In my actual ceremony we are going to be married by a friend, no problem there, however; FMIL INSISTS we have a little 10 min mock ceremony right before the reception(which is the next day) so family and friends who couldn't make it to the real thing get a little taste of it. FMIL is really really opposed to us being married by a friend because she feels like its not legal enough and I think it has something to do with the fact we won't be getting married by a person from a church. Since FMIL is paying for the reception and I can't say no to her, I told her that at the mock ceremony she could choose an officiant.
My problem is, this lady just emailed me a sample of what she thought we would like, when I explained I wanted something simple, short and sweet. Its this big huge thing all about Jesus and then she reads this poem about our hands. Its really long and dorky and FI and I are not religious in any way, even tho FI's family is really religious. I am having a hard time finding ceremony pieces that are non-denominational, does anyone have anything like this? I was hoping I could send her something like that and she would get a better idea of what we like without telling her we aren't religious.
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