Do woman still want fairy tale weddings?

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JosephsDreams

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AuntieAnt said:
If I ever marry again (I’m a widow), it’ll be a simple outdoors wedding to a fun-loving, old fashioned, robust man who isn’t a pretentious, uptight prig. Would that constitute as too fanciful? :confused:

Perhaps even contemplating marriage at my age might be a fairy tale. :p

Well, nothing’s impossible with God. :eek:

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Hey AA, sorry to hear that... if my memory serves me from some previous posts you made maybe a year or so ago, is this recent?
 
tourist

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JesusLives said:
I think when Tourist and I got married the whole thing probably cost $6,000.00 or less.

That includes airfare to Las Vegas from Florida, Hotel for 5 days, my dress, his suit, flowers, marriage license, our rings were the most costly thing and the hotel gave us a free Thanksgiving dinner as it was never on our hotel bill for the $38.00 per person for the Thanksgiving meal we had. I believe it was complimentary since we got married in their hotel.

We gave the Pastor a thank you card with $100.00 in it for marrying us as he didn't charge anything and I felt we should give him something since we took him away from his family for a couple of hours on Thanksgiving day.

This was Tourist's fairy tale wedding almost - he wanted an Elvis wedding....me not so much.
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If we ever renew our vows Elvis will be officiating at the Little Wedding Chapel.

"Love me tender,
Love me sweet.
Never let me go.
You have made my life complete
And I love you so".
 
tourist

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Blain said:
From what I have seen weddings are not a happy time at least not getting everything ready, I mean if you want a stress induced migraine help prepare a wedding, go ahead try it:b
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Yeah, just elope. Worked for me and my honey. Elvis.
 
tourist

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renewed_hope said:
I agree with Pipp, I would rather have a cheap, simple wedding. In fact I would much rather elope and come back and have dinner at a nice restaurant with our family and friends to celebrate. So since I am going to Vegas in a few months I may talk "him" into coming along ;):eek:
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That sounds like a plan. :)
 
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I forgot to mention my pastor married us. We got married at the fellowship I’d been with since I was 6. No charge. :eek:
 
tourist

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Blain said:
I feel the same way sweetie, but I will be honest a nerd wedding would be the coolest wedding ever XD
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The thing is the wedding is mostly for the woman. I understand about the nerd thing for you, same for me as I wanted Elvis. I did get married in Las Vegas though as that was part of my plan.
 
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JosephsDreams said:
Hey AA, sorry to hear that... if my memory serves me from some previous posts you made maybe a year or so ago, is this recent?
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Thank you, JosephsDreams. Actually, I've been widowed since 2005. Work, loss of contract with previous job, family illness, selling my house, relocating, etc. pretty much has kept me busy since then. You know... LIFE. :p lol
 
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Huge warning flag. Avoid at all costs!
 
HisPeace

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Dino246 said:
I don't see anything wrong with desiring/dreaming of a "fairy tale" wedding, as long as those dreams are subjected to careful consideration. Generally, I think it's unwise for a couple to spend more time, energy and money preparing for the wedding than for the marriage that will follow.
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Very wise words!
 
Blain

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tourist said:
The thing is the wedding is mostly for the woman. I understand about the nerd thing for you, same for me as I wanted Elvis. I did get married in Las Vegas though as that was part of my plan.
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You can never go wrong with Elvis lol Honestly I have a feeling that we would both want the wedding to have each of our tastes but I am also more than willing to compromise, besides I doubt we will have much money to do much with anyways lol
 
EmilyNats

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It seems like the "fairy tale" aspect would be more emotional than material. I'm not really sure what sort of wedding I would like. But I think half of the fun (aside from the actually getting married part) would be in planning it with the person you are getting married to.
 
ArtsieSteph

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Blain said:
You can never go wrong with Elvis lol Honestly I have a feeling that we would both want the wedding to have each of our tastes but I am also more than willing to compromise, besides I doubt we will have much money to do much with anyways lol
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I’m Glad Blainy gives me some input every so often because otherwise I’d go totally weird directions on a whim knowing me XD
 
BillG

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tourist said:
The thing is the wedding is mostly for the woman. I understand about the nerd thing for you, same for me as I wanted Elvis. I did get married in Las Vegas though as that was part of my plan.
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When my wife and I got married I just said I'm wearing a kilt (being Scottish) add for the rest I don't mind.
My father in law being English turned up dressed as the mad hatter.

As we were signing the register Elvis was playing (once again my request) love me tender, and I love you so.

Having just read the above it looks like I got the fairytale wedding.
 
GOP

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Lighthearted said:
Big, fancy, expensive weddings are a waste of resources. If you can afford to burn money instead of saving it for a home, your future childrens education, your retirement, then find someone in need. Give it back to God...it's His anyway. Geesh. A wedding should be about creating a sweet memory...not how much money you can spend.
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Well said.
 
Demi777

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