> Her life is a romantic comedy waiting to happen.
For those who wonder, I’ll save you the google search: yes the movie has been made and is called “the professional bridesmaid”. it was released in 2023.
For those who wonder, I’ll save you the google search: yes the movie has been made and is called “the professional bridesmaid”. it was released in 2023.
Hannah: Nay, gentle maidens, you sing well but vainly, for Rose is still heart-free, and looks but coldly upon her many suitors.
Zorah: It's very disappointing. Every young man in the village is in love with her, but they are appalled by her beauty and modesty, and won't declare themselves; so, until she makes her own choice, there's no chance for anybody else.
Ruth: This is, perhaps, the only village in the world that possesses an endowed corps of professional bridesmaids who are bound to be on duty every day from ten to four--and it is at least six months since our services were required. The pious charity by which we exist is practically wasted!Anyway, we ended up getting married in the Seychelles and it was blissful and zero stress... and cost a lot less than a normal marriage. That was 34 years ago so something must have worked.
So we had to fly from Edinburgh -> LHR -> Seychelles
Looking at the current price from the same travel company and hotel it would be ~£8K - still cheaper than most weddings. The actual cost of the "wedding" part was pretty small.
Edit: One thing I do remember is that flight out was full of stressed out newly weds!
Obviously, you can have a small scale wedding in your home country. But a lot of people feel they ought to invite their second-cousin-twice-removed and their family of five, while spending £200 a head on venue and food costs.
If attending the wedding needs a £1000 flight and a week off work, your guest list will drop from 100 people to 10.
That didn't work (in fact wasn't intended) for my niece when she got married.
The hotel deal (all inclusive in Cyprus) made it much cheaper for them than an equivalent do in the UK - e.g. cheaper extras such as videographers than in the UK, bigger meal, etc. The resort-style hotel was also cheaper than staying in the UK and the long lead times made flights / bookings quite affordable. Some of the guests treated it as an annual beach holiday with added party.
(Personally I thought it was ghastly)
It was a very sweet event where the registrant and their assistant were clearly hopeless romantics - they told us, true or not, that they had won the in-office ballot for who could marry us after we charmed the intake panel when we went in to book - the historic room was intimate and charming and the party we organised that evening for unsuspecting local friends was a huge success.
All up it must have cost us less than two hundred euros, and was an unutterably perfect day. And our unexpected guest took a great video (which seems to have been lost somehow :-)
For some people, simple and small is impossible to beat!
I do not know which cultural background you are from, but with my background, guests generally show up with Hallmark® envelopes containing cash. If you budget assiduously it may even be possible to turn a profit on the reception.
And this no doubt made great sense when people got married young, and someone gifting them a set of pots and pans was just what they needed.
In the present age, where people frequently live together before marriage and get married later in life, they generally already have all the pots and pans they need.
So often the couple will either say they don't need any gifts, or they'll end up with luxury replacements for what they already had (e.g. copper bottomed pans to replace stainless steel)
You might not consider it a loss but if inviting your second-cousin-twice-removed and their family converts £1000 of cash into £1000 of luxury saucepans you end up with a lot less cash on hand.
If couples need things they set up a registry for any items they want. If there is no registry, bring cash. :)
The general expectation is either you'll buy a gift or give cash (to at least cover the rough cost of you attending).
(Of course, you could just invite fewer people, either.)
I didn't do it, but did see one ;)