Category Archive

second marriage

For some of us, our first weddings were traditional, and so when we’re getting married for a second time, we want to go nontraditional. This archive is full of inspiration and ideas for second weddings… readings, real weddings, and more. Also, be sure you check out our blended family archive.

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Wedding vows for a second marriage

Lauren and Chris got married South Africa, and had the perfect vows for a second marriage.

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Not afraid of your scars: Wedding ceremony readings for second marriages

We’re familiar with planning second weddings in these parts (our own Megan is doing it right now!), and let me tell you, it’s not easy finding wedding readings for second weddings. Let’s find you some awesome readings, poems, and song lyrics for your second marriage.

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The ghost of weddings past: Planning a second wedding when you’ve already been a bride

I’m engaged to a guy who’s never been married before, while I already did the Big Dream Wedding thing. I’ve been The Bride.

And this time around, planning a second wedding, is different in a LOT of key ways…

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There are moments that feel like betrayal: planning a wedding as a widow

Two years ago, I became a widow after my husband committed suicide. Today, I’m planning a wedding with my teenage-years’ sweetheart, with whom I got back together a little over a year ago. And when these two things overlap, it becomes cause for grief, not joy.