Traditional or Non-traditional

1. We've been living together for 3 years now and we're still not married.

2. Different ones, we have a say here that a couple should not see each other the day before the wedding.

3. Yes, they say it's bad luck.

4. All will be traditional as we've planned it years ago.

1. Live with your future spouse before marriage? or By yourself (with family)

My FH and I have lived together pretty much the entire extent of our relationship (almost 7 years). To us it just made sense financially and logically because we both weren't living with our parents, but saw one another everyday. It didn't make sense to live in separate spaces.

2. Stay in the same hotel room the night before? or different ones?

We're staying separate the night before the wedding. I'll most likely sleep in a room with my bridal party, and he'll do the same!

3. Bad luck to see the bride before the wedding? or first look?

Before speaking to our photographer and friends, we were VERY anti-first look, and wanted me walking down the aisle to be that moment. After discussing with our photographer about our picture timeline, and our friends telling us the benefits of it for nerves etc, we've decided to have one!

4. Any other traditional things? or the opposite non-traditional?

I guess the only non-traditional things we're doing are: No flower girl or ring bearer, mother is walking me down the aisle, I don't plan on wearing a veil, we aren't doing a garter toss (yuck), not marrying in a church or having a priest marry us.

1. Living separately because we're international long distance.
2. We'll spend the night together.
3. He doesn't want to see me in my dress beforehand. 4. The only traditions we're doing are him not seeing my dress, and possibly me being given away.

1. We will not live together until after wedding.

2.I'll be staying in a hotel with my mom the night before. He'll be in the fire academy so he can't miss a day. Who knows what time he'll get to the wedding (yup I'm stressing it lol)

3. We want to do a first look but again depends what time he makes it there. If anything he'll just see me for the first time walking down the aisle

4. We're skipping the garter awkward dance but probably still tossing something. looking like we might also skip father daughter dance

1. Live with your future spouse before marriage? or By yourself (with family)

we did live together before but it was only months before our wedding - it just made the transition so much easier

2. Stay in the same hotel room the night before? or different ones?

we stayed together!

3. Bad luck to see the bride before the wedding? or first look?

we did a first look

4. Any other traditional things? or the opposite non-traditional?

i walked myself down the aisle

1. We both still live with our families, but if we're able to move in together before the wedding, we'd love to!

2. We're planning on sleeping together the night before the wedding, and getting ready together the day of

3. Well, we're getting ready together, so no first look necessary! We are planning on doing pics before the ceremony though.

4. We're walking down the aisle together, writing our own vows, and I'm getting him an engagement ring so we both have them instead of just me!

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We're also skipping the garter toss! I'll dance with my dad (and my mom) but not as a spotlight dance, unless my dad really wants it to be a spotlight one

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Skipping the tosses and dollar dance too!

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Tossing small bouquets to the kids sounds so sweet!