Elope?

[channlluv]

Hi Indy!

...This time around my fiance and I wanted to elope but knew our families would be very upset, so we are having them rent beach houses (we live on the east coast in a beach town and our families are both from different cities in the midwest). We are going to have a very simple chapel wedding and then go back to one of the houses to a catered dinner.

It's not eloping, but it's the closest thing we can get to eloping!

The fun thing about this is that it's your families having to do all the traveling. It also sounds like a blast in that you'll have all your family members there for a vacation at the beach, in your own hometown, so you already know all the fun things to do. That is just so darn clever. I love it.

I hope your ceremony is beautiful and the family celebration afterward just as special.

Love all around today. I like it.

Roxy

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I think the whole point of all this is for each couple to do what would make them happy. That's different for different people, of course.

[indysteel]

I think the whole point of all this is for each couple to do what would make them happy. That's different for different people, of course.

I agree. The purpose of my thread was to help me discern what might make me/us happy. Beyond the general idea of eloping, I can't say that I'm completely sure. I know more of what I don't want (a big expense, family feuds, extra stress) than what I do. Or, if I do know what I want, I'm not entirely sure at this point on how to translate it.

[ASammy1]

The fun thing about this is that it's your families having to do all the traveling. It also sounds like a blast in that you'll have all your family members there for a vacation at the beach, in your own hometown, so you already know all the fun things to do. That is just so darn clever. I love it.

I hope your ceremony is beautiful and the family celebration afterward just as special.

Love all around today. I like it.

Roxy

Sorry for the thread hi-jack Indy...

Roxy-that was the plan! That way we didn't have to decide who's family had to travel and who didnt. We are also planning on doing it early Thanksgiving week so we can have the reception at one house and then Thanksgiving dinner all together at the other house.

[Karma007]

We're sort of eloping. I've been married before (okay twice, but who's counting?) The first time was a shotgun wedding (we welcomed my daughter 6 months later), the next time around was a large formal afair, and we spent way too much money on things that I now realize didn't mean a thing.

My fiance and I were going to go to Las Vegas alone, but now it looks like our entourage is up to 15. We're not paying for anyone's anything, but will arrange dinner and have a small cake post-ceremony. Basically folks are using it as an excuse to go to Vegas, which is fine.

My dress is actually the one I wore in a previous lifetime, but I've had it modified to better fit the me that I am now, and to make it easier to wear while partying in LV; I might as well have some fun, I'm never wearing it again. The boy will wear a suit, b/c he needs one anyway. I did order invites, but only 25, more just for fun than anything else. I can't wait!

[indysteel]

Have fun, Tofu, and best wishes!