Posted on 09/26/2012 11:20:45 AM PDT by C19fan
When I recently called my mother to tell her that I was getting married, she was ecstatic. After all, my boyfriend, Chris, and I had been together for nearly 10 years, so he had long been part of the family. “When’s the big day?” she asked me. “In about 20 minutes!” I said, trying to sound perky instead of scared. Though we had decided to get married a few weeks prior, we told almost no one beforehand—not even our parents. And now, we were standing just outside the office of the man who would perform the ceremony.
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I love a good wedding just as I love any party with an open bar and “The Electric Slide.” But unless you are wealthy, come from a family that has never known strife, enjoy giving up an entire year of your life to planning, and can smile in the face of any possible wedding disaster (and mean it, not just for pictures), you should elope. That’s because weddings—even small-scale ones—are more pageant than sincerity.
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It is amazing to see how many regular people have the amazing ability to walk on water! it must be something special about living in a glass house. (/s)
My husband and I wed on the rim of Bryce Canyon National Park where we were both employed, 30 years ago.
The attendees included my parents, my three children, one friend, my brother, sister-in-law and my grandmother. From his side were his parents, grandmother, sisters, one cousin and their spouses.
We went to Ruby’s Inn for breakfast following our sunrise services at Fairyland point. Followed by our Las Vegas reception that was a gift.
It was inexpensive, special, it was unique, it honored our families and best of all it stuck!
The guests walked out to the grove where they had built a cairn, the minister and the groom were waiting for us there. The brides father drove both his daughters out in an old ranch Jeep lined with quilts to keep the dresses clean.
After the ceremony we walked back to the house followed by a Mariachi band and ate Mexican food under a striped tent. It doesn't get any better or much cheaper than that!
We did talk about eloping somewhere along the way when it was getting crazy, but that was never going to happen.
Our granddaughter and her husband had a modest wedding that no one will forget. It was a country-rapper wedding.
Their friend, an AA Christian rapper, sang and rapped in the service and also entertained at the reception on the lawn of the tiny Ozark church.
A good wedding doesn’t have to superficial and expensive. We did probably the bets wedding my wife ever imagined for less than $2,000, including flowers and cake. I could have easily put on the biggest show costing tens of thousands but she wanted her girlhood dream of a wedding at this hilltop church called the Cataldo Mission. Toss in a great mountain top country club reception and life was great. Her mother was dying of cancer but we held the wedding in her little town at that mission and made them both very happy. We had most of her family and much of mine there. I think a good family style wedding beats a commercial blowout any day. We look fondly at our wedding and know we didn’t miss a thing.
Thank-you for kind response and prayers for both the both of us, not only for the repose of the soul David, but also for confort for I.
Over 25 years in the high end hotel business you see some big weddings.
Nothing like Bar Mitzvah’s though! OMG! The money spentl.
10K at 4% interest for 23 years is about 26K.
Hope it was worth it.
The royal blue three piece suit tht David was dressed for his casket with my roses on off-white long dress that I had worn for his wake and funeral would have been our wedding clothes. Very simple.
Given the source of the story, I’m kinda impressed she married a dude.
Better believe it! A good time was had by all.
Nicely said. Our daughter got engaged this past March to a very fine young man (we knew before she did, as he asked for our blessing before popping the question.)
She came home from college in May and started discussing wedding plans..."we're thinking August".
August? Of this year????
Turns out their plans were for a simple private ceremony - parents, siblings, and grandparents followed by dinner at a local restaurant. No attendants....and she freaked out the people at the bridal shop by walking in a month before the wedding to choose a dress off the rack. (Lucky for her it fit like a glove - no alterations needed.)
It was marvelous, low stress, and very meaningful.....the minister, who knows both the bride and groom very well was so touched by the whole thing he blubbered through the ceremony more than I did.
One down...two to go! I am hoping this experience made an impression on my younger.daughters. MGD's only regret is that I "came to my senses" a little too late - we had the traditional Polish Catholic splash - nothing too fancy, but in retrospect, we could have done things much simpler.
Wonder if she still expects a honeymoon vacation after 10 years of living together.
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