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IM GETTING MARRIED!!!

Posted: Aug 25, 2010

First of all I can't believe it! I was with my first long-term about 7 years. I've been a single mother with three kids for awhile and boy have I struggled! I finally found a man that accepts me as I am and treats my children like they were his own. I just had to share it with someone because I'm kind of a shut in thanks to my job LOL!

So any ideas about a cheap wedding? I have googled it up and down the internet. I was thinking something outside and probably potluck. I live in Tennessee though and the weather isn't so predictable here! Thanks everyone for letting me share my news!!!!

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Congratulations!!!! :) - mtstudent

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nm :)

I am so happy for you - Roma

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Oh great news. I am originally from North Carolina, so am happy to hear a southern girl like me found true love. I did too, and it is great having a good husband for sure. Just buy things, whatever you buy, at a good discounted place. And remember it is mostly about the two of you and not the things at the wedding itself. Congrats to you both and your families, and your three babies.

Congratulations! - Happy MT Robin

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I actually just went to a wedding that they had done very nicely on a shoestring. I couldn't stay for teh reception, so I don't know how they did that, but for the invitations, they got some colored laser cut card stock in one size, smaller stock with the same laser cut pattern on the edges in white and printed the invitation out on that and then pasted it to the larger piece of paper. I don't know if that makes sense. The invitation I got had a cut out of the newspaper announcement of the engagement in it. It was really well done and I know it didn't cost them an arm and a leg like "formal" invitations will.

You dont' need to do a big meal if you're on a really tight budget. Punch and cake and nuts or something like that is just fine for an informal reception. I had a friend do that at her daughter's wedding. They had the reception in one of the big rooms at the church where the ceremony was held. Sherry said when the nuts and cake were gone, the the reception was over. It worked very well.

Have fun with it!

My husband and I were broke, too - Semi Newlywed Too

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We decided to get married at City Hall when we got our license and have a BIG reception catered with Mexican and Italian food for all of our family and friends. The money we saved on a fancy ceremony was put towards the reception, and everyone had a fantastic time.

We figure maybe in a year or two, when we're more financially fluid, we can have a re-do of the vows in front of the same family and friends who came to our reception.

The important thing is, it's not the cost of the ceremony...It's the happiness that follows afterwards, lol!

To Mrs.Malone - Christine

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Just wanted to say I am very happy for you and your kids. If it is the right partner it can certainly enrich one's life. Again, great news!

I'm getting married - Pauline

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Congrats. It is hard to find someone that treats your kids like his own. Hold onto that guy and don't let him go. I have been married for 33 years and a good guy is hard to find nowadays. I live in the Knoxville, Tenn area so yes the weather is very unpredictable. Of course Gatlinburg is a great place. They have many wedding chapels that include everything at very reasonable prices. My son is getting married next year in October I think. They have not set an official date yet. They want to have their wedding on a farm. We are looking at The Museum of Appalachian. It is a working farm too so lots of things there for great pictures. They can do outdoor weddings and inside a log church and they also have a banquet hall there on the spot. Receptions inside or outside if the weather does not cooperate. They have a huge fall Old Timers Homecoming every year and it is close to our home. I think he is going to be a groomzilla. I would also include the children in the wedding so they will feel important. My son is getting in the fall so we all were thinking of having a BBQ Theme for Reception and decorate with the fall colors and pumpkins. Weddings can be stressful, but also fun too. Best of luck at whatever you find.

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