Not just for celebs: Would you ever crash a stranger鈥檚 wedding?
7 March 2019
Gatecrashing a wedding is something that, realistically, only a celebrity can expect to get away with. But is the next best thing for us mere mortals to ask to attend a stranger’s wedding?
That’s exactly what Sarah Talisman and her partner Alex Ortiz have done. The American couple posted an advert online, pleading to be invited along to a Scottish wedding.
Mornings with Kaye Adams spoke to the couple to learn why they’re so keen to sample some Scottish nuptials.
Can we crash your wedding?
An American couple want to go to a Scottish wedding so badly they placed an advert online.
Why a Scottish wedding in particular?
“We know that Scotland has a lot of traditions and it’s just something that we would love to be a part of.”
Kaye asked what they think goes on at Scottish weddings, to which Sarah replied that she wasn’t entirely certain — but that finding out was part of the appeal.
“From what I’ve heard, there’s an initial part where you have more family for the ceremony and then you have the ceilidh where you invite friends.”
“For me,” she continued, “American weddings seem much larger in scale, less personal. We have big, massive wedding parties where you invite every Tom, Dick and Harry to them and it seems more of a grand-scale event.”
Other ‘wedding crashers’
Sarah and Alex are not the only people seeking to experience weddings in a different culture.
In India, brides and grooms are capitalising on the draw of Indian weddings by charging western tourists for the opportunity to take part in their celebrations.
Tourists from Ireland and New Zealand spoke to 大象传媒 News about why they decided to pay to attend a stranger’s wedding in a foreign country.
The appeal of Scottish weddings
A different type of Minister
Theresa May appeared in a Cowes couple’s wedding photo. (From 2018)
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