Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Need advice- wedding or elope?

Every time I go to a "real" wedding, I can't help but think: "why do people go through all this stress and spend so much money???" My husband and I got married in Jamaica just over 4 years ago, and it was the best decision we ever made. At a lot of the resorts in the Caribbean, if you stay for some number of nights (usually 7), they will plan and host your wedding for free! All you have to do is show up. IT WAS PERFECT! Some of our family ended up coming down for it (parents, siblings, etc.), but they weren't allowed to stay at our resort. We had the perfect day, and have never once regretted it! I highly recommend going that route. I guess it's sort of a cross between a destination wedding and eloping, but there's no work involved. Call a travel agent, and they handle everything for you. I still bought a dress, but it only cost about $300. DH got to wear white linen pants and a hawaiian print shirt with sandals. The best was seeing my father walk me down the "aisle" (a path that led to a garden gazebo) in his swim shorts and a hawaiian shirt!

Good luck - and congrats!

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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)

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