Guest/football RAGE!

Idiophreak

Robinred wrote: »

I hope you don't mind me using this thread to say what I would dearly like to say (but am far too well brought up to do so) to those of my guests who have had the audacity to take to the pages of facebook to complain that a football match has been arranged on the same day as my wedding!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

There are LOADS of people I would love to come but I have not been able to invite, why don't you decline your invite and let someone civilised come instead of you. Or, if actually in real life you would much rather be at our wedding (as my OH assures me is the case with these people) then shut the :eek: up about it on facebook.

Furthermore, if, as you have boldly claimed, "people should be banned from getting married on fixture dates", then why don't you go and get a :eek:ing JOB or some QUALIFICATIONS and you might then be able to have some influence on such policy as an active member of society.

And now, breathe, and smile sweetly at all guests :A

Sounds like you need to take a step back, to be honest. Fine, sport's not your thing, but a lot of other people enjoy it and it does matter to them. If they're going to miss the match to be at your wedding, I don't think you can complain too much at them just having a grumble about it on facebook.

My sister (English) married her hubby (Welsh) on the day Wales vs England opened the six nations. Plenty of people grumbled about having to miss the match - and were all much relieved when they were told there would be somewhere to watch the match between the ceremony and wedding breakfast. Didn't mean they didn't want to be there, just that they wanted to watch the rugby too.

Oh, and FWIW, I quite like to watch football and have always considered myself quite civilised, I've got two degrees *and* a full time job...am I bucking the trend here?

johannalf88

Probably Idio! my OH is always very rude about football, which I find hilarious, Especially as he uses a George Orwell quote to describe it! I tell him one day a football fan will understand it, and knock him out! :rotfl: so that will be you Idio!

I always say his dislike of football and mass hysteria sports is the reason I am marrying him! :rotfl:

Idiophreak

johannalf88 wrote: »

I always say his dislike of football and mass hysteria sports is the reason I am marrying him! :rotfl:

Ooh, be cafeful...people can change. I hated footy (and all sports, for that matter) when I stated dating my wife. Full 180 these days.

johannalf88

Oh no!! Don't say that?! Actually it I just football which really annoys me in particular, I think if I had to I would edge him towards rugby!

N I do t think he would last 5 mins at a football match! :rotfl: neither would I! (my work colleague keeps threatening to take me to a mill wall game- not in your life!) :rotfl:

pelirocco

Or maybe its just all tongue in cheek ? and you are taking it all too seriously

saying that , my son and DIL made sure their wedding was between the end of footy season and the start of the world cup lol

Geordie_bear

I can't believe people still have the audacity of arranging weddings the same time as football matches?! :mad::D

johannalf88

Or football matches are arranged on the same day as weddings?? (depending on who was first!) :rotfl:

Idiophreak

Maybe people should start sending save the date cards to the FA...

ankspon

I'm sorry but football is important,my friends and i all arranged our weddings around the fixtures except one who had a separate room during the reception so we could watch it.Luckily our partners love football as well so there was no arguments.

minerva_windsong

I'm fully expecting that whatever date I pick for my wedding there is likely to be a Liverpool game on that date (my family are huge Liverpool supporters), and will try to have a radio set up somewhere in a corner of the reception venue for anyone who wants to listen. Ideally I'd rather not have to do that but I know that the match is important to them as well and I'd prefer it if they were there and occasionally popping out to catch up (I'd hope they wouldn't be glued to the radio the whole time, surely that's just good manners) than if they missed it because of the game.