So I Think I'm Weird (Shocker, huh?)

[Maleficent13]

I swear I break out in hives if someone says the word centerpiece.

 

[scrump]

Count me in. City Hall would've been my dream wedding, but DH didn't want it.

I don't get weddings, either. My only regret is that I didn't do City Hall.

 

[NMAmy]

Well, you know me, Mal. We WERE separated at birth, after all, and I've turned my girl card in long ago.

I hated my first wedding. All the hoopla and planning stressed me out--I was certainly never RAPT about anything. I let my sisters choose their bridesmaids dresses--my only requirement was that they be red. I got married 4 days before Christmas so I wouldn't have to decorate the church!

Second wedding--DH and I got married at the JP. Just me, him, dd, and a friend who is a judge. We did have a vow renewal this summer--mainly just to have a family get together. I have a friend who is a minister--he did the ceremony in our sunroom--the only guests were dd, my mom, my sister, my nephew and his wife, my niece and her husband and kids, and my mom's cousin. Then we had an open house at our home. It was a blast! I had a friend cater the food so I wouldn't have to worry about it--decorations were minimal. Certainly no centerpieces!

Nah, you're not weird. In fact, I think you're pretty normal.

 

[mickeyfan1]

When DH and I decided to get married, we knew we didn't want any of the big to do. So we went to the Clerk of the Court in MD and did the deed on a Friday morning. No witnesses, just us. THen we went to the Hotel Roanoke for a night and Blackwater Falls State Park for the next nigt. Came home on Sunday and told everyone. IT's been almost 30 years. I have never even tried on a wedding fress. I think my DS and his GF will have some kind of a wedding, but she and her mother can take care of all the details, we will just show up.

Everyone has their own ideas of what is right and what they have to do. Not everyone is an eloper, nor is everyone a big wedding planner. To each thier own.

 

[Shugardrawers]

Oh I LOVE a beautiful wedding but I don't get why some people spend $50k on them. I suppose if you have millions it's fine to spend in keeping with what you can afford but why go into debt? I managed a lovely wedding on around $1k and it was fine. It was all we could afford. When all was said and done we were just as married as a friend of mine who spent $65k on hers. In fact more so because we are still married and I still view my wedding day as the most wonderful thing ever to happen to me rather than the worst mistake of my life.

I'd make a great wedding planner because I loved picking out dresses and flowers and cakes and stuff. But then I'd have to work EVERY weekend and that would suck. If you want to get married on a Weds I'm your woman!

 

[TinkerBess_SnowTori]

I understand so completely -- sorry mom if you read this

My DH and I got married in Vegas -- loved it -- it was nice - he cried/I cried we loved our wedding

But because everyone said we would be sorry we didn't have a "real" wedding we had a vow renewal ceremony with family and friends 6 months later - on the coldest day of the year - I didn't like my dress (why didn't someone talk me out of that) and it was okay - but I look back and think -- we should have just had a nice reception.

 

[princess pooh]

I think my wedding turned out beautifully but it certainly wasn't because of my careful planning. My mom and DH love planning parties so I let them do most of the work. Whatever they didn't do, I paid someone to handle it. I didn't sweat the details because I had a great florist and coordinator to do it for me. The only real planning stress came from my MIL because she was worried about what other people would think (in her mind we were the only wedding EVER that didn't have a head table!).

I didn't think I was a wedding person and I was happy just living together, but I don't regret a thing!

 

[Sleepy]

My second wedding: I called the JOP, set up a time, showed up with $40 and said the vows.

This is how I got married. First and only.

ETA: The night before we sat in our apt and remembered we would need wedding rings, so we ran out and bought them. We really did have a traditional wedding planned but decided to just axe the plans and get married without the stress and expense.