myLot Discussions| Small or Large Wedding? | | My good friend, Erik just got married to his lovely wife, Noelle, today in a beautiful small ceremony in Calgary, AB. Although I assume that part of the reason it was so small was because they gave the wrong directions to the church:) -- it was still a lovely little ceremony and very close knit, just family and close friends.My ex boyfriend, who is still my best friend, came down with me, and we were discussing marriage on the way back and both agreed that for us, a small ceremony would be best because we're both easily stressed.I know many people dream of big ornate weddings, so what would you prefer? A small or large Wedding? If you are already married, what did you have, and in hindsight would you change it?
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| | | | A traditional Chinese wedding ceremony | | A traditional Chinese wedding ceremony is mysterious and intersting for many western people.Here I will introduce some parts of it. On the day of wedding,people from bridegroom's home will go to bride's home and pick her up in sedan chair,a kind of folk conveyance in China with the guide of an old woman which is called matchmaker.The band with gong and drum performances cheerfully and lively on the way.After bride's arrival,there is the most important part of wedding ceremony--firstly bride and groom bow to Heaven and Earth,then bride and groom bow to their parents.After that,the new couple go back to the bridal chamber which is called Dongfang and have a rest.The banquet of wedding begins.The friends of new couples will rough horseplay at weddings and send their best wishes to the bride and groom at the feast.Nowdays,Chinese young people normally take western stylish wedding ceremony.But some of traditional wedding manners are still used to make the ceremony more intersting.More and more new couples buy wedding products such as traditional wedding bag on website .For example,aokeshen,which is a large wedding products website shop in China.Why not try,new couples? | |
| | Starter Marriages, is it too easy to get divorced today. | | So many people believe in and have what they call starter marriages, they get married at a young age, stay married two to five years and divorce. They think nothing of it and like it is no big deal. They are then single for five or so years and re marry for life. Do you think that people jump into marriage to soon just to have the party and do not put enough thought into the fact that marriage is not something you just do because all your friends are or because you want the party.
I was married before, for nine years, my ex was verbally abusive, and I will be the first to say that we were way to freaking young to get married, that I wish I would have listened to everyone else but I was hard headed. We, however, did not have the large wedding, with the big party. It was a simple church wedding with reception at the church.
Do you think that couples should have to go through a detailed counseling period, something to make sure they are ready for marriage. | |
| | Which is better a large or small wedding? | | Might be getting married soon and I was wondering how my fellow "Lotters" might go about it. Should I have a large or a small wedding? A large wedding is nice because it is beatiful to have a lot of people clebrate with you but then again in todays economy it could be too costly. Then if you go with a smaller wedding you save a lot of money but then it seems like you are being to cheap. What do you veterans have to say on this topic? | |
| | "Friendly" Flirting | | My husband and I are very happily married, and we plan to stay that way until one of us dies. We also both have a lot of platonic friends of the opposite sex. He has female friends, I have male friends, friends that we knew before we met eachother. These friends have now become OUR MUTUAL FRIENDS, and we both know them and trust them, and know and trust eachother in their presence. I often "flirt " with my friends, for fun. The other day I walked upto one and asked him how the "second bestlooking guy in Guelph" was doing. He laughed and asked me who the best looking guy was. I pointed to my VERY LARGE wedding band, and said "the man who gave me this ring, of course!" I am emphasizing the size of my wedding band only to mention that it'd be hard for me to flirt seriously (or for someone to fall for it) unless everyone around me was totally blind. LOL I don't mean it's big for the size of the stones in it (there are no stones) rather that the band itsself is very very wide. My husband knows all about this, and totally get it. He trusts me, and he trusts my friends. Last night we attended a memorial service for one of my male platonic friends, now one of our friends, who... | |
| | Describe your ideal wedding..... | | Wedding day was something that was forever in our imagination, a joyous event that would mark a new exciting era in our life...!For me i want a simple wedding but very meaningful as long as my family members and love ones are present..!hehehe....It's the best isn't??? How about you guyz...what is your ideal wedding plans, is there a special place you have gone??Is it a large wedding or simple??? Hope to hear from you guyz...............^_____^ | |
| | Weddings, is the expense worth it? | | In Australia, couples often have big weddings. Not only the reception, but the bride's dress, bridesmaids' dresses, wedding cake, wedding cars, party favours - and don't forget the wedding stationery, make up and hairdos for the females, flowers, etc.Do you think the expense and stress of planning a wedding is worth all the effort for just one day? Though my father always said he'd give me the money that he could spend for the wedding and just have a small one, when it came to the crunch he wanted all his friends and family and I had a huge wedding (small by some standards - especially Italian backgrounds like ours - 230 people. LOL) In retrospect, I'm glad I had a large wedding. | |
| | Did you have a Large or Small Wedding? | | I have been married twice. My first wedding was when I was in my early 20's and it was a very large wedding. Tons of people and tons of money were spent. I was divorced a year later. Now I am re-married and this time around I had a small wedding, 6 people attended and we hired a JP. After the ceremony we took off to the Ocean for the day, had lunch and went shopping for antiques. Our honeymoon was 2 weeks later in Bar Harbor Maine. I was much happier having the small wedding than I was with the large wedding I had before. Did you have a Large or Small wedding and if you could change it or do it again would you do anything different? | |
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