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This is really what my husband wanted when we were planning, but I knew it was mportant to the kids. What about doing a civil ceremony at the courthouse or somewhere special with a JP, would they be up for that?
Can you elope somewhere closer to home, and bring the kids with you? (And then maybe Paris for your honeymoon?) That way they can still get dressed up and feel part of it, and if it's some place fun, the getting-a-vacation aspect might win out over the wanting-a-big-party.
I have a fun idea and think all might like it!
Why not get really married with the kids and the whole shebang at Paris, the vegas resort? It's got an Eiffel tower. You can have all the flowers, fun, and finery. Then do as another poster suggested and a few months later just the two of you jet off to Paris. Btw, there's a gorgeous elopement to Paris on the site www.intimateweddings.com from a few months back. Gorgeous! And very romantic. But you can recreate alot of the city of lights in the city of lights in the US (vegas)!
I'm in the same boat. Our kids want the wedding. I'd be happy jetting off to St. Lucia. So we're having a week at the beach w/family and friends and a wedding. Our honeymoon will be later (St. Lucia).
Btw, there's alot of fun family things to do in vegas, along w/side trips to the hoover dam and maybe grand canyon?
Take the kids with you to the JP....the older kids can be witnesses if they are 18 or older. Then have a nice dinner afterwards....then Paris or bust!! That way...everybody is happy and you can enjoy Paris knowing you are already husband and wife.
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My fiancé and I are in our late 30’s, both have been married before, and both have children from previous marriages (ages 4-18). At first I really wanted a “real” wedding – a fancy, traditional affair, followed by a honeymoon in France. But after planning for months, I was so stressed out and not having any fun at all, that I started not sleeping well, fighting with my fiancé, and just being totally miserable. I completely changed my mind! Not only do I not want a big wedding anymore, I don’t even want a small wedding!
I just want to go to France, have a romantic (symbolic) ceremony in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and enjoy our time together. They actually sell “elopement packages” to Paris, which includes EVERYTHING, right down to the hair appointment for the bride, and a chauffeured car with a photographer to drive us around Paris and take pictures in the most romantic places, and a romantic dinner for 2 with a wedding cake!!! How awesome is that? Completely stress-free! I am SUPER excited about this, and we are both looking forward to our special day.
Now, the PROBLEM! The kids just threw a fit!!! The teenagers (who were supposed to be the maid of honor and the best man) couldn’t care less about such a drastic change of plans (“whatever rocks your boat, mom”), but my 9-year-old daughter began BAWLING, and my 10-year-old son had tears in his eyes and was also super upset. She was really looking forward to being a flower girl, and he was excited to be a ring bearer, and both really wanted to be there with us when we exchange the vows… I promised to have a very nice family celebration after we return from France, with a dinner at a fancy restaurant and a mini-wedding cake, but they are still very upset and mad at us… They want to be there, at the ceremony, with a lot of people, etc…
I feel like the worst mother in the world! But if I do the “big production” thing, it just makes me completely miserable! That’s not what I want at all!
Has anyone else eloped without the kids?