So, I'm married, technically. We had our civil ceremony last Monday. It was a nice place (county recorder in Fullerton). The wholel thing took like 2 minutes. We had invited our immediate families, and we felt like that was a HUGE mistake. They were all making such a big deal out of it when we had made it perfectly clear that we did NOT want it to be a big deal. When my mom showed up she had a bouquet for me and the first thing I said to her was "I don't want flowers, go put them in the car". I felt horrible after for being so rude. Then on Saturday there was a little party for SIL's bday, but people kept saying it was for us too and I was getting irritated. I understand why people are excited, but it seems like they don't believe that we will actually have a wedding. I don't feel any different and I hope it stays that way so that after the REAL wedding I will feel some difference.