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cgod  ·  4565 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bachelor Parties
I eloped, it was a great decision. My wife and I almost never fight, less then one significant fight a year in each year we have known each other, probably closer to one every two years. Planing the wedding caused several fights in less then a year, it started to feel like we were having a wedding for everyone else. I guess I gave up a bachelor party, but I'm not really into bachelor parties anyway.




thenewgreen  ·  4565 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    it started to feel like we were having a wedding for everyone else.
I can empathize. We initially wanted to elope but felt pressure from her family to have a more formal ceremony. I wish we had eloped, good for you guys for keeping it about you.

At the time of my wedding we were living in Michigan. My friends threw me a bachelor party in Windsor at the Casino there. It was a great time, I don't recall much of it... but I hear I had a lot of fun.

Bachelor parties can be great, especially now that I'm getting older. They have become a reason for me to see old high school/college friends that I don't often see, in an environment that isn't so different from college. Lot's of drinking and camaraderie.

From what I've gathered from forwardslash and my own experiences, some stags are good and some are really lame. Like anything, it's all about the company.

Congrats again forwardslash! Have a fantastic wedding!!

forwardslash  ·  4565 days ago  ·  link  ·  
For april fool's one year we told people we were going to elope, sometimes I wish we had. Though no real fights between us, just a lot of stress. On the plus side, registries!
onlinejen22  ·  4408 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The stores that I would want to register at do not offer registry services. What stores did you pick?

forwardslash  ·  4408 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We chose Bed Bath and Beyond and Sears. I personally would not recommend Sears as their online registry system is horrible. Bed Bath and Beyond, however, is awesome. They have most everything you need (except for the Xbox 360 I put on the Sears registry) and are very helpful.