Dreaded 'save the date' wedding invitation for next year.......

[gooner1990]

27th June 2015.

Well it had to happen eventually, and I managed to get nine Glastonburys in before it did (I've had three land the weekend either before or after in recent years)

To make matters worse, its being held where the bride is from in Yorkshire, we are Oxford based so wouldn't have been so bad if held there. and to make worse matters even worse, my new 'backup' festival BoomTown is already out of the equation as I'm at another wedding that weekend!

Anyone else had similar issues? Obviously at this point I don't know whether Ill have tickets or not, but its making me think whether losing most of Friday night and all of Saturday, plus the long drive is really worth it.

Has anyone sacked a wedding off to go to Glastonbury instead?!

A few texts have gone between a few of our Glastonbury regulars to split the driving there and back if we have a full car worth......but it will be 5 hours at best, even if we left the reception at 10pm we would be back on site for 3am at best!

[eFestivals]

a friend of mine once did that ... but very luckily in 1996, when there was no festival and my other half of the time was preggers with the now-grown-up sprog (he's 18 in 3 weeks ).

Great timing that was.

[Thearg]

Friends of mine did it in 2005,they left Glastonbury on Saturday morning and went to the wedding somewhere oop north I think and were back by Sunday lunch time.

They didn't drive either,a train and a plane were involved so it can be done if you perceveer.

[gooner1990]

haha! Lucky!

Well the fallow year in 2012, I went on a mates stag-do and the one in 2006 I went to see England in the world cup in Germany!

This is terrible planning, and the groom used to come to Glastonbury with us in the early days.

We will get lynched if we miss the wedding so thinking of ways round it (struggling at the moment!)

[Mr.Tease]

I would probably go to glastonbury rather than a friends wedding- they know I'm not keen on ceremonies and I'm sure they could live without me being present!

Of course some people would really see their arse, so I suppose it depends on the friends and how they'd take it. See, the unfair thing is there's all this pressure on you 'not to be selfish', but how is the couple getting married not more selfish- they don't even need you there but they insist that you stay and pay homage to them!

[gooner1990]

Friends of mine did it in 2005,they left Glastonbury on Saturday morning and went to the wedding somewhere oop north I think and were back by Sunday lunch time.

They didn't drive either,a train and a plane were involved so it can be done if you perceveer.

I'm thinking its doable if we split the driving.......suppose it depends on whether to stay up there overnight or for someone to not drink and drive back down the same night.

[brettredmayne]

I would go to Glastonbury still

[Thearg]

I'm thinking its doable if we split the driving.......suppose it depends on whether to stay up there overnight or for someone to not drink and drive back down the same night.

Probably best to stay up overnight and come back early morning otherwise you'll be nakerd when you get back anyway,you just got to accept that you'll miss 24 hours but that's better than missing the whole festival!

Edited August 27, 2014 by Thearg

[swede]

Just tell him you'll def attend his next wedding

[ICGenie]

I missed my cousin's wedding for 2011. Mind you, he missed ours for a gig (never did find out who). It wasn't really tit-for-tat - hubby's a massive U2 fan and made it quite clear that if I went to the wedding, I'd be on my own...

[Amy Lawn]

I sacked off the wedding of a semi-close friend to go this year, she got a bit sniffy about it when I didn't get tickets first time but RSVP'ed no and still hammered the resale anyway. I thought I'd probably burned a bridge there, but Glastonbury is worth it. On the Saturday of the festival, we were sat having some food, and it came into my mind that the wedding was probably going on at that moment. My friend who I went to Glastonbury with is much closer to the bride than I am, and I wondered why she was also so quick to agree to come to the festival over the wedding, given that she said she wouldn't be heatbroken if we didn't get tickets in the resale. So, we were sat there eating, and I said to my friend "I wonder where [bride] and [husband] are up to at the moment?", she looks at me, chewing a big mouthful of burger, reaches into her bag and pulls out her phone. She responds, "Don't know, but it was a lovely wedding last weekend, have I shown you the photos?"

WHOOPS!

[grumpyhack]

I was working at a festival as Duty Manager the weekend my daughter got married. Drove home early on Saturday morning, did the wedding, speeches and reception and then drove back to the fest late on Saturday night in time for an early morning shift on Sunday.

Mind you it wasn't Glastonbury. My daughter had enough sense to realise that would have been a clash too far.

[LondonTom]

We will get lynched if we miss the wedding so thinking of ways round it (struggling at the moment!)

I hear people are pretty frightened of Ebola atm?

[not worthy]

He used to go to Glastonbury himself so It's his fault for making a mistake picking wedding dates that clash. Just focus on the blame being his and give the wedding a miss

[NorthernScum]

Get a ticket secretly. Pretend you haven't. Plaster Facebook with "Boo hoo, i'm not going to Glasto this year" kinda stuff. Then lie in late June that you have an awful stomach bug. Just bloody lie.

Imagine- really imagine- how you'll feel wearing a suit and dancing to 'Come On Eileen' in the knowledge that right at that moment people are getting so drunk they can't stand up (and laughing, not fighting) on the grass in Somerset...

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

You could always ask a local taxi company (local to the festival that is) whether they'd be willing to pick you up early on Saturday morning and drive you to the wedding and back. You could bring pillows with you for sleeping on the way to Yorkshire, and back again at about 10pm on the Saturday. While you are at the wedding, the taxi driver could sleep in the car, so that he / she is rested - or maybe even pay for them to stay in a Travelodge for the Saturday.

I'm not sure if this would be economically possible, but would have thought that it might be a line worth pursuing - even if it's to rule it out. I have looked up one company in Bath which does long distance runs - see below;

http://www.bathprivatecarhire.com/

If the price was right then you could arrange it with the company and give them a deposit etc to show that you are genuine etc.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Or, one of you could take a shed load of speed etc and you could have your own Fear and Loathing in Yorkshire experience!

[FuzzyDunlop]

Or, one of you could take a shed load of speed etc and you could have your own Fear and Loathing in Yorkshire experience!

This

[gizmoman]

Well 'save the date' isn't the official invite, as it seems that this doesn't just affect you but a few of your friends I would respond that you've already 'saved the date' for glasto, they can then either then rearrange or do without your attendance.

[willutalk]

Hey why don't you fake your own death and miraculously rise from the dead!

On a more serious note how good a friend are you to the bride and groom? Could ya risk it?

[themuel]

I would just not go.... But then I didn't go to a wedding last weekend because I wanted to watch Doctor Who so maybe I'm not the best judge.

I'm not a fan of weddings etc.

[___S_o_m_a__]

27th June 2015.

Well it had to happen eventually, and I managed to get nine Glastonburys in before it did (I've had three land the weekend either before or after in recent years)

To make matters worse, its being held where the bride is from in Yorkshire

This is terrible planning, and the groom used to come to Glastonbury with us in the early days.

You're welcome :-)

Edited August 28, 2014 by ___S_o_m_a__

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Toby or not Toby, that is the question.

[___S_o_m_a__]

Toby or not Toby, that is the question.

'Tis late... sorted :-)

[Superscally]

Unless they're immediate family,ie. A genuinely liked cousin or better, or a mate at the level that would have you as a bridesmaid or usher as appropriate, then 100% sack the wedding off. They'll be glad of not spending 80 quid on you and your plus one and the 200 quid you'll spend as a result of attending pays for your ticket. Win win win situation.