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‘ We wanted it to be about just us’
Clare Swatman, 44, is an author and lives in Berkhamsted, with her husband, Tom, 45, and their two children.
When Tom and I met at university, marriage was the last thing on our minds. But after seven years, I was keen to make things official. The trouble was, he wasn’t. We’d already bought a flat, but the marriage talk caused lots of rows and we almost split up because of it.
Then, one day, Tom realised that, actually, it wasn’t being married that worried him, but the wedding itself. He hates being the centre of attention, and had assumed I wanted a big wedding. But I really didn’t – I just wanted to be with him.
We had a…