It's not mourning, it's usually a quick note when they're doing the thanks for traveling from Australia, sorry x couldn't be with us due to work/illness etc or what ever. And a I'm sure xx would have loved to have seen this happen type thing.
Honour the dead in a wedding speech?
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It's not mourning, it's usually a quick note when they're doing the thanks for traveling from Australia, sorry x couldn't be with us due to work/illness etc or what ever. And a I'm sure xx would have loved to have seen this happen type thing.
I don't think that word means what you think it means...
Soldato
Hmm I agree He doesn't have the right "angle"
We are really going off on a tangent here. 'cos this is about weddings, can we stop this sin and get back on topic please?
Soldato
well, I was trying to tastefully stay on topic while distatefully making a joke, my apologies
Saying "This is about weddings" to me is sort of like saying "This is about dogs in handbags
No way I can take it seriously.
Except for the free bar, I like that bit!
Man of Honour
As with others I've heard it on many occasions and a brief mention of them not being able to attend is perfectly normal.
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Absolutely nothing wrong with it if kept brief and respectful, for example a quick "I know xxxx and xxxx will be so happy looking down on these two right now" etc.
That's not mourning, it's paying respect -- and keeping it quick and upbeat in its delivery will stave off any negative feelings. It's all in the delivery.
When did even mentioning the dead become an entirely negative/mournful thing to do? Don't we celebrate life anymore, or leave room for fondness?
That's not mourning, it's paying respect -- and keeping it quick and upbeat in its delivery will stave off any negative feelings. It's all in the delivery.
When did even mentioning the dead become an entirely negative/mournful thing to do? Don't we celebrate life anymore, or leave room for fondness?
Caporegime
Last week's wedding the groom's mum had passed away and he actually read out a part of a letter that she wrote before she left in the lines of " I am sorry i won't be there for your wedding day ".
Yes it was sad but it meant something to him so it was right. I think it is fine, and then obviously you can do a toast to "absent friends and family".
As long as you don't linger and move on to something more cheerful, it'll be the right thing to do.
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Gimme a sec, you cot me off guard....
I think you did indeed come at it from the right angle
Soldato
Gimme a sec, you cot me off guard....
I think you did indeed come at it from the right angle
nothing obtuse about the point, very acutely addressed too
(hmm I dont think it sounds right... oh well )
Soldato
I did indeed.
It appears I should not be allowed to operate a computer these days ...
God knows what planet I was on this morning. I blame the 2 nights lack of sleep and terribly hot and humid weather.