Anyone regret not having any guests at their wedding?

[MaryBoBary]

We are getting married and it will just be the two of us and our son (3). Lots of reasons for this including my parents being divorced and unable to be civil and neither of us liking to be the centre of attention. I am having a wobble that maybe I would like our immediate family there, but then I remind myself that what I'm worried I will miss, will not be the reality anyway. It will be stressful and awkward and not the lovely family celebration I picture.

Has anyone done this and then regretted their decision not to have any family/friends there? Or has anyone done this and not regretted a thing?

Loving this thread.

Me and DP are planning on eloping. We are going on holiday to The Maldives and getting married there without anyone knowing.

I’ve never wanted to have a wedding day, I just want a successful marriage. Plus, we both have very complicated dysfunctional family situations.

No regrets at all, apart from having married the knob in the first place. Hindsight is a great thing....

10 years ago, just the two of us and some people off the street as witnesses. Similar reasons to yours. No regrets whatsoever.

We had no guests, only witnesses. It was 7 years ago and I have no regrets at all! It was just how I wanted it.

Oh these stories are all so heart warming! We are planning on going bsck to our uni city where we met to get married. I'm very excited! Feels the right time now that we've been together 10 years and can afford to do it nicely, but small.