I married my partner ( loose talk) so that he wouldnt be booted out of my property by my rapacious and grasping relatives after I had been shown a red card
PP ^at least you could marry him. I knew somone at work many years ago (he had AIDS) who had to marry a female friend so that when he died, the female friend could pass on his pension to his other half. How times have changed.
My mother once told me that when she married, she organised the ceremony for 09:00 in the morning. Her reasoning was that if it hadn't worked out, she would not have wasted the entire day.
We got married in jeans and anoraks. Well it was winter. Nearly 41 years ago. Would I have loved a big white wedding?Offcourse, but money was tight then and my parents never thought it would last, ergo a waste of
Dosh.
So happy for you all (you, fiancé and baby nom). Just remain yourself after marriage - something I finally learnt! (Now very happily married.) I trust that you will find that marriage will give you an enhanced place in your society - not well-expressed, but the best I can do at this hour. It will be wonderful, I'm sure. :) x
Got married when I was 18 and it is our Golden wedding anniversary this year. I joke that I will never divorce him as I don't want him to ever be that happy. His response is that I am very lucky that we don't have to renew the licence every year like the TV. Seriously though we have had a great time and I really hope that you and your chap will have a long and happy marriage. Good luck for the future.
16th December and while its a lovely thought neither of us eat cake despite the avatar. He was a college lecturer in patissserie but never ate the stuff. I don't drink but his favourite tipple is Chateauneuf-Du-Pape and I thought as a nice surprise I would buy him a bottle of the 1967 vintage. That was until I saw the price - not much change from £450 but I might get him a 1967 Cognac which I've seen for £130. That's a bit easier on the purse.