Announcements and reception after second marriage?
My husband and I got married almost a month ago in a private ceremony at the courthouse. It's our second marriage for both of us. We were originally going to have a family ceremony in May, but then decided to get married on my mom's birthday (Mom passed away in August, so we thought getting married that day would be a good way to honor her and to make that day just a bit easier for me.)
We had thought about having a reception for our friends and family to join us in celebrating, but don't want to appear that all we're after is gifts. We don't need anything at all; we just want to give our extended families a chance to meet our new spouses.
Is it too late to have a reception now? Should we call it something else? Should we just have a cook-out and invite everyone? How do we handle this?
Also, we didn't send out announcements of our wedding, since we didn't have a regular ceremony. But there are relatives and friends who I want to inform. Is it too late? Again, we don't want to appear that we're just after gifts because we're not. We just want to let everyone know that we're married.
Thanks.
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Re: [Shashi] Announcements and reception after second marriage?
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Dear Shashi,
No worries. You can have a regular reception. It can be any type of party you wish. Just invite everyone. Don't worry about the gifts. These are supposed to be for the wedding anyway.
Announcements and reception after second marriage?
