THAT wedding!

It's just a pity you seem to have managed to take only part 2 of that gem of advice.
Don't you think living your life vicariously through people who care not a jot about you is rather sad?
Wouldn't you rather be happy too?
Still if that's the life you choose......
Just don't expect all of us to buy into your strange world.
G'night ?

hopefully I won't.

Goodness – that was weird and some of it was extremely rude and contrary to GN guidelines.

Well, well, stillaliveandkicking is stillaliveandbitching as usual.

This is getting very unpleasant. It's one thing to disagree with someone's opinions but quite another to descend to personal attacks and make fun of people's spelling or more probably typos which happen to all of us. A nice thread has been spoilt and It's a shame.

'Second hand but of stuff' is particularly spiteful and somewhat old fashioned way !!!

Don't worry pp - it's over and done.
Sometimes we get fed-up of a sniping poster so when she puts herself in the line of fire we fire back.
Pax !

I still think the page boy is/was innocent.

Oh dear! I took the OP to be a rather lighthearted piss take/parody of the celeb columns in some newspapers and magazines!

I have not seen more than the pic in the paper I get and the TV news. I have not sought more as not interested though of course I am aware of the event and the OP did make me go to investigate the extravagant marquee!

It seems to me that avid royalists can see criticism where none is made. The royals, and their periphery, do not need any of us plebs to defend them. they are above all that and anyway have a team of publicists who will sort any negativity out!

From what I saw the bride looked fine and fairly typical. Certainly not nearly as gorgeous as members of my own family look on their wedding days!!

www.suggest.com/lifestyle/8537/17-royal-family-photos-from-around-the-world www.worldpresidentsdb.com/list/countries/

stillaliveandkicking just saw your post where you imply that without a big time monarchy the alternative is a dictator. Just wanted to reassure you that there are a range of options!!

penstemmon don't encourage SAAK to stay on the post! - all his/her posts are very unpleasant and unnecessarily rude.

Oh dear! I took the OP to be a rather lighthearted piss take/parody of the celeb columns in some newspapers and magazines
Thank you penstemmon!!
Glad somebody got the point of a fairly pointless thread!!
And if anybody , especially one who shall not be named thought I had nothing better to do with my life Sunday, I might point out the thread was started at 8.30 on a Sunday morning!

Who on earth let in that obviously obnoxious boy who totally ruined a photo opportunity? Two finger salute. So much for upbringing and snobbery.

I forgot all about it, just had a look.
There were some fabulous clothes - I wonder what they'll do with them afterwards? I bet they won't wear them again, maybe sell them on ebay. If so I wouldn't mind one of those calf-length dresses.

'Live and let Live' I always say. Didn't see much of the wedding, but why so many of the posts are extremely sour grapes is beyond me! Best of luck to them and get it spent! The taxman will soon get their grubby mitts on it. Also their choice of partners, clothes etc is their decision, we can have our own opinion but don't get catty over it.

I do enjoy coming on Gransnet, but why do so many of the posts decend into political slagging off. I have friends who vote for all the different parties, it doesn't affect our relationships, once again personal choice. Also picking up on someone's spelling is quite childish and rude in my opinion.
For what it's worth can we stop this 'tit for tat' attitude, iit beggars belief in Adults!

Bobby - agree with both your posts ??

Well sorry if I have offended, but I didn't exactly enjoy being called a nasty person whose posts are "shite, "based on my original post.)
As penstemmon realised it was a bit of a lighthearted spoof of sleb magazines and the only person I am aware of being specifically critical of was Roger Federer and the (Unknown) person who put those poor little boys into gold knickerbockers.
However, I am clearly entirely negative, sad, weird, up my own bottom, need to get a life, etc etc etc.
How dare I?
Well as far as I know this forum is open for members to express opinions. Maybe I was wrong.
Maybe it would be preferable to emulate another poster and use foul language, but I don't think so.

MawBroon - you haven't offended me. I just reread Bobby's post and wonder if the spelling thing is an issue, if so apologies.
Of course it was a lighthearted post and many of us enjoyed joining in, in a light hearted and positive way.
My issue is with the negative, abrasive and downright unpleasant comments directed either at other posters, the royals or the Middletons. How very dare they splash their cash?

After a wedding don't we all do that, say how lovely the bride was but criticise other people's dreadful choice of outfits?

Having missed most of it except for a quick flick through the Sunday papers looking at the photos, I thought my comment (after seeing the enormous hothouse glass wedding venue) was going to to be that of Dolly Parton: "it costs a lot of money to look this cheap"! but I was wrong.
I thought Pippa's dress was lovely and elegant and in a style which would not attract comments about her derrière, her hair was up and not hanging around and many of the guests looked lovely. Not sure about the pageboys' knickerbockers though - they are going to feel very embarrassed when Aunty Pippa gets out her wedding photos one day to show their future spouses.

I don't think it was George 'picking his nose', it was another little brat boy.

Is Pippa too thin - can you be too rich or too thin?

Jalima1108 Maybe quoting a twice divorced woman whose third marriage disrupted the entire royal family for two generations could be considered inappropriate in this context.

I was genuinely for a minute there, wondering how Dolly Parton had upset the royals.

Whilst deploring the attack on Maw's innocent and light hearted post, I do worry about the poster who launches these attacks on such a regular basis.

Maw

My goodness, but there has been a lot of vitriol, sniping and jealousy rearing their ugly heads in this thread. Yes, they are wealthy, so what? Yes, there were some guests who probably should have consulted a mirror before venturing out, but that's our opinion and not theirs. It is not just "posh" weddings where you see all kinds of attire, either, or children investigating their nostrils.
In answer to the original poster, I thought the bride looked lovely.