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Jalisa
Dedicated August 2018

Elopement thoughts & wedding stress

Jalisa, on May 7, 2018 at 9:15 PM

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anyone else feeling like they should’ve just eloped or had a smaller ceremony? we invited 125 people (I have a huge family, so 125 was pretty cutthroat lol) to our wedding in August, and I am starting to get stressed out about it. Orognally, we didn’t want to get married until 2020 to save up for a...
Anyone else feeling like they should’ve just eloped or had a smaller ceremony? we invited 125 people (I have a huge family, so 125 was pretty cutthroat lol) to our wedding in August, and I am starting to get stressed out about it.

Orognally, we didn’t want to get married until 2020 to save up for a house, but my dad got sick in December 2017 (we got engaged October 2017), so we moved up the timeline to August 2018.

Anywho, we are a pretty young couple (we will be 29 & 31 this year) and are paying for everything mostly by ourselves. I’ve always wanted a “wedding wedding”, but with all this stress, I wish I would’ve just eloped or gone to the courthouse.

I’m also stressed because we rented an event room at our venue (brewery) and now I am worried about outside patrons, noise, etc.

anyone else in the same boat as me with wishing theh just eloped or had a super small ceremony? Ugh
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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    You're never too old to have your dream wedding!!! And it doesn't matter if you were married before. Ignore any nay-sayers (or say "hey, that's not a nice comment"). That's rubbish.

    I was a first-time bride in my mid 40s and had two amazing celebrations with my DH (married before). My wedding celebrations were even better than I could have imagined years ago--wildly creative events I co-created with my BFF/soulmate with close friends/family in attendance. Oh gawd, getting married in my 20s to my boyfriend at the time would have been a trainwreck--MIL & friend drama, demanding families, huge costly wedding for 150+ guests mostly strangers to me! No thanks.

    Older brides, second-time brides, brides with kids--you deserve to celebrate your love in any way you choose. Smiley heart Smiley cake Smiley ring

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  • AD2AP
    VIP June 2018
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    If I could go back and do it all over again, I would have chose to elope.

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  • Jalisa
    Dedicated August 2018
    Jalisa ·
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    Yes, I think it’ll all be worth it in the end! Just so stressful leading up to the big day lol
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