Who else is having 2 weddings?

[kittylondon 47]

Not sure if this is the right place for this topic, but I've been having one of those days where i'm trying to think past the K1 process, and about all the excitement ahead, just to stay positive!

I wondered how many people ended up having 2 'weddings' - we've agreed to get legally married within a few days of me arriving in the US (New Orleans) on my K1, but we're just gonna go sign the papers with our with 2 close friends and then go to our favourite restaurant afterwards, all very low-key (i won't exactly be wearing jeans, but i won't be wearing a wedding dress either!). Then we'll have a proper celebration about a year after that, to allow all our friends and families time to book flights etc. Who did/is planning to do this, and who is just going all out to plan everything in the 3 months we've got to get married?!

Edited January 26, 2012 by kittylondon

[Waiting_Sugar 1]

Not sure if this is the right place for this topic, but I've been having one of those days where i'm trying to think past the K1 process, and about all the excitement ahead, just to stay positive!

I wondered how many people ended up having 2 'weddings' - we've agreed to get legally married within a few days of me arriving in the US (New Orleans) on my K1, but we're just gonna go sign the papers with our with 2 close friends and then go to our favourite restaurant afterwards, all very low-key (i won't exactly be wearing jeans, but i won't be wearing a wedding dress either!). Then we'll have a proper celebration about a year after that, to allow all our friends and families time to book flights etc. Who did/is planning to do this, and who is just going all out to plan everything in the 3 months we've got to get married?!

I had a wedding in my home country Lebanon and cam bak to the US without him and now Im waiting for my husband to be able to come here when this long process is over and then have another wedding party here with my freinds and family lool So that would be considered having two weddings

[SweetieUs 4]

We will be having 2 weddings as well. First wedding in San Francisco City Hall with only our parents and second wedding (religious one) with our families and friends in Napa Valley.

[Wishing on a Star 4]

We're doing that... having the "big wedding" on our 1 yr anniversary, having the "first" wedding in the courthouse to make it legal. Sounds a good plan to me

[Boiler 46,015]

Everybody who has been married once before.

[Orando 57]

We had a civil ceremony in Colombia. When my wife gets to the US, we will have a spiritual ceremony, hopefully a Thanksgiving celebration (Dios permitting), we will renew our vows and have a reception with the fam in the US!

2 ceremonies makes sense to me for a lot of us starting off on different continents, be it a fiance or spousal scenario.

Edited January 26, 2012 by Orando

[kittylondon 47]

Everybody who has been married once before.

Touché

[AJs Adventures 0]

We are too. Having a smaller marriage a few days after my arrival in America and then actually coming back to England for a couple of weeks (after Advanced Parole is authorised) to have a Wedding (blessing of the marriage) in my village church...

[wee carrington 33]

From what I've seen on here most people either just have a small wedding or have the small wedding first off and then plan for the big party wedding. Good luck!

[skiptex 225]

our plan is VEGAS (civil).. sometime after she gets here.. we have 90 days

then in the Catholic Church.. but she is still working on annulment from Church marriage..

[Justine+David 218]

Yep, we had two weddings, one in June for the civil ceremony and one in September for the religious one (first one in Arlington, VA where we live and second one in Seattle where my family could attend).

Edited January 26, 2012 by Justine+David

[nebcan 0]

we are doing 2 weddings as well.A civil one right away,to get all the paperwork process started asap, and a big one in the summer whenever it works out for everyone to attend. I have a tea length pretty ivory dress for the civil day.Our families and friends would flip if we didn't have a real wedding too,besides we both want a religious ceremony. We are going to go out for dinner and dancing, probably a hotel. The "real" deal is going to be at my fiance's farm outdoors.

Edited January 26, 2012 by nebcan

[lovelyalex 99]

We had our "second" wedding last september, on our second anniversary. We had a great time and some of the money we got as gifts went towards filing our ROC!

[arfneb 0]

We are too- we're going out to Chicago to the cultural center where we can have a civil ceremony for $10 on certain Saturday mornings, as soon as possible once I get to the US. Then we have booked a Venue here in England for a non-legal civil (atheists here ) vow-renewal/wedding in June 2013.

Edited January 27, 2012 by arfneb

[gwenneh 7]

We did; we had our first wedding in February of 2006 and our second in June of 2006.