tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post7853006555348079261..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: In praise of... short engagementsbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-87517661297048267502010-12-13T10:58:41.030+00:002010-12-13T10:58:41.030+00:00I'm not sure I want to fully affirm your premi...I'm not sure I want to fully affirm your premise (at least as worded): " Prior to engagement, only loose expectations form the relational bond." Do you mean to affirm casual dating when friendship might be a more theologically useful category?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1665899938569780772010-11-30T19:48:51.163+00:002010-11-30T19:48:51.163+00:00Technically, you could get away with 29 days, if y...Technically, you could get away with 29 days, if you went for a March date in a non-leap year. But then you'd fall foul of the Lent thing...!Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11427474174712157752010-11-24T21:01:25.827+00:002010-11-24T21:01:25.827+00:00Anthony - Westminster Abbey can cope, I'm sure...Anthony - Westminster Abbey can cope, I'm sure. They've had a few little gigs over the years. Still, can't say I'd want to be in charge. At least they acknowledged that they ought not to be getting married in Lent.<br /><br />besideourselves - Really? Three weeks? In Oz at least the legal minimum is 30 days (as far as I am aware).<br /><br />Jon - Quite a story! I agree that therebyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-86909545336573839702010-11-24T09:59:18.277+00:002010-11-24T09:59:18.277+00:00I'm with you on that. My grandmother would ha...I'm with you on that. My grandmother would have been too. When I wrote to her to tell her I was engaged, she wrote back and told me how she and my grandfather had been engaged for 9 years! She had to care for her sick father but would have had to give up work if she got married, and they couldn't support all three of them on my grandfather's pay. I can't remember now if they Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272544252649766985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-89382617004166195462010-11-24T08:44:11.405+00:002010-11-24T08:44:11.405+00:00Our engagement was three long weeks (as opposed to...Our engagement was three long weeks (as opposed to three weeks long).besideourselveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434192984017773791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8540250966778060332010-11-23T22:24:05.595+00:002010-11-23T22:24:05.595+00:00Hear hear.
Six months is plenty of time. Hey, we...Hear hear. <br /><br />Six months is plenty of time. Hey, we even booked two reception venues in that period, after the first one burnt down. <br /><br />On the other hand, attempting a royal wedding 5 days after Easter may lead to some stress at the venue!Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.com