don't have proper nieces anyway.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:47, Reply)

I think they are more likely to be flower girls or something
the mrs doesn't want a train on her dress or anything so won't need people to hold it and other bridesmaidy tasks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 9:48, Reply)

I want there to be no kids at my wedding
but people will probably kick off if I say that.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Go to Vegas
Find a Drive-thru wedding chapel ministered by a midget Elvis impersonator.
Done.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Same here
All my friends and cousins have just had a baby or will have it soon. That means around 8 babies on my wedding at least.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:14, Reply)

I don't want kids at my wedding.
I concede that my baby will have to be there but I don't really like tolerating other peoples' children. Exceptions will be for toddlers of people travelling from overseas but we are already very limited on numbers so they don't get a proper seat at the table. Yeah, I'm mean.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:20, Reply)

my bro and the mrs' sister both have newish sprogs
which means I can't say no kids :-(
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)