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I didn't want the stress of a big formal wedding. Every wedding I've been involved in seemed like it was big uncomfortable hassle for everyone involved, and a huge expenditure of money for no good reason. A dress you'll wear once that costs thousands of dollars? Crikey!

My fiance and I sent out wedding announcemnts, not invitations, and then flew to Hawaii to get married in a park. No guests, not even family.

Our parents held receptions for us upon our return, so we still got all the loot without the costs of a wedding or the pressure.

Interestingly, we got MANY thanks from the people who would have had to travel to wherever we might have been married for doing it the way we did.