Community› The Bump Month Clubs› January 2022 Moms
January 2022 Moms
New Discussion

GTKY - Weddings

fifilala516fifilala516 member
in January 2022 Moms
I stole this from December 2021 - it seemed fun! I love weddings and I want to hear all about yours. Was it small or large? Did you elope? Destination wedding? Was it everything you imagined, or would you change some things, if you could? If you're currently planning a wedding/not married, I want to hear all your ideas! 
Report Reply to Post

Re: GTKY - Weddings

  • Lisa3379Lisa3379 member
    Not married here, but we've been together 10 years. My 4 year old has started to ask my husband about why we aren't married, and I think it's hilarious to see him try to answer that. It's whatever. If we ever did get married, I think we'd do something super low-key like at city hall or our backyard or something. At nearly 40 (and 10 years together already) it just seems silly to go through a big thing. 
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • sarah_is_pregnantsarah_is_pregnant member
    My husband and I were married in Nov 2018 when I was 3 months pregnant. We had gone ring shopping the day before I got a positive pregnancy test.
    We got married 6 weeks later at city hall with our parents and siblings there. Then we had a house party the next day and all of our friends came over. 
    I wouldn't have changed anything. Planning a more traditional wedding sounds like a nightmare to me. 
    Report Reply
  • elksammelksamm member
    We had a small wedding with just our closest family members. We got married at SF city hall and spent the rest of the weekend doing our favorite things (Napa, Giants day game, eating at our favorite restaurants). It was so special and we got to spend so much quality time with the people we love most. One of my family members was diagnosed with a terminal illness shortly after and I’m just so thankful that we had that time together. I wouldn’t have changed a thing.
    Report Reply
  • fifilala516fifilala516 member
    I'll be the first one here to say I had a big wedding - I think we invited around 215 people and ended up with 160, which now sounds crazy post-Covid! We got married at a gorgeous waterfront venue with some family history - it's where DH's parents got married, as well as where he was Bar Mitzvahed! 

    I loved every single aspect of our wedding and wish we could re-live it over and over. It was in November of 2019, and it was a lot of people's last huge outing/gathering before the pandemic. The only thing I would change was the weather...it was the coldest day of the season thus far (below 30 degrees) and I was wearing a strapless dress! 
    Report Reply
  • karenmarie9karenmarie9 member
    Oh and one other “fun” thing I forget to mention.  Our reception venue required you to use one catering company.  The owner of the company went MIA and took off about two months before our wedding.  We wound up being fine bc we had paid all our deposits with our Amex and got fully refunded.  But many other couples that paid cash got screwed.   It was stressful for a few weeks but ultimately wound up saving us close to 20% bc the venue waived the reservation and booking fees for couples impacted bc they didn’t know who paid cash and who got refunded.  And then we got to choose our own caterer - so ultimately a win! 
    Report Reply
  • karenmarie9karenmarie9 member
    @magalina_h - Happy Anniversary!! 10 years is awesome!
    Report Reply
  • magalina_hmagalina_h member
    @karenmarie9 thank you!
    DS: 3-6-15 💙
    Baby Girl Due: 1-1-22
    Lilypie Pregnancy tickers
    Report Reply
  • alpacamama2alpacamama2 member
    We eloped. Like eloped eloped. Everyone knew we were engaged but we hadn't said anything about our plans. We went to the courthouse without telling anyone, got hitched (no witnesses required!), and then met up with a photographer at our favorite local national park where we hike all the time. We sent out photos to tell everyone along with an invitation to a later celebration.... oh did I mention we eloped the day before COVID was declared a pandemic? Yup. So the celebration never happened. 😩 At this point, we might just make it into a baby shower this fall 😂
    Report Reply
  • AshleyGemini24AshleyGemini24 member
    edited June 2021
    I libe this especially since our 1st anniversary is next month.  We planned our DIY wedding for years while waiting for his divorce to finalize. No judgement please. They had been separated for almost a year when we got together. Once the divorce was finalized I quickly got to work on the finishing touches. Partly because I was eager to marry him. Partly because I refised to get walk down the aisle with a HUGE baby belly. I was 3 or 4 months pregnant when we married.  We had a semi small wedding durimg covid in the church we currently attend. I had family in from 4 different states. We had already made all the dexorationa in advance so we just had to put it together. 3 groomsmen and 3 bridesmaids. And my beautiful step children were the ring bearers and flower girls. My father in law was best man and my best friend maid of honor. Since my mother and his grandmother had passed we reswrved the front pew on each side in memory of those gone on before and placed their pictures in the seat. I started our weddimg vows off telling my husband I didn't even like him bit here we are. The enitre congregation laughed. Our wedding bands are cheap $7 walmart bands that are scripted with Her Weido and His Crazy. Far from fancy but suits us perfectly. My only regret is we forgot to gibe my aint who dj'd the reception with a karakoke machine our reception play list. So they handpicked our 1st dance song. It was one we had never heard before. But it quickly became sentimental. We had so much fun and my favorite part is that all 6 of my children were present ( if you count the baby who is now 6 months old. 
    Report Reply
  • shinyobjectsshinyobjects member
    @fifilala516 that’s awesome about the music after the glass breaking. My husband missed the glass during his stomp…twice. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I think I would have died if the Curb music played after the third (finally successful) attempt.
    Report Reply
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"