For those of you that were planning a traditional wedding, but eloped instead, why did you choose to elope?

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1. We decided 3 weeks honeymooning was better than one day

2. Tough choice: two weeks on our dream honeymoon just us two, or months being stressed planning one night with relatives we don’t even like?

3. All of a sudden it wasnt about us but about everyone else. Cancelled the huge wedding and got married by a JP in a local park with our kids there (blended family). One of the best decisions I’ve ever made/agreed to.

4. Realized weddings are overrated and more about impressing other people. We didn’t wanna be stressed and broke after throwing a huge party basically.
   So we eloped and had a bomb ass honeymoon instead. Because at the end of the day, it’s our day, we don’t have to make it about everyone else.

5. We didn’t want the stress or the expense of a traditional wedding so we eloped with our only our immediate families in attendance. We did a simple lunch at a local restaurant and it was lovely. Total cost was $1,500 for our wedding clothes, cake, luncheon, wedding bands, license fee, and officiant’s fee.

   10/10 recommend!

6. Military, instead of the court house we did the drive thru in Vegas. Really no reason, we planned to have a ceremony in the future but shit went left lmao

7. We wanted no stress. We wanted something intimate that was marriage focused instead of event focused. We wanted to spend our money on an extended honeymoon instead of a wedding. We didn’t want to deal with “you invited so-and-so so you have to invite so-and-so”-it was easier to just not invite anyone 😂 Our parents will be there, but that’s it. We’re very much looking forward to it.

8. We didn’t have parents that would nag us, so we decided on destination wedding instead with a few close friends.

9. We already had the kids, the house, the car payments. It didn’t make sense financially to spend money on a wedding when we already had a lot of financial responsibilities. And I didn’t want the stress of planning a wedding on top of the stress of our every day lives.

10. Money, and I wanted to have my husband and child’s last name sooner rather than later.

11. Never cared for having my own wedding. I never grew up thinking about my wedding dress or bridesmaid dress colors and such. Plus, I hate attention on me like that. Friends and family thought I was weird like that so I started planning a small one when I got engaged. My step towards having a wedding was more from external pressure rather than what I really wanted. Then the pandemic came and it gave me the excuse to cancel phew!