I had previously said I only wanted a civil ceremony, very possibly at the reception venue, but the look on my mom's face said that I really needed to budge a little on this and find some other venue. While I'm not completely against a church wedding, or even pre-marital counseling, I am opposed to having to attend the church regularly for any period of time prior to the wedding.
Last week we had a breakthrough.
About 11 blocks from our reception venue, we found a nondenominational interfaith chapel! Weeeeee! I looked at it today and it's great. I put a hold on it immediately and intend to send in the deposit as soon as I receive the forms and such in the mail. Full disclosure in a week or two.
New Year, New Blog!
16 years ago
3 comments:
dang, you are really moving quickly. we still have'nt sent in our forms to the church yet.
I want the scoop! email me!
yeah, i know. it's just so expensive here in manhattan that as soon as i see something i like in my budget, i jump at it immediately. it's amazing to me, really. one church (i'll let you guess) wanted a $2000 site fee AND you had to tithe 10% of your wedding expenses AND you had to go to church regularly. are you kidding??
Congratulations on your find! You are a woman after my own heart. It says a lot about you that you found a way to consider and afford your mom's wishes.
29 years ago I basically bucked the system, did everything on my own, and saved tons of money.
We had a couples shower before it was 'cool' and our wedding was on a Sunday as Monday was a holiday and it gave plenty of time for out-of-town guests to travel. (Then I didn't know that mostly only Jewish couples had their weddings on Sunday.)
The church actually let us have champagne there so that's where we had the reception. My aunts, cousins, and friends helped make food. It was different, but fortunately it worked very well.
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