We have gone back and forwards over what to do about a wedding for nearly 2 years now. In that time we’ve also had a baby and had other things to think about. Neither of us are that interested in ‘the big day’. I would like the wedding dress and to have the same second name as my partner and baby at the end of it but that’s about it. Neither of us want a formal sit down dinner and speeches about how we met etc. I would far rather have a nice relaxed day with friends, ideally in the sun. We’d possibly start it a bit later than a usual wedding, have a short ceremony then just drinks, casual food with kids activities etc outside until the reception. We have a venue picked that without giving myself away would involve people staying over due to its location (not abroad or anything). We planned to get married summer 2023 although we haven’t arranged anything. Now due to recent world events getting me thinking, I’m wondering why we have to wait til then. If we do I’ll just spend the next year thinking of all the things that could go wrong and worrying about it all. Could we just get married late summer this year?
Would 5 months be enough notice for people to book a hotel room for the night? I hate asking people to put themselves out so the concept of people having to pay to stay over for my wedding doesn’t sit well with me at all 🙈 There would be the issue of some people having already booked a holiday and some bands etc already being booked up but I’m sure we will find one who isn’t. The venue is available and we’d need to find a humanist for the ceremony but again, not that fussed on who 🙈 Is this all a terrible idea or does this sound doable? Help 😬