vintagecushion
Shiny_Rock
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First post here. Hi everyone
I''m not sure if this post belongs in the brides section. I was hoping to get some perspectives from people who''ve already eloped and had a positive (or negative, though positive would be good!) experience.
Background: After thinking long and hard, my fiance and I have decided that we want to elope. There are so many reasons for this, but the main one is that we are so busy! This is the first vacation we''ve had in years and originally the plan was to settle on a wedding date and to make arrangements but we''re realizing that after another tough year (both in school in demanding programs among other things) we''d be looking at taking minimum time off, getting married, and recovering from the stress of the ceremony before plunging right back into our crazy schedules.
Of course, an elopement was always the most appealing option. A week or two in one of our favorite places in the world? Sign me up. Avoiding family stress? Ditto. Finally getting married which was all we wanted in the first place? Sounds great! But we don''t want hurt feelings. So my question is, does eloping = alienating family and friends? Our friends are supportive but I can''t guess how our families will react.
I''m not sure if this post belongs in the brides section. I was hoping to get some perspectives from people who''ve already eloped and had a positive (or negative, though positive would be good!) experience.
Background: After thinking long and hard, my fiance and I have decided that we want to elope. There are so many reasons for this, but the main one is that we are so busy! This is the first vacation we''ve had in years and originally the plan was to settle on a wedding date and to make arrangements but we''re realizing that after another tough year (both in school in demanding programs among other things) we''d be looking at taking minimum time off, getting married, and recovering from the stress of the ceremony before plunging right back into our crazy schedules.
Of course, an elopement was always the most appealing option. A week or two in one of our favorite places in the world? Sign me up. Avoiding family stress? Ditto. Finally getting married which was all we wanted in the first place? Sounds great! But we don''t want hurt feelings. So my question is, does eloping = alienating family and friends? Our friends are supportive but I can''t guess how our families will react.
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