BrilloPad.... you dark horse!!!

[BrilloPad]

My daughter is very happy : she is going to be head bridesmaid......

[snaw]

My daughter is very happy : she is going to be head bridesmaid......

Hey congrats - glad to know you're not quite as bitter as the impression you sometimes give!

Hope you have a great day, and a happy life together

[cailin maith]

The priest has refused to bless us in Church! So it will be a registry followed by restaurant. Priest could have named his price : what a numpty! Furthermore we are not accepting gifts : all donations will go to cancer charities(Both our fathers died of cancer). Those donations would have gone to church! plonker squared!

Mrs BP was thinking of Eltham Palace or Hever Castle. But its really really expensive and organizationally very tough. Most couples dont have 3 kids to organize.

How come? You have been baptised - so whats the problem?

[Pondlife]

Congrats Brillo! (and of course to the future Mrs Pad)

[BrilloPad]

Hey congrats - glad to know you're not quite as bitter as the impression you sometimes give!

Hope you have a great day, and a happy life together

Many thanks. Your congratulations mean alot.

My position on marriage has softened considerably over the years. As soon as Mrs BP saw my move into the neutral zone she pounced! I was a bit suprised she did not try to wait a while and convince the priest about getting a church blessing.

But that would mean getting my marriage annuled. At best that is a difficult process : and current pope has tightened the rules. Even under old rules I had no grounds. Unless I lie. And then it means raking up the past : sometimes it is best left where it is.

I hope my ex gets married soon : or lives with someone for 6 months. I then dont have to pay maintenance.........

[BrilloPad]

How come? You have been baptised - so whats the problem?

Its hard to tell. But the priest mentioned getting my marriage annulled. At best that is a difficult process : and current pope has tightened the rules. Even under old rules I had no grounds. Unless I lie. And then it means raking up the past : sometimes it is best left where it is.

It varies from parish to paish : but Mrs BP did not want to canvass the local parishes.

The priest could have named his price!

[cailin maith]

Many thanks. Your congratulations mean alot.

My position on marriage has softened considerably over the years. As soon as Mrs BP saw my move into the neutral zone she pounced! I was a bit suprised she did not try to wait a while and convince the priest about getting a church blessing.

But that would mean getting my marriage annuled. At best that is a difficult process : and current pope has tightened the rules. Even under old rules I had no grounds. Unless I lie. And then it means raking up the past : sometimes it is best left where it is.
I hope my ex gets married soon : or lives with someone for 6 months. I then dont have to pay maintenance.........

I know... it's a tulipty process. Doing it myself now

[BrilloPad]

I know... it's a tulipty process. Doing it myself now

How long to go? Are the rules very tough now?

[cailin maith]

How long to go? Are the rules very tough now?

Months - had my first interview with the church here at the beginning of December. However, they won't deal with it as I was married in Ireland. They have passed all the papers to Dublin and now I have to provide my baptism cert etc... which isn't as easy as it sounds, I was adopted after I was baptised and it's complicated matters.

They said it could take at the very least a year and even then it's not guaranteed. The parish priest in Manchester thinks I have good grounds though, so fingers crossed.

[cojak]

Congrats old chap!