What is a low-fuss way to get married?

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My partner and I want to get married but probably without a big (or even small) wedding. What is the simplest way to do that and what is required? Has anyone done that and then regretted not having a wedding? Thoughts welcome :)

Where are you? Some council venues allow dogs.

Some friends of mine recently got married, they have been together happily for decades but felt they wanted to get things sorted legally for the future. They picked the cheapest time slot at the Town Hall - first thing Wednesday morning- then went for a fancy brunch straight after. Minimum fuss and expense but a lovely morning and just the way they wanted it.

You'd need to move your moral compass by more than a few degrees.

People are more understanding when the dog is for a disability. When you lie about these things you have to weigh up, the dogs behaviour, the fact your registrars may be frightened / allergic, the fact your bringing your dog in to an area where there are newborn babies crying loudly and prams being pushed around. There's a lot of stimulus for a dog. Even the clapping at a small wedding can set them off.

I guess I've seen it all before and I personally don't think its worth the risk or the lie!

But that's me... you may feel differently.

Search your local licenced venues to see if any have a dog friendly options. Some will be expensive only offering all in deals but others will be a venue hire fee only and you add in as much or as little fuss as you want. It won't be quite as cheap as the basic register office deal but it doesn't have to be a massive wedding just because it's not in a register office.

And it's very unfair to people who have bona fida support dogs. It gives everyone a bad name.
Please don't pretend your dog is a support dog if it isn't!

Went to Orlando for a holiday, drove to the State Capital building, queued, paid $50, five minutes later married. No witnesses, no guests, no once worn outfits, no dramas. Registrar took a picture of us. Our 22nd anniversary next week. No regrets, no debts, we wanted to get married, just not have a wedding and had been living together for six years, so for us the next step.

We went to Vegas. No fuss, just fun, never wanted anyone else there so the limo driver was our witness. Still together 20+ years later. Highly recommend.

We booked a holiday and wedding abroad, just the two of us, got witnesses there, and told people when we got back. I don’t have parents, MIL wasn’t too happy, but she had big white wedding with SIL, which sadly did not last, whereas DH and I are still happily married 30 years later. Would I do it again, absolutely, we were able to buy our house whereas if we had spent money on a wedding we might not be in the place we are now. Also, not having my parents around it would have been a difficult day for me, also neither of us crave being centre of attention.

I honestly wouldn't lie. It's a shame though that there aren't outside spaces attached so that council offices could allow this but never mind. One registry office local to us has a beautiful outlook to the sea so might arrange for someone to have the dog outside and we could do photos with him at least.

We did a registry office with our neighbour's as witnesses (3 years ago now) and no one else

we had just bought a house and had a baby and couldn’t afford a wedding but wanted to get married , we didn’t tell anyone else until after , outer mums were a bit disappointed I think but everyone was happy for us

we will have a wedding or a Party when it’s a priority, it was quite exciting knowing it was just us who knew

my husband wore a suit but not typical wedding suit and I wore a non wedding dress dress , it was lovely and I have no regrets 💕