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Outdoor vs destination wedding

MrsAma12MrsAma12
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My fiance and I have talked about a destination wedding (a nice beach!) He is very private and doesn't like to be the center of attention.  It will be my second wedding, his first.  I would like to have his parents there and my children, but we can't afford to take everybody.  I am toying with the idea of a nice private outdoor wedding either the day before or earlier in the afternoon and then invite friends and family to a reception that evening.  Is that weird?  tacky? socially unacceptable? I want the wedding to be about us without excluding those that are important to us.  any suggestions/feedback??
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  • Sue-n-KevinSue-n-Kevin member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm confused. Are you thinking of an outdoor wedding LOCALLY (I am toying with the idea of a nice private outdoor wedding either the day before or earlier in the afternoon and then invite friends and family to a reception that evening) 

    and the other option is a destination wedding AWAY?
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  • handfast4mehandfast4me member
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    edited December 2011
    We had a beach wedding, just the two of us. My DH is like your fiance, in that he didn't want to be the center of attention, and furthermore, we wanted to be able to express ourselves freely to one another.  We NEVER would have said the things we said to one another had there been an audience. 

    Our original plan was to have an at home reception once we got back, but we just never got around to it, for a variety of reasons.  However, my daughter ran off to the courthouse a couple of years ago, and then we threw an at home celebration for her and her new husband a couple of weeks later.  It was a lot of fun, relaxed (although it was a TON of work for me--I did the food, flowers, etc., all at my home).  So, that's always an option. 
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  • MrsAma12MrsAma12
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    edited December 2011
    we initially planned on a destination wedding, just the two of us.  But since its his first (and only) wedding, I feel like we should somehow include my children and our parents (especially his mom).  We recently discussed this again and I think we are going to have a "dinner" for our parents and the kids that will be a surprise wedding.  Then we will plan a gathering of friends and other family shortly thereafter.
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