I’ve had this blog for a while now but it’s taken until today for someone to point out (very kindly, I may add) that they couldn’t find out how to contact me. It’s very simple: just click on the ‘view my complete profile’ link, under the heading ‘ABOUT ME’, in the right hand column and … Continue Reading
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Credit Crunch Weddings
As the economy plunges screaming over the cliff, it would be reasonable to expect people to postpone their wedding plans indefinitely in the hope that “things can only get better”. Oddly enough, that doesn’t seem to be happening and hardly a day goes by when I don’t get a call or an email from couples … Continue Reading
Face to Faith – Making Everyone Feel Welcome
Humanist weddings are non-religious but they’re not anti-religious and I believe it’s important that everyone feels welcome. It’s a subject that comes up fairly often when I meet people for the first time and although many couples have no interest in religion themselves, I always ask them about their friends and relatives so if they … Continue Reading
How much does a Humanist Wedding cost?
This year, 2020, my fee for a wedding is £500.00 and the first twenty miles of travel is free. If you’d like to have a rehearsal, you should add a further £100.00. They’re not essential but they can be a good idea, and you can read more about them here.
Best Man or Groom’s Men?
I don’t know when this began to happen, but this year I’ve found myself surrounded by more and more blokes. Like the grey squirrel and cosmetic surgery, the tradition of ‘The Groom’s Men’ has arrived here from the States and it’s definitely catching on. There’s certainly an argument for having a few guys to keep … Continue Reading
Legalities and Vows
I recently met a couple for their wedding rehearsal two nights before the big day and while we were talking about all the necessary arrangements I asked if they’d collected the marriage schedule from the Registrar’s office yet. They gave me a rather blank look and said “did we have to give some papers to … Continue Reading
Ich amo you
I just had a call from a fellow Edinburgh based celebrant, Duncan Robertson that raised an interesting question: what do you do when you’re asked to perform a wedding for a couple where both parties speak different first languages, and neither of them are English? As Humanist weddings in Scotland become ever more popular, more and … Continue Reading
Where can we get married 2
One of the nicest things about being a humanist celebrant is that every so often someone invites you to a dream location to conduct their wedding. It’s just happened to me – a summer wedding in a picturesque village in the French Alps. I’d love to do it, and the date is open in my … Continue Reading
Do we have to write the ceremony ourselves?
For most of us, if standing up in public is terrifying and speaking in public is worse, then telling the most important person in your life how much you love them in front of an audience composed of your nearest and dearest is unthinkable. So – given that’s what a humanist wedding in Scotland is … Continue Reading
Seeing someone else on the side…
Couples sometimes feel bad about approaching more than one celebrant before they decide who they want to work with. I recommend that you speak to more than one of us. OK, you can read our profiles on the web site, but until you meet someone, you don’t really have a sense of who they are. … Continue Reading