Did your Mother have her own wedding?

[MOB Karen]

I never had a wedding myself, and I was just curious if your Mothers had their own weddings. You know with white gown, ceremony, reception, pictures, the whole nine yards. Or did she just go before a JOP like me?

[LaceyinPgh]

All of the above. With her first marriage she had a huge formal wedding. When she married my dad they had a private ceremony with just them and witnesses and a small informal family reception. When she married the thrid time it was a small wedding with just themselves and their children. Then they had a very large but informal reception. And, with her last wedding they just eloped to the JOP and there were no formalities with it.

[PurpleFlower]

my mom had it all but the big reception. She had a small cake and mint thing after the wedding in the church dinning area.

[ladymelissa]

It was pretty small and informal.

[Kacie_bride]

When my mom got married they got engaged and then got married 2 months later. They went about 4 hours away to where my grandparents lived and got married with just friends and family at the church my grandparents attend. They had a little cake and punch reception at the church and then a party at my grandmother's house afterwards. I was baptized in that same church.

[countrygirl]

Yes, my mother has gone the full wedding route, the ceremony in the living room route, recetption at home route, and the eloping route. She has been married five times. But you know what. It just took a few toads, and she found the prince of a lifetime. She couldn't have found a better man, and they couldn't be happier!!!

[WebLady]

My parents had a traditional wedding. I've heard on many occasions how it was more of what her mother wanted though.

[JennF]

My Mom had a wedding, but it was fairly small. She was one of five daughters, so her mother told her that she was on her own for planning a wedding. And boy did she do everything! She made her dress and all of her bridesmaid's dresses! :bbeek:

They had a small reception at their church and they went camping for their honeymoon. (It sounds pretty romantic when they talk about it. They had a lot of fun.) :)

She keeps telling me to relax and remember everything. She swears that she doesn't remember a thing between walking down the aisle and leaving the alter.

[rainbowtreat]

My mom never marrie dmy dad. When she married my sisters dad it was just a JP in their own living room. When she married her husband now it was jsut a JP as well. She never had a wedding. So I mde her feel special at mine. She gave me away, I danced with her, and my sister and I dedicated a song to her. She said she loved it all and has never felt so special before. I was so happy to have done that for her.

[LizabethDavis]

When my mom married my dad, she had two "ceremonies", one in California and then one in Maine, but they were small and informal. When she married her second husband, it was a JP thing in the JP's house and my mom just wore jeans and it was just her and her kids.

[hummingbird521]

My mother went the whole route. She had it all. She has many pictures of it. As well as keepsakes still.

[mariaandmanish]

When my mom got married, she had a very informal wedding in my grandmother's living room. She wore a purple dress that just screamed late 60's early 70's! My father wore a brown suit! Not traditional, but it worked for them. Too bad the marriage didn't last.

[WhiskeyGirl]

My mother kind of had a wedding. her sisters and mother planned the whole thing for them. They had the dress, tux and such but it was not a fancy affair. My grandfather had five daughters to marry off. lol

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

My mother (and her sister and brother) had it all. She had over 400 people at the reception, a huge white dress, lovely decorations, great food (my grandparents cooked it all), exceptional cake (my grandma's sister baked), and about 10 bridesmaids and junior bridesmaids. They had to rent out the Armory (and fairgrounds attached to it) in order to have the reception she wanted.

My aunt (mom's sister) had a fairytale wedding at one of the biggest, nicest hotels in DC. I was 3 when she got married and I sort of remember it. All I remember is the ballroom was sooo nice... now the place starts at $125 per person. My uncle's wedding was paid for by my grandparents because his now ex-wife's parents had died a few years earlier. They had a fairytale wedding too.

[EarlyBird]

my parents had the whole nine yards.. big church, big dress, tuxes, bridesmaids etc..
i love looking at their pictures :)

[amunet]

For my moms first marriage she didn't have anything big, but for my now step-father she got her big wedding.

[caligal85]

They had a beautiful wedding. It was small and informal but both families attended and my mother looked beautiful in her gown. I love looking at pictures from their wedding.

[vicky_vicky]

My mom had a wedding but it wasnt the gown she wanted and it wasnt the big reception so I voted for the second choice.

[sweetvenus]

My mom had a wedding for her first marriage, though I've only briefly seen the photos so I'm not entirely sure how big it was. She and my dad eloped, though.

[Katie-ryn]

My parents never got married.

[ally20o7]

My mom did the whole shebang. It was very pretty.

[MBS353]

They had a small informal gathering in a park - nothing fancy - flowered headwreath, no veil - everyday white dress not a wedding gown. Typical hippie type wedding.

[Nekochanpurr]

Yep! Mom got her dress from the newspaper!! :D

[WBandMe]

My mom did. 350 people (holy CR*P is what I say to that!) and the whole nine yards.

[tootsie]

My mom had two weddings. The first one she had, when she was just 15, was small and inexpensive. She wore a navy blue and white dinner dress. For her second wedding, she wore a huge, white wedding dress that she bought from the newspaper, for $300, and she got married at the Reno Nugget Hotel. I was in her wedding and my dress was second-hand as well. It was so ugly! So I guess you could say I was spoiled because I got a new expensive wedding dress and my wedding was elegant and some-what expensive.

[mitch]

My Parents got Married back in 1954.

Huge Church Wedding. Mum in White. Dad in His best suit.

I ended up wearing Mums Tiara to My First Wedding in 1992. I was the Fifth Bride to wear it. She made Her Wedding Dress into Net Curtains for the windows of their first home together. :bbeek:

One PB. He now lives in Australia.
One FG who wore Pink. She was sadly Murdered Three Years Later.
One MOH who wore Pale Lemon. She was Mums Aunt and Mum was named after Her.
Two BM's. Dads Sister wore Pale Blue. Dads Cousin wore Pale Green. The Two BM's are still in email contact with Me.

Looking at the Black and White Photos from the day. You have to use imagination to see what a Rainbow Wedding from the 50's looked like.

Dads Cousins "Then" Boyfriend was BM at the last minute. They never saw Him again.

Mum and Dad took their vows seriously and it was "Till Death Us Do Part". Dad passed away in 1998. They used to joke that they would never Divorce. Because neither wanted custody of My Brother and Myself :rofl:

[Scrwballsgrl]

my mom and dad had the whole nine yards, she wore a white dress, he wore a spanish style tux. His Dad was BM & my mom's sister was her MOH they had his nephew & her neice as the flower girl & ring bearer.
It was held at her church, and a reception was at her sisters house later that evening.

[girlggc]

My mom had the whole nine yards. My future mil, however, eloped.

[MrsDM]

I voted other because my mom had it all, but it was what her mother wanted for her, not what my mom wanted for herself. There were 325 people at her wedding, and barely knew anyone besides close family and the select few friends they had there. She didn't like where they had their reception, but my grandma insisted she have it there. My mom said she did love her dress, though and was able to pick that out. When they got married my mom was 19 and my dad was 21. They will be married 30 years a month after I get married next year!!!! I think of it as a good omen!

[luckythirteen05]

i voted no because it was very very small. they went to court & it was basically only them and the witness. then we all went out to dinner.

she wants me to have something better than what she did so she's trying to help me out. i'm so lucky to have my mom!

[amisteratwisterandme]

My mom had a "shotgun" wedding, her mom had a "shotgun" wedding, and my dad's parents eloped after he was drafted into WWII.

So, not a great history of weddings in my family.

[Nekochanpurr]

Hehe! My grandma was married by an ex convict, then my grandma and grandpa, plus aunt and uncle went out for burgers. XD

[FFC]

My mother had the white gown and the cake for her shotgun wedding. My dad ended up getting so sloshed he passed out once they got to their travel trailer that they lived in at the time. Some honeymoon :rofl: That was the extent of it though - the gown and cake.

[sandy03]

My parents had the traditional wedding, but aside from her super-fancy dress, it was pretty low key. Her cousin picked the bridesmaids dresses, her mother did most of the planning, and the reception was pretty much just cake and punch.

My dad's second wedding this past year was actually fancier - the guest list was smaller but it was a fancy ceremony in a Catholic church and the reception was a much bigger deal (it was my step-mom's first marriage, and at 55 she totally deserved it!) It was actually a lot of fun.

[MrsBacon_092708]

My mom and dad told my grandma they wanted to get married. My mom was 15 and dad was 17. Grandma said, "well you might as well before you end up pregnant and unwed." They had to come to Tennessee to get married. (They lived in Ohio at the time.) Grandma signed the consent forms. They just stopped off and bought a nice outfit for dad and a nice dress for mom. She still has the dress as far as I know. That was back in 1969. They were still married when he passed away a little over 16 years ago.

[RosieAngel]

My mom and dad eloped in Reno! It was in one of those "cardboard chapels," as my mom called it, but the fake pews look real in the pics!

[LovingLife]

My mom never married. When I told her I was getting married, she said she always hoped she would have gotten married before any of her daughters.

[Docsgirl]

My mom got married in the church, but it was a very small wedding. She was also very pregnant at her first wedding with my older brother. Haha.

Her and my step-father's wedding was very small also. He rented a tux, she got a dress from an outlet branch of a bridal shop. They each had one attendant for their witnesses that just dressed nicely. They got married in the gazebo of the town park and had their reception in the Lions building in town. My guess would be that they didn't spend over $2,000, since the DJ gave his services for free as his wedding gift to them, and every other place in town that they got stuff from discounted the prices since they knew my parents. They were together for 11 years before they got married.

[MayBride599]

Yes my mom did. My grandma (her MIL) did not approve of the wedding at all though. You could definitely tell in the pictures!! She looks so mad. I would be so mad if my FMIL did that. It took my mom a while to get over it she said.

[Ginger]

I voted "No, she had it all", even though YES she did have her wedding. That was exactly what both of my parents wanted. (BTW I find it kind of offensive that eloping isn't considered "her own" wedding. DH and I eloped and I wouldn't have it any other way. A big traditional wedding wouldn't have been "my own".)

[gwenshack]

My mom had it all twice. Marriage 1 was stinky and marriage 2 is disintegrating as we speak.

She wonders why I don't associate a big throw it in everyone's face wedding with a happy marriage...

[Kay]

My parents have been married 42 years and they had it all ~ engagement picture in the paper, white dress with the white hat/veil mix, wedding cake, suits, pics, church wedding, the whole shabang.... and yet, I wonder what they are going to offer to pay of MY one-and-only wedding... when I finally get engaged?? Sometimes, I think ZERO. Other times, I think they'll say "whatever it takes". Most of the time tho... it's zero. Anyway... yes... my mom had it all..

[FutureKelley]

When my mom married her first time (to my dad), it was a very small ceremony in my grandparents backyard. The second time she married (to my step-dad), they went to Vegas and eloped.

[latanyak85]

My mother too. Well her and my father got married at the Justice of Peace because he was going into the army and shortly after that, when he returned from basic and his AIT they had a small wedding and reception.

"Love isn't blind; it just only sees what matters."

[Parhelion]

My mother had her own wedding. She was 19 when she married my dad, and had a small church wedding with a reception in her parents' back yard. Mom paid for everything herself, made all of the bridesmaid dresses as well as her own dress, even put together her own veil (her grandmother crocheted the headpiece, but she attached the tulle).

Her family was pretty nonchalant about the whole thing. They swore that it wouldn't last a year, or that my mom was already pregnant (nope--I didn't come until 4 years later). It lasted 32 years...and the day my dad passed away he loved her even more than when he married her. It truly was a match made in Heaven. :)

[FFC]

My mother had her own wedding. She was 19 when she married my dad, and had a small church wedding with a reception in her parents' back yard. Mom paid for everything herself, made all of the bridesmaid dresses as well as her own dress, even put together her own veil (her grandmother crocheted the headpiece, but she attached the tulle).

Her family was pretty nonchalant about the whole thing. They swore that it wouldn't last a year, or that my mom was already pregnant (nope--I didn't come until 4 years later). It lasted 32 years...and the day my dad passed away he loved her even more than when he married her. It truly was a match made in Heaven. :)


*sigh* That's a beautiful story :)

[mitch]

Her family was pretty nonchalant about the whole thing. They swore that it wouldn't last a year, or that my mom was already pregnant (nope--I didn't come until 4 years later). It lasted 32 years...and the day my dad passed away he loved her even more than when he married her. It truly was a match made in Heaven. :)

When My Parents Married in 1954 they brought the Wedding forward a year. Straight away the family thought Mum was Pregnant. But it was only brought forward because they got a house. My Brother didn't arrive until 1960 and Me in 1969 so that stopped the gossip LOL.

Like You, My Parents were Married until Dad passed away after 44 Years of Marriage. The vows were certainly taken word for word of Till Death Us Do Part.