Mixed feelings

Re: Mixed feelings

• ginadog member

  

  August 2012

  Can the witnesses not sign the license now?  Was it sent off already or is it still in someone's possession? 
  
  You'd like to redo something you way, just 41 days after your big flashy wedding?  What kind of thing are you thinking?  Then get two new witnesses?
  
  I guess I am confused.
  

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• kaystar79

  

  August 2012

  lol, yes a little, well first it wasnt a big flashy wedding,and it was small either the point is it wasnt waht we wanted, but like i said im not ungrateful. But no once the registration is in to the city clerk, no it cant be changed in the state of New York, so the City Clerk says we have to be remarried. So God is giving us second chance, it is something that has to happen if we want to be married so that is what we are going to do

  I'm getting married again!!!!! What a lucky break,lol!!!

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• Lisa50 member

  

  August 2012

  This makes me very happy no witnesses were required to sign documentation where I married ... not in either jurisdiction. 
  
  I actually thought the whole witnesses are required to sign the license thing was an old wive's tale, like flower girls and ring bearers (I've only seen those in the movies, on TV and in magazines).  Huh.  I learn something new everyday.
  
  OP, I agree with Retread ... just go to the courthouse (Monday) and get this wrapped up.

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• Avion22 member

  

  August 2012

  So you are going to wait even longer to be married so yawn re-plan the whole thing? I don't get it. What did you in mind for your second wedding? BTW, this board is generally for brides marrying a DIFFERENT person the second time around due to death or divorce, not brides who just want a do-over. You're welcome to post here of course, just realize where most of us are coming from....

  

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• Lisa50 member

  

  August 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_second-weddings_mixed-feelings?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:35Discussion:3e783d80-e152-43db-9778-b20b0af0cd96Post:500f3b51-d834-433e-8eb6-9f6f6c1d1518">Re: Mixed feelings</a>:
  [QUOTE]<strong>Witnesses to weddings are required in some states for the same reason as wills.  It's a legal contract</strong>.
  Posted by RetreadBride[/QUOTE]
  
  Umm, yeah ... I am <u>fully</u> aware marriage is a legal contract (that's why we do it!) and, as such, a witness is required.  In both the District of Columbia (my first wedding) and Maryland (my second wedding), the officiant <u>is</u> the witness.  No additional witnesses are required.  In my experience, bridal parties are simply window dressing.  As I said, I learned something new.
  
  Anyhoo, OP, don't worry about this nonsense.  Get thee to the courthouse.  I think <u>that</u> is what GOD is telling you.

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• handfast4me member

  

  August 2012

  I had the same experience in Florida that Lisa did; no witnesses are required.  And in Colorado, you don't even need an officiant.  When I did research about this, more and more states are doing away with witnesses being required, that is going the way of the blood test.  (And for those who are uninformed, the blood test was a test for syphilis--people who marry are not those at risk for syphilis, therefore it is considered an unnecessary test, because those who most frequently have syphilis are not those getting married. ) 

  Don't mess with the old dogs; age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.

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