Ship of Fools: Weddings and Civil Partnerships 2013

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

Another shiny new thread and a link to some exciting news!

Congratulations sophs!

Posted by Yam-pk (# 12791) on :

I gotted down on my liddle knee in front of my girlfriend in York and asked for her hand in marriage...and she said YES!! [Big Grin]

(Date undecided, prolly later on this year/beginning of next!)

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

Congratulations !!! [Yipee]

Posted by Beautiful Dreamer (# 10880) on :

Congrats, sophs! I wish for you to have all the happiness in your marriage that we have in ours!

Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :

You know that is Star Wars Day, right? Was that deliberate?

A Star Wars wedding could be cool...!

Posted by sophs (# 2296) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gill H:
You know that is Star Wars Day, right? Was that deliberate?

Sort of, it all fell into place and we're including lightsabers in the floral decorations!

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

You rock, Sophs. [Big Grin]

Also-- squee!

Posted by Tractor Girl (# 8863) on :

Congratulations Sophs

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

Lightsabres! What an excellent wedding! Congratulations and much happiness!

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

The curate at a neighbouring church - they use our building for most weddings as it is a) prettier and b) not in a shopping centre - had a Star Wars wedding for her very first one. Our vicar's wife looked out of the vicarage window and saw the car park full of stormtroopers *gulp* [Ultra confused]

It turned out that the couple had raised a lot of money for charity dressing up in Star Wars kit, however the costumes were all kept *outside* the church. But the newly-ordained curate had to rewrite her wedding sermon and has no chance of recycling it, as I believe is common practice! [Two face]

Mrs. S, just hoping the Intrepid Miss S doesn't get any ideas
*edited for spelling [Hot and Hormonal]

*

[ 14. January 2013, 12:57: Message edited by: The Intrepid Mrs S ]

Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :

congrats sophs! [Yipee]

Posted by Mrs Shrew (# 8635) on :

Mr Shrew and I have got engaged this week :-) although it may spill over into wedding next year as planning time needed

Posted by Earwig (# 12057) on :

Congrats to Mr and Mrs Shrew! [Yipee]

Posted by seekingsister (# 17707) on :

I'm brand new to the Ship, but Mr Seeking and I got married a month ago. Our various Christian/Muslim/atheist family and friends all in one room with a female Unitarian minister and there no one complained about their particular tradition being left out - so it was awesome!

Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :

Not sure this is the right thread at all, but today's our 45th Wedding Anniversary, and we've got four generations helping us to celebrate it (us, my wife's parents, our eldest son and his wife, and two grandchildren.) And this will be my only post today!

Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :

Barnabas and Mrs Barnabas [Overused]

I hope the celebrations go well.

Huia

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Mr and Mrs Barnabas62 - Congratulations on your Sapphire anniversary..

Hope you have/had a wonderful day and many more to come. [Angel]

Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :

Congratulations Barnabees!

Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :

Congratulations Barnabus62 and wife. What a great milestone!

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Barnabas62:
Not sure this is the right thread at all, but today's our 45th Wedding Anniversary, and we've got four generations helping us to celebrate it (us, my wife's parents, our eldest son and his wife, and two grandchildren.) And this will be my only post today!

Congrats !! [Big Grin]

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :

многая лета!

([May God grant you] many years!)

Posted by Mrs Shrew (# 8635) on :

Congratulations Barnabees [Smile]

Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :

Very kind; thanks all. We had a lovely, lovely time.

Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :

Some of you may remember Tractor Girl, a shipmate who hasn't been sailing with us much recently for various reasons.

Anyway I was privileged to attend her marriage commitment ceremony today.

Glorious weather and in the great surroundings of Bletchley Park. A wonderful service. Wishing her and K all the best in their life together.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

Bletchley Park? That sounds top-secret it do! Was there code involved?

[Big Grin]

Met her at a Wightmeet some years ago. Give her my heartiest!

Posted by Ferijen (# 4719) on :

TG, if you're reading this, huge congratulations!

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

I do remember Tractor Girl.

Hope you're reading, TG. Congratulations!

Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :

Congratulations! [Axe murder]

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

Ditto !! [Big Grin]

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

...and from me, too.

Posted by Tractor Girl (# 8863) on :

Thanks for your kind wishes [Smile]

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

(waves to Tractorgirl)

Congratulations!

Posted by LRP (# 5013) on :

Congratulations, hope we meet up with you in the not too distant future.

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

We'll keep this live in case there are any other matches happening this year - or advance notice of ones for next year.

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

The Intrepid Miss S and Future Son-in-Law will be married in our parish church in less than a month. When the vicar read the banns in our church for the first time, he got to 'you are to declare it now *pause* and probably explain yourself to Miss S's parents as well!' which got a round of laughter.

It's all been planned to a fare-the-well, so it's only the behaviour of some of the guests that might give cause for concern. That'll be my family, of course.

If anyone has any spare prayers, they'd be very welcome. Thanks guys [Overused]

The Nervous Mrs. S - anyone know how to make pew-end decorations?

Posted by St Everild (# 3626) on :

Suitable ribbon, made into big floofy bows with long "tails" and secured with blu-tack.
And for the front 2 pews 3 arum lilies each side, with their heads pointing downwards, tied with big floofy bows etc...

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

I acted as verger for a couple of weddings at the Cathedral a couple of weeks ago, and the pew-end decorations were quite big pieces of white chiffony stuff tied in big bows (in one case, they were secured with diamanté circlets), and fastened over the pew-ends with long loops of elastic - they looked quite effective, and were easily removed afterwards.

eta: I'd be a bit wary of arum lilies - they're quite allergenic to some people and I understand they can drop sticky stuff that might be difficult to get rid of (especially from a polished floor).

[ 17. September 2013, 14:47: Message edited by: piglet ]

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Thanks peeps - I have been to the flower wholesalers and bought pew-end-specific holders with oasis. I have two extra to practise on, and am going out tomorrow to buy suitably floofable ribbon (St. E, I LOVE that word!)

The Butterfingered Mrs. S [Eek!]

[ 17. September 2013, 20:49: Message edited by: The Intrepid Mrs S ]

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Mrs S: unless the aisle of your church is very wide don't bother with flowers.

IME weddings are one occasion when most of the congregation will walk around in pairs and a narrow(ish) aisle means that pew-ends get knocked about.

The chiffon bows on elastic mentioned above sound good: for variety, you could tie a "sash" around where the bow is tied of contrasting colour to match that worn by bridesmaids...

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Well, I have a prototype using garden foliage and a single rose, plus a big bow of organza ribbon in ivory and a small bow of narrow satin ribbon in purple. The flower ladies advised me to stagger them, apart from the two pews at the front, first to make them go further and second to avoid crushing; also to use wired ribbon for the big bows so they can be floofed up, though that wasn't their phraseology [Smile]

Currently awaiting opinion from Miss S ...

The Apprehensive Mrs. S [Ultra confused]

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

I am going to be a bridesmaid next week. The bride was my bridesmaid almost 25 years ago!
[Yipee]

I have an interesting decorative challenge, but I can't ask for advice here as the bride is an occasional lurker and knows my ship name.

[Two face]

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Well how very exciting, NEQ! What are you wearing?

Spent the morning dragging the Dowager Mrs S round the shops for an outfit - she has the makings of at least three different ones at home, but none are complete and none of them is exactly what she wants [Confused]

Most of the time was spent bickering over whether something was black or navy [Killing me]

and whether it would go with any of what she already had [Roll Eyes]

Needless to say we didn't actually BUY anything and the wedding is now less than 2=3 weeks away...

Mrs S, through gritted teeth

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

My dress is top secret! It's excellent; not too "bridesmaidy" I could potentially wear it again, in the unlikely event of my being invited to a posh black tie event.

The only drawback is that my daughter, 31 years younger and 5 stone lighter, is also a bridesmaid, wearing the same dress. [Eek!]

Daughter intends to wear hers again, at her school leavers' prom next year.

The organist who played at our wedding is playing at this one. [Smile]

Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on :

Intrepid Mrs S - My Mother in Law and I spent a happy day shopping in Sherbourne for a frock for her to wear to my wedding. She is only about 4' 8" tall and very petite, and we were finding it tricky to find anything. In the end we asked the advcie of the assistants in the nicest shop we'd been to and they came up with an ideal shift dress with bolero jacket in a pale grey colour. Maybe worth doing that with the Dowager.
NEQ - have fun as a bridesmaid. I always wanted to be one when I was little, but we have so few relations on either side of my family that it never happened.

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

I was never a bridesmaid when I was young. I was a bride at 24, and a bridesmaid at 26, 40, and now 49. I don't expect to be a bridesmaid again after this.

(Yes, yes, I know, technically a married bridesmaid is a Matron of Honour, but that sounds so....so...matronly. I might be fat and almost fifty, but I'm still just a young thing in my own head. I feel more "bridesmaid" than "matron of honour."

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

A friend of mine is being a bridesmaid today for the first time. She's just past 50. There's always time!

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Thanks Gussie - we may hit Wilton on Monday as I drive the Dowager home.

NEQ - we need photos afterwards, if it's a secret now, y'hear? I was a bridesmaid once at about 8, for some friends of my parents. As they had 3 nieces and I was the same age as the middle one, we made a neat pattern for the photos. I was forever grateful as my aunts were both married and I never expected to get a chance to be a bridesmaid! [Overused]

Mrs. S, who still has the circlet of flowers somewhere ...

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Apologies for the double post, but I forgot to say that my friends, who have known Miss S since she was maybe 8 years old, have always promised her that they would be her bridesmaids - four of them in Tellytubby costumes [Killing me]

Poor child still isn't entirely sure they won't turn up in costume ...

Mrs. S, snickering hound ...

Posted by Tukai (# 12960) on :

On the subject of bridesmaid's costumes, see this old Caption Competition .

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Thanks to a kind shipmate's suggestion, The Dowager and I tracked down a very lovely outfit for her today - not so formal that she'll never wear it again, in fact capable of many variations in the future *mops brow*

Just need to make sure she wears the Killer Hat she found in her wardrobe, rather than a safer but far less glamorous one. Not bad for 89, I say!

Not sure who is most pleased - The Dowager or The Daughter, or indeed the Granddaughter whose wedding this is [Axe murder]

Mrs. S, much relieved

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Well, one week today we will be getting into our wedding finery ready for the Great Occasion. The church has even bought a new piano! That's actually coincidental, but it will sound lovely during the signing of the registers.

I have made friends with all the flower ladies, who seem nearly as excited as we are; the car will be cleaned within an inch of her life and we have bows and ribbon to decorate; and the Orders of Service are printed and tied together with ribbon.
[Axe murder]

We collected Mr. S's suit and that of Future Son In Law's stepfather (you try writing that out in an easier format!), and once we get back here on Tuesday with The Dress, FSIL's suit, and the flowergirls' dresses, I shall be mightily relieved. [Yipee]

By then I may be able to be excited as well! [Axe murder]

Mrs. S, about to become a Mother-In-Law - now where's my rolling pin? [Two face]

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

A new rolling pin is usually given to the bride. Amongst other uses, it is apparently to keep her husband in order.

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Hmmm - I was wondering what to get them as a wedding present! [Two face]

Mrs. S, snickering

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

I used to use a Bols™ Oude Geneve stoneware bottle which I kept in the fridge to make it roll better - the advantage being that you had to drink the GIN first [Biased]

[ 04. October 2013, 15:04: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
A new rolling pin is usually given to the bride. Amongst other uses, it is apparently to keep her husband in order.

I don't (and never did) possess a rolling pin - does that say something about D's natural niceness or my ability to keep him in order without one?

[Big Grin]

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

I refuse to even attempt an answer to that particular question!

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

I was given a rolling pin, with a label tied round it saying 'For those more tender moments....'

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

Maybe they meant "tender" as in tenderising meat, which you could presumably do with a rolling-pin ... [Big Grin]

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

I have probably told this story before - My mother at some time acquired a HUGE Melamine spoon, well over a foot longer and serving a soup bowl of whatever at a time, which she described as her husband basher and which I purloined upon their demise and which we still use. I have related the story of the spoon to Herself in case she ever needs a blunt implement - it is easier to grip than a rolling pin.

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

Wodders, dear, I think I've told you before - violence is not the answer ... [Big Grin]

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

That's Quakers for you - spoon you in the face soon as look at you.

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

Thanks to the pair of you I shall have to find some way of cleaning my keyboard after spraying it with biscuit crumbs just now - and possibly stop eating biscuits whilst reading The Ship!

Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :

Well, for the sake of completeness, we had a fab day. The flower ladies did their stuff to perfection, and Miss S and I made 10 beautiful pew-ends. The service was lovely, a real church family occasion. [Smile]

The only downside was the rain which set in while we were in church - flung the doors open and 'it's raining? What's all that about?'. Luckily we had bought white umbrellas just in case.

Miss S looked amazing [Axe murder]

and all their hard work paid off as everything went like clockwork. Mr S's speech went down well, the Dowager looked good and had a great time and so (though I say it myself) did I.

The following day Miss S and Son-in-Law put their finery on all over again, bless them, and we had another 60 people round for drinks and nibbles - they were shoulder to shoulder Chez S, [Help]

but everyone enjoyed themselves.

I am exhausted but very very happy [Yipee]

The Intrepid Mother-in-Law S [Axe murder]

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

Glad to hear everything went well, Mother-in-law S.

[Smile]

Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :

Delighted to hear you had such a wonderful day. [Axe murder]

From one mother-in-law to another. [Smile]

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

It's not the end of the year yet so just keeping this one in play.

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