Wedding Forum - Welcome Newbies! INTRODUCE yourselves!...

Hi everyone! I'm Naomi (Nim to most!) and I get married in just over 9 months. That sounds scary!! My OH proposed in November and made me the happiest person alive. Looking forward to speaking to some of you and hopefully getting some more ideas for our music themed wedding :)

Welcome Nim and Natalie :) Congratulations! Looking forward to hearing about your planning x

Hi Everyone

Am new to the site, so all tips are very welcome!! I am getting married in March 2017 after waiting for 6 years for my man to propose!!! They say good things come to those who wait!!

I have booked my VIP tickets for the Birmingham Wedding Show!! Super excited to get loads of ideas!

xx

Hi Ann welcome to the site, check out the forum rules thread and go from there!
Congratulations :)

Hello!

My name is Sophie (aged 23) and my Fiance is Steven (aged 38). We have been together for 6 years (7 on Halloween!) and engaged for 3. We are getting married in 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic. We live together in South Wales, all of my family live in North Wales and his live down here, apart from my future in-laws who live in North Wales too.

We have picked out a castle to get married in which is important in Czech history and we are having a small wedding, 20-30 guests. When we got engaged we felt the UK could not give us the weddings we dream of and we couldn't imagine getting married anywhere else, Prague is very special for us.

We are having two different receptions when we get back to the UK which will be bigger, one in North Wales and one in South - so we have a huge amount of things to plan! One ceremony and three full receptions! :D I also feel lucky that I get to wear my dress three times lol. I am hoping (I am going to formally ask, two already have said yes) four bridesmaids but my Fiance will not have men on his side, he does not have any friends (the group drifted apart and he is a loner anyway) and very sadly, the man who would have been his best man was murdered a few years ago, it was publised in newspapers and he had just become a father to a little girl.

Me and my Fiance are a childfree by choice couple, neither of us have ever wanted children. We hope to spend our married life travelling, having romantic adventures and enjoying our lives only the two of us.

I look forward to chatting with everyone here and hopefully making a few friends! :) I am sorry to have written so much!

Hey Steph,
Thank you! :) I am so excited to have so many parties :)
As a little girl I always envisioned having the big wedding, but never the children. As I got older and by chance encountered the childfree community, I realised that I can live my life for me and I dont have to have children like the people around me were saying. Since that realisation I have felt free, when I met my FH and told him I didn't want them I was jumping for joy when he said he didn't want them either. It has been perfect for us, we travel and have adventures abroad, spend quiet nights snuggled together reading books, discussing everything and everything cuddled in bed and just having the freedom to do as we wish is wonderful. I cannot imagine giving this up, I will be totally honest. The only thing missing from our lives is a dog, once we do have one we both feel that our lives are complete.

I totally know what you mean, have you ever thought about totally deciding not to? Have you and your fiance ever looked choosing to be childfree? I know a really good forum that might be good for you to look at if you are interested :)

Of course, no problem :)

If you ever have a question about living childfree please dont hesitate to ask me. Add me as a friend if you like?

Hi everyone, I'm Helen got engaged on 28th January this year to my fab man Jason and getting excited about planning our wedding in April 2018.

I'm quite creative so going to be doing a lot myself! It will be somewhere in Somerset/ Bristol area and fairly small.

Hi Helen and congratulations! Welcome to UKBride x

Hi my name is Kathleen but prefer being called Kat. I've not long joined this site. My OH proposed to me on Christmas Day a lovely present as i was feeling abit down this Christmas as my much loved Ann passed away Christmas Eve 2014 so was her one year anniversary.we have already set our date for 23rd March 2018. People might think I'm mad but I've already gone to two wedding fairs and loved them. We have also booked the church and the venue

Hi Kat, welcome to the site, congratulations on your engagement! You're off to a good start, what are you planning next?

It's 21 July, seems a while but its not really. Loved dress shopping, have fun !

It has taken me too long to work out how to post!!!

Getting married this year 292 days to go! 2nd December 2016!

Welcome and hello to all! :) Good luck planning xxx

Welcome to the site Natalie :)

Hi. My name is Clair and I'm getting married 7th July 2018. My fiance Brett proposed on holiday in Lanzarote on the last night of our hoilday by the beach. It was also on our 6mth anniversary. Already booked our photographer and provisionally booked reception venue. X

Hi. We're hoping to get married next year. We've been together 12 years and have 2 children, but this will still mean the world to me.

Welcome Clair and Rachael! Congratulations x

Hi! My OH proposed on Christmas Day 2015, but it's taken a while to get my head round and I'm finally off work so have time to explore the site. We've done no planning as yet, except to decide it will be around Christmas 2017.

Celtic_Queen Having a small wedding unlikely to be no more than 40 people! Will be 7 or 8 kids in total so maybe not the posh hotel private dining room I had in mind.
But will see what they say. We will probably end up having it in an old village hall (old wooden beams) . Flowers in jam jars and bunting and I'm gonna make my own brooch bouquet. How about you?

Hiya to all the new brides. Welcome to the site.

Hello all new brides :) welcome, congratulations and happy planning xx

Hi Everyone

I'm Sophie. I proposed to my fiance Rog just before Christmas. I was so nervous for taking the reins but so happy that he said YES! He says that he had been thinking of proposing for a while but couldn't think of a "non boring" way of doing it! This does mean however that I still have not got an engagement ring! Rog and I have been together for 5 years and we welcomed our daughter into the world last year. I also have 2 older children from my first marriage.

We're all set for getting wed on 17th August 2017 - I'm so excited and it feels so far away but I plan to enjoy every moment of planning in the 18 months leading up to the big day! I am super organised though and have most things sorted/panned now - I have even finished making my invitation suites... Just need to print out the inserts closer to the time! We're having a small relaxed private ceremony (just 30-35 guests) with a wedding breakfast and entertainment - then are having a bigger reception party (70-100 guests) a few days later in my parents back garden.



Great to be here!
WT x

Welcome and congratulations Sophie :)... You definitely seem on top of everything!! Happy planning xx

Hi everyone!! Me and OH have been engaged since jan 2011 and finally we are hitting hard with the planning. We are planning to wed summer 2017. So glad i have joined up and looking for lots of inspiration and ideas. Me and OH are both a bit on the different side ( all tattooed up, like our skulls etc) so also looking for some quirky ideas. Have already got some venue ideas :)

Thanks for having me

Ashley

Welcome Ashley, can't wait to hear about your planning - sounds awesome! :)