Friends and family will have feelings about your elopement

In my opinion this topic needs to be addressed head on and often, before anything else. Even though I advocate for being selfish as hell over your elopement, I’ve found This can save everyone many headaches. Acknowledging everyone has different family dynamics and relationships…

A running list of ways to handle this factor of elopement…

The most obvious being looking at the ‘why’ behind their kneejerk reactions of surprise, shock, frustration, and maybe anger, or judgement..

Often this comes from their assumptions or preconceived notions of what weddings look like. Many have never heard of elopement or if they have, their understanding of what that could mean in general and what it means to you can be wildly different.

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