The Big Fat Jamaican Wedding

I am at that age where everyone I know is either getting married or having a baby. Facebook feeds full of wedding woe and joy or baby scan pictures.

In the past three years I have been to three full weddings and one reception.

If you had read my blog before you will know I have been a bridesmaid and done a reading. All of which I was honoured to be. The last wedding I went to a couple of weeks ago was of a friend who I have known since infant school, and who I used to play Animals of Farthing Wood with. At this wedding I was asked to be a witness, which out of the three roles was by far the easiest, all I had to do was write my name.

I have felt very honoured to play a part in my friends' special days, I don't think I will do a reading again though in a hurry, too nerve wrecking on a day where you spend the ceremony crying with joy. Bridesmaid is good but a very long day, luckily my friend was no bridezilla so it was a breeze. I would be a witness though in a heartbeat, my name forever on that certificate. This is the last of my friend's weddings really though.

Next year however one of the boyfriend's best friends is getting married...in Jamaica.

It is going to cost a small fortune but I am looking forward to being a proper guest at a wedding not having to worry about my dress, a reading or if I can remember how to spell my name.

The venue looks amazing and we would never choose to go to Jamaica, mainly because of the cost, but I can't wait to see his friend's tie the knot on the end of a dock overlooking the sea.

The wedding is in July so I'm sure this blog will be populated with dilemmas on what I am going to wear and the impending payment dates.

So raise a glass of rum to the Jamaican nuptials.

Everyone loves a wedding... film.

I saw Bridesmaids on Sunday. It is one of the funniest films I have ever seen and very relate-able. As my mum said in life there are always Helen's. If you have seen the film you will know what I mean and you will nod your head in agreement.

It is so funny, there are bits I keep thinking about and I can't help laughing. It isn't too girly I think you could go with your boyfriend and he would enjoy it. It has been dubbed the female Hangover, I do love The Hangover but you laugh at it because you think stupid men, but with Bridesmaids you think 'Oh My God, that is so true' or 'Oh My God that reminds me of that time...'

If you are going expecting Bride Wars or  27 Dresses, you will be mistaken, it is not candy floss it is dark chocolate with yummy bits of caramel to sweeten the deal.

A brilliant girly film and I have a bit of a girl crush now on Kristen Wiig, she has tremendous comic timing and I am surprised at how many films she has been in that I have seen. She is the film producer in Knocked Up, she's Ruth in Paul, and she is in Adventureland, Date Night, she nearly kills Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town and she is in Semi-Pro and Whip it. Amazing comic actress.

Anyway I am going back to my original reason for posting was to talk about wedding movies, although I notice I have a bit of a theme with weddings but then two of my friends did get married in the last year.

Anyway, everyone does love a wedding film right?

Well not quite, everyone likes the classic Four Weddings and a Funeral. But recently there has been an influx of wedding movies we have Wedding Date (not great), Made of Honour (not seen yet), 27 Dresses (great film but a little fluffy) and  Bride Wars (good film but again shows the outrageous craziness of females and the fluffiness of friends).

I think that is my problem with some wedding films, ok we have all heard of Bridezillas but why do films turn women in to paranoid, crazy  monsters when it comes to friends. It turns friends against each other for wanting the best wedding or jealous because friends are getting married. This is not always the case! Yes some people turn into crazy people, but some women just enjoy it.

That is one of the things I liked about Bridesmaids Annie was happy for her friend being engaged but her main problem was worry about losing her friend and things changing not the fact her friend was getting married and her still single and alone.

I do love a good wedding film but I love Bridesmaids it is just refreshing to see a more realistic view of weddings and female friendships.