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in wanting to have a quickie private wedding?

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twinsetandpearls · 12/03/2007 09:36

I have been with dp for about 4 years and we want to get married, dp is hoping this will lead the way to me wanting to become a baby making machine, I just ant to be married.

I just don't want lots of fuss, having been married before I can't have a church wedding so to me the day will just be a formality, it is the husband I want the day is not important. I have also been married before and had an embaressingly huge wedding that ended in divorce before they year was out, I don;t want people sat at my wedding comapring it to the last or thinking here she goes again. I was hoping we could just nip to the registy office one afternoon, grab a few witnesses and getit over and done with.

I thought dp would be in agreement with me as he hates a fuss being made over him and he hates spending money even more. He however wants a big wedding whch we can';t afford as he think it would be unfair on dd as she would want to be a bridesmaid at our wedding. I just think it is ridiculous to plan our wedding day around a five year old's fairytale fantasies.

Dp also thinks I will regret not having my family there but to be honest I really don;t think they or I will care and to be honestI donlt think they want to sit through another wedding.

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Linnet · 13/03/2007 00:23

No you're not being unreasonable.

Dh and I had a small private wedding, just us and dd1. We went abroad on holiday and got married while we were there.

All our family said they were happy for us and nobody was the least bit bothered that we didn't have a proper wedding.
We'd been together for 8 years and had dd who was 4 and with both out parents being divorced and knowing that various members of the family wouldn't come to a wedding because they didn't talk to so and so it seemed much easier to do it our way. Dd had a great time choosing the dress she was going to wear and picking her flowers for her little bouquet, not sure how much she remembers of it now but she had a good time on the day.

Do what makes you happy, you can always have a party afterwards for all the family if you want to.

NightWotcher · 11/11/2022 00:22

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