Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
With (Wedding) Bells On
This Saturday, himself and I were featured in the Examiner’s magazine as part of an article about non-traditional weddings. John, who normally hates this sort of thing, it secretly delighted – but only because he’s able to announce he’s officially a “non-conformist” because the Examiner has said so.
I’ve scanned the story and stuck it online because once I shove it into one of the many, many boxes we are still packing at 2 AM, the chances of me ever finding it again are zero. Click for the whole thing, though it’s a bit big:
Things I learned from our “non-conformist” wedding(s):
- Wedding roles should be filled by people, not by gender. It’s OK if your best man is a woman, and by all means, you may now kiss the maid of honour.
- Your wedding party dresses themselves every single day without your help. If you leave it to them to dress themselves for your wedding, too, they will probably do a very good job (and be forever grateful.)
- If you have a child-friendly wedding and invite a lot of short people, your first dance may very well turn into the hokey cokey because they all want to join in.
- It’s perfectly fine to fire your wedding photographer in the middle of your wedding. You don’t need photos to prove you’re married.
Next weekend we’ll have been married four years. I should probably get around to having some of these photos printed and hung, but I may just frame the article instead so I can show everyone I married a centrefold.
15 Sep 2008
| In: Domesticities |
Non Conformist my ass. You look every inch the blushing bride. So happy :)
15.09.2008, 4:42 amLoved the pics….legend.
(Loving that I have the ‘non conformist’ wedding couple as my website advisors!) Weddings in Ireland will never be the same again!
That’s brilliant! Great article and they used the perfect photos, makes me even sorrier than I already was that I couldn’t make it to Edinburgh though :(
And the Beth/Martha resemblance – just eerie!
15.09.2008, 7:33 amOf course, to some, non-conformist means Methodist, Congregationalist or some other minority Protestant persuasion.
15.09.2008, 10:18 amThe BFSW still ranks as the most fun and beautiful wedding I’ve attended. Also the most alcoholic, for which I squarely blame the maid of honour!
15.09.2008, 11:52 amYou got married in Toronto and didn’t tell me?
17.09.2008, 1:47 am