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limegrnxj posted:Anybody have any intersting second wedding stories or advice? My uncle is currently in his second marriage and it went just great. Rather than do the big ole church wedding again (he's not religious but our family is Catholic, she's Jewish, it would have been a problem anyways) they had a civil service in one of those 'five minute wedding' places in Vegas. It was cheap, it was REALLY fun (we stayed in Circus Circus because there were gonna be a whole bunch of kids along) and ten years later they're still married, which is twice as long as his first marriage to the crazy bitch lasted. I adore my aunt, and everything is generally pretty awesome. the one problem they had (that I can remember, I was like 9 at the time) is certain members of both families were comparing both the ceremony and the spouse to the previous ones, occasionally unfavorably. If that happens, don't pay it any mind; this is YOUR wedding, not the ex's. Don't feel like you have to live up to whatever standard the previous wedding set. Do as you please, and if the gossips don't like it, well, gently caress 'em.
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limegrnxj posted:This is what I'm afraid of I think. All my nosy rear end, gossipy relatives, showing up, pretending to be nice, and then being all catty behind my back. But I guess I'll have to (wo)man up and deal with it. I also come from a family where I'm only like the second person in most of the entire extended family to get divorced. I guess I'm just afraid of being judged. But, as my fiancee points out, it's not about me, it's about giving people a chance to congratulate us. I think we will wind up doing something very similar to what littlecat posted. I wouldn't neccessarily say it's not about you at all. It's your wedding, it's the ceremony in which you are joining with your fiancee in a million different ways and trying to cement your relationship for good. It doesn't always work out that way and it's unfortunate that circumstances led to you not staying in your first marriage, but that's ok. Good luck anyways, sounds like you guys are gonna have a lot of fun. I'm only 19 so I'm nowhere near being married yet, so I have to sit and listen to everyone else talk about their marriages and dream. Speaking of age, my grandparents just celebrated their 70th anniversary (they're 86 and 89). 
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Eventually. We haven't even picked a month yet. Or a season really. lol. No rush.
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ElanoreMcMantis posted:People think you have to be tacky to get married in Vegas, but some of the hotels are amazingly reasonably priced for what they offer, it takes soooooo much stress away from it, and there is something for everyone there. This is pretty much what my uncle and his second wife did, and we had SO MUCH FUN. I was about nine so I don't remember much except the Circusdome at Circus Circus and all the fun stuff we did before/after, but iirc it was something like 40 people there and they managed to get everyone a room for some ridiculous price. I'm seriously considering Vegas when I get married later on. E: Gravitee posted:I had a classical guitarist perform during the ceremony and cocktail hour. My parents had a classical guitarist too, and their processional was a gorgeous arrangement of Wachet Auf. Imagine that on a guitar instead of a trumpet and you've got the idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8czdx_AOM&feature=related there it is on guitar. It rocks. Santclair fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Feb 27, 2009 |
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