With the average wedding in Australia costing OVER $65,000, (YES I’M YELLING BECAUSE IT’S SO EXPENSIVE) complicated family situations and the stress of planning the day taking its toll. Eloping has become an appealing option for a lot of modern day couples. It can save a truckload of money and even more stress. But unfortunately, it can also cause some upset feelings and offend your nearest and dearest along the way as well.
Think about it. Eloping means you deny your dad the chance to walk his baby girl down the aisle. Your mother won’t be able to take you dress shopping or cake testing or help you plan the big day. Your best friend no longer has the chance to say a super embarrassing speech about the time you made out with a stripper called Hercules with very little consequences, and your two-year-old niece will no longer be your flower girl (though we have a feeling she’ll get over it pretty quickly with a bribery of lollies and a promise to watch frozen again for the 20th time).
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I eloped in 1995. We didn't tell anyone before hand and called our families after we had sealed the deal. His family was super happy, appreciated the video we had made of the ceremony and attended the party. My family did not! My Mum cried for a year and still to this day has never gotten over it. So, fast forward 20 years - dear husband #1 died when he was 38 and 10 years after that I have met another lovely man. We want to get married and surprise, surprise, my desire to avoid the whole big, expensive wedding hype has not changed and this lovely man also agrees. We are planning a small, intimate wedding with just our kids and 2 close friends present. We told my parents and the writing is on the wall again for another family upset. I'm going to have to apply Rule 8 on this one I think and just hope for the best after it's over! Thanks for a good article!