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Super December 2022

Have your families tried to push you into multiple weddings/reception parties?

LM, on May 25, 2023 at 3:04 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 2

Some WW couples post that their weddings which they are paying for, will not accommodate all their parents' friends. Thereby, the parents try to persuade the couple into attending more parties, but only their side invited.


Does this not exclude one side of the family, negating the idea of a joined family? Aren't they telling you your original vision isn't good enough?


Or if you, yourself, are throwing 2 parties-- what are your reasons for not including everyone in the main wedding?


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Latest activity by CM, on May 27, 2023 at 11:03 PM
  • Alyssa
    Dedicated September 2024
    Alyssa ·
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    I’m not having “two parties” (it would just be a nice dinner afterwards) but we plan on eloping this year and having a reception next September. For financial reasons and living conditions (and it’s honestly really convenient for us) to elope in our new state we are moving to. We plan on inviting just our parents and making it a “surprise” for everyone else when we send out save the dates for the “reception”.
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    CM ·
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    In my experience this is a common and practical solution when the wedding itself is small and the two families live a distance apart from one another. It's a party, not a wedding, so no, it has nothing to do with the couple's vision or joining together to become one family.

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