• LAVA Moderator: Shinji Ikari

The Engagement/Wedding/Honeymoon thread

Thanks guys. We'll see. It's just that I haven't cried in public for years and years so I was pretty upset and had to let off some steam (Bennett). I'm not holding my breath. I know I *will* be married in little more than a week and that's what matters. :)
 
I can hear the girls squealing with exitement all the way from the photo contest thread, knock it off!

(kidding)

congrats amorroark and chi-blast
 
glad your dress worked out amor. i can't wait to see pictures :)

and congrats to chi-blast and aanallein :)
 
Congratulations everyone!
I'm engaged, without an official ring. My boyfriend and I have decided to get married as soon as circumstances allow. I'm a little nervous about the wedding, because he's very traditional, while I'm very.... Not. If I had my way, I'd walk down the aisle in a Scarlett red corset and miniskirt. Ok, maybe not, but I'm not into the whole white dress "purity" thing. Who are we fooling? Haha, I'm totally kidding, but still. And most of my family won't be invited to the wedding, due to the circumstances. I think it will be the groom's day, and it will still be the best day of my life because he's all I want. For me, the wedding will be a formality. Well spend the rest of our lives together either way. Its fun to talk about it together, though. He wants a Christian priest, I'd rather a new age priestess, or many Elvis :D. He wants a long white dress, I want something sexy. He wants it to be a public spectacle in a theme park, I want a huge party in a night club, etc. I think the actual stress would drive me crazy!
 
No worries. I didn't have an engagement ring either and we are married 5 years in November.
I wore red. Neither of us had any fantasies of what our wedding day should be. We booked/bought what we felt was necessary.
We partied like rock stars for 10 days. 5 in Vegas. 5 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Congrats!! It was odd to me that because I didn't have an engagement ring some people dismissed it.
 
I also wore red (pics back a page or two) because I just didn't feel right in white.

Marriage is about give and take mistresspoppy, and so should your wedding be! You shouldn't have to compromise on everything you want so that your fiance can have the wedding he wants, and vice versa.

My advice would be to do some research on sites like A Practical Wedding and Rock'n'Roll Bride to see some of the non-traditional paths people have taken, then sit down with him with a glass of wine and look at some you liked the look of, and some of the more traditional that you think are more to his taste, and try to find some middle ground :)
 
I just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that we successfully married and are currently enjoying our honeymoon. Thanks to everybody for all the tips, tricks and general well wishes. <3 Photos to come. :)
 
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