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getting weddinged

What do you call it when you skipped the wedding and just got married at the courthouse for practical purposes, but then decide to throw a big reception for your friends and family months or even years later? We call that GETTING WEDDINGED, and it’s awesome. (Note that there’s also the reverse, especially with LGBT couples: GETTING LEGALLED, where you go to the courthouse to make it legal months or years after having a commitment ceremony.)

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Stacy & Mike’s nerdy after-the-legal-wedding party

Stacey & Mike had a post-legal-wedding handfasting. Stacey had her mom, whom she described as her best friend, be one of her bridesmaids and she wore a beautiful long red dress.

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Tina & Nico’s relaxed family wedding in a castle

Tina & Nico got legally married in May, so they were free to get wedding’d their way. So, they had a family-filled wedding at a castle in Belgium. When I say family filled, I mean they literally involved their family as much as possible. Both Tina & Nico’s fathers officiated the wedding!

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On vow renewals and getting weddinged

Offbeat bride Sophie has written an great post about the struggles and culture behind elopements, vow renewals and getting weddinged.

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Jennifer & Chut’s Thai-rish gastronomic family celebration

Chut’s parents are traditional Thai Buddist, and Jennifer’s are artistic Irish spiritualists. So they decided to celebrate both sides with two ceremonies: a full-blown Thai Buddhist celebration at their home and a non-religious riverside ceremony.