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No, I’m not leaving Weddingbee; you’re stuck with me! So don’t worry about that. But I have received some PMs about this topic already, and the other day I got a comment which I will paraphrase (I butchered it for length) here:
… can you please drop the phrase “(non)wedding” from your titles? I’ve been following your wedding details with interest, because most weddings among my family and friends (including my own) tend to be very similar to yours… But still very much a wedding. I understand you’re trying to differentiate between your type of wedding and the standard wedding featured on the blogs, but maybe you could come up with something not so offensive to those of us having a wedding like yours. I’m getting married. I’m having a wedding. It’s pretty “traditional” in my neck of the woods, completely “untraditional” by the wedding industry’s standards, but a wedding all the same…
You guys know that I’ve struggled with what to call my wedding. I don’t really like calling it the (Non)Wedding; I just do it because I otherwise feel like an impostor among the amazing women (and men) devoting several hours per week planning larger or more elaborate “fairytale” weddings. But the commenter above is right. It is a wedding, and I don’t want anyone (including myself) to feel like their wedding is any less special just because it didn’t involve a hired band or a rehearsal dinner.
We’re getting married! That automatically makes it a wedding. Merriam-Webster concurs:
wedding [wed-ing]: the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
The verdict is in, and most of you seem to agree: I’m having a wedding. Case closed.
And to offset the seriousness of this post, I give you this itty-bitty cutie bun-bun. (And an insanely gorgeous yellow-accented pear-cut ring.)
[source - definitely check out the rest of this gorgeous wedding!]
In your own words, define a wedding in the comments below.
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