Fair enough. Not everyone likes a party
just think it’s a bit mean to constantly complain about them in public when clearly she has been to many of her pals’ weddings. And we know she loves being social so what is it about them?
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just think it’s a bit mean to constantly complain about them in public when clearly she has been to many of her pals’ weddings. And we know she loves being social so what is it about them?Funnily enough I’ve just seen a screen grab of her book on insta and it is a passage about marriage and the smugness of married couples 
Fine — I concede that not everyone likes weddings, apparently.
But I’ll eat my hat if one day she doesn’t have a big ol’ wedding in some sort of flamboyant sixties wedding dress with kooky kohl eyeliner and a brigitte bardot hairdo.
Fine — I concede that not everyone likes weddings, apparently.
But I’ll eat my hat if one day she doesn’t have a big ol’ wedding in some sort of flamboyant sixties wedding dress with kooky kohl eyeliner and a brigitte bardot hairdo.
I like a party. But its a party with a load of people you dont know and while they're a party its a very structured day, the strucutre ruins the fun.Fair enough. Not everyone likes a party
Also they are an outrageously expensive day!
I don't like them either, especially the insane amount of money some people spend, but to liken them to a funeral is awful. So what does she do, just sit there sulking in a black dress?
Yeah I love them for the fun factor but god recent ones I've been too have cost a damn fortune. And hen parties are so excessive. I like to go for the fun and to have a laugh but I would be happy with a local meal and night out for mine.
Hahaha. So true. She seems like the type that would love just her own wedding as it's all about her.
I went to a wedding held on the Isle of Wight. The couple did not live there, nor have any connection to it. We booked a B&B, plus had to get a ferry there and back with a car + petrol. It was ok, but very expensive. Stayed for two nights. Food was available for the wedding lunch and then a BBQ that evening. The couple made a wedding list asking for money towards their honeymoon. It seemed strange to me that they got married so far away from their home and not where either of them grew up.
I’d like to add ‘barefoot’ to your excellent prediction.Funnily enough I’ve just seen a screen grab of her book on insta and it is a passage about marriage and the smugness of married couples
Fine — I concede that not everyone likes weddings, apparently.
Also do you recall that ages ago when discussing Pandora’s wedding, dolly mentioned something about her dress and was being generally lovely about the wedding. They continued chatting and then pandora threw in a ‘don’t copy my dress though’ comment. It made me laugh at the time.
Pandora of course had TWO wedding dresses/convertible single one because she is so fashiony. And I'm sure they were some sort of #SponCon because the magazines did a lot of coverage. Alice Temperley I think, likely connected through her excellent circle of posh-girl chums from boarding school. The church dress was long and Tory-pleasing, the second iteration removed the detachable skirt and made it short short short for soiree.
So Dolly has to wear a mid-calf one for her theoretical future wedding?
So Dolly has to wear a mid-calf one for her theoretical future wedding?
I think she'll do a destination wedding on a beach, forcing all of her guests to fork out for flights/hotels etc
She’d be mad not to, the number of extended wedding celebrations she seems to have forked out for over the years.
I've pre-ordered Dollys book and am really looking forward to it.
I like Dollys writing and think it will be an enjoyable few hours of reading
I like Dollys writing and think it will be an enjoyable few hours of reading
Did anyone read the extract of Dolly’s book in the ST Style this weekend? I honestly thought it was awful 
everything was so overly described
everything was so overly described
I agree. Could have been twice as good with half the descriptions.Did anyone read the extract of Dolly’s book in the ST Style this weekend? I honestly thought it was awful
I think Dolly is a good writer but fiction is a whole different ballgame to articles and memoir.
Isn't it interesting though that her book has an extract printed whereas Pandora's didn't get this honour? Speaks volumes about the quality of Pandora's writing (which I think was noted by someone else upthread)
I thought the references and explanation of ‘types’ on dating apps were trying a bit too hard. This is something I notice a lot in the light-hearted fiction written by (and for) 30-something women - multiple, ultimately pointless pop culture references which date very quickly.Did anyone read the extract of Dolly’s book in the ST Style this weekend? I honestly thought it was awful
Completely agree. I really like her writing and always read it but I was so disappointed by this - as a previous commenter posted a few pages back, it really does read just like semi trashy chick lit. There was a reference to sun-kissed toffee hair or something that just made me cringe!!!
Oh I really liked the extract! The only thing I didn't agree with was just those pigeonhole descriptions - they miss out my genre of preferred men entirely i.e. the foreigners!
Thoughts on this week’s podcast?
Overall I found it quite an enjoyable easy listen - seems they have their mojo back!
The only negative point for me was the skirting around the subject of miscarriage rather than have a real discussion.
100% think they either look on here or have people sending them things we say on her.
Overall I found it quite an enjoyable easy listen - seems they have their mojo back!
The only negative point for me was the skirting around the subject of miscarriage rather than have a real discussion.
100% think they either look on here or have people sending them things we say on her.
More power to them if they’re using our comments as constructive criticism. I might even start listening to the podcast again.
I agree, maybe it’s a coincidence but the last few weeks I have found them a bit easier to listen to.
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