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Getting Married ; private wedding
My Fiance and I are thinking about getting Married this winter. We don't have much money but we are going to try to save up the most we can. We want to have a private ceremony. Him, I a priest and I would like a photographer there. To vow our love to each other so we can really embrace, feel our love. Then in a couple years we would like to have a bigger ceremony, renew our vows and have our family, friends there. My question is what can we do to make our private ceremony special. I want the priest to say words very true and beautiful. I would like the entire ceremony to be very nice and special. Ideas please?
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I you havent already picked a place you can try having it at a place that had a really memorable memory for you both. Congrats and best wishes for you both.
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My wife and I were married by a Circuit Court Judge in his Chambers. This was arranged for by my Uncle who was an Auxiliary Police Officer. The cost of the Ceremony was a donation to a charity of my choice. Being a firefighter myself I made a $150.00 donation to the welfare fund of the local fire department. Their is now a bell, and has been for 41 years, on one of their fire trucks with our names on it and the date of our wedding.
After the ceremony when we left the building, the fire station and court house were in the same building, the on duty fire fighters had an arch of crossed Pike Poles for us to walk under. My parents then took both families out to lunch.
We had even thought about flying out to Las Vegas to get married. Given that we both worked for an airline that flew to Las Vegas and that my wife worked in the tour department the Airline was going to arrange for a very nice Honeymoon for us there. They eventually did arrange a honeymoon for us when we flew to San Fransisco but that's another story.
We caved into my mothers wishes that we have a ceremony at home that all the immediate family members could attend. We gave in with the understanding that it had to meet with our approval or we would not be their.
Total cost for our wedding was $500. Even today you can have an inexpensive wedding. Friends of my son just married. They had a small reception and ceremony at a very nice place for family and friends. Total cost for the 50 guests under $2000. No band just dinner and a Garden Ceremony. After dinner they and their friends went bar hopping.
Moral of my story is you can have the wedding you desire without a lot of cost. Just stick to your guns and don't let family or friends badger you into having more than you can afford or want.
Congratulations and I wish you two a long and happy life together.
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Talk to your priest and see if you can customize your ceremony. My husband and I chose everything, from readings that reflected our personalities to a non-denominational prayer (I'm an atheist) and we wrote our own vows, too. Everything was very personal, and we had a great time.
It's entirely up to you, of course, but having family and friends there was extremely important. The best part of getting married was making that commitment to each other and to our families in front of the people who matter most to us. Just because you don't have money doesn't mean that you can't have others there! We did ours for $3500 from facility rental to dress to officiant. Of course, we all have different family situations, so do what suits you two the best!
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Write your own vows to each other! That is a great way to make it more personal and romantic. And do it somewhere that is meaningful to you, or somewhere that makes you feel happy!
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