I thought all vicars were nice !!!

Wedding photographers call on vicars to stop 'rude' and 'aggressive' behaviour

Interesting. I can see both sides to that story. One would expect the wedding photog to be discreet during the service but can well imagine a "paparazzi" type stomping all over the place. Reminds of when a local boy lost his life to a shark at a local beach. Just before dark I walked along the river mouth and there was still a news cameraman and sound guy on the break wall. When he put the camera on me I just scowled at them and called them ghouls as I walked past. They are only looking for footage of grieving people. The lower side of journalism...

I get the impression that many weddings these days have more in common with the circus, as opposed to a solemn religious ritual, so it is quite easy to immagine that some Vicars are getting a bit grumpy, about the show biz side of things.

I have never quite got the wedding photography thing. At my own wedding my brother took a few shots outside with my SLR. But being Italy, we did invest quite heavy on the restaurant meal afterwards.

Another perspective:

www.bbc.com/news/uk-68514464

i got married on a beach on a remote island, why would you get married in a church 🙄

Tradition, pure & simple. I too, have no idea why you'd want to hitch up in a church either

It depends on whether you believe in, understand and follow the teachings in the "Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth" and the Sacrament of Marriage, and what it means and represents, some religions have.

A marriage ceremony within a church is both a spiritual and civil wedding. A marriage outside a church is just a civil wedding.

The "civil" component is what is required by law for a marriage to be legal.

Steve_z is back here...??
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That link shows that whoever steve_z is, he/she told dpr admin to close the account and he/she will start a new one because the dpr challenges hosts can see the usernames behind challenge entries.

Who cares who people think is at the danhasleftforum computer at any time. It makes no difference to him/her so danhasleftforum is happy to be whoever anyone would like them to be 🙂

I tried both, and in both cases it wasnt worth the paper it was writtern on. 😁 wont be marrying a 3rd time its a joke.

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences with marriage but whether a couple are married within a church or not is no guarantee for a successful marriage.

There are many couples for which their marriage is not a joke.

100% nailed it. It's about both parties wanting to have a life together, and making compromises for that to happen. Absolutely zero to do with that bit of paper that satisfies the law.

im happy and live an un-compromised life 😁

I'm happy for you because if you don't want at least some "compromise" from both sides then marriage probably is not for you.

I am happily married and am happy with the "compromises" my wife and I have made to each other over the years.

I said I'd never get married again. Then someone comes along, gets under your skin, and to satisfy the law you find yourself married again. Life is all about compromises. Being in a happy long term relationship is part of life, and I think it's a pretty damn good part of it. If it wasn't, I'd have no hesitation in walking away, despite that worthless little bit of paper. But you've both got to be willing to put in the effort. Because there is effort required. From both parties involved.

Spot on!!

That's my description for a marriage

thats not how i see it at all, i raised my daughter as a single dad, and the was no effort or compromise and a marrage should be the same, but if that was the case you have married the wrong genetic partner as we are suppose to mate with our genes being as far apart as possible, my daughter a bio major said well dad at least you mated with the right person but cant live with them 😆 and my daughter just received an academic excellence award so shes living proof 😁😎