not sure if it's technically eloping as they had some friends, but my parents more or less eloped. My dad was in Africa doing some engineering work and my mother was in Japan. Her father didn't approve her marrying some white man, so she pretty much ran off to Africa to marry him. My grandfather was so upset he went to the local police office to say some foreigner's stealing his daughter!

My boyfriend and I don't really want to get married but we may eventually need to out of practicality (taxes, benefits, etc). If we need to, it would be super casual and with not many people present. I like the idea of running off somewhere warm and getting married in my bare feet.