Renewing Vows With A Real Wedding

My husband and I married while I was away at college, and recently I cheated on him. I think it is best to have another ceremony, with the dress and everything you would normally have at a first wedding. Parts of my family think thats its not a good idea, although I do since I broke our vows. We planned on paying for the wedding ourselves, if that helps. .Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated. TIA

Im from Ohio

My husband and I would love to have a `real` wedding. We spent about $200. On the first one. The week after my husband proposed, we found out we were pregnant, it changed nothing really, except for the fact that we had to spend less on the wedding. Plus, two days before our wedding, my husband lost his job, which put more stress on the wedding plans. We would really love to have the wedding of our dreams, but we are having financial difficulties still.

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My husband and I have been married 8 years. We went to the JOP and didn`t tell anyone at the time. We also planned on renewing our vows on our 10th anniversary, but we would also love to have a third child soon. Is it weird to do it on the 9th anniversary instead of the 10th? My husband thinks it should be done on a nice round number.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Yes, I did not have an actual wedding - however, our marriage has lasted longer than those who spent tons of money on a wedding. I have always dreamed of a wedding, I have been married 10 years now and I feel like if anyone deserves the wedding of their dreams it`s me!!!

I have been married for 13 years , we went to the J O P . And I missed out on all the glory of that special day , and now in July of 2005 I will get my day. My husband and I are paying for the whole thing. Last Oct. He proposed with a new ring . I am makeing my own invitations . Like someone else said we have been together longer then anyone else in my family and we eloped . I am so happy that all you other brides are getting your special day like I am getting mine it feels good to know that I am not alone. And to Lacey I am there with you cause I did the same thing . Dose It get any easer .

Hello everyone!! I must say i am so excited i found this topic! I am currently in a military relationship, and my fiance and I want to marry asap... He is leaving for Iraq in february and we`re hoping that if we can pull this off in the next month that will leave us with some time to get settled before he goes... The only problem is, yes we are young, and my mom is a bit upset that we arent having an elaborate church wedding, and she is afraid because our marriage wont be blessed. My original idea was to get married just legally before he leaves and then for the 9 months that he will be away, plan the big elaborate wedding my mother dreams of! Well... The only problem with that is convincing my mother. She is afraid like i said that we wont be able to have the church wedding. I would love you hear some opinions on this! Thanks for your feedback!

My husband and I are planning on renewing our vows in 2005. We will have been married 14 years. I was asked by a friend why we were doining this on a "odd" year. What she meant was why were we not waiting for the 15th, 20th or 25th year to do it? Why on the 14th year. Is it wrong to do it on a "odd" year? My email is steffieroo2004@wmconnect.com for any comments.

I was married 13 years ago without a church wedding. I would love to renew our vows in our Church that we just became members of, since moving into the area. I will use some of the tips and advise found on this website.

My husband and I will be married for 10 years this spring. The first time we went to the JOP. We are planing on renwing our vows on our 10th with the hall, dress and etc. I am not sure how to word the invitions.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks Angel

My husband and I are celebrating our 25th anniversary on March 22nd and decided this was the year to renew our vows. We`re going to do it right after our regular church service on March 20th - then have a cake and punch type reception in the fellowship hall for the big church family. THEN, we`ll have a dinner reception at the garden backyard of good friends. The dinner reception will only be for about 60 people - can`t feed the whole congregation. :-) We had a big wedding the first time around, so we`re going "medium" this time - our kids will stand up with us - my dress will be tea length and definitely NOT a wedding dress. I`m looking for some meaningful vows, but other than that, I`m just excited about proclaiming before God and "our world" that I`m signing up for another 25 years with my "best guy"!

Crystal,
My husband and I were married by a JP seven years ago, we are now planning to renew our vows in the church for our tenth anniversary. The idea actually came from our priest! When we joined the church he told us that any time we wished to renew our vows to let him know. I was pleasantly surprised because I always thought we couldn`t marry in the church after being married by a JP, but contrary to popular beliefs most churches and denominations are not only willing to officiate a vow renewal, but encourage it. I suggest that you speak to your priest/minister/pastor/etc. And see what they say. Then you can assure your mother you can renew your vows in the church. Best of luck and congratulations!

Hi All! Well - our 25th renewal of vows happened on March 20th - it was WONDERFUL - I can`t believe I was so nervous right before hand, but once things got started, it was just wonderful. My brother escorted me down the aisle - as he did the first time. We had a slide show which capsulized 25 years, our oldest son was best man, our daughter was "best woman" and our younger son, who is a youth pastor, officiated along with our senior pastor. We wrote personalized vows as well as having some that were "repeat after me" vows - it was truly special and I`d recommend it to anyone!

My husband and I hope to someday have a real "wedding and reception". We had a civil union and had no reception. Budget wasnt allowing for it. When is a good time? I was thinking the 5 year anniversary that way we have time to save.

My parents will celebrate their 50th anniversary in four years. My siblings and I are in the process of planning the party. My question is should they have a wedding including everything! Reason being is my parents never had a wedding and my dad gave her a bracelet. We think we should have a wedding, but I am just looking for some suggestions, comments, ideas, etc. Please HELP!

You might want to wait til things are a little more settled with you and your husband before you plan a renewal of vows. You said "recently" you cheated on him - if "recent" is within a year`s time, you just might want to really work hard on regaining his trust and getting the marriage part back on track and then at the next "banner" anniversary do the renewal. Even though a renewal is not quite as nervewracking as a first wedding, it can at times fray nerves and if you`re already working on marriage issues - well, it`s just too much. Hang in there!

Hello,
My husband and I are wanting to renew our wedding vows for our 25th anniversary.
Can we plan it like a real wedding even though there won`t be anything legal to this ceremony?

My husband and i ran away to be married now here i am trying to plan a real wedding now i remember why i ran away the first time

Yes,my husband and I are planning renewing our vows this April 06. We will be married 10 years. I never got the fairy tail wedding every girl dreams of having 10 years ago, but now we are planning to have a time of our life this year.

My husband and I have known each other for 10 yrs and have been married for 3 yrs. We have 3 wonderful children and because we had a quick cermony after right before the birth of our 2nd child we want the real thing. LOL! We are planning for Aug. 17th 2007. The day we met.