Avoid the honeymooners

27 November 2007 by Flamingo

Sunday TimesThere is a great article on the UK Sunday Times website subtitled:
The one thing you don’t want on a honeymoon is other honeymooners. So, skip the stilted villa and make a romantic escape of your own

But what caught my eye was the great quote:

"Wedding chat. You either love it, or you’re a man. Which is why, if ever you want to see the very acme of badly concealed despair, you should look at the face of a brand-new groom as the breakfast-buffet small talk reveals an awful truth – that he’s just forked out a king’s ransom to spend his honeymoon surrounded by honeymooners. "

“Oh, my dear Lord,” the blank eyes and wobbling grin seem to cry out. “I’ve just survived 12 weeks of pretending to care about table decorations and canapé trays; now I have to spend the next fortnight reliving every detail with a charming couple from Tunbridge Wells. Come sunset, I’m over the fence.”

Now that's a well observed statement ;-)