Teeny Elopement for Family

Many people on this platform have shared similar stories.

Long story short we did that last year due to health problems with my mother-in-law. We planned a small church ceremony for immediate family only then out to dinner at our favorite restaurant. We're still planning a larger celebration for next year, postponed from this year due to COVID. People on here will tell you that you can't have two weddings. Don't listen to them. Life happens and we need to do what we need to. It won't take anything away from your big day.

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Thanks, Sharon!

Yup! We just had our minimony on our original anniversary date (October 6th) and only our closest family and friends were in attendance.


We will be having our big celebration in March and that is where everyone will be invited!

My grandma said the same thing! The original plan was to get married in April, and here we are now in October and here she is! She declined and we had planned to travel to her and a few other important people who declined (for one reason or another) after our day. I did want her to be apart of the planning so we went wedding dress shopping the summer before (I flew 600 miles to be there and flew my mom and sister even further so we could all be together) and that was nice. At the dinner after she said she was so happy to see me in my dress because she would likely be dead for the wedding. My bridesmaids were shocked she said it at dinner! She has also being speaking this way for 10 years...I think if you want to do a smaller ceremony for her that is great! It is your day and you can do it however you want and with whoever you want even if it means doing it twice!

A little different, but my cousin got married because my grandma was very sick and "didn't want to die without seeing one of her grandchildren get married" - such a grandma thing. My cousin and her partner were together for 10 years and never really cared for marriage but this pushed them to do so, and they're happy they did (10 years later). I know she's happy that my grandparents were there, and I am too, it's the last celebration we all had together.