Why dont you just do the LAOS wedding and do the BIG reception after. I mean half he people that aren't involved in the wedding don't show up until its free food/booze time. Just my thoughts Good Luck!!

 

do both...i married a viet girl but we only did one...why? because it's a pita to do both...
tradition is...only family and friends come to the ceremony...then reception, everyone comes to (opposite of the american style).
otherwise drop the western culture one, go with the laos one...and then invite everyone else to the reception.

either way...have fun paying for the wedding...and congrats...and beware...girls from that whole side of asia can be quite feisty! muahahhahaha...

 

Anyway are we invited??

 

^^^ Free booze and food...a moochers paradise! So like Danez asked, are we invited?

 

haha i can totally picture the wedding invites going out... "baby who is this? " ... " oh thats just some of my friends" "but whats with the names? " .... *blank stare* ... "whats wrong with them?" ... "weell why are they named... (for example only.. i cant seriously write down everyones names haha !) Voodoo and bluefox and tahoe and THE X" ... "whatd do you mean... those are their names lol"

 

well in that case, I predict a Team Mawfaki wedding crashers style road trip .. lol

Congrats Havoc

 

First off congrats. I would say do what you want to make the both of you happy. The two fo you are all that matters, and anyone who cares about you will want you to be happy also. I got married in a JP gig. All the churches were booked, our priest wouldn't marry us unless we went through his counceling, so on...so, we went to the court, got a time, and then we went there 5 hours early and decorated the place up with flowers and ribbon, then I got my best dress blues on, my bride to be put on her nicest dress, a nice pink flowing evening gown, and I had my platoon there with a few family and she had a few of her friends, and we got married, then went down to a reception hall we had reserved and partied our brains out and all had a fun time. For a wedding present, my platoon, snagged pots/pans and silverware from the chowhall, pretty cool actually, they aint pretty but damn if they don't last (mostly a gag gift), but all in all, our wedding didn't cost much, was tons of fun, had family and friends, we were wed, and despite the simplicities of it all, and not that it should matter, but we have bern married going on 10 years and we still act and feel like a couple goofy teenagers madly in love. Whats gonna work is whats gonna work, regardless of your choice in ceremonies, I wish the two of you a successfull, happyand meaningfull life together.

 

First off congratulations!! I just had a judge marry us but when we returned to Japan all hell broke loss. ha ha. Do it the way she wants it. It'll make both of you happy. BTW if you throw an invite out there I'd ride up from SD.

 

What I don't warrant an invite?? I was going to bring Cheese.......[sm=yeahsmile.gif]

 

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