Middle-aged opinion - Pilot
Episode Date: April 19, 2024AITA bridezilla ghost storieshttps://youtube.com/@middle-agedopinion?si=csrZWvg4KlHEh4O_...
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So what's your opinion? Do you even have one?
So, am I the arsehole? Probably, always.
For making my friend cry over their computer mouse.
I haven't actually read this one, I just saved it for the title.
Yeah, I barely read any of mine.
So, I, 19 male, already knows an arsehole, innit? We're in a call with a few of my friends.
We were all catching a Pokemon, whatever that is, stream and a choice I had made earlier
got the computer mouse owner, 18 females, favourite Pokemon pokemon killed so they were already kind of mad at me
later yeah don't i like pokemon i didn't know it was about pokemon right anyway later on she
talked about how her mouse she'd owned for six years had started growing fungus on the inside and was a little bit poking out
from the little line on the end of the mouse wheel yeah I'm visualizing we see
it yeah I asked how long they'd known it was there and they said about two years
they said it happened through their skin cells getting into it as well as sweat and stuff like that.
Oh my God.
Not sure that's how it would happen, but that's what they said.
It's a bit gross.
It's disgusting. to make fun of them and with most of the call joining with most of the call joining and loudly
laughing at them so they're obviously on a phone call they're taking a piss in my defense i thought
they were joking too because i didn't know that was possible i told them to get a new mouse or
kill it because they'd already been complaining about issues with the mouse
they have a lot of attachment issues and they think it is a companion because it it's become
because it has been there so long this is like reading somebody else's writing i know
for insurance they've known the fungus longer than me okay so
to me it sounds like they've got some sort of disorder
like holding disorder
yeah over a mouse
and I'm assuming this is a computer mouse
not a real mouse
the jokes kept escalating
and eventually I heard them crying
over the mic and then
they left the call
I haven't heard from them since and i'm worried i
went too far edit i listened to all the comments i was gonna apologize anyway but i have now and
we're all good i can't really convince them to get rid of the fungus but i think that
for them to decide now but i think that's for them to decide now yeah
we do a lot of clowning in our friend group it does go a little far so we'll definitely talk
about it properly i accept the the rating so far i was already feeling bad about it okay okay so to me it sounds like the person
with the mouse the computer mouse i'm assuming it's a gaming mouse i'm going with that too yeah
it has like a holding issue like a severe attachment disorder it'd be interesting to
see what their place looked like no it would not right um i don't
think they're the arsehole because that's that's the kind of humor that i like where we take the
piss out of each other i mean we're brutal if you had a computer mouse that was actually starting to
come alive yeah there would be an issue i mean he could get the person a computer
mouse because they are not that expensive so my son he is a gamer and you they range from about
10 pounds and upwards obviously the more expensive ones are better her one's alive
yeah it's alive with fungus but what i'm saying is if that person maybe sent her a new computer
mouse then they might then build a new attachment to
that and be able to move away from the computer mouse i mean are these people's real problems
we really this is 21st century okay yeah people are dying but okay so but this is what i'm saying
like and mice are living for me if if that was my mate i'm not sure I'd take I mean I take the
piece of we were all on a phone call and missing about but if I'm honest I would
say if it was you I'd say bang it's disgusting you've got throw it away
it's not good for your health any sort of fun it was and I'll get you a new one
but not everybody's like that and some people will take it seriously to me it feels like there's more going on with this person with the infested mouse then
yeah that's what it feels like what was the top comment he's been deemed an
arsehole I'm not sure if he is yeah I'm not sure if he's an arsehole to the
extent where oh my god die like
it's just don't take the piece there's more to it but i'm not sure if he's the arsehole in my opinion
either uh so what his thing his op yeah no no yeah so his um the bit what was the biggest comment so
that would be the first comment.
We're still learning as well, guys, on what all of this stuff means.
When we said middle age, that's real.
Yeah, that's where we are.
We're 80s.
And sometimes we have to Google what the, what are they called?
YTA?
YTA.
Actually, what is that?
YTA. No idea. there's times we have to look on like the urban dictionary and stuff like that yeah top comment
yta yeah yta you were right in calling out the fungus in the mouse right they probably should
should gotten rid of it oh god i'm not going to enjoy
reading some of these yeah guys because of the grammar but oh you're the arsehole it says oh
yeah we didn't know and didn't but we know now you're the arsehole you were right we're calling
out but you along with most people making fun of them,
were aware of the issues they have and yet continually decided to make fun of their attachment towards the mouse.
Just discussing this and apologising could absolve this entirety, depending on how you handle it.
But as of right now, you're the arsehole
listen probably for continuously goading but only not the arsehole just having a bit of banter i
think it depends where they're from as well because they're 19 aren't they at the end of the day so
dramatic like if you're in your 40s and someone was literally taking the piss out of you having for a moldy mouse yeah oh i mean you're up for it really aren't you you're
up for it like there is you expose that yeah i mean i probably wouldn't say i'd say my mouse
is on the way out i've got no money to replace it i wouldn't be like there's mold growing in between
i wouldn't i wouldn't so in my opinion
yeah I just don't think I'd disclose that part either
I probably wouldn't disclose that
so in my opinion
arsehole for continuing
not the arsehole
because it was meant as band art
they just took it too far
that's my opinion, yours?
um
no I don't think it's the other side.
No.
But you're right, probably just went that little bit too far.
Just too far.
But if you're friends, you should kind of know how far to push your friends, but equally.
Oh, I don't know, because if people listen to us a lot, oh my God.
Yeah, but if you knew you'd pushed me too far.
Yeah.
Yeah.
One, I'm comfortable enough to say, stop now, you've gone too far. Yeah. One, uncomfortable enough to say, stop now.
You've gone too far.
But hopefully you're humble enough to go, do you know what, I'm out of order, I'm sorry.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've taken it too far.
That wasn't the intention.
I was just messing about.
Yeah.
Okay.
So, because it is our first podcast, I spoke to Emily and I said,
I wanted to flip through different stories like am i the
arsehole bright zillas stalker creepy these are the things i listen to personally a variety of
different podcasts and because it's our first that's what we've decided to do so mine is i
mean i haven't proofread this uh disclosurecloser, I am dyslexic.
So if I mess up and have to ask her to read a word, I do apologise.
But it is what it is.
I'll read it wrong too.
Yeah, there you go.
We both went to the same school.
So mine is, I believe it's it's from scary stories i've read it and it's working late at
a farm was the biggest mistake i already don't like it oh i love it i love these stories especially
when it's late at night and i'm cleaning and then i'm listening to you know when you get the shiver
and then sometimes when i'm asleep i think um i really shouldn't say this online but i don't
always lock my doors so sometimes at night i wake up and i'll be like shit and i'll get up and i'll
quickly like well you're about a bad dream from all the crap i read and then i'm like quickly
locking all the doors i mean honestly i just i'm too relaxed in this area that I live in it's just I feel safe which is really stupid
given that it is the 21st century nobody is safe right anyway sorry working late at a farm was
the biggest mistake me and my cousin used to work for a family friend for his for his that owned a
huge cow and horse farm we were pretty young at the time and didn't
really do serious work. Mostly just painted the barn and checking up on the horses and
cows that had just given birth or something else. But it was worth the penny. One day me and him were working late so we were bringing the horses in for the night
because it was cold as hell and we didn't have any covers for them. We were also checking up
on mumma cow and mumma cow that had just given birth to a baby so they were in a special paddock.
So basically there were five fields, two small, three huge. The smallest one
was the one where the cow and the baby was in. So after a while my cousin was bringing in the cow I was on the other side of the field checking up on the cows and eventually it let
electricity just cut out
mate
I nearly shat my
I'm gonna say that says fucking it's FKN
it's fkn fucking fucking pants and my cousin had a flashlight and my phone was dead so i was in the dark just scared out of my mouth and exactly out my mind sorry eventually i just
felt my way around and hid with the cows until someone would come and get me since
everybody I knew was in and I waited and waited and nothing happened.
No one came and got me.
No one came.
Nobody cared.
Nobody cared.
They were like, stay in the house.
There's a power cut.
Fuck that bitch.
Maybe 10 minutes went by and now I really started stressing.
I would have been stressed after a minute, I'm not going to lie.
Although, why wasn't his eyes adjusting?
Being a maybe, oh, 14-year-old boy with my sister that loves horror movies.
that loves horror movies.
I knew that shit could go down any second and I just laid there for another five minutes.
Still nothing.
Now I really started panicking.
I don't know what to do.
Just tried to sleep until someone got me.
Wait, wait, wait.
Is he in the paddock or is he just in the tools? He's in the paddock with the, wait, wait. Is he in the paddock
or is he just in a field?
He's in the paddock
with the cows
trying to sleep.
In the paddock.
You know he had a picture
of him in the field.
Do you know there are
a lot of deaths
by cows?
Do you know cows
kill a lot of people?
Honestly.
Okay.
All of a sudden
I hear a lady's voice
yelling my name.
Alex! Alex! Alex!! Alex! Where are you?
Finally someone is here and also the light just randomly turned on.
Best part is I recognised the voice, it was my mum I was so relieved relieved and just ran out of the paddock and looked around but there was nobody there oh my god my whole body just there was nobody there
yelling had stopped and the electricity cut off again if you my god um uh sorry the electricity cut off again and at that point i started to crying
out of being scared and angry i just sat there up i just sent it through the field oh i just
sprinted through the field as fast as i could screaming for anyone to get me. I saw a light from the
generator turning on in the barn and just ran and ran until I got there. I ran inside and yelled
out for my cousin but no one answered. Out of pure anger I I screamed, fuck, and ran into my boss's house and ran into my boss's house.
And there was everyone, my boss, my cousin, my boss's wife, hell, even my dad was there
stressing out because they couldn't find me. Everyone ran to get me as soon as I came to the house I was dirty I was in tears in I
had tears in my eyes and a knife in my hand where did he get a knife from unless
it was in the bomb where have you been it's been an hour since your shift ended
bruv and I told them what happened and when I was about to tell them that mum yelled my name, I remembered that my mum passed away.
How do you forget that?
One to two, you do forget.
You do forget.
Sometimes I forget that my mum's passed.
My mum had passed about one to two years ago.
But if your mum was calling your name?
Then I would probably go, go yeah and then be like
shit she died a while ago she will be would it take you an hour not an hour but if you think
if you're in that heightened state of anxiety and you're really stressed out would it take you an
hour if you were in the field with cows if i was in a paddock with cows in the dark with no phone and my mom had
passed and was calling me i'd see i would be like i'm a fuck but but i'm through fear i probably
wouldn't have moved i probably just stayed laying there no so i would probably have been
uh relieved because i would have been like, oh my God, my mum's
come from heaven to guide me.
I'm dead.
The cow killed me.
No.
I mean, cows kill it like that, it's the truth.
Cows kill it, not people.
But I would probably be like, but then, I always say, so when my mum died, both my boys
both said that they saw my mum, which I told you before.
Yeah, I saw my granddad.
There you go.
And they said that they see her in the lounge and she was sitting there.
And I always said to them, no matter what, don't answer, even if you think it's grandma, because the devil's a liar.
So even though sometimes spirits appear to you as good things,
you should never communicate because then you're welcome in.
I watch a lot of...
I have just been watching Stranger Things.
You know this.
Right.
I love Stranger Things.
But that's what I'm saying.
So I always said to the boys, don't answer.
Even if it's comforting and it's really nice,
but just don't answer because you don't know if that really is grandma.
So anyway.
Sorry.
Yeah, so that was a ghost story because I love ghost stories.
I absolutely love horrors, as you know.
And literally, the top comment is just slating them for their grandma on spelling.
I mean, honestly, if that's the case and it's that bad you got through it i mean i was probably why i got through
it but hopefully no no people will come for us with our reading grammar and spelling because
you know it is what it is but i think that that's irrelevant um and then somebody said it's a bit of a mad story it's
a cool story i believe stuff like this i believe stuff like this i really do um could it have been
your imagination making her voice play out in your head if not that's heartbreaking and terrifying
for such a youngster so i mean i loved the story you're scared enough yeah i mean i would have been
absolutely terrified.
What I am a little bit confused about though...
Where'd that knife come from?
First of all the knife, right?
But actually what I was going to say is when it's dark, your eyes adjust.
So I don't really...
Although there is a fact that people with brown eyes see worse in the dark than people with blue eyes.
Did you know that?
And then vice versa.
During the day, you see better.
We should test this out.
This theory out.
We should.
We both wear glasses, but never mind.
No, no.
It's not that.
It's your night, my night,
because apparently there's less melanin in my eyes
and yours there is more.
So during the day, you see better in sunlight
because your eyes, your film behind is protected
and mine is less protected
because they're blue but we should we should place objects at night i mean obviously we'll record it
for everyone we'll place objects and see if we can see them i mean up here it's quite dark so
i say let's go to the field and do it i've got a nice big field let's do it. I've got an arse big field. Let's do it. I mean, that's just a little bit of fun we can have.
Yeah, why not?
Okay, so over to you.
Right, this one's a little bit long-winded.
Okay.
But...
Is it Am I the Arsehole?
It is an Am I the Arsehole.
Love it.
Okay.
Okay.
So, Am I the Arsehole for telling my sister that she shouldn't overvalue herself and prepare for the worst?
Okay.
Okay?
Now, I have read this one.
Okay.
Well, she sounds like an arsehole straight off.
But anyway, let's see.
Let's see.
We need to know the context.
Next.
So I, 21 female, have an older sister, Eve, 29 female, who had her first child, Laurie, one female.
And while this should be a time of joy and excitement, there's actually a lot of tension and brewing resentment between her, our mum, and her husband, Jack, 29 male. Despite it being unplanned, Eve's pregnancy was wanted and Jack was an involved partner. He went to most of the appointments, took the birthing
classes and supported Eve's decision to just have our mum in the room while he waited outside when she gave birth.
The plan was for our mum to be by Eve's side in the room and to help stay for a week after Laurie was born. Everyone was cool with this but unfortunately our aunt got into some drama with
her husband in another state and our mum rushed to her sister's side. Eve was already
in third trimester so Jack didn't like the idea of our mum going and voiced it. Our mum
told Jack a new one and Eve even got on his case about it so he apologised. However, Eve
ended up going into labour and Jack ultimately was the one in the room while our mum was
away. Right. Right. Okay. I mean, he put the baby in her. Yeah, see, that was my first
issue with this story. Okay, very cool. Anyway, when she she called our mom expressed being sad over not being there for the
birth of her first grandchild and she and eve decided that no one else in the family would see
laurie until she got back without discussing it with jack he was understandably not happy
and his mom lived about 45 minutes away and was looking forward to meeting Laurie too as she was also the first grandchild on their side.
Eve pulled the I've just given birth card and Jack reluctantly allowed it.
On the day that our mum was supposed to come back she missed her flight and couldn't
get a new one until the following morning. Our mum could have just rented a car but she didn't
want to spend the money since the airline wouldn't refund the money. Jack was brought up, allowing his mum to come again but Eve refused
sitting, citing that he already agreed. Citing, saying basically, brought up, I
understand exactly what you're saying. Yeah. Unfortunately, this is sad, Jack's mum was in a car accident and passed before ever getting to meet Laurie.
Broth.
Because Eve wouldn't allow even a video chat.
Jack was distraught.
He moved into the guest bedroom, went to the funeral alone and refused to engage with Eve at all.
to the funeral alone and refused to engage with Eve at all. Jack's side of the family keeps calling and messaging Eve and tell her what selfish and awful person she is and Jack refuses to defend her.
Eventually Eve got sick of it and packed up and left to our mum's house to teach Jack a lesson
but he hasn't text or called our
mum thinks that he just needs some space and that he'll call soon but I
just laughed at that didn't mean to though my mum and Eve asked me why I
laughed and I tried to brush it off or even leave but they they couldn't let me and pressed for answers eventually I told her
that while the accident wasn't her fault she did keep Laurie away from Jack's mum
meeting her for for a week and now she'll she never will there's no way Jack is going to ever love you enough to forgive you for that.
And you should prepare for the worst.
Eve started to bawl her eyes out while mum berated me.
So I left.
Am I the arsehole?
No.
Edit.
Okay.
Just to clarify, because I keep seeing this with the the accident first happened
because i keep seeing this hold on when the accident first happened eve had apologized
three separate times jack had admitted to this and eve intended to go to the funeral with him
but he drove off without her jack doesn't interact with laurie
it's eve that he's icing out and my niece is the only thing he's willing to talk to eve about
jack has been living in the guest room for five months before eve left she offered to go to couples counselling but jack has refused okay okay so first of all
i'm so sorry for awful second of all i don't really understand so we both have two children
and i don't really understand where this sense of entitlement comes from because that baby is her baby and his baby and yes women
we're the ones that go through labor and all that sort of thing yeah but i have noticed and there
has been a few stories um around late but there is a weird sense of um i want to say entitlement
it's not even entitlement it's you think you're so special and
you're the first person in the world to have a baby and you ain't like get over yourself relax
yes it's beautiful and a really special thing but i would never deny i would never have denied
paul's family that's my husband and i never would have denied my friends or my um my family it's whoever can
come and see i made this from scratch like come and see now she stopped his mum which is a grandma
a biological grandma seeing the baby and now she's dead she robbed him in my opinion from
moments that he would have had and now he will never there's no memories there's nothing
there's no photos of them together there's nothing and i just don't know where that comes from what makes her mum more special than his mum
who actually chose somebody else over her and actually could have got home yeah a day before
I mean I don't have a problem that she went to her sister's aid no because we don't know the
circumstance I don't actually have a problem but I find it weird that nobody else like it was you know i just found this
special rock and i can only tell a certain it's weird like this weird thing that actually is
happening more and more like it's compared to having a baby to a rock my point like a special
rock a rock but you know like you found a million pounds in a suit it's weird behavior yes and i actually
come down to in time when you are right yeah and i actually think it's happening more and more
um i've heard stories about that and my response was you ain't that special get over yourself
do you know what you're not guaranteed tomorrow you're really not guaranteed i mean
having a present is absolutely i mean we both have boys so we don't have any daughters i would
be devastated if my daughter-in-law god willing um has children i would be devastated if for some
reason i wasn't just as special as my fellow grandmother yeah in the fact to see my
grandchild because that baby is also part of me and my family just as much as it is part of her
family there is no yes she gave birth I get it like I've done it moving on do you know what I mean
but they are really important people and there's nothing she can do i can't tell you what
it's like right but when you lose a parent unexpectedly i have there is nothing you can do
to make any of what you've done better there's nothing because it's just torment all the time
but i mean it's good that he's not you, he's not neglecting the baby and all that.
But she's hurting deeply and I don't know.
I just don't know.
What would you do?
Well, I mean, obviously.
I think she is the arsehole.
I don't think the sister's the arsehole for calling her out.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
She is not the arsehole.
She's saying, this is your problem. This is what yousehole. I don't think the sister's the arsehole for calling her out. No, no, no. She is not the arsehole. She's saying this is your problem, this is what you've done
and no matter what you do, you can't
make that better. It's too late.
She can't change that. There's nothing that she
can fix. Nothing
will fix that. No. And sometimes
it's actually good to
have people in your life that will tell you
that you're the arsehole
in my opinion i you know even
i don't always want to hear it i'm more than happy to call anybody out for it do you think
they'll be able to fix their relationship i don't do you i i think if they could i mean it's gonna
take time yeah the thing is grieving process how long there isn't a time there isn't a time to sell
grieving in what we're 10 years so time for that. There isn't a time to still grieve, and in what way?
Ten years.
There isn't a time for that.
Because sometimes it's the way it happens as well.
Sometimes when it's unex...
I mean, mine was...
Mum had 50-50 chance she had cancer, as you know.
But for me, it wasn't...
It wasn't a shock, but it also was a massive shock
because it happens within the space of diagnosed really ill
deaths do you know what i mean but his mum went in a car and she died yeah didn't come back you
know and i think that's a good lesson for everybody yeah you know unless it's something that really
can't be prepared or something that is really awful and there are things and i don't expect
everybody to talk to everybody remember tomorrow ain't promised absolutely you know what i mean you've really got to live like that
you you do have to make those good choices and if you don't make those good choices
good choices by yourself but good choices by your loved ones absolutely you know put yourself in
their position that's what i'm saying you know i just think stop thinking you're more special
because you had the
baby you know don't get me wrong your birth plan and everything is definitely yours like that is
your yeah not men shouldn't be telling me don't have an epidural and all that my mum had the baby
natural I mean I've heard a few stories like that but when it comes to having relatives and loved
ones all they want to do is bring love so i don't really understand where
that came from and now there is no going back no so let me just do the top one yeah it says
uh probably would probably would get downvoted but who cares not the arsehole no your mum showed
time and time again that her first grandchild isn't the input isn't important
to her the fact that jack's mum would never meet her her granddaughter so they put niece's
grand yeah it's something that jack will never get over and he is right his mum was denied access
because the other grandmother would rather cater to her adult sister than
meeting her granddaughter that woman died with the wish to see her first grandchild well that's
really sad jack and the rest of the family are never going to forgive your sister for this
hopefully they won't take it on onto the baby take it out on the baby um it's really sad actually it is really sad
and there's nothing anyone can do to make it better and that makes it worse that's a massive
mistake it's a massive mistake and i think yeah i mean i hope going forward they can repair it
because it's always nice you know when mum and dad are there together
but sometimes it is better to separate especially if there's resentment and later down the line
you're going to take that out on her because that ain't no good for kids either so personally
i don't know it's just too soon to even ask him to forgive it's too much but if i think if they're
going to i mean not that i am a relationship therapist no no think if they're going to i mean not that i am a relationship therapist no
no but if they're going to i think they actually have to listen to each other and not have that
third party in there who feels that they have a no important role in that nobody's got a nobody
needs to be involved now i mean the sister not this one dictating not this didn't see the baby
first no not this lady that wrote in but but the sister, the mum of the baby,
has to take full accountability.
There is no if, buts or maybe,
oh, but I have the baby.
Like, there is none of that.
I mean, it really winds me up.
All you can do is take full accountability
to even think about moving forward.
Because you won't forgive her if she doesn't.
It's not something, I mean, when you had the boys,
you weren't like that.
I mean, it was exciting to see them.
I kept telling her,
Haven, let me make the tea.
Hold my baby.
Let him have me.
I grew up from scratch.
I felt like I was like that with mine.
Was I?
I felt like I was.
I think you're more precious than I was
yeah probably
I mean
having children
changed me for who I was
massively changed me
and we'll probably go into that
on later episodes and whatever about
like
what becoming a mum means and you know so my
children are 17 and 15 and yours are younger at yeah mine's about to turn 12 and my youngest is
nine yeah so we're both in completely different stages and we have a group of friends a fantastic
group of friends and we have been best friends since school all of us we're very lucky um and we all still get together all the time now and i was the first
to become a mum and it has changed all of us massively in different ways um but i never denied
anybody not my husband's parents, nobody.
I mean, I remember coming home from hospital.
I ended up needing a C-section, as you know,
and I came home and we went straight to Paul's mum and dad's
to see them, like, to show me.
And she picked him up and then she went out the house
and I remember getting all this anxiety
because I was like where is she taking my baby but really she just she's lived there her whole
life so she had gone to show all the neighbours yeah um him but what was 10 minutes felt like
three hours but I still would never deny her because she is as much right as my mum did as my
husband did I did because I've just expanded the family right absolutely so
anyway sorry babe on a tangent yeah my turn go for it okay so I love a good
bridezilla so were we it did we have any I mean i've got one here did we have any did we have any
was i a bride sealer we were discussing this weren't we we had one i don't think we are a
boy because the thing is is what we nobody was a bride sealer actually no i did it wasn't her i
got married abroad and the bridesmaids that came, I was on their case making sure they did burn.
Don't.
Don't burn.
Think of me.
Cover your shoulders.
I don't think I was a bride sealer.
I probably, I mean, one of my bridesmaids, we don't talk anymore.
I'll save that for another thing.
But I do remember because all my bridesmaids so my sister was one jenna was another one jenna's
part of our group and uh my best mate since we were six um they were my bridesmaids um so um
do you mind if we take a short break yeah because i need to pee we will be back shortly I feel like you do need to say that
because I'm just going to edit
so she didn't stay the night
and it really pissed me off and I don't know why
because everyone else did
well I think because I was like it's about me
it's all about me
are you sure you weren't a bride to your life
it might have been on that day, on my wedding day.
So when we went to the cafe in the morning, I was on a case and she did say to me, you're on my case.
And then I think I re-evaluated and thought maybe I'd been a bit of a bitch.
But it is stressful getting married.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think my only stress was please don't get sunburned because all the girls had like a.
Like a bit of blue dresses.
Anyway, I've got to stop saying people's names.
No straps.
No straps.
No straps.
Get out of the sun.
They were like, we paid to be here.
Job on.
Oh, shit.
She's going to kill me.
Were any of the bridesmaids annoying?
I mean, they're all still old friends.
No, they're all still friends, aren't they?
Yeah.
Funny, isn't it?
Anyway.
Go.
Right.
The bride left him at the altar.
Oh, I like it. So I didn't pre-read, but that title was enough to engage me.
Right.
Go.
I might try and highlight it as I read.
I'm wondering if that would be easier.
Ten years ago, I played for a large wedding at a nearby Catholic church. I'm assuming
she's some sort of musician. That was without an organist at the time. It was without an
organist, so she's an organist. Okay. Yeah? Do we know what that is? Yeah, it's like the big... Yeah, yeah.
The day of the wedding came, a beautiful sunny spring day. The wedding started out like any other wedding does.
Seating of the family, procession of the bride party, followed by the entrance of the bride the priest delivered the harmonial and moving rites of vows i'm saying that wrong but moving on the groom
uh the groom recanted his vows first followed by the bride somewhere in the middle of the vows first followed by the bride. Somewhere in the middle of the vows the bride did not repeat
what the priest had just said. It happened more times than one and more times than one as you
might imagine. Usually nerves and sometimes the overall emotion of the moment. The priest repeated
the phrase the second time and the bride didn't respond
the third time he repeated it was because repeated it became was obvious that something was wrong
the bride looked the groom straight in the eyes and said i can't do this she took off
and down the aisle i'm glad i weren't there guided she took off down trainers
on the runaway bride she took off down the aisle with her parents following close behind because
they knew they were ready they were like let's go i've got your passport literally um and her
fiance right behind her no bruv you gotta go you gotta gotta let go after that it's time to move on
yeah there's a party to do literally i mean literally that's what you can do at that point
isn't it um you could hear a pin drop in the church as an organist i asked myself should i
play something absolutely not yes no i'm like no! Or the running song. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no the priest told everyone to please be patient for a few moments he would go check on the bride
and that sometimes nerves can kick in uh and do a number on a person i mean after that i wouldn't
even be able to go back in i mean if i changed my mind if i was if it was my husband that ran off that would be i'd be
that got ya i'm just free as a girl justin i would be so mad would you be so mad i would be so mad
um right about 10 minutes later the priest returns and says i'm sorry to inform you but there won't be a wedding today the couple
have asked to share if you brought any gifts please pick them up from the school gym bruv
where the reception was being held no you've got to go and pick up your process at least they've
given them back and not like i mean i would be would be mad. I'd be like, can I not keep the present? Yeah, that's what you're saying.
Yeah.
No, you can't.
No, no.
Meaning...
As a bride.
As a bride.
I mean, for all this effort.
I literally...
I mean, look at me.
You know what I mean?
And they ask that you please enjoy the food that has been prepared.
And the DJ waiting for you so that it does not go to waste unfortunately
the couple will be making will not be making an appearance at the reception and um they thank you
for being here have you ever seen the story i'm going off on a tangent i know i still haven't
finished have you ever seen the story um i've seen it on facebook like a woman
telling her own story and he didn't turn up and um her bridesmaids came out and announced that he
isn't coming the wedding isn't going ahead and they carried on with the party they carried on
with the party and i have never looked at someone and i, wow, man, you're going to be just fine in life because you are so strong.
She ended up getting married again.
Not again, sorry.
She ended up getting married.
She picked someone there and then.
She's really at your day.
But she's really happy.
Short straws.
So I feel like I probably would have gone on.
Not the younger me, but the me now, 100%.
I think if I was in that girl's position,
where you were when you were
getting married in the same place as that venue yeah yeah crack on let's have a great time it's
paid for let's do it yeah yeah yeah um anyway right people just sat there trying to process
what had just happened i on the other hand turned the organ off, closed the lid and walked out the door,
all while thinking how lucky I was to have been paid in advance.
And the payment had already cleared the bank.
Priorities!
I'm still not sure what happened,
um i'm still not sure what happened but someone told me that the bride was known to get around during her high school days and had repeatedly reconnected reconnected with ex-boyfriends and
people that had seen them out together a week or two after the wedding that had never made it past the vows
and being overly friendly with each other bruv so what do you think
listen the organ player she had she was fantastic i think he had a lucky escape i think she should
have played a song so do i i mean that would have been just fantastic i don't think i
would have waited until my my wedding day and not turn up all that money to come i'd have to be a
bit more like what's going on because a b and c are saying that you're seeing d and f yeah i feel
like i would but you know some people stick their heads in the sand. Oh.
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I may or may have not snagged a plate of shrimps.
On my way to the pool.
Oh, mate.
These people and their priorities.
Literally.
Came here for this. Like, surely my dude took a plate.
My dude!
Right, I would have taken the food and wine and cake.
Wow.
You definitely should have played something I really think appropriate would have been ready to run the theme
song of the movie Runaway Brides. I mean honestly.