I was holidays in Portugal the week before last. I asked my girlfriend Linda to marry me while we were there. So we came back with a wedding to plan. We’re not going to do one of those long drawn out engagements so the wedding will be May next year.
A week into the planning and we’re already fed up. It’s like there’s this whole new world of wedding politics that we’ve stumbled on. It’s not that much different from real world politics, it’s still full of bullshit and lies and secrets and pissing people off just to keep others happy.
Money is the other thing. It appears to be near impossible to do the whole wedding thing for under 20 grand. Mind you we’ll find a way to do it for 10 grand, it just means that there will be a lot of compromise. Both of us think it is idiotic that your first act as a married couple is to sink yourselves in debt to pay for your wedding.
Ah I just needed a little rant, I feel a bit better now.
If anyone knows how to get married abroad in Italy or Portugal with 20 – 25 guests for around 10k, let me know!
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
House, tents, marquee, bbq, session.
Even shopping for a new case so I can bring my guitar along. Can’t turn down the chance to watch you tie the knot
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Cheers man, it may turn out to be a registry office job here, straight onto a bus for the airport and a week long villa party.
June 4th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Massive congrats, man.
I’m gonna marry a really hot chick who’s parents are loaded and thus skip all the wedding budget headaches. Then we’ll fly to our honeymoon destination in the back of yellow dragons.
June 4th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Or should I say “on the back of yellow dragons.”
(Because my comment sounds ridiculous otherwise.)
June 4th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
”in the back” / “on the back” ; one is as likely as the other
June 5th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Congrats John.
Maybe try using Xplanner for the wedding :-/
June 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Cheers Chris,
I think you’ll find Girlfriend 1.0 with the Diamond Ring add-on does it all automatically.