Your Yorkshire Wedding - Jan/Feb 2018 (Issue 28)

SOCIAL CHIC Through a survey of 837 brides, onbuy.com uncovered the influence of social media channels on weddings; ♥ A whopping 78 per cent of couples announce their engagement on social media within 24 hours. ♥ Up to 67 per cent of brides-to-be use Pinterest and have a wedding board before they’re even engaged. ♥ 42 per cent planning a wedding claim that looking at other social media wedding posts makes them feel anxious about their own big day. ♥ It has been reported that 90 per cent of those who got married in 2017 were millennials. ♥ A massive 900 million wedding-inspired pins are saved each year on Pinterest. Do you have fab news to share? Get in touch @CountyWeddings Annie Cannock brings you the latest news and products from around the country A dream is a wish ccor ing to a poll of 1,000 brides-to-be by jewellers Beaverbrooks (beaverbrooks.co.uk) , almost half of British women admit they were left disappointed with the way their partner popped the question. Almost 23 per cent were left red faced from an over the top gesture, including flash mobs, lavish gifts and public displays of affection. According to the stats a quarter of men have asked the most important question of their lives without having bought a ring. A traditional 31 per cent of women polled wished their other half had got down on one knee to pop the question, while one in ten expected them to ask for their father’s permission. A more diplomatic 12 per cent said they initially turned their nose up at their husband’s choice of a ring but have grown to love it over the years. DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY In a survey of 1,000 people, Dancewear Central found the nation’s favourite first dance song was Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You with 22 per cent of the vote, followed by British-born Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud chosen by 17 per cent. And in third with 16 per cent was Dirty Dancing ’s Time of My Life. “For many couples, the first dance at a wedding can be a really nerve-wracking experience, injecting personality or humour through a choreographed dance is one way to ensure they’ll make a lasting impression and rehearsing their steps will help ease their jitters,” says the company’s marketing manager Faye Nash. For more information, visit the website dancewearcentral.co.uk Hey, big spender New research from short-term lender Ferratum has found that couples in England and Wales will have spent an incredible £6.8billion on weddings in 2017. Ferratum predicts that weddings from July to September alone will cost £3.3billion in total this year. Many couples can’t afford these high budgets, and the research also reveals that one in four couples are borrowing to fund their big day, with an incredible £958million due to be borrowed this year in order to meet their costs. For more information, visit ferratumgroup.com I DO, I DO, I DO Brits appear to be abandoning traditional notions of weddings as more than a third of those who’ve received an engagement or wedding ring admit they’d have preferred to receive an alternative, according to research by jewellery insurer Protect Your Bubble, (protectyourbubble.com ). The top alternatives named were signet rings with 22 per cent of the vote, a tenth would have chosen a necklace, and some even a bracelet or watch. Some Brits confessed to preferring a pen, holiday or even a home improvement instead of a traditional ring. In a further shift from convention, just four in 10 proposed with an engagement ring they’d picked themselves; however, only 56 per cent of the recipients said they loved it! 14