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- blastofv0
so maybe you go with the traditional extra envelope, but have a bit of creative freedom on the rest of it?
picking your battles is what it's all about man, and watch out for those inlaws!
- gramme0
Sit back and smile, after all ... you ARE getting married!
flavorful
(Jul 12 06, 08:54)So true...thanks for that reminder :)
Did I mention this added complexity:
My younger brother is marrying her younger sister. On the same day. Back-to-back ceremonies. one invitation designed for four different personalities. The funny thing is, my brother loves whatever I do and doesn't give a damn about tradition (he's wearing a kilt, which is not done much stateside)...
I wouldn't want to share that day with anyone else though, my brother's the mang...
thanks fellas for the input
:)
- grunttt0
I've heard "that's what we should have done" more times than I can count after telling people how my wife and I handled our wedding. We had our 2 best friends (a married couple) marry us on top of a mountain. He officiated and she was a witness plus photographer. We literally pulled a hiker off of the trail to be out 2nd witness. Than a month later we through a reception. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever done.
This photo was literally taken 5 minutes after we tied the knot.
- flavorful0
That is so flippin cool you and your brother are getting married on the same day!!!!
Because now, one of you should always remember the anniversary and will be able to clue the other one in!!
Though there are a lot more sweeter things to it I guess, haha.
- Point50
In my opinion, when it comes to getting married, tradition is for the birds. I sent my invite out and basically told people to call or email with their RSVP. I even emailed the invite as a pdf to about 15 people. The last 4 weddings I attended, I never sent back the stupid RSVP slip in the cutesy envelope; I just emailed or called the groom or bride and told them I'd be there.
Seriously... hell, to me, marriage is pretty outdated. Yeah, I'm married, but I did that for my wife. I'd love her the same, ring or not. The material things (rings, cake, honeymoon) don't make the marriage, the people involved do. The best thing about my wedding is that 90% of the people that I wanted there actually showed up; and they had a blast as did I.
- madirish0
since when did weddings get so complicated? Whatever happened to simplicity??
I'm so ready to be done w/ all the planning and get on with married life. Without the design-by-committee.
:|
gramme
(Jul 12 06, 08:38)right there with you matt. i am in the exact same boat- designing mine in a bit as well. hey, we go intogether for a group buy maybe we could get a letterpress discount. : )
cheers man, and thanks for the book again- even better in person.
- grunttt0
i'm pretty sure that 2nd envelope (the one with all the stuff in it, not the rsvp, not the mailing envelope) is so that people can save it as a keepsake... which means maybe 3 people. Her mom, your mom, any surviving grandma.
- gramme0
cheers man, and thanks for the book again- even better in person.
madirish
(Jul 12 06, 11:01)Hey Matt! Glad you got/like the book. I was wondering if it came through :)
- gramme0
which means maybe 3 people. Her mom, your mom, any surviving grandma.
grunttt
(Jul 12 06, 11:02)ha....yup. Good times. Make that two people: her mom, and an old professor of mine who'll be at the wedding and is a design junkie like myself :)
- gramme0
The material things (rings, cake, honeymoon) don't make the marriage, the people involved do. The best thing about my wedding is that 90% of the people that I wanted there actually showed up; and they had a blast as did I.
Point5
(Jul 12 06, 10:53)The honeymoon is a slightly bigger deal when the wife is a virgin and the me hasn't seen a girl kick her knickers in almost 3 years.
It was a very conscious decision. i think it makes the marriage more meaningful than if we'd slept together. People ask how I know we're physically compatible, but I say that if you're in REALLY love then the physical compatibility creates itself IMO.
So the wedding ceremony is important for me, but not nearly as much as what comes after...
- nosaj0
I would just send out an email.
- grunttt0
i suggest you pull one or two off yourself before the wedding night or else she'll be like "that didn't take as long as I had expected"
respect to ya gramme.
=)
- gramme0
i suggest you pull one or two off yourself before the wedding night or else she'll be like "that didn't take as long as I had expected"
respect to ya gramme.
=)
grunttt
(Jul 12 06, 12:47)hahaha, thanks grunttt!
=)
- madirish0
wow, sorry for the delay here- but the book does rule mang.
good luck with that wedding night stuff as well.... and i say do what grunttt says ;)