Comments on: Definition of "getting weddinged" http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:17:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bee http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-58232 Bee Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:55:33 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-58232 I'm in a similar situation. My (now) husband and I were married at the SF Courthouse in October, almost one full year before our planned weddings in India and the USA. He is from India, and our immigration attorney strongly recommended that he get his Greencard paperwork filed before we got hitched in India. It's kind of weird, because it was just the two of us at the courthouse and we sometimes forget we are married. None of his peeps know we're legally married, but most of mine do. I am wishing I had kept it under wraps until the 'real' wedding in September 2010 - but I was too excited! I just feel a little cheated out of having the whole 'shebang' at once. I feel like we can't have a wedding, like we will have to call it a 'marriage celebration' or just a reception. At the same time, it's really made us analyze what makes a marriage - the legal, social, romantic, spiritual, familial commitments and all. The good news is at least I don't have to worry about us getting cold feet the nights before our 'weddings'! The *great* irony is I was always very anti-wedding - until I met him and fell so in love. I always swore I would never get married, and now I'm having 3 marriages - to the same person! :) :) I'm in a similar situation. My (now) husband and I were married at the SF Courthouse in October, almost one full year before our planned weddings in India and the USA. He is from India, and our immigration attorney strongly recommended that he get his Greencard paperwork filed before we got hitched in India. It's kind of weird, because it was just the two of us at the courthouse and we sometimes forget we are married. None of his peeps know we're legally married, but most of mine do. I am wishing I had kept it under wraps until the 'real' wedding in September 2010 – but I was too excited! I just feel a little cheated out of having the whole 'shebang' at once. I feel like we can't have a wedding, like we will have to call it a 'marriage celebration' or just a reception. At the same time, it's really made us analyze what makes a marriage – the legal, social, romantic, spiritual, familial commitments and all. The good news is at least I don't have to worry about us getting cold feet the nights before our 'weddings'!

The *great* irony is I was always very anti-wedding – until I met him and fell so in love. I always swore I would never get married, and now I'm having 3 marriages – to the same person! :) :)

]]> By: The Engagement-moon - Part 2 » Weddingbee » The Wedding Blog http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-43491 The Engagement-moon - Part 2 » Weddingbee » The Wedding Blog Fri, 22 May 2009 16:11:21 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-43491 [...] we toyed with the idea of being legally married before we left the country, and then getting “weddinged” the following year. We both would love for the wedding ceremony to contain the entire process in [...] [...] we toyed with the idea of being legally married before we left the country, and then getting “weddinged” the following year. We both would love for the wedding ceremony to contain the entire process in [...]

]]> By: Elishia http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-36274 Elishia Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:52:59 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-36274 I love the website you set up. Congratz on getting Weddinged! I love the website you set up.

Congratz on getting Weddinged!

]]> By: Offbeat Bride | Officially Weddinged http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-22466 Offbeat Bride | Officially Weddinged Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:01:08 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-22466 [...] Y’all remember Jeannie & Aaron, right? My Seattle friends who coined the term “getting weddinged“? [...] [...] Y'all remember Jeannie & Aaron, right? My Seattle friends who coined the term "getting weddinged"? [...]

]]> By: Jennifer http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-15501 Jennifer Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:18:13 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-15501 i knew there were others out there, but i had no idea how many! :) hubby/fiance and i met while he was here in the US on an F1 student visa. we got engaged in Dec, did some quick math, and realized by the time we got married his F1/OPT work permit would run out. so rather than get married and have him sitting around the apartment bored/driving me nuts waiting for his green card to go thru, we got married in february (allowing enough time to get a new work authorization before the old one ran out). we're getting weddinged in 10 days - 6 months and two days after getting married. when people look at me like im crazy, i shut them up with "he loves me enough to marry me twice". i knew there were others out there, but i had no idea how many! :)
hubby/fiance and i met while he was here in the US on an F1 student visa. we got engaged in Dec, did some quick math, and realized by the time we got married his F1/OPT work permit would run out. so rather than get married and have him sitting around the apartment bored/driving me nuts waiting for his green card to go thru, we got married in february (allowing enough time to get a new work authorization before the old one ran out). we're getting weddinged in 10 days – 6 months and two days after getting married. when people look at me like im crazy, i shut them up with "he loves me enough to marry me twice".

]]> By: Ariel http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-14391 Ariel Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:10:14 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-14391 Cate: ...Welcome to the USA. :( Cate: …Welcome to the USA. :(

]]> By: Cate http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-14390 Cate Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:05:19 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-14390 Dcoesn't it just seem wrong that people are forced into making/timing highly personal decisions based on the availability of health insurance? Dcoesn't it just seem wrong that people are forced into making/timing highly personal decisions based on the availability of health insurance?

]]> By: Raevyn http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-14333 Raevyn Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:22:56 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-14333 Actually my fiance are going to be in a similar situation. He is in the military and is going to be deployed within the year. However, we are saving up so that we can have a wedding ceremony to celebrate our future life together. The thing is, since he is going to be deployed, and I am graduating soon and will lose my insurance while he is overseas, I'm going to be screwed if anything happens before he gets back, to him or to me. So, we are going to get legally married before he leaves, and then have the ceremony when his contract is up and he is able to come back home about a year after the legal marraige. It's a big mess, but well worth it. So yeah, weddinged it is. Actually my fiance are going to be in a similar situation. He is in the military and is going to be deployed within the year. However, we are saving up so that we can have a wedding ceremony to celebrate our future life together. The thing is, since he is going to be deployed, and I am graduating soon and will lose my insurance while he is overseas, I'm going to be screwed if anything happens before he gets back, to him or to me. So, we are going to get legally married before he leaves, and then have the ceremony when his contract is up and he is able to come back home about a year after the legal marraige. It's a big mess, but well worth it. So yeah, weddinged it is.

]]> By: Kendra J http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-14006 Kendra J Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:59 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-14006 I love that this now has a term! Mr. R and I are going this route as well. We wanted to take the planning of the wedding stuff slow enough that we could DIY and save up and still get what we want, but it just didn't make sense to keep him treading the thin ice of zero health insurance in the mean time. So, married this month, weddinged next April. Perfect! I love that this now has a term! Mr. R and I are going this route as well. We wanted to take the planning of the wedding stuff slow enough that we could DIY and save up and still get what we want, but it just didn't make sense to keep him treading the thin ice of zero health insurance in the mean time. So, married this month, weddinged next April. Perfect!

]]> By: Larry Green http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/weddinged/comment-page-1#comment-13887 Larry Green Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:36:35 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=868#comment-13887 Very amusing. Very amusing.

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