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re: You don't hear of many couples eloping anymore
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:12 am to Rossberg02
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:12 am to Rossberg02
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Not too many chicks want to pass up the huge bill and Instagram/Facebook posts
I'm one of the outliers. I have a wedding fund courtesy of my parents, but we're planning on getting hitched at City Hall, by ourselves (well, we'll have a witness).
I have stage fright, and bad anxiety, so the thought of both planning and starring in a wedding is my nightmare.
Plus, I can't imagine blowing that much money on one day. I can do SO MANY OTHER THINGS with it...take a badass vacation, put it towards a house, etc.
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Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:47 am to tbabino
I plan on running away from the altar and eloping via a city bus. “F” Instagram and FB.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:47 am to Tiguar
quote:good lord Alabama sucks
You can get married at a bank in Alabama.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:47 am to tbabino
Marriage overall is changing. From what I’ve read, people are waiting until they are older to marry, there are less big/traditional weddings and the divorce rate is decreasing.
Not sure that trend will hold up, but that’s been the trend for a few years now.
Not sure that trend will hold up, but that’s been the trend for a few years now.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:57 am to tbabino
My 50 year old brother 3 years ago. Didn't tell anybody but she posted it on FB.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 11:59 am to Scooba
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Actually I know several due to COVID.
I’m actually doing this Friday. It’s really screwed up a lot of plans.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:00 pm to billjamin
covid has significantly decreased the number of weddings i'd have to travel to. kind of bitter sweet.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:01 pm to tbabino
Which is crazy. There aren't many bigger wastes of money than weddings and funerals.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:02 pm to tbabino
go hang out near a military base
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:03 pm to tbabino
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don't hear of many couples eloping anymore
has elopting ever been a thing that was highly announced? lol the whole point of it is to be cheap/discreet and avoid a big expensive wedding
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:03 pm to tbabino
We did in 1999.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:16 pm to Suntiger
quote:well yeah, we’ve made modern women whores that no one wants to marry
Marriage overall is changing. From what I’ve read, people are waiting until they are older to marry, there are less big/traditional weddings and the divorce rate is decreasing.
Not sure that trend will hold up, but that’s been the trend for a few years now.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:26 pm to tbabino
Had a cousin “elope” about a month ago... This is the second marriage for both her and her new husband.
They were engaged, but the logistics of the wedding were getting kind of ridiculous. and they were tired of having to work around some of the agreements from their divorces (child care, sleeping over when kids are at the house, etc.), so they basically called up each of their parents at the first of the week, said hey we’re getting married at this location on Saturday. Be there if you can. It was a surprise to the rest of the world. I don’t think they even told siblings. Just parents.
They were engaged, but the logistics of the wedding were getting kind of ridiculous. and they were tired of having to work around some of the agreements from their divorces (child care, sleeping over when kids are at the house, etc.), so they basically called up each of their parents at the first of the week, said hey we’re getting married at this location on Saturday. Be there if you can. It was a surprise to the rest of the world. I don’t think they even told siblings. Just parents.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:28 pm to prostyleoffensetime
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This is the second marriage for both her and her new husband.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:48 pm to drexyl
It’s actually great. Took government out of marriage about as much as you can right now.
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:35 pm to Suntiger
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there are less big/traditional weddings and the divorce rate is decreasing.
Almost as if starting off with one of the most retarded financial decisions means more down the pike. Money being the second leading cause of divorce after all.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:43 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:Same story here. We had all kind of added drama from my parents (her inlaws) - so we cancelled the wedding and went and did our own. Will be celebrating 10 years next month.
My wife and I were engaged for a year and already living together. We started planning a wedding and decided it was too much of a pain in the arse and expensive. We canceled it and flew to Vegas a few weeks later and got married.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:48 pm to RealityTiger
We've been married for almost 15 years now. I guess we didn't technically elope though. We went to Vegas to get married and it wasn't a secret or anything. We went by ourselves. Some little random Asian lady was our witness 
We had a blast and saved a shitload of money
We had a blast and saved a shitload of money
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:50 pm to fallguy_1978
It really is the smart way to go about it. We've all been to those super expensive weddings where they go all out just to find out she was cheating on him or vice versa and the marriage is over with a year later.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:56 pm to RealityTiger
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We've all been to those super expensive weddings where they go all out just to find out she was cheating on him or vice versa and the marriage is over with a year later.
Yep, nothing like starting your life out together with a huge pile of debt, unless some of the parents foot the bill.
My wife's parents don't have a lot of money. My dad has some but I'd have never asked him for a dime for a wedding. When we got back, he gave us a down payment for our first house as a wedding gift. Thanks pops
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 2:57 pm
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