Elopement - Sort of?

Question

Has anyone else contemplated eloping and then at a later date had a more “normal” wedding situation? I’m not talking ten to twenty years, doing a vow renewal. My situation is more like - don’t have the money right now, plans are falling apart, but still want to be married. But if we decide to elope, I still want to have an actual wedding in the relatively near future - 2 or 3 years max, 6 months minimum. I’m just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and what your solution was.

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i’m all for eloping ...
I actually don’t want a traditional wedding with bells and whistles at all. 
 I don’t even want a real wedding dress. 
I do want to have a quick quiet marriage outside in nature with no guest. 
i’m currently trying to figure out how to make this work 😓

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Hi! So I’ve been undocumented most of my life and had to wait until I was 18 to do anything about it bc my father didn’t want to sign my papers bc he was mad at my mom for cheating on him 6 years ago. But that’s a story for later. 
So my husband and I settled on January 6th 2018 for our wedding day, but since Trump took office and all these stories came about, he got worried and said he wanted to elope. I really wanted a normal wedding experience, bc all my life I’ve had to not be normal. But I said okay, as long as I’m marrying him, the extra stuff shouldn’t matter, right? We went and got a marriage license and had our Pastor marry us with his wife as our witness in their living room. And i was crying uncontrollably. Don’t listen to anyone that says you can’t have both. One of the arguments I read is that you “can’t have two weddings” and that “once you get married at the courthouse, that’s it” and that “not telling your friends and family that you’re already married is deceiving them”. There’s nothing wrong with getting legally married first and then having a ceremony later and celebrating with friends and family. I cared so much what other people thought, but after what I just went through, I would do it again the same way. Good luck!

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That’s what we’re doing! We actually had a local chaplain sign or marriage license a few weeks ago- my fiancé (technically husband!!) is in the military, and getting married sooner than later will help us out financially. But over the holidays, we went and toured 3 venues for our “official” wedding that we’re having in May of 2019! It’s a smart move, even if you’re not military.

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I will be eloping as well and just having the church and reception a year after. 
No rush just love. ❤️

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That's like exactly what I was thinking of doing!!!

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my boyfriend is going into the army so this is what we are doing 💓 we don’t have the money right now for our dream wedding so we are going to get married (because we want to and then i can go to his duty station with him) and then have a ceremony a little later on 😊 we want the courthouse wedding to be personal and just us- so kind of eloping!

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My boyfriend and I just randomly up and moved to NC from MA and only told a couple of people. He is purposing on Wednesday (he couldn’t wait and told me). We are going to go to the court house and get married, but not have an actual ceremony until much later.

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That’s what I want to do!!!
I just want to be married, you know? We can throw a party later, I just want to be his, even though money is tight right now

Elopement - Sort of?

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