Dear Richard Madeley: ‘A family friend is a drunk. Should we ban him from our daughter's wedding?’
telegraph.co.uk– David, via emailI am completely clear in my mind about this. I have believed, for as long as I can remember, that a wedding day – one involving a bride and groom, at least – is the bride’s day.
Not the groom’s. Not the parents’ or parents-in-law’s. Not the bridesmaids’, the best man’s – no one’s but the bride’s. Her day.
Her moment. Her call. On everything.So it follows that if your daughter doesn’t want this ‘dodgy’ man at her wedding, and she has been explicit on the point, hers is the last word on the subject.
End of discussion.We must all take the consequences for our behaviour and our choices. If your wife’s friend’s partner routinely chooses to get boozed up and even high at big social celebrations, and potentially disrupt or even ruin things, then he must accept that he will reap what he sows.
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