Getting married

Philippines
June 12, 2009 9:51am CST
If you get married, what do you prefer, a simple one with only a few relatives invited or a grand wedding which is publicize all around our place? If you are already married, was your wedding a simple or grand one?
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11 responses
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
Me and my fiance always wanted to have a simple, elegant and intimate wedding witnessed by our closest friends and family members. We both know that we are getting married once in our lives so we both want it to be special for both of us as well as our guests so we are planning for a unique one. A very personal one which even when years pass whenever our guests remember wedding, they could still smile and remember the funny and happy moments they had attending our wedding.
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
nice! i am happy for both of you... i unique wedding would be great... i am also already thinking of my own version of "unique" wedding...
• Philippines
16 Jun 09
Goodluck on your planning of a unique wedding. I guess watching the specials on celebrity weddings and browsing wedding magazines might help you have an idea and might help you decide on what to do and not to do on your wedding. It helped us a lot to visualize our dream wedding.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
12 Jun 09
My fiance and I are planning for about 80 people to show up to our wedding, but I know that that could really be less. Our wedding is going to be simple though, with not just the people who are attending, but the meal, and the apparel as well. I am not going to be wearing a dress, but just jeans, a shirt and a cowboy hat. I am very happy with what I am going to be wearing.
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
wow! its a unique wedding...a cowboy-themed wedding? so, i guess i will not be a church wedding? I am happy for the both of you.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
16 Jun 09
Oh no, the wedding will still be held in a church. We will not have any livestock or hay as a part of the wedding ceremony, but we will have fall decorations and everything will be very neat and tidy as well.
@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
20 Jun 09
I prefer a simple wedding. It would be too costly if it's a grand wedding where everybody i don't know much are involved. lol! I prefer a simple wedding with only the people close to us in attendance. I don't think it's practical especially for newlyweds who are just starting a new life together. Though a grand wedding would be great because it's a once in a lifetime experience, i don't think it's still a wise decision right now.
• Philippines
20 Jun 09
Yes, actually you have nice points... especially now that we are experiencing a global economic crisis... though, if you have many special persons in your life, its hard not to invite them all...so you will end up inviting them all.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Jun 09
My husband and I got married a month ago. At first we thought about having a small party with some relatives and a few close friends, but we ended up inviting 64 people. It wasn't easy to have a small party, because there were so many people that we wanted to invite There is an Indian restaurant in a nearby town, and we wanted to have to party there. We had a talk with the restaurant, but unfortuneately the restaurant is quite small, and we would only be able invite about 25 people if we decided to have the party there. I was sad about that because I love Indian food, but we had to find something else. We had the party in a Chinese restaurant instead, and was a very nice place with great food.
• Philippines
20 Jun 09
Wow! even if you changed reception, i guess you still became very happy with your wedding... Good luck to your wedding life. I wish you all the bless in life! Thanks for responding.
• United States
16 Jun 09
I plan on have a big wedding. With everyone i know and my gf knows. I want to show everyone i love her and how amazing she is. I want her to see that it doesnt matter who knows that i love her.... i want her to see i want everyone to know she is my one and only.
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
well, i am happy to know that. I congratulate the lucky girl... She would be really happy if you do that. Good luck!
@ivana980 (156)
• Italy
16 Jun 09
I would invite only my family and my most important person... i would be happy with them.... and i would invite my future husband too!!!! ahahah
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
Some people wants the important gatherings/celebrations in their life to be private, with only few people invited---and you are included on the list. Good luck. You need to invite your groom, definitely!lol
@ahm_raq (165)
• Philippines
12 Jun 09
i had mine very simple, only with the immediate family, and BFFs, around 50 i think. It did not matter, coz at d end of it all, it's me and my hubby who will stay together after the event. But we see to it that foods are great. I wore long gown, not the traditional wedding gown so i can still wear it in some formal gatherings in the future and wont just be kept in a box. The invitations and giveaways were personally made by me and my hubby. We did not ask for gifts, we preferred cash so we can buy d things that we just need.
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
Yeah, personally i also prefer cash just in case i am getting married. though, cash and gift would be a lot better.lol
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
20 Jun 09
i have a very simple church wedding. its an intimate and solemn one with just our close friends and relatives are there...and its really memorable and i got the wedding that i wish for. a wedding in where i marry a man that i truly love and who truly loves me!
@chillpill90 (1936)
12 Jun 09
to me it doesnt matter as long as my partner is happy thats all that matters to me.
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
Yeah, as long as you are both happy and you love each other...it does not matter how your wedding goes...
@larish (2234)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
I am already married. We had 160 guest because we have to invite all our relatives and friends to witness our wedding. I really think that having a big family and a lot of friends can make a big budget in having a wedding. lol. But what we did is we stick to our budget and make it as simple as possible. It means that we just get what is essential in having a wedding. Always keep in mind that a wedding is just a one day event, staying married is a lifetime that needs more of our attention.
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
great! you have a lot of gifts too, lol... me too, i also want all my relatives, freinds and loved ones to be present on that special day of mine.
@Ammudoll (549)
• India
16 Jun 09
In my place irrespective of the grand and simple marriages, people have to make the arrangements without any drwabacks/mistakes so that the boy's relatives can not comment on us. Generally in my culture it costs much to get married all the expenses for the wedding has to be taken up by Girl's family only. That is really bad :(
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
What? Its my first time to hear that---the girl's family needs to shoulder most of the expenses.... I am just curious, what's your country? In our place, its up to the two families who will shoulder the biggest expense. Though, most of the time its the groom's family. Sometimes, both families share for the expenses.