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i have a situation,my fiance and i were going to get

married by the justice of the peace on aug 11(the reason for that is because weve been a couple for 8 years so we feel we might as well.). i had no intention of wearing anything special given the fact that its only the justice of the peace, wed just do it.now weve decided to take a 9 day vacation to jamacia starting sept 23(we just booked everything yesterday).so now we are cotemplating getting married over there, id get a gown and everything. the thing is though, its one thing to get married justice of the peace and not have loved ones there,but its a different story getting married on the sandy beaches of jamacia in full wedding attire with noone to share it with. it seems so romantic to do it there but there wont be anyone to share in the joy of putting on makeup, getting dressed and being nervous. things i dont anticipate if i marry here. i feel so torn. i would love 2 get married there,but it seems so lonely. what should i do??

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Mikey offline Verified User (3 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 3 months ago (10 hours, 55 minutes after post)

You could invite your close friends and relatives to come down if they could manage, but it’s pretty short notice. If you’re suddenly romanced to the idea of having a real wedding, I would suggest using the vacation as a pre-wedding honeymoon, then get married when you get back somewhere convenient for them all to come. I’m sure it will be equally as romantic here as it would have been in Jamaica, having just had that vacation :)… Well- Maybe not. But it is an idea?

Mike

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C.M.Theisen offline Verified User (3 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Providence, RI, US | 3 years, 3 months ago (2 days, 16 hours after post)

When I got married to my wife we went to a justice of the peace. The only guests were both sets of parents. It was a modest affair in his office, but it was inexpensive easy and still very meaningful. I definitely recommend a simple ceremony like that. We later had a big and fancy wedding with our friends and wider family, wedding cakes, band and gowns. Although it was technically an “unofficial” wedding since we had our former college professor “marry” us and we use the first wedding as our anniversary date.

Anyhow, what I’m suggesting is that there is no one way to do things and there is no reason why you can’t do two styles of weddings. Maybe your Jamaican wedding becomes the more private affair, but that can still be romantic and special. And you can have the full family wedding in the US with a justice of the peace, if you like.

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