Around 25 years ago I did a college course and one day a fellow mature student asked me had I any plans for the following afternoon ? I told him no I hadn`t so he said ok well meet me in the student bar around 1pm. He wouldn`t tell me anything else except to turn up on time. I got there early ( as I usually do ) and he and his live in girlfriend plus another bloke I didn`t know, dragged us off to the nearby register office, yep it was their wedding day. The groom wore jeans, big black lace up boots, a tatty T shirt and an Army great coat, the bride wore jeans, a not too clean yellow T shirt, trainers and a long wool overcoat which actually resembled a man`s coat. That was it, no guests, no fuss, no makeup, no pre wedding hair appointments, no flowers, no reception and even the wedding ring was a cut price silver band they`d purchased off a market stall. Both the bride and groom were in their mid 30`s, both had been previously married and neither of them gave a toss about anything other than the simple act of tying the knot. Afterwards it was lager and crisps back in the student bar.
