Was at a wedding in Galway last weekend and didn’t bother our holes going to the church. Just landed at the hotel while the mass was on and took our time getting ready. They were just arriving at the hotel by the time we went downstairs. Worked out perfectly
My bother and one of the groomsmen got so drunk the night before our wedding they arrived barely in time for the evening meal, never mind the church and afternoon.
Still pinting away to beat the band at 4am and no one gave a hoot, least of all us. *
You gotta do the ceremony - regardless of how boring and pointless it is - unless you’ve got a really good excuse (you’re hardly breastfeeding @Julio_Geordio?). If it’s more a case that you couldn’t be arsed, then that won’t cut the mustard. You’ve been invited to the wedding, not dinner and drinks as much as that’s all we go for anyway. My advice is to have two swift ones beforehand, stay down the back of the church out of sight, get some work done remotely, and make sure you’re there to give the bride a kiss on the way out.
May have been drunk typing that up yesterday, but this is the gist of it. Even if they’re attending a mutual friends wedding in another part of the country the day before and couldn’t possibly make the morning mass on time. “If they’re not at the mass they’re not welcome at the dinner.” Unreal.
The one who got married already chimes in about people turning up for a free dinner. I said what about the present the hotel and the time off work the least you should get is a dinner.
Can you imagine how excited he got at the thought of being a cunt about a girls marriage ceremony? I bet he got a mini horn as his cuntish smugness went into overdrive.