10 weeks to plan a wedding??

ameliakwatson · July 2012

Me and my husband were civilly married in January. I am an Orthodox christian, and when we briefly met with my priest (he's fairly new and thought we were married in the church) he was very upset that we had done that, we did plan to have a ceremony but not until NEXT fall, so he said he wouldn't want to push it past September, and we found out this last week, and he chose the date of September 9, 2012 at 2pm! I'm freaking out, but yesterday I found a dress that fit beautifully... they don't need to make a single alteration! I pick it up tomorrow, and my family is really pulling together. My uncle owns a few restaraunts and we're using his biggest one for the reception... does anyone have a short amount of time to plan their wedding also?

jacquiroxx · July 2012

I have been engaged and planning since December 2010... I do not envy you right now haha. Best of luck, but it looks like you don't need it!! It sounds like you have a great family who will help you pull off a beautiful event. Congrats!!

PS- Are you telling your guests that you're already married?

ameliakwatson · July 2012

Thank you! Yeah, I was sooo stressed at first, my priest would probably marry us this weekend if he wasn't out of town lol! Most of our familiy and friends know that we are civilly married, I was perplexed as to what I should put on the invitations, but we all decided that my maiden name would be most appropriate, although I'm pretty sure it'll confuse a lot of people when they get them... "huh? aren't they already married?"

celticmyss · July 2012

I would word the invitations in such a way that shows that you're having your marriage blessed since you're already married. If you have started using your husband's name then I would do so on the invitation.

cronin85 · July 2012

wow! Ive been engaged and planning my wedding since September 2012! I would probably go crazy if I was in ur situation. But as PP said it seems like you have a good start as far as a reception place and your dress. I would definitely do your invites as a "blessing" or maybe a vow renewal...something along those lines. Good luck

wineo929 · July 2012

I agree!! Using your maiden name on your marriage blessing would be in poor taste in my eyes.

In terms of planning a wedding, you can do it! Like PP said, it sounds like you have a good support system! Have fun and keep us posted!!

ameliakwatson · July 2012

I'm just worried that my priest may disprove of not using my maiden name, and I know he'd be upset if I put renewal of vows (customary to send priest an invite)... because to him and the church, we are not married. To the state, we are lol. Orthodox chruch is extrememly strict. I was thinking maybe I could put something along the lines of it being a Holy Sacrament, because that is what we are doing... I was also thinking maybe just our first and middle names on invitations, would that be strange?

L&K2012 · July 2012

I would think the priest would understand you using your 'legal' name on your invitations, however understand that he wouldn't want it to be called a 'renewal'. Given that, I suggest using your legal names (first and middle might confuse people too), and then call it a Blessing/Holy Sacrament, so it is VERY clear you aren't considering this a 'legal' marriage but a religious ceremony.

heatherandjohn425 · July 2012

On my invitation I used my first and middle name and my fiances full name my second marriage and carry my exes name for my kids and it flows nicely.....also, I just had a friend pull a wedding off in 10 days!!! No joke....you can do it :

we2012 · July 2012

I just heard about a wedding website for brides with a short timeline: http://briderush.com/.

Hopefully, that will help you.

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