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Carol Knight Humanist Celebrant, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow (2026)

30/08/2026

35years ago today we got married after meeting only a few months before. When you know, you know ❤️

29/08/2026

Nola & Matthew’s story began about 20years ago, (not that either of them were very clear on that) and as to where it all began?, they weren’t entirely sure of that either...

M. The short(ish) version is that we first met when we were in our early 20s being in the same social circles. First time would’ve either been at The Cathouse, or a flat party in Kelvingrove Street. We had a few evenings of drunken kisses and cringey follow up Facebook messages the next day, but eventually we both went our separate ways. Nola went to Australia, and I was working in Poland, Shetland, Tunisia and Aberdeen.

N. We properly started chatting when he commented on a photo I posted in 2022, in these chats he said he wanted to do more yoga and so he booked one of my classes.

M. The aim was to improve my flexibility, and of course to try and get closer to her. I hung around nervously at the end and offered her a lift home. It was winter and I knew she lived a good distance away, thankfully she accepted!

First impressions?

N. His yoga skills were actually pretty impressive, but I couldn’t believe how good looking he had become over the years. I definitely started wearing more make up and the tightest leggings to teach those Friday night classes.

M. VERY first impressions I remember thinking she was hot and just way too cool for me! After reconnecting and getting to know her better, first impressions again were how hot she was, but also she had such a calming presence and a voice I just fell in love with straight away.

N. We recently went through our Facebook messages to each other for the past 20 years and realised I stood Mash up a couple times while he waited on me outside nightclubs in Glasgow. If only id known…….

M. We got on really well, things hit off immediately, so I asked if she wanted to go on a date. Nola had plans to go to Barcelona with her sister, so we booked it for a few weeks’ time.
Then she came back early and messaged me on Facebook to say her phone had been stolen, so I asked if she wanted to go out the following night as I couldn’t wait, and she said yes. We spent the night chatting in ‘Curious Liquids’, I walked her home, and we had a wee kiss. I then wanted to spend all my free time with her after that, and we pretty much did! Every time I was home we’d hang out with each other 90% of the time and I became a regular at her yoga class making sure I was always right up the front next to her mat!

N. We went a bunch of holidays, currently renovating our first place together, got our fur baby Vinny and planned some more adventures.

Their day was like no other, flower boys starred it all off and it’s certainly a first for me to have a tattoo studio set up for guests to get inked after the ceremony… and in case you were wondering, I politely declined! 😂

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Morrison, I had an absolute blast! ❤️

22/08/2026

Let me take you all back to a newly post-Covid world, where singletons had little or no chance of meeting anyone, other than online. So Jane & Stephen’s story began with the swipe of a finger...on dating app Hinge

J. We were chatting online for quite a while but there was no sign of Stephen asking me out on an actual date, so I had to give him a nudge.

S. Even through a screen, Jane immediately caught my attention with her personality, her sense of fun, and her photos. After chatting for a while, we arranged to meet for a coffee after work at Browns on 9th December 2021.

J. I arrived early but he was about 10 minutes late. He let me know he was on his way so I didn’t panic I was going to be stood up but knowing him much better now, he absolutely hates to be late for anything so I know how stressed he must have been about it!

First impressions?

S. I'd barely stepped through the door when I spotted her sitting near the bar. She looked absolutely stunning, immaculately dressed and, to my great relief, exactly as her profile pictures had promised. Going over to say hello, I found myself immediately drawn to her gorgeous blue eyes and her really cute smile. And then she spoke. An Irish accent, completely unexpected, and a very welcome surprise.

J. I thought he looked really handsome! I really wasn’t sure what to expect as his pictures on Hinge clearly ranged some years and he looked like a different person in each of them. I was very pleasantly surprised when he arrived. I don’t remember there being any awkward moments and he just seemed so lovely!

S. From the moment we sat down together, the conversation flowed naturally and easily. We talked for hours, right up until the staff were closing up around us, and yet somehow it felt as though the evening had gone by in an instant

J. The date went really well, I thought he seemed like a lovely, genuine and very good looking guy and I was really hoping he would want to see me again! He didn’t keep me guessing and texted the next day to say he had a great time too

S. After we finally said our goodbyes, I couldn't stop thinking about her. I knew straight away that I needed to do everything in my power to make sure there was a second date. A week or so later, we went out for dinner and then headed back to Browns for a few drinks afterwards. Again, it flew past in an instant and couldn’t wait to see her again.

J. Shortly after that I went home to Ireland for Christmas and while I was there, I got Covid and spent 10 days locked in my sister’s spare bedroom isolating. I was worried things would fizzle out with me being gone for so long, but Stephen texted or called me very day and came up with games to keep me entertained while I was ill. That was when I really knew that I’d found a good one and I couldn’t wait to get back to Scotland to see him!

S. I remember joking to myself that this was a very elaborate excuse not to see me again!. We spent those days on long phone calls, with me trying my best to cheer her up and come up with ways to pass the time together. At one point we were even playing Eye Spy using the only window she had access to in the room.

J. Once I got back from Ireland we were pretty much inseparable. We spent lots of time together. I’m not exactly sure when he moved into my flat. He did a bit of a ‘stealth move-in’ and just started bringing over more stuff and going home less!

S. Every date felt easy and natural as we got to know each other more and more. Over time, staying over for one night slowly turned into two nights, then bringing enough clothes to last a few days. Eventually I would say that I needed to head home to get clean clothes, only for her to tell me to just wash them there and stay longer. Somewhere along the way, that gradually turned into me moving in completely.

J. Unluckily for him I’d bought my flat the year before and it was a total reno project. I had discovered a new passion for DIY and was building up an impressive tool collection and Stephen was dragged into the thick of it as my (semi-reluctant) assistant. Over the next two years we renovated every inch of that flat. There were moments when I thought he might leave me including when I insisted that wallpapering the ceiling in the hall would look fab (turns out it’s much trickier than I imagined) and when I convinced him that fitting a new kitchen really couldn’t be that hard and we could probably just do it ourselves…Turns out that couples who reno together stay together!

S. We completed the work together and it looked absolutely fantastic. It had only been finished for three or four months before we both realised that what we really wanted next was a home together. So the flat went up for sale and the house hunt began.

J. After a couple of years we bought our first home together in Cambuslang! Much to my disappointment at the time, Stephen was not up for another renovation project (I can’t imagine why??) but it turns out he was right and we’ve had the time to discover some new hobbies instead including gardening (he takes his lawn care VERY seriously), making sourdough every week and starting a fitness/weightlifting journey together. I haven’t completely hung up my DIY gloves though and have designs on wallpapering another ceiling after the wedding…lucky him!

They chose The Director’s Room at the Merchant’s House in George Sq for their ceremony, a small intimate yet grand room right in the heart of Glasgow and a first for me. Jane just casually walked round from her hotel and afterwards, together with their guests, we all walked to the city chambers for the perfect photos. Congratulations Mr & Mrs Gallacher ❤️

16/08/2026

Bev & Louise’s story began back in 2016, in probably the more unlikely of settings, a psychiatric hospital …

L. I was a newly qualified mental health nurse in a forensic psychiatric ward and she already worked there.

B. We were on opposite sides of the shift so didn't really work together initially, but in January 2017, a series of unfortunate and bizarre work events (even by psychiatric ward standards) brought us together.

L. It was an emergency situation, where we broke up a fight and found out afterwards that one of the patients had a weapon!

B. It turned out to be fortunate for us, as it meant we began to work more shifts together and started to become friendly, socialising out with work.

L. The following week there was another scary, emergency at work that I was involved in and Bev wasn’t, but she was the one I wanted to speak to about it afterwards, so I messaged her after I got home. From then on, we have been pretty much inseparable but initially as friends.

First impressions?

B. I thought she was cute and I kidded on I was into the TV show Love Island to have some initial chat in common.....(I was never into Love Island) Louise was definitely my type, long dark hair, great sense of humour, cute smile and she did this amazing impression of a butterfly that was hilarious, however there was the small issue of not knowing if she was gay.

L. I remember thinking that she was someone who absolutely had their life together and knew what they were doing, whereas I absolutely did not! She made me laugh and put me at ease at work.

B. There was definitely some low key flirting though during trips to the movies and work team building days, in particular our day out climbing Goatfell.

L. I remember being excited to be with Bev all day and we had such a good time, it felt like something more than friends at this point, but nothing had been said out loud.

B. A few of us then decided to do the charity colour run, essentially running 5 kilometres getting paint thrown at you for a good cause and then get dinner and drinks after it. Everybody dispersed apart from Louise and I and we ended up in the solid rock café chatting and laughing. That’s when we had our first kiss still in our gym gear and covered in paint.

L. Before we knew it, everyone else had gone and it was just me and her; the alcohol was likely all it took to tip the friendship over into something more!

B. The next day I wrote her a long text about what a great time I'd had and how much I liked her; I sent it and…… heard nothing back......for a few days. She most definitely left me hanging however after she'd had time to think she knew it was the right move. Things moved pretty fast after that I’m sure we said we loved one another within a few weeks.

L. Initially we kept it a secret from pretty much everyone because we worked together and knew one of us would have to move to a different ward if it became common knowledge. I don’t think either of us were the best at hiding it though… we both individually told people and pretended we hadn’t!

B. Then one nightshift, a colleague, whom Louise sometimes drove home, asked for a lift but Louise was coming to mine, so she said she couldn’t as she had a doctor’s appointment…….on a Sunday. I don’t know how we managed to keep it under wraps for so long with that kind of chat.

L. We eventually told everyone in September 2017, roughly a year after we met, and I moved in with her. She had a cat called Misty, I think early in the relationship I’d pretended to like cats because that’s what you do when you’re trying to impress someone, but I was in fact not a great fan of cats at all! I loved that time, if we weren’t working we’d spend time going to gigs, on city breaks, trips to the cinema or watching horror films at home. I remember we’d discussed having kids pretty early on in the relationship, it was something that I wanted and luckily Bev felt the same.

B. Our relationship is easy and fun. Our lives are full with work and children and children’s multitude of activities that we facilitate but we always find the humour. Even when we are having a grump at one another we usually turn it round pretty quickly.

L. We are similar in ways that count but different in ways that complement each other. We share the same morals and the same views about the world and how people should be treated. We make each other laugh and have a similar sense of humour. We have fun together and genuinely enjoy being in each other’s company

Their day was just perfect, the sun shone, and their faces just said it all, pure joy. Congratulations Mrs & Mrs Blackhall-Stirling ❤️

08/08/2026

Weirdly Amie & Si have Jeff Bezos to thanks for meeting, because their story began back in 2015 at the offices of Amazon.

S. I was a Customer Returns Area Manager and Amie joined in June as a Graduate Area Manager. I was paired up with her as her ‘onboarding buddy’ to help support her as she got up to speed.

A. For my first peak period, Si spent peak in Inbound and then was drafted in to help in Reverse Logistics were we worked together as peers in Customer Returns.

S. We worked long shifts (10+ hours) so spent a lot of time together.

First impressions?

A. I thought he was one of the most confident, straight talking, yet genuinely funny people I had ever met. You could hear him coming before you could see him. He was a stickler for the rules, took real pride in his work, and genuinely cared about people. I was glad to be working alongside him and keen to learn from him, but it never once crossed my mind that we would be anything more than colleagues.

S. It is so unbelievably cliche but from the first time I met Amie I was drawn to her. I couldn’t explain it, but I was infatuated. She had the most beautiful eyes, smile and laugh. She was fascinating, she had so much energy, she was meticulously professional which I loved and was fiercely impressive. I’d never met anyone like her.

A. After being the hero who was dropped in to help with ReLo peak, Si returned to Inbound.

(is it just me or does anybody else not understand a word of this jargon??)

A. As a new manager navigating the world of logistics, he would step in now and again with kind and much needed words of advice. In those moments, we started to build a bond over our shared dedication to hard work and a slightly dry sense of humour.

S. We each moved around various roles and departments so only actually worked directly together for a few months, but Amie and I remained friends and we spoke a lot. Our work can be pretty intense, especially when you’re new and even more so if you’re very driven, so we’d often chat at the end of a tough day and talk each other down from the walls and decompress before we went home.

A. That bond grew until Si made his move, and immediately the relationship just felt like home. I had this overwhelming feeling of “it’s too good to be true” and, naturally, tried to run before I could get hurt. Si was pretty persistent, and I am now very glad he was.

S. There’s a song called ‘Geraldine’ by Glasvegas that we’d often reference as Amie would say that I ‘talked her back from the edge’ after a particularly challenging time in her early career when she was questioning whether the job was for her or not, she often seemed to do the same for me too. To this day we describe it as ‘river rapids’, where we’re on a journey together with different highs and lows on this exciting ride Over time we grew closer, I really trusted her she brought the best out of me both professionally and personally, and I looked forward to chatting to her, she made me feel invincible and made me want to be a better person.

We worked together for a good year or so before she asked me (I’m sure it was her who asked me) to go for a drink at Bar Soba in Edinburgh one day after work. The Christmas market stuff had just gone up, and we thought it would be fun to take a walk about after a drink at the bar. It was here she introduced me to my first pint of Blue Lagoon, with a slice of orange and we spent the next 4 or 5 hours getting to know each other. By this point it was almost 11pm and we both had work the next day so went our separate ways without seeing the Christmas lights which were off by the time we left!

More dates followed. We played pool, we danced, we walked up hills, we went to gigs like Gerry Cinnamon, Van Morrison, Tom Walker, TRNSMT Festival had long weekends in Madrid and fell in love.

A. I had my own flat in Larbert and, after a family holiday to the Isle of Arran, Si simply decided he wasn’t going home anymore. After a few weeks, I had to ask if that was him officially moved in, as it was probably something we should discuss and maybe let Biff know.

S. In May 2019 we bought our house together in Larbert, where we still stay and 4 years later brought home Cecil the best poodle in the world..

What a gorgeous couple! Amie looked like a porcelain doll and Si and his Beat Man and groomsmen were so smart with their crystal rose lapel pins. They couldn’t stop smiling all day, and their guests were so much fun it made my job an absolute pleasure

Congratulations Mr & Mrs McMahon ❤️

02/08/2026

To tell Jane & Steve’s story, we need to go back a few decades to the days of bad skin and bad hair, all the traits that come with being 15years old..
Steve was from Eaglesham, while Jane lived in the Mearns but they had many friends in common, and as they got older their social circles began to overlap. There were no dating apps or social media back then, no, this was old school where people looked, watched and possibly wondered whether anything might happen. Suffice to say nothing did.
Then, in 1986, after sixth year finished, Steve moved to Liverpool to start work, and life took them both in different directions. But that was far from the end of their story, although neither of them knew it at the time.
Fast forward to 2007. Steve is back in Scotland, working in Dumbarton, when he’s doing his weekly shop in ASDA and couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted her sitting in her car in the car park there. They got talking, and she gave him her number. Frustratingly, he then waited ten days before calling her. Some might see that as playing it cool, others would say it nearly ruined everything before it had even started. Thankfully, she still answered. They arranged a date, and so it began.

First impressions?
They said “Because we had known of each other since we were teenagers, it didn’t feel like meeting a complete stranger. It felt familiar, but different — as if we were picking up a thread that had been left hanging years before. There was an ease between us very quickly. No great awkwardness, no big performance, no dramatic film moment. Just conversation, laughter, familiarity and a sense that something which had not quite happened all those years ago might finally have a chance”
He thought she was warm, funny, confident and very easy to be with. She thought he was still the same Steve she’d remembered all those years ago — possibly a little more grown up, and at least sensible enough to eventually make that phone call.
Things moved quickly after that, once they began seeing each other, it all felt very natural. More dates followed, then more time together, and before long it became obvious that this was not just a casual reconnection.
Quickly they sold their houses, bought a place together… and found themselves in their 40s living back with their parents for a while … nightmare. They built a life together, supported each other through changes in work, family life, good times, difficult times, ordinary days and big moments. Over the years, they became each other’s constant — the person to come home to, the person to laugh with, the person to face things with, and the person who knows the full story without everything needing to be explained. They told me, “Our relationship has not really been built on grand gestures. It has been built on shared history, humour, loyalty, resilience, family, friendship and the daily choice to keep going through life together”

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Williamson ❤️

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