Quiet Wedding

[catswhiskas]

When reading the marriage notices in the paper, why do people nearly always say,'the marriage took place quietly '?.

[chrissa1]

I don't think I've ever seen a "quiet" wedding notice.

[weecalf]

Well I would image when the clergy man asks do you take such and such the person ask did not shout out I do .i do not you must be joking and scream and yell I'm outta here

[Retrochic]

In days gone by it often meant 'shotgun' wedding,the bride wearing a gown rather larger than her normal size,if you know what I mean. These days it could mean small family 'do' where the groom does not land in a helicopter,bride does not arrive in a 6ft wide dress in a pink coach with six white ponies and 25 bridesmaids.

[maggiebee]

I had a very quiet wedding - hubby, me and two witnesses. The shindig came a couple of weeks later.

[wildwood]

I've never heard anyone say that.

I presume you mean that people say that when the people they read about in weddings are people known to the reader.

[catswhiskas]

There is one in the Telegraph today , but I have seen it lots of times

[jackthehat]

It is a way of explaining to those who feel that they ought to have been invited quite why they weren't....

[Old_Geezer]

I thought it meant they had shoves a pair of socks down each organ pipe !

[mikey4444]

I have been to dozens of weddings in my 62 years and I have always preferred the smaller, quieter ones. They just seem to be more intimate and friendly. In a time when most young couples are struggling to buy their first house, I would have thought that spending less on a wedding and putting more into the first home is a much better idea.