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Originally Posted by NightBookworm
Anybody have a simple wedding like at a courthouse followed by a party at a restaruant and NOT regret it?
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I had a simple wedding at a church (Catholic), followed by a party at a restaurant. I believe that there were 15 of us in total at the wedding. We walked to the church. I did have a white wedding dress, but it was very understated and not expensive (not a 'poof' dress, just a slim fitting white dress). Every time my husband and I go to a large wedding we whisper to each other "thank God we didn't have a big wedding!" We had wanted to elope but in the end thought it would be best to at least have a small dinner at a restaurant. I only regret that we didn't take more pictures.
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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
But my husband and I are introverts and our wedding reflected it. It was about us, our love, and the ten year journey that got us there.
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You pretty much described me and my husband as well. Our wedding was about our love, I really didn't see a need to make a big show of it.
There are some nice wedding traditions here that only work with a large wedding - for example, the groom has to pick up the bride at her house along with everyone from his side of the wedding party and decoy 'brides' are sent to him, and he has to turn them away until the real bride comes out. The decoy brides are usually old women with sheets on their heads or the sister of the bride, that sort of thing. A young man from the town would is also sometimes ordained as a sort of joker who entertains the rest of the wedding party. Up until fairly recently the bride would traditionally ride to church on a donkey (no, I am not making this up!). Also, sometimes a member of each house in the hamlet will set up a table with homemade grappa and prosecco, and the bride and groom have to stop at each table to drink on their way back from the church. I like that old traditions are kept up, and I like seeing things like that at other people's weddings, but I really would have rather kept on 'living in sin' with my husband rather than have a large wedding!
Oh, there is no 'giving away' of the bride - as our town priest says, a woman is not an object to 'give away', and has to walk down the aisle of her own free will. Fathers are not allowed to 'give away' their daughters here. I really like that.
We also don't get a 'now you may kiss the bride' moment at church, and the groom does see the bride in her wedding dress before the mass - there is not superstition here about seeing the bride before the wedding.
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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl
It was the best day of my life  :. Oh and we used stainless steel rings that we had bought for eachother on our first date that cost us $25 each back in 2005. No reception, just pizza at home. Honeymoon was one night in a hotel in town.
My wedding was about him and I vowing to love eachother and be together through good and bad for the rest of our lives. I would've done it in our apartments livingroom but he wanted nice pictures  . |
I love that your wedding rings were bought on your first date! It sounds like a lovely wedding. You have given me a craving for pizza now!
I've been to 2 weddings this month, and I have a third tomorrow. I really can't wait to get all of this wedding nonsense over with! The first two were large, the next is a small restaurant dinner, whew.