ajrwdwgirl
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My MIL very much appreciated that I asked her for her daughters hand in marriage. Even if my FIL had been in the picture I would have asked them both.
DWifey had a bouquet, as well, plus there were more flowers in the church.
DWifeys dress wasn't inexpensive, but, it wasn't expensive (to us, anyway) either.
We had two cakes, and DWifey did wear a veil (her choice) over her face.
The ceremony was co-officiated by the Lutheran pastor from her church and the priest from our church, at our church.
Shortly after we were married DWifey, through a long process, converted to Catholisism. Before that, we both took classes at each other's churches to learn more about the two faiths, as we wanted to settle on one so we weren't bouncing back and forth, especially after we had kiddos.
She decided to become Catholic because my family was more devout and she felt there would be better religious support for the kiddos there.
And, we also honeymooned at WDW...!
As far as the cost goes, it wasn't crazy either, and much of the expenses were spread out.
MIL payed for DWifeys dress, DWifeys favorite aunt made both cakes, my folks covered the catering, and DWifeys grandfather gifted us some money to put towards our wedding. We covered most of the rest. We also had a band at the reception from my mother's hometown (Shiner - Shiner Beer
), so they gave us a great price.
It could have indeed been crazy, as we had invited 250-ish guests (225-ish showed up), but we tried to keep things fairly reasonable so we weren't starting off in the poor house, but, had an awesome wedding and memories to look back on...and, that's the way it worked out...!!!!!
As far as oldest DD and SonIL go, she is still Catholic and he is Church of Christ. They go back and forth, and haven't started a family yet.
Their wedding wasn't inexpensive, but, again, it wasn't crazy (by today's standards, anyway) either. Some of the costs were also spread out, but, DWifey and I payed for most all of it (thankfully, I had been back at the firm for more than a year by then).
They invited about 125-ish, and about 100-ish showed up...!
Their ceremony was held outside at a local venue near the lake. DD wore a white dress, carried a bouquet, and wore (although, not over her face) a veil. Things she wanted in her wedding. Again, like her mother, no "owned" shrinking violet (as are both of our DDs
Everything about their wedding and reception was beautiful and awesome, and it was an amazing day...!!!!!!!!!!!
Some pics for grins...!
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And, their engagement pic that I cropped 'cause both of their first and last pre-married names are to the right.
Yes, she took his last name, and DWifey took mine. Again, both ladies choices...
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Sounds like (and looks like) beautiful weddings! Especially if there was Shiner beer!
I thought you couldn't get a reaction to platinum. I read that it was some sort of fungus and that the only way to heal it was basically not wear them all the time, especially showering or swimming. It was painful. So now I only wear them when I go out of the house or am on vacation. But when I wash my hands they go into my pocket and then I dry the skin really well before I put them back on. The ring indentation marks actually went away, but probably because they were never really tight anyway. I have to be careful in the supermarket especially if I am cold. They can slip off really easily.
So for $10 and about 3 minutes it is worth it to me!
