It is a touchy situation! I don't think either of us would be opposed to a traditional wedding with a small guest list; however, I'm the issue in that my relationship with my parents, while on speaking terms, is far from ideal - it is a hard thing to admit that you don't actually want your own parents at your wedding. (Insert Long Story!) I cannot trust that they would not utterly spoil the day and I'm damned if I would let that happen.
So, we've begun discussing an elopment and have had numerous ideas that we're quite in love with, but we do keep seeming to come back to whether or not it is acceptable to have a "reception" after the fact. It would be great to celebrate with family and friends after we were married and I could handle my parents idiocy if it wasn't actually the day they spoiled. That aside, how do you have a reception (of sorts) after an elopment? What can you do and what can't you?
Help? Pretty please?