I'm from Texas and my fiance and I live in California. I don't want a wedding ceremony, because I don't want a huge wedding and if I have a ceremony, I don't want to offend my huge family back in Texas. My ideal is that we would have one of my fiance's friends marry us, we have a nice weekend to celebrate with just my fiance and I and a couple of our friends (very intimate, with someone taking tons of pictures) Then, the weekend after, have a small reception with his family and the rest of our friends to celebrate. Then on our trip to Texas (since we would only be able to make one) we would celebrate and be able to see all of my family.
My problem is that my fiance thinks a reception is weird without an actual wedding ceremony. He seems to believe that its my twisted logic that stands alone in thinking this is okay. I am trying to get across to him that it is okay to keep the actual marrying to ourselves and celebrate our unity with family and friends. HELP!