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Y Becky, 56, an art gallery
worker, and Jeremy,
58, a photographer,
were married in 2015
Surrey
Jeremy: My younger brother
Des and I have always had
a strained relationship; he’s
a bit of a good-time lad.
I decided we needed to bond, so
I asked him to be my best man.
My stag do was a pub crawl
the night before the wedding
and I worried Des might overdo
it. But he was so scared of
getting something wrong that
he barely touched a drop.
All went well, but as soon as
he’d delivered his speech, he
went wild, getting drunk and
doing a wobbly version of the
jitterbug, standing on various
ladies’ feet. It was truly
embarrassing. But my mates
told me what
a ‘fun guy’ Des
was. It was the
brotherly experience
I hoped for. MP
Bridget, an office worker, and Brian, a roofer, both 54,
were married in 2015
Dublin
Bridget: Our marriage was a first time for me; third for
Brian. He was a bit wild in his younger days!
We’re keen bikers and most of his mates turned up on
bikes. After the ceremony, somebody said, ‘Let’s have
a picture of you two on a bike’. We jump on and, of course,
Brian pulls out into the road. No helmets. A few of the
lads joined us and, suddenly, we’re through this gate and
into a field. Mud flying everywhere!
My lovely blue dress was looking a bit worse for wear.
Brian was wearing the full morning suit and, at one point,
his top hat had a clump of grass stuck on top!
Eventually, we headed back, and you should have seen
my mammy’s face. ‘I’m not standing next to you looking
like you’ve just been at it in the field!’ she chastised me.
‘What will your Auntie Jean think?’ DS
Mickey: Even though my first
wife and I were still living
together, our marriage had
been over for a while. One day
my wife came home early and...
well, I went downstairs and
said, ‘Can you give me ten
minutes, love?’ She waited
outside, and saw her good
friend Mere coming out.
When my wife came in,
I thought she’d bite my head
off. But she threw her arms
around me and said, ‘I’m so
pleased it’s Merelyn’. The first
wife and Mere stayed friends.
So when Mere and I got
married, my first wife and her
husband, Bruce The Goose,
were our special guests.
No falling out. Everyone
getting along and having a
laugh. That doesn’t happen at
many weddings, does it? DS
Mere, 60, a doctor, and Mickey, 62, a care-home worker,
were married in 2007
Sydney, Australia
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