Rain makes people honest

Everyone panics about the forecast. The month before the wedding, the group chat is all radar screenshots and backup plans and someone’s aunt who “read that it clears up by three.”

I’ve stopped worrying about it. Some of the best films I’ve ever made were shot in the rain.

Here’s what I think happens. When the day goes exactly to plan, people perform a little. They know where to stand, they hit their marks, everyone’s holding it together. When it rains, the plan falls apart in the first hour and nobody has the energy to pretend anymore. They just get on with marrying each other. Umbrellas, ruined shoes, the whole thing.

That’s the good stuff. That’s the honest stuff. That’s what still holds up when you watch it back in twenty years, long after you’ve forgotten you were annoyed about the weather.

So if it rains on your day, don’t apologise to me. It’s a gift.