Big wedding Vs. Intimate wedding ????

[R&R]

For those who did the smaller events, what did you do? Throw a party, have a dinner?

I've been married a couple of times and they were small- just family and a couple of friends. A wedding dress and tux for us. I let my maid-of-honor choose a dress and then matched my flowers to her dress. I did have a traditional wedding cake. We were happy to have a light lunch and a friend did our music.

Rob and I have discussed getting married. He says just family is fine - but his "just family" is over 200 and that's close family - kids, cousins, etc. I'm pushing for just us in Vegas myself.

[MyHindiHeart]

I don't think I even know 250 people well enough to invite to a wedding, let alone 2000!! That sounds totally insane!

The way it works in India is 3 levels (or sometimes more) deep. You invite your friends, family and neighbors - they also bring their families. In turn, they invite their friends, neighbors and family and then those people invite their friends, neighbors and family. A small wedding is 300 people. When I attended a wedding in Nagpur, India, the bride and groom admitted that they didn't know MOST of the people there.

[snow]

Now that the timeframe is getting more clear, we have two options:
- get married in the courthouse and have a small get together at his mom's place
- get married in a church and have a small get together at his mom's place

Both of it will be really small, 20-25 people maximum. I like the intimacy of it

[lilspitfire]

I want a small wedding. IF I get married again. I think I already replied to this post.......my bad! Can't remember them all. But yeah, definitely small. Unless I convince my SO to just be common law. :P

[sugarkane92]

I definitely want a small wedding. And if it was for me, it would be just the two of us.

[differentcountries]

SO admitted to me yesterday he doesn't really like weddings - attending them, that is. So I guess if we are going to have a celebration at some point is going to be a small one. I don't really mind either way. In a few days I am going to experience what a Turkish wedding can be like, so I know what his point of referance is (though he said "country weddings" is usually a 3 day event). I think it is the shere number of people he doesn't like. And dancing.