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To elope, or not to elope?

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Krystyna, on February 26, 2014 at 12:27 AM

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That is the question. While I would love a beautiful wedding in the forest with all of my friends and family (roughly 60 people), with wonderful mason jar, burlap and lace decorations, I am having such a hard time convincing myself it's a good way to spend our money. As a struggling college couple, I can envision so many other ways to put the money to good use - a new car, savings for moving away (we wanted to move states once we graduate), new desks and a new television ..

Does anyone else struggle with this, or has struggled with it and has any advice? I'm torn. The alternative is an intimate elopement, possibly even off to Yosemite National Park. It'd cost 8-10k less, but family and friends could be hurt or disappointed by it.

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Krystyna · on February 26, 2014 at 10:09 AM
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@HopeRebecca - So true! That's the thing about it too. I have a small family and he doesn't! We can't elope with my small family in row without leaving some very important people behind from his. It'd be more cost effective to do a small scale ceremony and invite all that are important than to invite everyone and/or invite barely anyone.

It's so tempting to elope when you start crunching those numbers though!
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MizizAngi · on February 26, 2014 at 11:15 AM
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We decided against an all-inclusive, large wedding and decided to get an inexpensive reception hall where we can BYOB, skipped the caterers in favor of a lunch BBQ reception where most of the food can be prepared the day before and served cold, skipped the DJ in favor of an iPod, and keeping the decor to a minimum. And I got my dress for only $179. When all is said and done I think we're going to come in just under $6k.
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