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Elopement vs. wedding

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KM, on August 27, 2013 at 4:15 PM

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Over the past few days, I have started to think that maybe a real wedding just isn't for us. We aren't that "showey lovey" kind of couple, we can't even think of more than 50 people we would want to invite, and we have so many other financial responsibilities within the next year, I can't even wrap my head around even squeezing $10,000 out of our paychecks to get married on. My car is 11 years old, our student loans are amounting to the cost of a very nice luxury car, I need braces and wanted to get them done asap (my orthodontist can take them off for the wedding, I already checked), etc. I was thinking about the option of just eloping on the beach and having a small party after. Although I'm sure we can figure out a way to pull off a wedding, I'm just wondering if it's even worth it!

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Beginner October 2013
Miss2Mrs · on August 28, 2013 at 1:26 AM
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*won't eat
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KM · on August 28, 2013 at 8:54 AM
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Thanks everyone for the awesome advice! You guys are right...it doesn't have to be huge to be amazing. I guess I'm spending too much time comparing myself to two of my friends getting married soon...both of which are having $30,000+ weddings paid for them by their parents. Ultimately I'm going to just do the wedding...mostly for my mother. She is so excited about helping me plan and after breast cancer taking so much from her this past year, I guess I want to give her something positive to focus on and I know she realllly doesn't want me to elope, which is totally fine! Luckily we used a graduation gift "loan" to put the down payment on our house, so we're past that! But I think the wedding will be worth it....no regrets!
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KM · on August 28, 2013 at 8:54 AM
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Thanks everyone for the awesome advice! You guys are right...it doesn't have to be huge to be amazing. I guess I'm spending too much time comparing myself to two of my friends getting married soon...both of which are having $30,000+ weddings paid for them by their parents. Ultimately I'm going to just do the wedding...mostly for my mother. She is so excited about helping me plan and after breast cancer taking so much from her this past year, I guess I want to give her something positive to focus on and I know she realllly doesn't want me to elope, which is totally fine! Luckily we used a graduation gift "loan" to put the down payment on our house, so we're past that! But I think the wedding will be worth it....no regrets!
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Jasmine · on May 22, 2020 at 11:56 PM
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I am having my elopenent wedding on the forth of july at a botanical gardens. Now i planned this all myself only 6 people will be there. We are getting married under this 7 ft tall stone bridge so I ordered this round arch that i will be decorating with silk roses to go in front of the bridge. I also got a red carpet for the walkway under the bridge leading up to the arch. 4x lanterns with led candles in them to go down the aisle. Behind each lantern I will place 1x red roses filled teddy bear behind us i will have a unit sand ceremony to seal the deal. Not im not sure if i wanna do music being that its only going to be 6 people there. After the ceremony i have scheduled dinner at a waterfront restaurant nearby to end the night. Tell me what u guys think. Between the wedding elopement decorations my wedding dress shoes accesories venue photographer officiant small wedding cake hubbies suit my sons suit plus dinner im on budget at $650

Honeymoon priced at $800 for a week in florida
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