Hi ladies,
I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with military couples that make it legal well before they have an actual wedding. My husband and I did just that back in December. We had a very small ceremony with just his parents and mine plus my siblings at a small Italian restaurant (a family favorite) back home. We dressed up, but not in the usual garb. He wore a suit and I bought an inexpensive but very cute fuschia dress for the occasion. We knew that we were going to plan a bigger wedding sometime later on down the road, so we wanted to save the fancy stuff for then. My family and friends know that we're married, so it won't be new news to anyone on our big wedding day.
And that's where I come across my biggest concern: how do I word my invitations and other such announcements for our unique circumstance??? Do I say "come and see our REAL wedding"? That's tacky, in my opinion, but if any of you have had to deal with that, I would appreciate suggestions on how to word it. We're planning our wedding for where we just PCS'd to in Florida since it would be the most convenient for us (that is if we don't PCS again before the wedding!!). I've been struggling with the fact that we're already married and yet we haven't been able to have the wedding we've always wanted. We're gonna get there, but I'd like to do it with some class, ya know
Thank you, ladies!