My gay cousin and his partner of nearly 20 years have just had a civil partnership, the money they spent was unreal ,VERY flamboyant ,if it were me I would rather spend that money on a brilliant holiday ,nothing changed with their lives ,so it seems money they could have spent elsewhere, but at the end of the day ,it was theri money and they spent it as they wished

I would :blush2:

Yes there is that too,weddings now are so expensive,and even after all that some don't last.

I don't think getting married is something I'd want to spend heaps of money on - I'd just have a civil ceremony and maybe go out for a nice dinner with the people who matter afterwards, none of this 4-5 figure sum nonsense.

Gorgeous,gorgeous man,just perfect,imo of course.

why anyone would want to get married is beyond me

Very sensible Zee and you end up being just as happy as if you got married.

No expense spared,can you imagine holiday they could have had ? my niece and her fiance have lived together nearly 30 yrs, got 3 grown up children and as married as me and my hubby are in their eyes

Im such a straight man though its unreal I never want to get married haha im just preaching facts which I do actually believe and respect but staying with someone for eternity just wigs me out.

Yes i wouldnt push him out of my bed !!

That will change when you find "the one"

If I catch him in your bed Chuff,I'll pull him out :joker::joker::joker:

Yeah, I couldn't be bothered with the hassle of inviting people/seating plans/planning dinner/speeches/hiring venues....... much easier to have a civil ceremony to get the deed done and that be that. It's what my parents did, my mum didn't have a wedding dress or any of that.

My mother never went with the crowd and thought spending money on a wedding was bull****.

She made her own dress and I have to be honest she looked like sh!t lol.

And just think of all the stress people go through organising a wedding and having to invite people they don't really like,LOL.

:joker::joker: I wasn't expecting the end bit:joker:

Plus the agony of waiting for responses to invitations to see if someones bringing a plus 1.

God I need a drink!

Haha, love you all. Why do you have to do that sh** to prove you love someone? I got married in black with 13 guests. Unsurprisingly I divorced.

He would be too busy to know you were there !! :joker::joker:

I really feel like getting off my head, but had one pigging lager on launch night and the worst nightmare Ive ever had, i think it didnt mix well with my tablets ,darent have another and Ive got loads left from Xams

:laugh2: I wasn't expecting that post to end how it did, LOL! Your poor wee mum. Good on her for making her own dress though (or trying! Haha)

Oh GOD I couldn't even handle that, I can just imagine my parents wanting people invited, my brother wanted people invited... no, not having any of that nonsense if I ever get married!

That's extremely ignorant. It's like saying being born abled is the same as being born disabled because you're born when there's clearly a physical or mental difference. Don't you dare compare the struggles of blacks, Jews, and other oppressed races to being gay and not being able to marry and adopt. You'll reply but I'm done with this thread now.

Chuff,stop being a strumpet,I'm upset now:cloud::hmph:

Well this is one of the most ridiculous posts I've read today.

chuff, stop being a jasmine! Gerard is kazanne's <3