Already married, but never had a wedding.

You can absolutely have a vow renewal.

Just no showers or Bach parties.

In your timeframe? Do a vow renewal, but without the showers, etc. It'll be lovely!

Your wedding was the day you got legally married. You want a party. Have a vow renewal.

You can definitely have a ceremony and reception!! It won't be a wedding ceremony but it will be a ceremony. Congratulations!

Ok then, thank you very much ladies! I really appreciate it! I was kind of scared to do something like that because I literally googled to see what people thought about a wedding or vow renewal after being married already and there was a lot of negative comments. But I just had to go on here and see what others thought about it. Definitely made me feel better with your insight compared to the ones I've read on google. Lol!

I agree that a five year vow renewal will be lovely. Also, I second that there should be no pre-wedding activities (because, honestly, you're not really a "bride" at this point).

Just for curiosity sake, did you let your family know about your wedding?

It's not something I would personally do, although I understand why you would want to.

I think when done tastefully they're fine (no shower, registry, bach parties, etc).

Yeah, I not going to do any of those stuff but just really aiming for a ceremony and reception. And yes, my family already knows all about this. I really doing this because family has asked about it in the past and my dad is currently really sick at the moment and has wanted to see either me or one of my siblings get married or well, in my case, renew my vows. It's pretty exciting and it's also been my dream to have my dad walk by me side down the aisle as well.

It sounds like you have realistic expectations. Go for it and be sure to share!

I'm sorry about your father, OP.

As LG said, you seem to have realistic expectations.

(And you have the support and the "go ahead" from the WW rud bishes.)

I think a vow renewal sounds perfect! I agree no pre-wedding activities because you're already married and that ship has sailed, but it would be a lovely way to include your families and friends this time!

Thank you again for all your positive insight on this and being supportive! I'll definitely share with you ladies on how this all goes and might need some advice later on. Thanks again and have a bless day, beautifuls!

Your wedding can be whenever you want it be. My husband and I had our wedding 6 months after we married. We just got tired of waiting on our wedding date since we set it according to a venue we wanted. We just asked my dad to marry us early. A few friends of mine have also done this for their 1 years anniversary. Hope this helps...and happy wedding planning!!

I think a vowel renewal would be great! A friend of mine did this because her fiancé was being deployed back when they originally got married and they eloped because of it. And when he got home they had a vowel renewal for all their friends and family.

I think you can do it!

You can absolutely have a vow renewal with all the bells and whistles. The negative comments you read were likely referring to other scenarios, not legitimate vow renewals which are actually seen positively on this and other sites.

Stick around and plan with us!

Go ahead girl celebrate!!!!!

I'm so happy I found this post because similarly I've read nothing, but negative feedback about. I was suppose to have my wedding renewal November 2018, but my husband deployed so now I'm planning on our wedding renewal for our 6 year mark. My husband and I got married at 19 and 20 years of age, respectively. My family was not at the courthouse, and it wasn't even like a courthouse just a clerk's office with a chipped off paint style arch (I think about to this day and how much I hated that arch lol). We told each other that after we are more established that we would do an actual wedding or wedding renewal to have our family and friends at. I feel better that it's acceptable to do so especially if you never had the opportunity to have your wedding. Of course, I have no bachelorette parties, no gifts, just a renewal and reception!

We are doing the same thing, but on May 18, 2019. Closer to my husband birthday which is May 22, 2019, we are just having a potluck.