How do you go about having a second marriage ceremony after you elope?

Question

My fiance and I need to get married right away. However, we would both like a real wedding. I can't figure out how to do this. I just learned we have to have a ceremony within 60 days of getting our license. We need more like a year to plan our wedding. Can we have 2 ceremonies?? And if so, how do you do that?

Answer 1

its called... renewing your vowels??  

Answer 2

since after you elope you will already married...

why not have a commitment ceremony this can be done through a celebrant and they are suppose to be pretty good...

good luck...

Answer 3

Have a civil ceremony (in the courthouse or with a justice of the peace). You can do that after you have your license.

Renew your vows one year (or two or three) on the same day that you married. You can renew your vows in a big ceremony if you'd like or you can keep it small and intimate.

Before choosing a day to have your civil ceremony, be sure to look at your calendar. Make sure that the day you choose will be compatible next year with another ceremony. You don't want to choose, for example, to marry now and then discover that your anniversary next year falls on a Tuesday.

You may want to go on ahead and book your venues (church, reception hall) now so that they'll be available on the day you want them.

To renew your vows, you'll need a copy of your wedding certificate. You can make the ceremony very similar to a wedding but the wording will be changed a little to reflect that you're already married.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Unfortunately, once you do get married, by elopement, courthouse, whatever, you will no longer be a bride and groom, you will be husband and wife. Since you will already be married to each other, you won't be able to get married again.

Having said that, you can renew your vows in a beautiful ceremony and there are lots of scripts for those vows on the Internet for you to use or edit to your liking.

You can have a processional where you walk down the aisle, but not with your dad -- you will be a wife, not a bride, and no one is giving you away. You and your husband could walk in together.

You can each have a close friend or family member stand up with you, even though you don't need them for the wedding license, but you cannot have a line of women in matchy matchy dresses as that would be unbelievably tacky.

You can have a fabulous pre-ceremony party: brunch, luncheon, dinner, beer and pizza, whatever -- but it won't be bridal or bachelor/ette and you cannot have a shower.

You can have a party to celebrate -- about as big as you want, but it won't be a wedding reception. You can have a gorgeous cake and that can be about as fancy as you want, as long as it does not have a bride or groom on top. Obviously, you won't have the garter or bouquet toss.

You can have a toast, but it will be to "Mark and Holly," not to the bride and groom.

You can wear a beautiful dress, even a white one, but not a foufy huge wedding dress and of course no veil. He can wear a tux or whatever, no problem.

Have fun planning your renewal of vows celebration and have a wonderful and happy MARRIAGE.

Answer 5

You won't need a license the second time around because you will already be married.