Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 - 5:50pm
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Dan and I had a very small, quick wedding, and I have no shame in admitting that. It’s true that we moved the date up in order to accommodate Alyssa’s impending birth (we were married exactly 26 days before she was born, and 17 days before my due date. The only thing missing from our ceremony was a shotgun! *snicker*), but we were already engaged and planning on getting married within that year or the next, so it didn’t matter much.
One nice thing about a short & quick wedding is not having to worry about invitations, reception decorations, wedding favors, or crazy debts racked up just for a few hours of merriment. I’m not knocking large weddings, by the way — just saying that I’m kind of relieved that I dodged that bullet! 
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Me and my partner Dan (too :P) have been thinking of getting married for a couple of years now, and even though a while back we thought that something expensive and extravagant would be nice.. Recently we actually decided on going small and cheap. I agree with what you said – There is nothing wrong with big weddings at all! But in my personal opinion I think the smaller it is, the more the focus is on the actual meaning of the wedding, and the commitment of the couple, without all the frills and worries that really aren’t all that necessary!