23 hilarious things you'll only ever see or hear at a Northern Ireland wedding
By Andrew Quinn
Published 23rd May 2019, 18:55 GMT
We may not have the language of love but we Northern Ireland people are not just world class romancers but we sure know how to put on a good wedding reception.
Here are 23 things you will only ever see or hear at a Northern Ireland wedding.
Northern Ireland weddings are an experience like no other.
It's 10:43p.m. at a Northern Ireland wedding and women of all ages can be seen rummaging around their handbags for yes, you've guessed it, a pair of flip-flops in which they will dance the night away.
N.I. is a small country with a finite number of routes on which motorists can travel but still wedding guests will obsess over and often quiz one another on which way they came to a wedding reception.
It's not a true Northern Ireland wedding unless you spot someone who, five minutes previous, you would have sworn blind was dead.
The bride and groom have spent years perfecting the menu for the big day but regardless of what magical cuisine is on offer many wedding guests will demand red sauce before they munch.
The only way some Northern Ireland wedding guests could be less discreet about bringing their own alcohol to a wedding reception would be if they went behind the bar with their contraband booze and pour it there and then.
Be honest, how many Northern Ireland weddings have you been to when you sprinted like Usain Bolt from your table to take a photograph you will never look at of a couple you barely know?
The uncle you don't know who is married to that aunt you don't like will invoke some sort of ancient spell and manage to sneak away from everyone else to enjoy a quiet drink on his own in the residents' bar.
Only ever used by Northern Ireland people at Northern Ireland weddings. The type of guest who indulges in this sort of behaviour is a little more discreet that the people who leave empty vodka bottles for everyone to see!
You could bowls of coarse sea salt in front of guests at a Northern Ireland and some will still, out of habit, season their soup with salt and pepper before tasting said soup first.
Inevitably, there will always be guests at N.I. weddings who do not drink alcohol but there will also be guests who will ask these teetotallers to take a glass of wine and give it to them.
