In 2015, I had one of the most important days of my life: I got married. I received a marriage proposal on New Year's Eve, when fireworks flowers were blooming in the sky. Magical, needless to say.
Usually couples immediately run to the registry office to submit an application, but all my life I dreamed of a wedding in the summer, so the trip to the Wedding Palace was postponed until the end of spring.
The months while I was a bride flew by at lightning speed, but it was during this time that an important decision was made: to have a double wedding with our friends. It turned out that my husband’s friend proposed to his girlfriend just a couple of months after the New Year. And so, having gathered in the bathhouse and having a barbecue, the men put forward a proposal: “Let’s get married together.” Our relationship was excellent: the men had been friends since school, and we girls communicated well.
At first I was categorically against it. How is it: I'm not the only bride on my wedding day?! But the next morning I decided to make a list of the pros and cons of this decision.
I thought that the painting would happen at different times anyway. It’s also not necessary to do a general photo session (after all, I wanted memorable photos).
But the main advantage for me was the savings. It so happened that at the beginning of July my husband and I had to go to the rock festival “INVASION”, where, of course, we planned to spend a lot of money. The wedding was scheduled for July 25. Accordingly, we no longer had time to save up. And then the opportunity arose to arrange a “shared” wedding with friends.
In the end, it was financial savings that pushed me to the decision to have a double wedding.
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Preparation
There was literally a month and a half left before the important date, and I began preparing for my holiday. Naturally, the first point of the plan was to buy a wedding dress, which I managed thanks to my grandmother, who simply forcibly dragged me to a wedding salon and bought a dress.
Great difficulties were caused by the unofficial part of the holiday, where both relatives from our side and from friends were supposed to be present. After discussing this issue with the guys, we decided that the best place to celebrate the occasion was my husband and I’s country house:
- Firstly , summer is great weather when you don’t want to sit indoors.
- Secondly , the banquet halls were too expensive, and those that were cheaper were not liked at all.
In case of rain, the men decided to build a frame for a canopy over the table, and we agreed to decorate it with balls and drapery.
Here I would like to say a huge thank you to my husband’s relatives: his mother, sister and grandmother. At moments such as a wedding, the help of relatives is simply necessary. They found dishes, tablecloths, balloons, drapery for the canopy, and they took care of the overall decoration. And everything turned out just great.
The second bride's relatives lived in another city, so they were not able to take part in the preparations.
This was followed by a moment of musical accompaniment of the holiday . My husband and I are fans of Russian rock. Friends preferred pop music. Here there were long negotiations. As a result, we managed to put together a hodgepodge playlist, where rock alternated with Bilan.
None of us had any thoughts about a wedding host . Firstly, I didn’t want strangers at the holiday, and secondly, unnecessary expenses. Therefore, we “stressed” our witnesses and guests so that they would conduct a couple of interesting competitions in order to dilute the process of absorbing food and drinks and introduce movement into the holiday.
Editorial opinion
Elena Kalita
Magazine editor
Original weddings are now in trend, including so-called double weddings. By avoiding all sorts of pitfalls during planning, the result can be a happy, joyful celebration, multiplied by two, and the memories of a bold, cheerful experiment will warm your soul all your life.
From a financial point of view, everything was thought out. Our couple was required to buy groceries for 45 people (for all guests), and our friends bought drinks. We divided the costs of decorating the table (balloons, dishes, tablecloths, etc.) in half.
Yash
The full name of the main character is Yash Surej Pratap Sindhiya. The widower father of two daughters lost the meaning of life after the death of his beloved woman. Wishing his daughters all the best, and also for the sake of a happy marriage for his younger brother, he agrees to marry a second time. The role of Yash is played by actor Gurmeet Chaudhary. The future popular Indian actor and model was born in 1984, on February 22. Due to the fact that Chaudhary's father was a military man, his family did not stay in one place for long. The guy liked constant moving and new places. Having dreamed of becoming an actor since childhood, at the age of eighteen the young man enlisted in the theater of the city of Jabalpur. Then there was the Mumbai Dance School, work as a model, and filming in video clips.
Since 2004, Gurmeet began acting in Indian television series. In addition to the film “The Second Wedding”, the actor added the science fiction series Mayavi, “Ramayana”, Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi to his biography. Now he is acting in Bollywood films.
hen-party
We celebrated the wedding only with relatives. Therefore, we decided to organize bachelor and hen parties in order to celebrate such an important event for us with friends.
We, the brides, came to the apartment, rolled some rolls, bought martinis, and then went to the club. I don’t like such establishments, but at that moment no better option came to mind.
An hour later, my husband’s sister joined us, and an hour later, my husband himself joined us.
The farewell to bachelorhood was a success!
How did everything go
On July 25, 2015, my husband and I went to the registry office. Friends signed their names in front of us. Having taken a couple of photos in front of the registry office after the solemn marriage procedure, we left for photo sessions.
We arrived at the dacha at different times. We arrived first, since our photo session only took an hour (we thought that was enough). Our relatives greeted us with a loaf of bread and shouts of “Hurray!” and confetti fountains. I still remember the deafening exclamation of my stepfather “URAAAAAAAAA!”, after which the rest of the relatives made a fuss.
Our relatives greeted us with a loaf of bread
The relatives of the second couple met their newlyweds when we were already sitting at the table, well, taking a memorable photo of the two brides was simply necessary!
Two brides
A very smart decision, as I later realized, was to divide the table into two parts. The newlyweds sat opposite each other at different ends of the table.
We also had fun separately - our friends' guests held competitions for them, ours - for us.
Competitions from wedding guests
Well, when I picked up the guitar, and half of the guests had left, friends moved to our side of the table and we had a wonderful and very soulful evening.
Remaining guests at one table
Two weddings
How Sonya waited for the New Year holidays, counted the remaining days, spent a long time choosing a beautiful dress, and made an appointment at the salon in advance. She also bought gifts for all members of Pashka’s family, dreaming that next year they would definitely become her relatives. Over the past weeks, she watched so many cooking videos in the hope of finding something truly unusual and tasty that she even decided that she herself would someday start running such a blog. What if he buys himself some beautiful dishes, installs a camera and shoots, gathering an audience of millions.
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On the eve of the holidays, the girl once again went shopping, looked at the delivery point and started packing gifts. She bought in advance shiny boxes, cute ribbons and even small tiger cubs - symbols of the coming year. He and Pashka will spend New Year's Eve with his parents, and Pavel's younger brother, Arseny, will also be there with his girlfriend Dasha. Senya and Dasha studied at the university together, and Dasha once told Sonya that she couldn’t wait for them to finally get married.
- Another year, Sonya, can you imagine? My parents bought me an apartment, but they don’t let me live there, they’re afraid that I’ll drop out of university, and why should I drop out in my penultimate year?
“There’s only a little bit left, be patient.”
“I’m tired, I want a family, and not all this,” Dasha for some reason nodded towards the neighboring tables. The girls were sitting in a cafe, waiting for their brothers after training.
Sonya just smiled then, shouldn’t she take her irritation out on the young girl? She and Pavel have known each other for four years, three of them lived together, renting a small apartment, and she never received an offer to start a family. When you're in your early thirties, long waits turn into disappointment. Sitting in that cafe, Sonya promised herself that if Pavel did not make up his mind in the near future, she would find the strength to part with him.
They drove through a colorful, festively bustling city, Pavel’s face in the glare of the lights seemed a little mysterious. But what if you believe in a miracle, make a wish, what did the girls say about a piece of paper that you need to burn, dissolve the ashes in champagne and drink when the chimes strike?
Zoya Viktorovna was finishing the last preparations when Sonya appeared in the kitchen.
“New salad, I hope it’s delicious,” the girl put the salad bowl on the table, which she had been working on for several hours.
- Oh, Sonechka, of course, I don’t even doubt it, bring it straight to the living room.
In the living room, Pavel and Arkady Sergeevich were sorting out pyrotechnics.
“Look, Sonya, there’s so much,” Pavel exclaimed boyishly. Sonya smiled.
Senya and Dasha rushed over half an hour before the new year.
“I’ve prepared a piece of paper and a pen,” Dasha whispered to Sonya.
- And you’re going there too?
- What are you talking about, one of our girls wished for a car like that last New Year.
- AND?
“I found a guy with a car, I mean, they started living together and he bought it for her.”
“Well, if it’s a car,” Sonya opened her purse, but couldn’t find a pen or paper.
- Well, I took care of you too.
The girls could barely wait until the image of the Kremlin chimes appeared on the screen.
-What are they doing? – Arkady Sergeevich asked when Sonya and Dasha quickly wrote something on paper, and then brought the lighter to the small pieces of paper.
“They make a wish,” Zoya Viktorovna smiled, “I once made a wish for you like that.”
“Pour it quickly,” Dasha shouted, “we won’t have time.”
...Nine, ten... - Sonya drank in huge sips, the bubbles tickled her nose, but she made it, everything will definitely come true!
“Oh, it came true,” Dasha whispered, taking something out of her mouth. She twirled the ring in her hand, and then threw herself on the neck of the confused Senka. - Yes, yes, yes, I agree, I will marry you.
The others looked at each other in silence, only Sonya lowered her head low to hold back her tears.
“Help me, son, with the hot food,” Zoya Viktorovna took Pavel into the kitchen.
“Mom, I don’t know what to do, I couldn’t mix up the glasses, I don’t understand how Dasha ended up with the ring and not Sonya.” And what should Senka do now, not tell the girl that the ring was intended for someone else?
“And Senka was even happy,” his brother appeared on the threshold of the kitchen. - Well, Dasha and I have known each other for a long time and still dreamed of getting married, we’ll just do it a little earlier, we’ll have two weddings at once, right, brother?
“Wait,” the mother left the room and returned with a small box. “This is my great-grandmother’s ring, a family heirloom, I thought I’d give it to my daughter-in-law myself, but it will be better if you give it.” Just try to do it later, when you are alone. — Zoya Viktorovna handed the box to Pavel.
- Thank you, mom, I understand everything.
Throughout the holiday, Sonya could barely restrain herself from bursting into tears; she congratulated Dasha, but almost did not participate in the discussion of their future wedding; neither fireworks nor slides pleased her.
“Let’s go home,” Pavel whispered as they once again rolled down.
“Let's go,” she agreed.
At home, she locked herself in her soul for a long time; she could finally give free rein to her tears. What to do now, where to go, what to do? No, she’ll think about everything tomorrow, she’s too tired today. Pasha was in no hurry to change clothes.
“I’m going to bed,” the girl said tiredly and dived under the blanket.
- And nothing bothers you? I remember that in the famous fairy tale, the princess was bothered by a small pea under many feather beds. Please look under the pillow.
Sonya extended her hand and came across a small box.
- What is this for me?
“Are there other girls here to whom I propose to become my wife?” This is a family jewel, and I really want you to wear this ring rightfully,” Pavel smiled. - Marry me…
- But what about... But by the way...
- So do you agree?
- Yes.
The advantages of such a wedding
I consider the first and main advantage of such a wedding to be saving money for both couples. This is very helpful when “finances sing romances”, but you want to get married!
We got 15,000 rubles per couple. But we didn’t have a banquet hall, we prepared everything ourselves (again, many thanks to our relatives!), and we didn’t invite a host.
Therefore, if you are planning to have a banquet in a restaurant and pay for the services of a professional toastmaster, then dividing the cost of the wedding into two couples may not save you.
The second positive point is the opportunity to share the emotions of the holiday with friends who were the same central figures. It was nice to share such an important event with nice people, especially considering that there were four of us on our honeymoon.
And finally, a moment of originality! Few people had a wedding for two couples. Such a holiday will definitely remain in your memory for a lifetime.
The plot of the series “The Second Wedding”
The basis for the creation of the popular Indian series is the famous Azerbaijani poem called “Leyla and Majnun”. She talks about the sad fate of two young people in love who did not become husband and wife. In the series “The Second Wedding,” the actors and the roles they played sincerely and reliably showed a modern story of a similar love.
Second Wedding revolves around the lives of Yash and Aarti. Yash and Arpite were a wonderful young married couple. They raised two daughters. However, the wife died, and the husband remained a widower with two daughters. The deeply unhappy Yash could not imagine another representative of the fair sex next to him. Artie is a divorced woman who lives with her ex-husband's parents. After he left for another lady, they stopped calling him their son and gave their parental love to their daughter-in-law Arti and grandson Ancha.
The relatives of these two young but deeply unhappy people decide that they should get married. In order to raise three children, Yash and Arti start a family. However, each of them understands that we are not talking about mutual love. This union can be considered a “marriage of convenience.” And they created it only so that girls and boys could grow up in a full-fledged family. Will Yash and Aarti be able to soothe their heartbreaks? Wouldn't starting this family be an even bigger mistake? In the series “The Second Wedding,” the actors very reliably showed their characters and revealed the fates of their heroes.
Disadvantages of such a wedding
I didn’t find any major downsides to a double wedding. The only inconvenience I consider is the need to coordinate every little detail between the couples: from the color of the tablecloths to the number of balls. For us, the stumbling block was music. Still, different musical tastes are scary!))
Editorial opinion
Ilya Tarasov
Chief Editor
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