A little background: My guy and I have been dating for 10 years (we met in high school). Without getting into too much detail, after waiting for 6 years...I got pregnant my sophomore year of undergrad. We now have a 4 year old son, both just finished our Masters degrees, and are more in love than we were when we started dating. We wanted to wait for our wedding so it was not a "shotgun wedding" and make it truly about our love and lifelong committment to each other.
Because we want our wedding to be about us (of course, our son will play a pivotal role), we'd like to do a "traditional" wedding rather than just signing the papers. Our families have mentioned that they would love to do reunions around the wedding time so it would allow us to have everyone in town.
So.. I'm just curious about your thoughts regarding a "real/traditional" wedding for co-habitating/procreating people. Please don't lecture. But, I am wondering, if your friend was in this situation (and you were supportive of the relationship as our friends are) how would you feel about a big wedding, registry, pre-wedding events, honeymoon, etc.
Anyone else in a similar boat?