Rather Unusual Weddings - cont'd

Denny and Brian got married yesterday. After a very nice service in a lovely old village church, the reception was held in the grounds of a country house with a string quartet playing while 120 guests enjoyed their drinks and posh nibbles. The stars of the show had bags of time for socialising before the wedding breakfast, which was a very laid back but otherwise perfectly normal three-course meal in a marquee .

What was not perfectly normal about Denny and Brian's wedding was that they had ...

No bridesmaids

No best man

No ushers

No formal photos

No receiving line

No favours

No wedding cake

No bar

No DJ or band and

No evening guests

I was going to say that they also didn't have any speeches, but Brian did in fact make a short one with Denny standing by his side before the meal kicked off.

The absence of many of the usual trappings wasn't down to budget in this case but to the couple's wish for nothing more than a really relaxed and enjoyable wedding day surrounded by friends and family, which is precisely what they got. And for what it's worth, we're now convinced that for some couples at least, this is definitely the way to go ...

PS This was the wedding at which the catering manager greeted the bride as she entered the marquee with a gushing "Oh Denny you look absolutely ravishing". Or rather he thought he did. What he actually said was "Oh Denny you look absolutely ravenous" :)