The 'fake wedding' thing has come up a few times today, and it reminded me of a situation that happened a few years ago with a friend. I was curious what the Knot response would be.
As I understand it, the couple was getting married in the bride's hometown. The vast majority of the guests were local, and it was an inexpensive sort of old school small town affair. As the wedding approached, the bride and groom decided that rather than her take his name, they would each like to hyphenate their names to include the other's. So, Jane Smith and John Doe become Jane and Jon Smith-Doe.
In many states, both members of the couple can change their name upon marriage (via the certificate, or at least with minimal extra paperwork) to any configuration of their names together. However, Bride'sState, it turns out, is not one of those states. In Bride'sState, while she could change HER name to his, or to a hyphenate via the marriage certificate, he could not. In order to change his name to the hyphenate, they would have to wait until after the wedding, file non-marital name change paperwork, pay a fair bit of money, have a court hearing to justify why he wants his name changed, etc. I believe they only realized this shortly before the wedding (perhaps the week of).
So the day before the wedding, they hopped in a car, drove like the wind to cross the border into the next state over - where they could both change their names together, via the marriage certificate. They signed the papers and drove like the wind back.
Would this fit the definitions of PPD here? I realize it's not ideal. I, personally, am never a fan of the 'we got married and have totally been living like husband and wife for months but now we want a party' thing, but in this *particular* situation it really didn't bother me. Perhaps because it was within 24 hours of the planned wedding ceremony, rather than months in advance?
Curious how you guys would view this.