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How many weddings have you been to in your life?

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  • chelseablue
    chelseablue Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    I'm 34 and have been to 4

    First one when I was 11 and was a bridesmaid

    Second when I was 19 and was a bridesmaid again

    Then nothing until I was 33 and went to my cousins wedding

    Fourth one in October 2017 when I was 34, and they're now getting divorced :eek:

    Got my own wedding next month, I might go to it :rotfl:
  • MERFE
    MERFE Posts: 2,133 Forumite
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    10 with another happening soon. Mostly family and a couple of friends.
  • AubreyMac
    AubreyMac Posts: 1,723 Forumite
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    Actual weddings where you see the couple exchange vows - 2.


    Receptions - too many to remember.


    I'm not keen on going to weddings, its boring no matter how much you love the couple. Receptions are better as I like to go only for the food and drink.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Six.

    I've been a bridesmaid 3x.
    I've been invited to/gone to 3.
    Never had my own.

    Last one was nearly 30 years ago.
  • pjcox2005
    pjcox2005 Posts: 1,018 Forumite
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    Now I know where all my money has gone, 40 plus weddings although it's slowed right down and a good 15+ stag dos.
  • AubreyMac
    AubreyMac Posts: 1,723 Forumite
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    pjcox2005 wrote: »
    Now I know where all my money has gone, 40 plus weddings although it's slowed right down and a good 15+ stag dos.



    I wonder, if you know, how many of those 40+ couples are still married?
  • 5 for me which I always thought was a tiny amount for someone in their 40s, but looking at some of the other responses here it isn't that unusual at all.
  • My memory is so bad! I think, including my own, it's 5. I'm in my late 40s, and I thought that was quite a small number till I read some of the responses here.

    I used to be Starrystarrynight on MSE, before a log in technical glitch!
  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    Seven, including my own. Three times bridesmaid
    The opposite of what you know...is also true
  • gingercordial
    gingercordial Posts: 1,681 Forumite
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    Well into double figures - one year I went to eight.

    Plus two of my own...
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