English Mum; Such a shame it has to be all or nothing… I wish there was a simpler middle ground! Other half would love a religious wedding, so would I but they make it so darn tough.

Medbh; Apparently it’s not taught by priests/nuns, instead the course is run by psycho-analysts which is possibly worse.

Bock the Robber; ‘And on the third day he rose again and ran away when he saw the piles of paperwork he had to complete to re-register himself.’

Anyone can get married in a civil ceremony without the slightest difficulty.

However, if somebody wants to hire the golf club for the party, their committe can set whatever nutty conditions they want. The other alternative is to tell them to fuck off, which they’d richly deserve.

Have a civil ceremony: now you’re married. Have a pagan party for the religious bit if you want. All get drunk and sing songs. Leave the kiddy-fiddlers to their stupid rules.

Jenny; The catlick church isn’t doing itself any favours by forcing people to do this. Only the truly evangelical would enjoy this sort of torture, and there aren’t many of those left methinks.

Da; That’s the thing… I love my name. I used to fancy myself as a direct descendant once and that would be hard to let go of. Looks like the family name will lie in other courts though, it would seem. We will be known as nutters from this generation forth, so no change there, then.

What’s wrong with the name you have? It has worked for me for quite a while….

And as for the Childer’s names…… You are the only family I know of that has four different surnames.

And they spelled the names wrong? That’s terrible… I hope they get that right on the day!

I am catholic (note small ‘c’), but for years I have known it’s all a load of scaremongering twaddle, so much so that my two eldest boys have not, at my request, made their communion, and won’t unless they want to later in life.

My accommodation supervisor and her boyfriend are having to do all that pre marriage stuff at the moment, and they live here and are getting married in Poland! They have to take their certs to the priest that is marrying them and prove that they know where babies come from…ridiculous, and yes I am married!

Baino; Not heathens! Normal I’d say. Bans? Thou shalt not flush the toilet while one’s husband is showering?

Jefferson; Hell yes we have brawlin’ weddings! I lost a friend at college when her crush and I started dating. I seriously didn’t think it would be a problem given that he was her cousin, but apparently she had plans for him… strange.

Quickroute; THAT’s the spirit! Must teach the dog how to administer marriage rites, that would shake things up a bit.

Problemchildbride; Yep, said contract is totally irreverant in the long run

Darren; Damn this need to adhere to local traditions. What would Jesus do? Would his mother in-law object to being seated beside her gay nephew? I bet he’d elope and donate the money to charity…