>> Is that Mrs Wolfe?
Nope - her 'tache is more neatly trimmed :-)
We're getting married 'again' for a fairly good reason - I was being deliberately vague in my OP as I couldn't really be bothered going into it all. However, several of you have expressed bewilderment so, here goes:
Mrs B first married in a Catholic church but then later divorced. Therefore she could not have married me in a Catholic church. So, she had to go through a very long-winded and rigorous process to get her first marriage annulled. Unfortunately we had no idea exactly how long-winded and rigorous this process would be. The date we had fixed for our wedding was looming ever closer and it became apparent that 'permission' would not come through in time so we had two options - either change the date of the wedding, which would mean messing around the hotel, our suppliers and (most importantly) our family and friends, or keeping the date and having a civil ceremony then having a church ceremony when, and if, 'permission' was granted.
I should say that I am resolutely atheist and have a healthy mistrust of the church. I'm only doing this as it's what Mrs B wants. I'm very lucky in that our local priest is a thoroughly decent cove. He knows my feelings and we've had many an in depth chat about my lack of faith but he's always been very welcoming towards me and is happy for me to marry Mrs B in his church as it is her to which I will declaring my faith, and not to a God that I don't believe in.
I do agree with whoever it was that said 'Bind Us Together Lord' is a terrible hymn. However, I'm in no position to suggest a better one... :-) We've changed 'Sing It In The Valleys' to 'These Vows Of Love Are Taken' which seems more appropriate. To be honest, I couldn't really give a monkeys, but you do things that you don't necessarily want to do in order to keep your beloved happy, don't you?
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