OT/Poll-getting married in Vegas
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Yes. Save the ******** money. Elope and go somewhere kickass.
Youll really hate yourself when the family drops 50k on baby mary elizabeths wedding and she is divorced in 5 years
Youll really hate yourself when the family drops 50k on baby mary elizabeths wedding and she is divorced in 5 years
My son and DIL got married in Vegas last year. It was the best thing we ever did. About 25 people went and stayed anywhere from 3-7 days. We made a pre planning trip to check out different locations, all the resorts have a wedding planner, wrote a check and showed up 15 minutes before the service. Rented the second floor bar at Margaritaville for the reception. Some of them ended up bungee jumping off the Stratusphere before the sun came back up! The people that want to see your wedding will go, the ones that just come because they feel obligated are no longer obligated.
Then use it to your advantage. Go along w/ whatever she wants because you really shouldn't care what the hell she does, do you? But you don't let it seem like you really don't care. Then throw it back at her whenever its convenient in the future. Tell her letting her make all those wedding decisions entitles you to make Lord knows how many smaller decisions in the future w/out consulting her. Now, if you do care about flowers, cake, food, vows, colors of bridesmaids dresses, etc, like Schmuluey said, turn in the man card, Nancy.
Act interested but let her make all of the decisions. You are just there for "moral support". Even decisions that you think are supposed to be 100% made by you (tux, groomsman gifts, rehearsal dinner decisions, engagement party decisions, honeymoon stuff) are still subject to her putting in her 2 cents. And trust me she will. Even if she doesn't bother with the rehearsal dinner plans, the mothers will.
Trust me, females control just about every aspect of getting married and it's your job just to go with it and act like you give a **** once a week. Also, to keep your groomsmen where they need to be and when they need to be there. Semi sober
Trust me, females control just about every aspect of getting married and it's your job just to go with it and act like you give a **** once a week. Also, to keep your groomsmen where they need to be and when they need to be there. Semi sober
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If you like Vegas and your future wife likes to party(with other chicks) and doesn't mind you gambling, then go for it..
I was the best man in a Vegas Wedding and I can barely remember any of it... Good Times...
I am not sure which was a better time in Vegas, Dead/Panic in 95 or the Wedding...
I was the best man in a Vegas Wedding and I can barely remember any of it... Good Times...
I am not sure which was a better time in Vegas, Dead/Panic in 95 or the Wedding...
Do the island getaway wedding.
I agree on the island beach wedding. My wife and I got married at the Venetian in Las Vegas 12 years ago because thankfully she thought coordinating a big wedding in Mississippi from Texas would be too big a hassle.
I don't know why we didn't just get married around Austin somewhere, but she regrets the Vegas thing now. In hindsight, I wish we'd just gotten married in Hawaii, where we went for our honeymoon, but family members were complaining about not being able to see the ceremony.
The fact that made a difference in our decision is what both of us regret. It's your wedding, so don't let family talk you into doing anything to fulfill their expectations. That means to hell with a big expensive ceremony but also to hell with going somewhere based on whether it's accessible to witnesses.
Find a nice island and take both sets of parents. The end.
I agree on the island beach wedding. My wife and I got married at the Venetian in Las Vegas 12 years ago because thankfully she thought coordinating a big wedding in Mississippi from Texas would be too big a hassle.
I don't know why we didn't just get married around Austin somewhere, but she regrets the Vegas thing now. In hindsight, I wish we'd just gotten married in Hawaii, where we went for our honeymoon, but family members were complaining about not being able to see the ceremony.
The fact that made a difference in our decision is what both of us regret. It's your wedding, so don't let family talk you into doing anything to fulfill their expectations. That means to hell with a big expensive ceremony but also to hell with going somewhere based on whether it's accessible to witnesses.
Find a nice island and take both sets of parents. The end.
I know I don't post very often but maybe this will help. My wife and I got married on the top of the Mandalay Bay casino in a private area of their executive club. I made sure we had a preacher and not a JP marry us. We flew in and immediately went to the court house and got the marriage license on Friday evening. At that point she went with her friends and I went with mine. I did not see her again until Sat night. During that time I won enough money to pay for the preacher, the tip for the meal and one of the plane tickets. After the short ceremony we had dinner in another area of the club. The whole thing cost less than 3000 dollars. Best money I ever spent. We had six people with us. Totally beat the hell out of spending a pot load of money for an extravagant wedding.