Two Weddings, No Funeral

[pantryslut]

My two cubicle-mates were discussing their respective weddings this morning -- one of them is getting married next month and thus is immersed in wedding minutiae; the other was married last year.

Both reported that their mothers virtually took over planning their ceremonies. And they said this with the air of, well, that's the way it goes, what do you expect?

I am so glad I eloped.

I also sent my mother a thank-you note.

EDIT: and my mother replied: "You're welcome - and thanks for saving us lots of money that we couldn't have afforded!"

Comments

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

You don't have to elope to have an inexpensive wedding on your own terms. My ex-husband and I planned and paid for our whole wedding. (Naturally, he wasn't my ex-husband or even my husband at the time.) Everyone loved it, except my mother-in-law, which should have been a clue.

But then my mother is not the (stereo)typical "I'm going to run your life until you die, here have some cheesecake, aren't you gaining a little weight?"-type mother. Rather the opposite. And no preparation whatsoever for my mother-in-law.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Of course one doesn't *have* to elope. But it was so much fun. I recommend it whenever I get the chance.

[thette.livejournal.com]

It also helps to have one's respective sets of parents in opposite ends of the contry.

[thette.livejournal.com]

(And to live in the middle oneselves.)