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Kenju wants to know....

Where did you get married (assuming you are married) and was it a fancy wedding?

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[hitchcocknut]

My husband and I eloped. I didn't want a big wedding.

[kenju]

Thanks, Michele. Mr. kenju and I had a very small wedding in the Catholic Chapel on the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA, 43 years ago. There were about 10 people in attendance.

[Indigo]

I got married at Gesu Church at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was a Thursday evening wedding and it was small and elegant. I don't think I could last an entire Saturday in my wedding dress. No way. LOL!

[Mamacita]

We had a smallish wedding, in my husband's church of choice. Not many people could come because the roads were impassable. We got married in the middle of a blizzard so severe, all businesses and schools shut down completely for the next three weeks. We have a picture of the church almost entirely buried in snow; only the steeple is showing. We had to borrow a four-wheel-drive truck for our getaway, but that's a whole 'nuther story. We got a month-long honeymoon, with pay. Sweet. I wore my sister's wedding dress, which I didn't even try on until the night before. I have a great picture of my very ticked-off mother patiently ironing that dress. I forgot to get shoes so I wore brown sandals. I gave my sister and cousin the money to buy bridesmaid dresses that could be worn later; in other words, NOT a typical bridesmaid dress. They picked dresses so ugly, I cried. It was a hoot. The high school catering class did the reception, and only a few of the students could get there through the snow so the teachers did most of it. I had chocolate cake, and we wrapped up the top round and put it in the trunk of the car to take home and promptly forgot about it. We found it in there months later, still frozen solid. It was delish.

[Janet]

Both of my weddings were small and not at all fancy; the first one was in the chapel of my church, the second at a justice of the peace's office on an air force base.

[pickalish]

The first time....huge wedding. Very fancy. What a waste.

The second one...in our backyard, with a small group of friends and family...it was lovely.

[archshrk]

San Diego, decent size. See for yourself...
http://archshrk.com/Wedding/

[Tracie]

The first wedding was just the two of us and a witness at our pastor's house at midnight.

The second one was in Arizona with my family

The third one was in Florida (where we live) with his family and our friends.

All three weddings to the same man--I always tell him that if he wants to get rid of me he will have to divorce me three times!!

[Sandy J]

The first time - big wedding. Then my husband was killed in an accident. The second time - justice of the peace.

[Terri]

VERY appropriate question for me today, Judy....We were married 32 years ago TODAY in Lynn, Massachusetts. A medium size wedding with about 130 present.

[tia]

Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. Neither of us had ever been there before. It was just the two of us and the minister, as FL requires no witnesses. A BEAUTIFUL day!

[geoff]

Have you seen the movie or read the book "Goodbye Columbus"? It was like that on acid.

[sandy]

I got married in the church I grew up in. In comparison to some weddings - it was a large one. In comparison to other weddings it was quite modest. We had 100 people at the reception held at a nice banquet hall. It was a dream day that kicked off a great marriage.

[Shannin]

We got married at the Polo & Raquet Club in Santa Barbara, CA. We wanted to get married outdoors and it was a perfect location with the foothills in the background and the fields so green. It was, in my opinion, a fantasy wedding...

[Claude]

My first wedding was small-ish but of the fancier type, with the gown and the Wedding Factory catering and all that. It was kind of comical in retrospect, having 50 people at a church designed to hold 2000.

The second one, we rented a room in a restaurant and maybe 20 people were there with a local judge. It was the better event of the two, not that that marriage lasted either.

[Kim]

We got married 15 years ago at the Catholic church that I grew up in. We had the reception at the botanical gardens. It was about 250 people and it was moderately fancy, I guess. Mostly it was a lot of dancing and fun, but I remember the receiving line took way too long and I kept setting down my drink and losing it. I don't think I got more than 2 sips!

[Cyndy]

I am divorced now. However, I married a Marine when I was a Marine. We were both military policemen. We got married by a judge at the courthouse. However, when we exited the building, there was our platoon in full MP gear with crossed nightsticks! Then we had a big picnic/kegger in our backyard. It was fun!

[Sarah]

In a friend's living room. There were about 8 people...two of which we didn't even know. It was a Jewish wedding and we needed two Jewish men to sign the Ketubah (marriage contract), in the town we lived in there were very few Jews, so the rabbi found two and brought them.

My next marriage will be huge, I've been told. (I'm divorcing the first one.)

[rampantbicycle]

On the back deck of my husband's parents' house. It was small and lovely...but almost none of my friends and family could attend as all of them are too poor to travel to Canada... :( I still haven't had an opportunity to celebrate with them properly.

[wordnerd]

23 years ago...in the Catholic Church I grew up in...about 300 people...just the right size. However, if I had to do it again, I'd have a much smaller affair.

[wordnerd]

23 years ago...in the Catholic Church I grew up in...about 300 people...just the right size. However, if I had to do it again, I'd have a much smaller affair.

[wordnerd]

Not a clue how that happened, folks. Sorry.

[wordnerd]

Not a clue how that happened, folks. Sorry.

[AOC]

Over a Koy pond at Southern California community center. 98 people in attendance, very low key and at about 1/3 the cost of all of our friends weddings. We had a blast, and that is all that mattered

[Marie]

Four years ago today(!) there were 60-some people in attendance at our wedding. Our ceremony was held in a university chapel, and our reception in the party room of a B&B. It was tasteful and elegant. I've posted about it today, in honor of our wedding anniversary!

[Michelle]

Fairly small event in St. Louis. I'm not a fancy person--no bows or ribbons even on my dress--so the decor was similiar. Just celebrated eight years of marriage last month.

I'd LOVE to see pictures from mamacita's wedding!

[Lucky]

I got married in my flight suit on a lunch break. It was by the German version of a Justice of the Peace. We planned on having a huge wedding later, but well, that still hasn't happened. We plan on having our wedding on our 10th anniversary.

[mg]

I got married at Red Rocks National Park in Morrison, Colorado.

Our ceremony was a Pagan Handfasting, and we had our two best friends and our three children in attendance and that was it!

It was a beautiful ceremony, perfomed by candlelight, and the skyline of Denver in the distance.

[keb]

I was married in my uncle's back yard. There were family and friends there, a buffet of homemade food, beer and dancing. Great times.

[kenju]

It has been fun reading all these answers, Michele. Thanks!

[annie]

Ha-ha-ha! Oh...

First time: church
Second time: our house in the woods
Third time: court house
Fourth time: church

[Lise]

Got married when I was 41 and my daughter was 6 months old LOL - in a church, there were only immediate family present and afterwards, we had our dinner at a local restaurant, in a cozy room, there were 12 of us. My mother-in-law made the carrot cake and I had gone before I got married to decorate the room. Funny but it was intimate and the food was great. I didn't have to buy a long white dress and all.

Humm Annie, are you on your last one? :)

[panthergirl]

Oh Annie... you beat me!

First time: Waimea Falls Park, Oahu. No one present but us, a JP with a broken arm, the woman who runs the park and a photographer. And some chickens.

Second time: Costume wedding in Edgewater NJ. Arrived by speedboat dressed as Scarlett & Rhett. Married by a Nakota medicine woman.

Third time: My husband's parents' house in LI. Married by a female minister of the Ethical Culture Society.

The end.

[Becky]

I got Married at John Greenleaf Whittiers Birthplace, (My Grandmother was the curator back then) In front of the main fireplace in a teal dress I made myself (well, my Grandmother touched it up a little!) We had just family for the actual wedding, less than 30 people & my daughter who was then 3 (from a previous relationship) was our flower girl, instead of a 'normal' wedding cake we had a triple chocolate truffle cake & I made the stuffed shells we served for dinner. A lovely time was had by all- too bad the same can't be said for the marriage! ;^}

[Vic]

got married on the beach in Auckland, NZ. Was a low key, fun wedding, about 80 people. Spit roast bbq for dinner and lots of dancing.

[LilRed]

I have never been married. When I was younger, I always thought I wanted a big wedding in a church followed by a beautiful reception at a country club.

Now I would prefer to fly somewhere with my husband-to-be and close friends to be married somewhere lovely like Ireland or Germany. Then we could come back and have a reception soemwhere smaller and more intimate.