‘How does anyone young and stupid manage to get married?’ I kept shouting at the builder boyfriend as I pummelled the keys of my laptop to try to force the website of the registrar to give me a date.
It seems I picked the worst possible time to try to serve notice because, as anyone who has contacted a registrar lately will know, they are experiencing unprecedented demand for their services.
This dream I had of going down the local register office and getting quietly hitched with no fanfare was fading
Either there are record numbers of births or couples wanting to tie...
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