Wedding crisis- keeping everyone happy?
September 28th, 2009
My boyfriend and are seriously discussing marriage, though we haven’t told our parents yet. If we do get married, I don’t know how to balance everybody’s desires when it comes to the wedding.
I’ve always dreamed about eloping to Vegas. I like the idea of it being just the two of us. He wants a “real” wedding, with friends and family present, a reception, etc. So does my mother. My father wants to walk me down the aisle, but he won’t go to a reception that my mother is at (my mother went through a period where she was a very violent and dangerous alcoholic, and he shakes and freaks out when he sees her now). So my father wants us to have a small initial ceremony he can be at, and then have a big grand one for my mother’s family.
So how do we do this? 3 weddings seems excessive. The Vegas thing means a lot to me, and it’s the only one I really like, so I don’t want to give that up. Any advice?
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