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I'm new and I have some wedding woes

I'm Justine, 22, getting married in less then two months!!! oct 28, 2011, FIs  contract just ended ( 5 years Army), so now we are taking the next step. He is currently working as an independend contractor for homeland security but is considering taking a job with the DOD in Afganastan. I just finished my double major in psych and soc in Pa and now am heading into gradschool in Jan.

I posted that on the lurkers post but thought I would put it here before i ask for advice

So both our families are big Military families and we are getting married in my hometown. Fi is from across the country and ALL of his guest must travel at least 6 hours. Many of the people we invited are unable to make it because they are deployed or stationed to far away. His dad is traveling from Afganastan (he works for DOD) and many of his friends are traveling from upstate NY (Fort Drum). Best man and one of my brides maids are traveling from Germany.  But we got some sad news about two months ago that his sister, brother in law and 2 nephiews cant make it. THey are stationed in Guam and where suppose to get plain tickets but it just didnt work out. And is old unit is deployed so many of his close buddies cant come. Is there anything I can do for my FI, and our friends and family that cant come? I just need some advice on how to deal with this? ANd if there is something i can/ should do for my FI and people that cant come? ( I am already paying for the plain ticket for best man in germany) 

Re: I'm new and I have some wedding woes

  • edited December 2011
    Hi Justine, 
    How many guests are coming? If it is small, you could have the ones that cant come skype or do a group video chat so they can still feel a part of the ceremony and get to watch it. 
  • edited December 2011
    One thing we have looked into is skyping our wedding. We have a while to go so we are trying to plan it around deployments, but you know how that goes the unexpected and just the plane fact of having so many military ppl in different places means important people wont be able to come. His family is still all active so since there is such a high probability that a sibling or parent cant come we have looked into high tech means.

    You can get meetings to go and skype a few other things as well i'm sure depending on how many people need to see it. It is also possible to just put a live feed on a website if your that tech savvy. It isnt the same as having them all there, but it is the closest thing we could figure. It would allow those missing to be there in a way deployed, living somewhere else etc. This is also something that (depending on numbers and tech savvyness) may not cost you anything at all but might give your FI those people to interact with and give them to options to "be" at the wedding even if they cant come in person.
  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    We did skype our wedding! It went fantastically, FI's aunt had a reserved seat in the second row, and she skyped it to a viewing party back in Georgia that included H's parents and grandparents, as well as his one sister that couldn't make it. She skyped the ceremony and the sword arch, and our first dance. It meant SO much to H, I'm so glad she did it.

    ETA: And she did it from her phone!
    I hate Dave Ramsey
  • IrishcurlsIrishcurls member
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    edited December 2011
    Love the skype idea! Or FaceTime if two people have iphones/ipads. 

    Stan, did I miss an AW thread?? Your new pic is amazing!!
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  • edited December 2011
    I know!! I've been anxiously waiting an AW from Stan!!!!
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  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    Not yet! She's getting them to me in pieces, I'll AW when I have them all. :)
    I hate Dave Ramsey
  • edited December 2011
    Thanks girls,
    we are expecting like 75 guests so its not huge but its not that small either. I talked to the venue about skyping it and they have a system set up that we can use!
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