A Ukrainian bride whose family and friends cannot make it to her wedding in Britain advertised for “decent” people to attend the ceremony in their place. She even needs a bridesmaid.
She has posted an advert online saying that only her parents can be at her wedding in London and she needs 30 people to fill her side of the church.
“I’m having a large mixed wedding of about 150 people. My partner has loads of family around to invite to the wedding,” said the ad on gumtree.com.
PHOTO: AFP
“Unfortunately for me, my family are all in Ukraine so they all can’t make it. Only my mum and dad will be there. I need 30 decent people to represent me for the church wedding and you will get free reception tickets.
“This includes free meals and dance — it could be just a time for you to let your hair down.”
The woman asks for would-be guests to send a picture of themselves and “tell me a bit about you”, adding, “PS. I also need volunteers to be bridesmaids, groomsmen and ushers.”
(AFP)
一位將在英國結婚的烏克蘭新娘，因為親友都無法出席婚禮，於是刊登廣告徵求「體面的」賓客來參加婚禮。這位新娘甚至還需要一位伴娘！
她在網路上登了一則廣告，表示只有她的父母能來倫敦參加婚禮，但她需要三十人到教堂代表女方親友團。
這則刊登在gumtree.com的廣告上寫著：「我將舉辦一場約有一百五十位賓客的大型跨國婚禮，我先生有許多親戚可以邀請。」
「可惜的是，我的家人都住在烏克蘭，所以沒辦法前來觀禮，只有我父母能出席。我需要三十位體面的賓客代表女方到教堂觀禮，出席者可獲得免費的餐宴券。」
「這包括免費餐點和舞會──大家可以趁機好好放鬆一下。」
這個新娘要求有興趣出席的賓客先把個人照片寄給她，「並簡單介紹自己，」她並補充道：「附註，我還需要自願擔任女儐相、男儐相和現場接待的人。」
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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