Gay Marriage is now legal in the UK, but should we stick with the civil partnership?
Gay marriage has just been made legal in the UK. Prior to this, gay and lesbian couples could only have a civil partnership but not be married. All the civil partnership ceremonies I have been to were weddings in all but petty legal technicality and in each case the registrar performing them did so exactly in the spirit of their being weddings. I am due to be civilly partnered (rolls of the tongue doesn’t it?) to my female partner next year. When we booked our civil partnership this year, gay marriage was not legal. Now that they are, what should we choose?
My “Big Day” as an annual event: Why my less-than-perfect wedding isn’t a big deal
I didn’t get the wedding I wanted and that’s perfectly okay, because I’m going to have a wedding every year for the rest of my life. If I’m allowed to have this crazy notion that my husband and I are going to spend the rest of our freaking lives together, why not vow to celebrate our marriage at least once a year? We’ll turn every anniversary into an opportunity to get hitched again.
No, I’m not marrying my best friend (…her husband may take issue!)
Since we’ve gotten engaged, a couple of people have mentioned things about “marrying your best friend.” As in “Oh, isn’t it great that you get to be with your best friend forever?” Let me be clear, if you are a person who feels that they will be marrying/have married their best friend, that’s great! You do you, whatever makes you happy. But I’m a little weirded out that this seems to be the assumption now.
My fiance is not my “best friend” and I doubt he ever will be.
My husband’s ex-wife is his Best Woman
When John and I got married, our wedding party consisted of one person each. My Maid of Honor was my best friend of twenty years, Kate. His Best Woman was his ex-wife, Katie. My biggest concern was that people would mix up their names. Since then, I have been told a dozen times, “You let his ex-wife be his Best Woman? That’s so weird! I could never do that.” As if it’s common knowledge that all ex-wives are evil and all new wives should be jealous of them and hate them.