My fiancé and I have decided it is not financially responsible to have a large wedding, so we have decided to "elope" to Ireland. Although it will just be the two of us, we have made it abundantly clear to family/close friends that they are welcome to join us. That said, no one can afford to go and we very much understand this. We knew in choosing to marry in Ireland that we might be doing it alone.
Our family, while supportive, is not thrilled about the elopement and I feel pressure to throw some kind of celebration. Our family wants us to do it in our hometown, but we would have to pay for more travel (and take time from work) so we do not think we can do this.
We have to decided that we can throw a send-off party in Arizona, where we now live. We want to invite everyone we would have invited to a wedding, some are from here (Arizona), some from home (Oklahoma), and some are from elsewhere. However, after reading some of your posts I am not sure if this is okay. Some posts said we could not invite people who were not invited to the wedding. In order to have a celebration do we have to also send formal invitations to the wedding? It seems silly to do this since I already know that no one can attend. Would it be better to have a post-celebration?
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Elopement Send-Off Party
