Courthouse wedding this afternoon!

Congratulations! :flowerforyou:

Save your money for a house, car or nice vacation!!

1st of all CONGRATS!

and 2nd. I had a small wedding. Not what i wanted, all I got to choose basically was the color. Husbands family directed the rest =(
If I could go back in time I would have done the courthouse, less stress, and I'd invite my parents and his. thats it.

Priorities! Do what makes you happy, and no one will remember/miss the fact that they didn't have to dance to the chicken song. Marriage is about you two anyways, so spending your cash on a honeymoon for the two of you seems a great way to start out your life as man and wife!

Congrats, and I hope it's magical for you two.

Well my husband and I were married in my grandmothers backyard with 30 of our closet friends and family and our 10 month old daughter at the time was there, I had a wedding dress that was on sale my mother went half on it , it was not expensive compared to the 1000 gowns I see normally, my grandmother a professional seamstress altered my dress she had to add fabric because when I got it originally I was a bit smaller had not had any children, there were no invitations we asked people to come a week before and the day off, our cake was tiny from a local bakery , our food was appetizers made by my grandmother, husband and mother in law, my bouquet my aunt made who has been a florist for 20 yrs which included flowers from her garden, she also did my husbands boutonnière I had my hair done that day for the 2nd time in my life and my jewelry was from my mother and I wore a citrine necklace from my great grandmother who died before I was born, it was late in the evening and the day was perfect ,our efficient was a pastor from a church I once attended ,

The only things we payed for where my husbands shirt and blazer , tie was from my grandmothers boyfriend he is very stylish at 80 it was from Italy were he is from, my brother walked me down the isle we had no bridesmaids or groomsmen but a best man who was my husbands brother, and our bestfriend. And the only other costs were marriage license , pastor and my shoes .We had no music and no dancing, just a cd to listen to as my brother walked me down the isle, my parents had been divorced since was born so not my father .

It was perfect ,we will be married 2 yrs on June 25 th ,we found out we were pregnant with our 2 nd daughter a few weeks after we wed ,she is 15 months old now,

The following day we went with our friends and daughter to the zoo I know not exactly what one would expect:)

Simplicity is key you want to remember your wedding day and not how much it cost you,

We had no honeymoon and one day maybe we will but its not crucial.

We want to get a house first and our daughters are more important .


Keep to what you all want and not everyone else it is your day and no one elses.

Don't let anyone tell you any differently!!!!!:

my husband however did pay more for my ring my uncle a jeweler for 20 plus years made it, I I designed it ,and it is perfect

my pictures were done by my brother and our family and friends .:).

Congratulations!! :flowerforyou:

Is it really important that you please anyone else other than you and your husband to be? If you are happy with the decision, then it is the right decision.

Mazel Tov. May you have many, many more happy years together.

Congrats!!!

Me and my husband of almost 10 years had a courthouse wedding! I see my friends go through their weddings, all the planning, the money, etc. I would much rather spend all that money on a great honeymoon! We never did honeymoon, nor take pictures from the day. I do not regret it but there are things I wish I did, like the 2 mentioned. I was wanting to renew our vows for our anniversary this year, have a small ceremony at the beach and then a bon-fire but that isnt going to happen this year. We do plan to actually GO somewhere, even if it is just a few hours away at a hotel for a few nights. We have not been able to do something like that so we believe we deserve it for our 10 year.

We got married at the courthouse with just parents, siblings, and grandparents present. Saved tons of money and have been happily married for almost 2 years with many more to come I know!!! Congratulations and don't let the haters get you down! Enjoy your day!

Meh!

I had a courthouse wedding, but I really wanted a romantic wedding.

Now, I'm divorced.

Best of luck! :flowerforyou:

We went to Vegas baby!! BAM!! I was never much into the wedding thing either... it's not for everyone!!

Have fun on your AWESOME honeymoon!!

I just want my so and I to sign a piece of paper then go on vacation.

I think the smaller weddings are sweetest. You shouldn't want the wedding, you should want the marriage. And if you don't have the money (or do and don't want to spend it on a wedding) that is a decision you and your partner make together. No one else!! We are having a small outdoor wedding in October with 15 guests and dinner at a restaurant afterwards. Congrats to you both!

We were married by a Judge in South Carolina almost 31 years ago......dang I love that guy! Nothing missed here!

Congratulations and Enjoy!

I'm getting married to my boyfriend of 5 years today in the local courthouse and it's completely what we both want but everyone around me thinks I'm weird for not wanting a wedding. I just never felt the need or want to spend a ton of money and be the center of attention. Anyone else have a courthouse wedding or similar views?

I got married in city hall. There were 8 people at the ceremony, 12 people at the "reception." The reception was basically, after the ceremony, we walked down the street to a very popular bbq joint and ate and drank to our hearts content. Made a reservation there for 12.
It was perfect. And completely stress free.
The ceremony was about 5 minutes long.
The court costs came to about $90, my dress was just a white summer dress I found at a store for $40, my mom bought my jewelry (light blue/turquoise), and my shoes were on sale at Payless for $15.
My friend and witness for the ceremony showed up with flowers for me (I wasn't planning on getting any so that was a surprise), and my parents insisted on picking up the tab for the "reception" dinner.
It was very low key and casual and we had SOOO much fun!

Do what you want. It's your wedding! Celebrate it how you want! If people think it's weird, fine! But they can plan their own giant weddings and celebrate how THEY want.

We are considering doing a big reception later down the road, because none of his family was at the ceremony and only my parents and 2 of my brothers were there. I have a big family and they weren't too happy at not being there, but they understood our reasons.

So we might do something later. But we aren't thinking about it now.