A Church of England Wedding
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1041.
WEDDINGS
The Roberts Family
| For the last five years, Alex Roberts has brought up her daughters Kim, who's twelve years, and Tina, aged 10, on her own. She says: ‘In the beginning, it was very difficult for all us but that's the past and we are really happy now. We spend a lot of time talking together. The girls like to talk about clothes, how they've spent the day, what they're going to watch out on TV. We feel very much close but we all have our own opinions so there is the occasional row.' ‘If you love with people,' says Kim, ‘of course you are disagree. No-one is to blame for, and Mum makes sure that afterwards we kiss and make up.' The family doesn't have much of money, so they must to save up for special treats. What they like best is giving up supper parties for friends. They go shopping for a special food and then prepare everything together. Alex worries about her children but says: ‘We're OK, I think.' Tina and Kim would agree that. |
When Jonathan and Sarah Gibbs were married, the couple never considered anything other than a church wedding. ‘Getting married in a register office just wouldn't have had the same sense of occasion.' Neither is a regular church-goer. Sarah, who wore a lace and silk dress, agrees that pleasing her parents as a big factor in opting for a traditional do. The 20-minute ceremony at the church was followed by champagne on the lawn of an Elizabethan manor, a receiving line, and a three-course sit-down meal for 100, followed by dancing into the night. The couple were waved off to a honeymoon on safari in Kenia and Tanzania. Most of the cost was borne by Sarah's father. ‘It was an awful lot of money but worth it,' she says. ‘I mean, you only get one chance to have a really big do like that, don't you?'
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