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Two weddings/parties

marie.adele.gmarie.adele.g
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Hello, I'm from Australia my partner is from France. We can't decide where to get married. I understand that I can't ask his friends family to travel all the way to Australia for our wedding, nor can we ask my friends family to travel to France... It takes well over 24h to go from one place to the other... At first we were thinking of having a destination wedding, somewhere in between, but it would still mean that guest would need to travel at least 15h... So we thought about having 2 weddings, one here one there. Now, if we have 2 weddings, does that mean that we will need to say the "I do" or "Je le veux" twice? How about the wedding dress, do I wear the same? Is there anyone who has already done such thing?? Thanks in advance for any response!!
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  • HobokensFuryHobokensFury member
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    You only get one wedding.  It would be the first one in which the papers are signed and everything is made legal. The second one would not require a ceremony and should only be a reception.  You can wear your dress twice if you'd like.
     
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  • MairePoppyMairePoppy mod
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    You should check out the marriage requirements in France:

     http://www.marryabroad.co.uk/how-to-marry-in-france.shtml?gclid=CIvzltrN7q8CFQrf4AodW3oF0w

    I would think that the 30 day residency requirement would make it very difficult to have a ceremnony in France, if both of you live in Australia. If this information is accurate, a wedding and reception in Australia, followed by a second reception in France would seem to make sense. I think it would be fine to wear your wedding dress for the reception, so choose a dress accordingly. An ultra formal dress with a cathedral train would seem out of place at the second reception.

    It would be a good idea to go over your plan with your FILs so they can advise you on local customs.
                       
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  • HobokensFuryHobokensFury member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_two-weddingsparties?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:10Discussion:754e588a-b64b-426d-8674-605661f5e1f8Post:ac64d951-e7dd-4f27-b5b6-4fd813fc581a">Re: Two weddings/parties</a>:
    [QUOTE]You should check out the marriage requirements in France:   <a href="http://www.marryabroad.co.uk/how-to-marry-in-france.shtml?gclid=CIvzltrN7q8CFQrf4AodW3oF0w" rel="nofollow">http://www.marryabroad.co.uk/how-to-marry-in-france.shtml?gclid=CIvzltrN7q8CFQrf4AodW3oF0w</a> I would think that the 30 day residency requirement would make it very difficult to have a ceremnony in France, if both of you live in Australia. If this information is accurate, a wedding and reception in Australia, followed by a second reception in France would seem to make sense. I think it would be fine to wear your wedding dress for the reception, so choose a dress accordingly. An ultra formal dress with a cathedral train would seem out of place at the second reception. It would be a good idea to go over your plan with your FILs so they can advise you on local customs.
    Posted by MairePoppy[/QUOTE]

    I didn't even think of it. A friend of mine got married in France because her husband is from there and she had to move there for an entire summer.  SHe even had to get apartment and summer job for it to be done.
     
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  • Avion22Avion22 member
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    If you do choose to have a ceremony in one country over the other, then maybe you could invite friends and relatives to attend your ceremony via web-cam?  I've heard of people broadcasting their weddings on a live web-feed, or using a service like Skype so people can watch the vows from afar.  If you have a tech-savvy family, this might be something to consider.   

    More and more couples have families on different sides of the country or different sides of the world, so it is becoming more and more common for brides and groom to have to make tough decisions about where to get married.....I don't envy your decision!    
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  • marie.adele.gmarie.adele.g
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    Thank you very much for your precious advice. I really appreciate it it will definitely help us agree :
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  • marie.adele.gmarie.adele.g
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    Thank you very much for your precious advice. I really appreciate it it will definitely help us get organized :
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