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What type of wedding and reception that my fiance and I should have
Poll ended at 15 Feb 2010, 7:36 am
Informal midmorning with a brunch reception 19%  19%  [ 3 ]
Informal afternoon with potluck reception 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
Formal afternoon with catered reception 19%  19%  [ 3 ]
Informal evening with potlock reception 38%  38%  [ 6 ]
Total votes : 16

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16 Jan 2010, 7:36 am

My boyfriend and I are engaged to be married next June and we are looking ideas for the wedding. Here is what we decided on so far

* Ceremony and reception at the same place
* There will be a minister officiating the ceremony
* Colors will be purple and black (Purple for Western Illinois University and black for Northern Illinois University, my two schools)
* Flowers will be iris (my sorority flower) and white rose (my friends' fraternity flower)
* The wedding will be on a weekday (as it is cheaper to rent the place)
* First song that we will dance to is "Love Story" by Taylor Swift

I do need more ideas to plan the wedding, especially what type to have.


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16 Jan 2010, 8:30 am

Congratulations! :D


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16 Jan 2010, 8:38 am

Congratulations! Haven't been married myself so can't say which style would be best; I think it's just personal preference.



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16 Jan 2010, 8:38 am

Congratulations!! ! :)



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16 Jan 2010, 8:57 am

I don't know how to reply. But congratulations to you.



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16 Jan 2010, 9:57 am

Congratulations. I don't think I could handle a wedding that required too much planning. My brother got married in our living room with just family and the minister and his wife attending. Then we sat down and ate.


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16 Jan 2010, 10:00 am

Aimless wrote:
Congratulations. I don't think I could handle a wedding that required too much planning. My brother got married in our living room with just family and the minister and his wife attending. Then we sat down and ate.


I been to weddings before and I have some ideas based on those weddings that I attended, but I never planned a wedding before, let alone my own.


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16 Jan 2010, 10:04 am

there's no "I don't care" option? :x

all weddings suck. go to Vegas!

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16 Jan 2010, 10:11 am

anna-banana wrote:
there's no "I don't care" option? :x

all weddings suck. go to Vegas!

:P


I knew someone who went to Vegas and got married by an Elvis impersonator. :)


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16 Jan 2010, 10:19 am

Congrats :D


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16 Jan 2010, 10:23 am

I would choose the formal afternoon catered dinner.


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16 Jan 2010, 12:17 pm

anna-banana wrote:
there's no "I don't care" option? :x

all weddings suck. go to Vegas!

:P


Here is the problem with the Vegas option, I would not be able to change my name through marriage and would have to go through the court to change my last name from Cooper (my maiden name) to Jozwick (my fiance's last name), besides I want to get married in my hometown.


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16 Jan 2010, 12:26 pm

Congratulations :D ! !! !


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16 Jan 2010, 12:28 pm

Oh, & i voted "Informal afternoon with potluck reception" :)


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16 Jan 2010, 12:56 pm

I would have voted "Formal afternoon with a potluck reception", but you didn't include that. I like the formal ceremony, but not so much the formal reception (I went to one for a recently-married couple in my church about a year and a half ago, and it looked too much like a prom, but with 30-somethings)



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16 Jan 2010, 1:08 pm

I chose Informal midmorning with a brunch reception because the brunch is such a WONDERFUL idea! Although I would do it semi formal, just because it sets the tone for the seriousness of the meaning of the ceremony, but the morning and the brunch makes it so close and intimate.

and before I add my congratulations! I did look it up and find:

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(3) Most common mistake people make when greeting the newly-wedded couple is to greet the bride a bright and cheerful “Congratulations,” and to pump the groom’s hand along with a booming “Best wishes.” Why is this a mistake at all? When you greet the bride with a “Congratulations,” it is tantamount to saying, “Hey, Congratulations… you just got yourself a man!” Traditionally, in a society where men still woo women, it is not the bride who is lucky enough to have snagged the groom, but it is the groom who is the lucky one to have had the lady for his bride. Greet the bride “Best wishes,” and the groom, “Congratulations!”


another of those Aspie social skill building exercises!

So, may I say Best Wishes to the bride! :D and "congratulations!" to the groom!

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