My good news

[Antallica]

Well the date is sometime in the next 7 months.

Also the budget is almost double what you did yours for MDU! Glad I don't have to pay for anything but the booze.

[F5 Dave]

Congrats dude. This will be a stressful time. As soon as people hear you say wedding they get out their special pricelist. We’re currently in the process & man some crowds are trying to rip ya blind.

You have to balance 'you only do it once' vs 'this money if you have to borrow it will set you back until it is paid off'. Many people are doing drinks & nibbles & no sit down meals for this reason. Drinks & nibbles & hit the town or just have a party may be the cheap option. Depends on the parents & if they feel like sponsoring it.


Here’s my idea I’d like to use (but may be slipping through my hands). If you get a venue where you have to bring everything, pre-order a bunch of Thai food. Funky & different & people will think you are being flash when infact it’s cheap as chips (well almost fish & chips, which I’ve also heard done).

Also don’t let anyone tell you what you should do it like. Oh, . . like above, um, . . . damn!

[Paul in NZ]

Look... I KNOW some people need the princess thing but trust me (erm, hang on, that may not be such a good idea).. Anyway. Do what ya gotta do, but if people are just comin' to eat n drink for free for the price of a naf toaster you don't need em!

There is only one thing thats important. When you look each other in the eye and make your vows. You better mean it! It's a solem promise. If you are not sure, wait, live together, what ever! Just be sure you mean it when you say it. It's not a day for bullshit!

Go for it! I wanna see the pictures though!

Cheers

[Blakamin]

Congrats dude. This will be a stressful time. As soon as people hear you say wedding they get out their special pricelist. We’re currently in the process & man some crowds are trying to rip ya blind.

Need a jukebox or have ya got a band???

[Skyryder]

Yea good one Ant. Just remember God gave you two ears so you can use them twice as much as your tongue. Best advice I got, best advice I can give. Go too it and have a happy life.

Skyryder

[MadDuck]

Wayhaaaay...thats great news Ant. I hope it all goes well. From what I hear planning a wedding can be quite stressful but you can get heaps of advise off here ah???!!!

Honest mate thats great news

[F5 Dave]

Need a jukebox or have ya got a band???

um, mate, I might just have a word in yer ear later.

[Coldkiwi]

nice work Ant! I agree with the Guzzi-fan... if its the right person, marriage can't be beat!
Huge congratulations man - just remember the wedding is a day to enjoy not to stress out about the details.

Well done again!

[750Y]

congrats ant, happiness to you both...

[Slipstream]

when you find the right person, life becomes so much more brighter. :cool2:

Just don't forget to keep dating _each other_ after marriage.

[Joni]

Yup - ask me, age is just a number....
I wish both of you all the very best, congratulations!!

[bondagebunny]

a new customer in the next couple of years.

[jrandom]

just remember the wedding is a day to enjoy not to stress out about the details.

What it *is*, or should be, is something to get over and done with as cheaply as possible, so you can get on with the business of being married.

The whole 'expensive wedding' requirement annoys the snot out of me. It's such a barrier. So many people don't get married simply because of all the hoo-hah involved with having a Wedding.

For what it's worth, I did the usual deal myself, of course, and I didn't think I got anything out of it, really. Blah, blah, pay to feed a hundred people, get about 30% of the value back in gifts, who cares?

It's just a big con.

[Slipstream]

What it *is*, or should be, is something to get over and done with as cheaply as possible, so you can get on with the business of being married.

I agree actually.

At my wedding, I had the people I wanted, the priest and place that I wanted, the dress I wanted, but most of all, I had the man I wanted.

I actually wanted to elope, but he went all soppy and couldn't get married without his mummy knowing and being there. Since there were 2 of us in the marriage, I let him have his small ceremony. Cost us less than a grand I think. That included _everything_. Fantastic day from what I remember.

But I suppose, its how _you_ want your wedding, innit. Is it about feeding the masses and having your extended family and kinda-friends around you on the day you say, 'It's only this person from now on'. Or do you want to have just the very special day-to-day people see it, then have a kick-ass honeymoon?

Whatever, it's really only the 2 people involved choice, innit.

Amazingly last night Carmen Electra's husband-to-be said something along those same lines and coherently too. Now there's a tool if every I saw one , thank God I don't have to wake up to him every morning.

[jrandom]

I actually wanted to elope, but he went all soppy and couldn't get married without his mummy knowing and being there.

Awww, ain't that sweet. Always nice to be reminded that there *are* sensitive, quiet, nice, polite, mother-loving guys out there. It must have taken you a while to find him. Does he like bikes, too? Perhaps you should tell him about the forum. It gets quiet in here, sometimes.

Since there were 2 of us in the marriage, I let him have his small ceremony. Cost us less than a grand I think. That included _everything_. Fantastic day from what I remember.

That sounds perfect. A grand? My cuppa tea, all right.

Whatever, it's really only the 2 people involved choice, innit.

It usually gets unpleasant when it *stops* being their choice. Often because one of them has pushy, unpleasant family members who see this as their one chance to get what they managed to 'miss out on' at some point in the past. Shudder.