https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 10:37:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-617125 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:07:37 +0000 MrsTiz 617125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: @.twist.: Yep! Just saw that thread, it's the third picture that I remember. You and your DH sitting down with your red hair and flower. I always thought you looked like a fairy! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-617077 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:52:55 +0000 .twist. 617077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Yep, it was totally you. I just saw your photos in the share your wedding photos thread and I *swooned* again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-617075 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:51:41 +0000 Arden 617075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: Not a crown, but I did have a flower in my hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-609698 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:38:59 +0000 MrsTiz 609698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I just remember red hair and a big dress. Did you wear a crown? Not a diamond one, it was flowers?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-609153 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:33:11 +0000 .twist. 609153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Yep! I think that's the one. Very pretty. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-608855 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:25:36 +0000 teamjse 608855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got married in City Hall not for financial reasons but we both felt that a wedding was a waste of money. We really wanted to fly to NYC and elope there because its our favorite city but our parents would have did some major a$$ kicking. The in laws also forced us to have a reception at a seafood restaurant but we kept the guest list really small and refused to let our parents invite any of their friends we didn't know. All in all we are happy we went this route and kept our savings because we got pregnant a month after marriage. All the money we saved, we splurged on the Lo's nursery and to us, it was well worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-608692 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:02:40 +0000 Arden 608692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @MrsTiz: Bahaha, you guys are hilarious. It could have been me, I did post photos on weddingbee.<br /> I had a big tulle ballgown, long red hair, DH is blond, the girls wore convertible plum dresses and I had lots of twinkle lights involved. Does that sound like the wedding you are thinking of? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-608412 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:17:47 +0000 Sweet T 608412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got married at the courthouse before DH went to basic training. We originally planned on having a big ceremony later on but it didn't happen. It makes me sad that I don't have any wedding pictures and that I didn't get to wear my dress. Maybe one day we'll renew our vows and have a ceremony. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-608385 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:58:27 +0000 allison 608385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wanted to get married at city hall, then spend the wedding money on a big party a couple months later. But our parents insisted we have a wedding and were married by a minister so our marriage would be "real". I was bummed, but they were paying so they got their way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-608381 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:55:02 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 608381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I have a big family and wanted everyone there. I loved my wedding though, it wasn't stressy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-608323 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:28:48 +0000 MsMamaBear 608323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: My parents got married the same way, but with my dad's uncle doing the ceremony. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-607297 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:55:14 +0000 luckypenny 607297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got married at city hall in San Francisco so we didn't have to deal with getting marriage license in South Carolina on short notice (we bumped wedding up a year because we found out I was pregnant!) it is such a beaitiful place and we each had one friend there. So intimate. anyways, a homeless guy walked through it and if you know SF, you know you it's so quintessentially SF and hilarious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-607285 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:46:34 +0000 oliviaoblivia 607285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a JOP wedding 11 months before our fancy wedding because of visa/immigration issues and if I had to choose I'd pick the big wedding. I loved our wedding so much and loved declaring my love in a room filled with people I loved. DH and I often talk about how special our wedding was, and don't often talk about our first ceremony. The JOP ceremony was special, but it was missing something.....namely 150 of our closest friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-607233 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:07:23 +0000 .twist. 607233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: haha I'm totally glad you're creepy too. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall/page/2#post-607232 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:06:48 +0000 pastemoo 607232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We "eloped" instead of getting engaged (we told our families--well it's more complicated than that but that's the simple version) and then we got married "for real."</p> <p>If we did it again I would pay for it myself and just invite close friends and family. Family is HUGE so it would still be big (50 people maybe instead of 100). It would be outdoors during the daytime not indoors at night. I would go cheaper on the food and venue but still get a live band (they were amazing!) and a really great dress.</p> <p>I wouldn't elope again--I am such a family person--I use weddings as an excuse to actually see family. I am actually excited about my brother's upcoming wedding in large part because we get to see all the family! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607182 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:34:58 +0000 hummusgirl 607182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, I'm glad we had the big wedding and I'd do it again. My family had had a couple big funerals leading up to our wedding so I was happy we could give people a reason to celebrate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607165 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:24:08 +0000 Honeybee 607165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always tell my husband that if we could do it over again I would take all the money we spent on a wedding and elope and elope and go on a two month honeymoon instead! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607096 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:37:24 +0000 StbHisMrs 607096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we were married by a JOP and also planning a wedding for the following August. Plans changed when I got pregnant three months after we were married! </p> <p>We are talking about renewing our vows on our fifth anniversary (two years from now) and having a nice reception. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607080 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:30:53 +0000 photojane 607080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved my wedding. It was traditional in the sense that we had a church wedding &amp; dinner reception, but it was so fun and casual. I was only 21, so it was perfect for us and where we were at that time. My parents paid for it. If I was to get married later in life, and I was paying for it myself, I think a beach wedding somewhere tropical would be perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607075 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:27:37 +0000 MrsTiz 607075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I think it was. Creeper here too but she put up a picture of her in her dress and I was like I REMEMBER HER!! Hahah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607072 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:25:59 +0000 MrsTiz 607072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I realllly wish I had. My parents offered to pay for our wedding or write us a check for their wedding budget and we could elope or do something small. Only reason we had a wedding is because our families would never forgive us if they didn't get to see it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607065 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:23:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 607065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad told me to elope and I wish I had! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-607053 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:20:21 +0000 chanzi 607053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We technically got married at city hall, but it was just two days before our "real" wedding: a 35 person ceremony and reception at a cafe. Definitely would do again! Small enough to be intimate, large enough to include close family and mutual friends, plus relatively low-stress, fairly affordable, and still plenty wedding-y. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606917 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:31:23 +0000 mrsmate 606917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My wedding looks beautiful in pictures but I was so, so stressed out that day. I wish I had gotten married at City Hall but being the eldest daughter and granddaughter in my family I felt pressure to have the big wedding. Our wedding took almost two years to plan and it totally consumed my life. Small wedding all the way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606914 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:30:12 +0000 MediaNaranja 606914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did. Got married at the county courthouse just the two of us and the JOP on a Thursday morning. It worked for us. I always thought we would have a small ceremony or party later, but it's been a year already with no plans made, so it this point it probably won't happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606816 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:57:01 +0000 ChelseaRose 606816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eloped in Kauai! We followed that with a casual party at my parents house a few months later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606805 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:53:17 +0000 MrsH 606805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As long as I could still have my family it wouldn't have bothered me to go small scale. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606555 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:16:44 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 606555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't. I never ever ever wanted that and luckily neither did Mr. Hedgie. I don't regret having a big fancy wedding one but and if we had to do it over, I would do the exact same thing! Maybe change some details but then again, who wouldn't? lol</p> <p>I adored our fancy interfaith wedding and it just wouldn't hold the same emotional and exciting memories if we had just eloped or gone to the courthouse. Not saying anything against those who choose/chose to do that! Heck, my parents wanted to elope but only had a big wedding for their families! They plan on eloping for a vowel renewal one day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606466 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:48:17 +0000 Bookish 606466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did! Due to very tight budgetary constraints and the fact that my parents were in the middle of a divorce, we said screw it and went to Vegas! It was the right decision for us, and enabled us to use the money we saved to buy a house 8 months later. We also had a small party when we got back. Sometimes I get jealous of the women who had lovely dresses and a big fancy party, but then I get over it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-elope-or-get-married-at-city-hall#post-606412 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:34:53 +0000 KissMeCait 606412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, never. Even after going through the trials and tribulations of planning and financing the big expensive wedding, I wouldn’t have done it any other way. Our wedding day was one of the happiest of my life and I wouldn’t have those memories had we just gone to city hall or went off and eloped. Sure, the ultimate outcome would have been the same (being married and all) but the experience would have been entirely different. I loved our wedding and if I could go back and do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. </p>