Ronit Quayle, Humanist Celebrant

14/06/2026

Love letters should be private.

Although Z + F said 'I do' in front of their guests, they also wrote each other a love letter. I think they included promises. I think they talked about what life as wife and wife would be like. But I don't know. Because I didn't see them. Because you shouldn't read somebody else's love letter.

This was after we all sang together, did handfasting and they got their pals to make them an espresso martini to drink from the quaich. But before everyone got fired into the table of homemade cakes.

What a special day. A room filled with love, with walls covered in hand-painted flowers. Two people who adore each other who have the sort of love I thought you only read about in books.

Scottish wedding | LGBTQ wedding | non binary wedding | wedding vows | relaxed wedding | funny ceremony | q***r love

07/06/2026

Traditions are great. But we can do better than that.

Tea is such a big part of life for yesterday's brides. So, their first act of marriage was to present their wife with a new mug and a new teapot and make her a cup of tea.

Love is a verb because it's a 'doing word'. Making your partner a cup of tea is a small thing but it's a daily act of love.

Yesterday's couple started married life as they meant to go on and it was the best.

Two brides | LGBTQ wedding | Scotland wedding | Scottish elopement | Humanist wedding | Humanist celebrant

10/05/2026

Is it boring to marry the girl you fancied when you were a wee boy?

No. It's amazing. (Assuming she is amazing, like Fergus' first crush was and is)

Telling their love story was the definition of cutting a long story short:

"In the two decades between thinking “Oh I definitely fancy her” and “Oh I am going to propose”, you have grown up. You have seen every version of each other."

Btw if you're called Georgina but everyone calls you Gini, I don't need to use your proper Sunday name at any point during your ceremony. Even the legal bits.

That means if you're trans or non-binary or just have chosen to use another name for any reason, I can use your chosen name for the ceremony. (It will still be printed on the legal paperwork though)

Glasgow wedding | Scottish Wedding | Glasgow Uni Wedding | Humanist celebrant

08/05/2026

FLOWERS (some advice)

1. Hold your bouquet low.

Bits not t**s. Flaps not baps. P***s not b***s. Is there a less graphic way to say it that isn't 'flower to flower' because saying flower in that context gives me the heave.

2. Practice putting on button holes ahead of time. It's more of a faff than it looks.

I tagged in my last post and failed to include any of the flowers they did for that wedding. So here's a shout-out for the blooms. Lisa always does the most gorgeous flowers!

Scottish wedding | wedding flowers | wedding advice

02/05/2026

How to write your wedding vows (without AI)

There are a million different ways but this is a good starting point. You don't have to be good at writing. You don't have to use AI. You don't have to use flowery, w***y words.

You also don't need to share your vows with your guests (love private vows exchanged after the ceremony).

Thanks and for telling me to post this as a reel. It isn't polished (just a quick wisdom dump on the school run) but maybe that's as it should be - your vows don't need to be polished either. They just need to sound like you.

22/04/2026

01/04/2026

How do you want your ceremony to feel?

That's where we start.

Relaxed and a pure laugh. But not cringe. Serious enough but not stuffy. That's what they wanted. And look! That's exactly what they got.

Glasgow wedding | LGBT wedding | two brides | LGBTQ wedding | relaxed city wedding

31/01/2026

Getting ready: often the best bit of the night.

Drinks with your pals. Music. Buzzing for the evening ahead and knowing you might not top this part.

So if your bestest best friend is the woman you are about to marry then why not get ready together?

I went to see Jade and Robyn before the ceremony and it felt like all those evenings with my pals back in the day, sharing lipstick and telling each other how fab we looked.

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18/01/2026

Need help writing your vows?

Because you want to feel like this on your wedding day. But you don't know how to write vows and what actually are vows?

You don't need to do the ones that you read out. There are lots of lovely ways to do personal vows (ie not just the legal words) including sharing them privately.

But if you want this moment, where magical and personal and funny words about love just pour out? I've got you covered. With a wee bit of help, everyone can write perfect wedding vows. Perfect for the person you're marrying. That's the secret.


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03/01/2026

If we told the whole truth on socials, without trying to feed the algorithm, I would have said:

Hi, I'm Ronit 👋

I'm a humanist celebrant who technically lives in Lanarkshire (G postcode so still claiming it). I'm all about the joy - so ceremonies should be fun and stress isn't allowed. Who can be arsed with that? Also not a fan of formality/anything for the sake of it.

When I'm not creating ceremonies, I can usually be found baking in my dungarees dancing to millennial bangers. And being horrified that all the songs I know the words to came out 15 years ago.

Things I love:

- spending too long in group chats (I set one up with every couple and some still active years later)
- using sweary Scottish patter (I am fu***ng scunnered with a great many things)
- sneaking in-jokes into ceremonies
- making up traditions. Shout out to my q***r brides with wedding violets.
- recieving thank you cards (I keep them all. And every order of service for every funeral I've ever conducted which is feeling a bit creepy nine years in)
- when I have a week where I have four weddings and a funeral.
- when people say my name right. It's like R'neet/ruhneet
- silliness

For obvious reasons, my wedding couples don't give me repeat business but I think they would recommend me to a friend. Working with me is good fun. My ceremonies are good fun to be part of. I will dredge feelings from you and celebrate them and the life you've built in a way that won't be awkward. Then you'll have a party.

If that sounds like your cup of tea, give me a shout 😘

Photo credit: my husband who takes and edits so many pics I don't credit him for.

(The internet says music isn't good for a post you want people to read all the words of, but this is an 'about me' and you can't be 36 years old and not dance when this comes on)