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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 127253" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkred">H, easy child, difficult child and I were vacationing in Cape Cod and having a nice time. A little past midweek, easy child asked us if were going to get married and difficult child chimed in to get married TODAY. We laughed and said "okay". The hounded us all day so we checked with the local town hall...there was a 3-day waiting period in MA following the blood test so it wouldn't have worked out since we were leaving by the time the 3 days were up. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkred">But upon our return home I spoke with my sister who had offered her home/yard for us to get married at in the past and she said sure. So, we sent out hand written invites to our family within a couple of days for 3 weeks later. My H had to remodel my sister's downstairs bathroom, I helped her paint her kitchen cabinets, my other two sisters came up a few days early and went through my sister's house like mules cleaning every nook and cranny, my daughters and nieces weeded the entire back patio and deck area around the pool, we borrowed patio sets with umbrellas from all of our friends and arranged them all over the deck and pool areas, hired a caterer and servants for the day, along with all glassware, crystal, flatware, etc., and bought all the champagne, wine, beer and liquor. I bought the girl's dresses at JC Penney's, bought my dress at Marshalls for $60 and H bought his summer suit at a local men's store and borrowed my brother in law's tie. Alltogether it cost, out of pocket, approximately $2500, give or take a bit. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkred">difficult child was the ring bearer, easy child the flower girl, we had a JP and were married under the trellis in my sister's yard which is covered and surrounded by wild flowers and wysteria vines. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkred">Our guests, which totaled around 60 (including all children), stood within just a few feet of us as we said our traditional vows and were married. It was a perfect weddding ceremony and reception. The food was great, the dress was mostly casual (think garden party) and everyone enjoyed themselves. There was very little cleanup and my family did all that so H and I could take our leave later that night - we stayed at a local fancy hotel and one of our friends secretly upgraded our room to the honeymoon suite and put champagne and strawberries in there for us with fresh flowers along with a GC to the Poconos resort for that weekend - 3 days. Nice, huh?</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkred">So, I suppose you could say that our girls proposed to us rather than H to me.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkred">I guess the fairy tale romantic proposal of man down on knee with ring is something all young girls dream of...and I know it sounds nice to me...but I like the way things played out for us. I always felt that when H and I married, he would have to accept me as a package deal and be willing and able to be husband and father to my girls and the way in which we decided to get married fit perfectly into that ideal. We were a family before we made it legal and that is very special.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #8b0000">Nice question Fran.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 127253, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]H, easy child, difficult child and I were vacationing in Cape Cod and having a nice time. A little past midweek, easy child asked us if were going to get married and difficult child chimed in to get married TODAY. We laughed and said "okay". The hounded us all day so we checked with the local town hall...there was a 3-day waiting period in MA following the blood test so it wouldn't have worked out since we were leaving by the time the 3 days were up. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]But upon our return home I spoke with my sister who had offered her home/yard for us to get married at in the past and she said sure. So, we sent out hand written invites to our family within a couple of days for 3 weeks later. My H had to remodel my sister's downstairs bathroom, I helped her paint her kitchen cabinets, my other two sisters came up a few days early and went through my sister's house like mules cleaning every nook and cranny, my daughters and nieces weeded the entire back patio and deck area around the pool, we borrowed patio sets with umbrellas from all of our friends and arranged them all over the deck and pool areas, hired a caterer and servants for the day, along with all glassware, crystal, flatware, etc., and bought all the champagne, wine, beer and liquor. I bought the girl's dresses at JC Penney's, bought my dress at Marshalls for $60 and H bought his summer suit at a local men's store and borrowed my brother in law's tie. Alltogether it cost, out of pocket, approximately $2500, give or take a bit. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]difficult child was the ring bearer, easy child the flower girl, we had a JP and were married under the trellis in my sister's yard which is covered and surrounded by wild flowers and wysteria vines. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]Our guests, which totaled around 60 (including all children), stood within just a few feet of us as we said our traditional vows and were married. It was a perfect weddding ceremony and reception. The food was great, the dress was mostly casual (think garden party) and everyone enjoyed themselves. There was very little cleanup and my family did all that so H and I could take our leave later that night - we stayed at a local fancy hotel and one of our friends secretly upgraded our room to the honeymoon suite and put champagne and strawberries in there for us with fresh flowers along with a GC to the Poconos resort for that weekend - 3 days. Nice, huh?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]So, I suppose you could say that our girls proposed to us rather than H to me.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]I guess the fairy tale romantic proposal of man down on knee with ring is something all young girls dream of...and I know it sounds nice to me...but I like the way things played out for us. I always felt that when H and I married, he would have to accept me as a package deal and be willing and able to be husband and father to my girls and the way in which we decided to get married fit perfectly into that ideal. We were a family before we made it legal and that is very special.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#8b0000]Nice question Fran.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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