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The offbeat bride: Anke
Her offbeat partner: Dave
Location & date of wedding: Las Vegas, Nevada, A Special Memory Chapel — October 21st, 2009
What made our wedding offbeat: First, excuse me for my bad English, we come from germany.
My hubby and I didn't ever want a “normal” wedding with a meringue colored dress and those embarassing games with our wedding party. In fact, we never wanted to marry because everlasting happiness can be there without certificates.
But one day I asked Dave to marry me in Las Vegas — and so we decided to run away and fly to the USA!
We had some wonderful days and a really crazy wedding. Elvis came as our witness and even sang us our favourite songs. Our wedding pictures are amazing, and if I could make a wish, I would book another flight for tonight so we could do all that crazy stuff again!
Our biggest challenge: Our biggest challenge was to get along with each other. *hehe*
Dave has never been an easy person, had really big problems with his former girlfriends and often projected that on me when times were not as good as we wished for. Our daily work meant, from these days on, to understand each other a little more and backing down more often than we were used to.
He gave me hold when I got disappointed from my family (I have always been the “black sheep” and never the way my family wanted me to be, got pregnant without being married and so on) and made me stronger every day. Our union became indestructible.
My favorite moment: That was when we said our wedding vows. I´ve never seen Dave that “soul-naked.” And his words came directly from his heart, even the words that were predefined.
We promised to renew our wedding every five years in Vegas, but I don't think I will take that long to book a flight back. We plan our summer and fall vacations in Nevada. This time with our daughter.
My offbeat advice: Don't think about what other members of your family could say or think. This is the fucking best day of your life and no one has the right to straddle in-between. Don't just bear that mommy wants to do the decoration for the room or aunt Wendy doesn't want to sit next to cousin Charlie. That is YOUR day and who can't get along with it can stay at home. ;o)
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