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Expert June 2021

Can’t decide between court house wedding or big wedding

on January 26, 2020 at 6:40 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 6
So my fiancé have planned to begin booking vendors next month for our June 2021 wedding. Everything is already planned out each vendor we will use, the exact cost of every last detail has been accounted for in the budget down to accessories for the day and a hotel room for the night of. We’ve even created a budget plan for each of paycheck from now to next June and how much we will save and how much we will spend gradually as we book and purchase wedding decor etc. so everything is accounted for on multiple excel documents. However, I cannot shake this feeing or voice in the back of my mind reminding me that our time on earth is not guaranteed. I’ve waited 6 years to finally become his fiancé and I want nothing more than to be his wife and he my husband but 17 months is a long time and everyday seems like someone else is passing away and I am terrified of not having enough time or that feeling of wasting time waiting. We’ve already let so much time slip by us and hitch is why it took 6 years to get engaged. I’ve always secretly wanted that “dream wedding” but I never dared let myself fantasize about it or tell anyone because I always thought it was unattainable to someone like me with little money. The last “wedding” in my family was 1996 everyone else just gone to the court house so when we got engaged it sparked such a join in the family they are so excited and so am I, but not only does my fiancé not care for a big wedding because of social anxieties but I hate the fear of if one of us doesn’t make it to that day. Even my dad was making arrangements for if he didn’t make it to the wedding who would walk me down the aisle and it left such a pit in my stomach. If we could afford to have a wedding this year we would but no matter how many times I re do the budget it always puts me to June 2021 comfortably. I just hate the uncertainty of it all but at the same time I don’t want to gory change my dream.

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Latest activity by Dayna, on January 27, 2020 at 8:44 AM
  • Kristen
    Master November 2020
    Kristen ·
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    Putting in perspective nothing is guaranteed. You two could be married and then a week later something could happen to one of you. God forbid. The only differing factor is that you would have had a nice big wedding. Something you can do as you can go ahead and go to the courthouse and have your legal part but then you can still save up and have a vowel renewal a year-and-a-half later. Either way the relationship between you two will always be strong regardless if you're officially married or not so I feel that if you want a big wedding then just have one and don't let the what-ifs stop you from that.
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    Have you considered something in between a big extravagant wedding and a courthouse ceremony? You can have your dream wedding, but smaller and cheaper, therefore sooner.
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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    I’d probably consider something a lot smaller so you can have it sooner, but with a few dream elements you imagine. What’s most important to you?
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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    Another option is a courthouse wedding very soon with immediate family only (and grandparents), take everyone to brunch or dinner after. In 17 months, you can have a vow renewal or a reception-only with many more guests.
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  • Maggie
    Super April 2020
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    I agree with this idea. Fh and I have been together 7 years so far. I was torn between courthouse wedding and big wedding, but FH wanted to go big so we went with a 14 month engagement. In that time my aunt and his grandfather passed and he had a very big medical scare, but everyone knows we are committed to each other with or without a big wedding. A friend of mine and her husband planned a wedding for September of this year, but actually had a secret courthouse wedding TWO years ago! No one knew until my firmed ended up getting pregnant and they then told everyone the big news.


    If you’re afraid of losing someone, but want a big wedding- Either take the most important aspects/ people and have a really nice micro wedding now, or courthouse wedding and then do a big vow renewal down the line
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  • Dayna
    Expert September 2021
    Dayna ·
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    Do both! Have a small courthouse wedding sooner with a big vow renewal later. You could even do the courthouse wedding exactly 1 year before your planned big wedding day so that the big event will be your 1 year anniversary.

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