21st Feb 2022, 8:28 AM
in Ch. 44 - And When the Rain Clears...
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Jocelyn
21st Feb 2022, 8:28 AM
Why on earth would Rain and Emily elope!?
Well, weddings are stupidly expensive, and/or some of us aren't good at planning events, and/or with dealing with crowds and whatnot, and/or have complicated family situations. My spouse and I eloped for all that plus many of the same reasons Rain describes. In our case, though, it was one friend with us as a witness, and we told our families afterward. And then our friend group threw us a party at one of their places. Even the rings are cheap. The amount of money spent is not a measure of love, after all.
Have I mentioned we're going on 14 years of a very happy marriage? Going on 17 years as a couple, no less. Eloping doesn't make it any less valid. ^_^
This isn't meant as a slight against anyone who may have had (or anyone who wants to have) a big production of a wedding, mind. Really, you and your partner(s) should do whatever is right for you: whether it's a huge to-do, a small elopement, or not marrying at all. But that's exactly the point I'm making here: a small, extremely low key wedding was what Rain and Emily believed to be the right choice. And in my experience, I have no reason to believe that needs to be an issue. ^_^
Oh, and I gave Rain my ring. :)
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Well, weddings are stupidly expensive, and/or some of us aren't good at planning events, and/or with dealing with crowds and whatnot, and/or have complicated family situations. My spouse and I eloped for all that plus many of the same reasons Rain describes. In our case, though, it was one friend with us as a witness, and we told our families afterward. And then our friend group threw us a party at one of their places. Even the rings are cheap. The amount of money spent is not a measure of love, after all.
Have I mentioned we're going on 14 years of a very happy marriage? Going on 17 years as a couple, no less. Eloping doesn't make it any less valid. ^_^
This isn't meant as a slight against anyone who may have had (or anyone who wants to have) a big production of a wedding, mind. Really, you and your partner(s) should do whatever is right for you: whether it's a huge to-do, a small elopement, or not marrying at all. But that's exactly the point I'm making here: a small, extremely low key wedding was what Rain and Emily believed to be the right choice. And in my experience, I have no reason to believe that needs to be an issue. ^_^
Oh, and I gave Rain my ring. :)
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User comments:
Sorry I don't have anything constructive to say.
Weddings are really expensive and I totally understand the fear of crowd things
If my partner and I ever decide to do an "official" ceremony it will probably be a simple thing with friends and close family
I'm so happy Rain and Emily got married
Also, yeah... big weddings are really expensive, and crowds might be a trouble, even if you're an extrovert. I mean, it's not for everyone.
And that's a really lovely ring!
It was one of the best weddings I've been to. You don't need to spend lots of money to hold a wedding.
Even me the not very extroverted member who could avoid both those big cost investments would still put that money into food. "Did he really spend a wedding amount of money on fries?"
i doubt i'll ever get actually married. hopefully my future partner or partners are okay with that. (not like it'll be the only thing about me they gotta accept)
If I ever get married, I'm definitely eloping. (I hate formal ceremonies, crowds, unnecessary wastage of money...)
"What's the point of celebrating your wedding by yourself?"
Well, that's the thing: it wouldn't be celebrating by yourself. It would be celebrating with the partner you chose to spend the rest of your life with. :)
Instead of Rain and Emily's eloping wouldn't it just be better just to have the two women hold a cheap wedding with only their friends and no expensive stuff? What's the point of celebrating your wedding with only you and your loved one?
My fiancee and I go back and forth a lot between just eloping or holding off for a more low key event where we get to spend money on the perfectly curated day(s) for us (we also recently saw an interesting idea of doing a low key ceremony with a week long romantic vacation as an alternative to a big one day wedding). It is actually a rather hard decision to make.
And from what Rain said it seems like with how busy their lives were, and given the really small level of attendance that would occur either way, it made more sense to them to have that quiet intimate moment by eloping and then having a party a little after.
Like I think you're missing the point of eloping, eloping is to not have that fancy ceremony, they didn't have a wedding, they eloped. They didn't waste their wedding, because they eloped instead of having a wedding.
And to answer your question about what the point is of only having your partner there with you, that is the point of eloping. It's a simple ceremony for the two of you alone to be with each other and to cement your connection together as the most important people in the world to each other, rather than feeling like you have to share that intimate moment with a crowd of people.
It's pretty clear you're more in favor of throwing yourself a wedding rather than eloping, but different strokes for different folks as they say, some people are fully in on the huge elaborate wedding and some people are fully in on eloping with not a single fancy thing to their name. Most people are probably somewhere in between, and it's always worth considering if the one you hadn't considered before would surprisingly be the best choice for you. As it was for Rain and Emily, happily eloping in private with only each other in the whirlwind of their busy lives with a low key party afterwards.
(Though it occurs to me that Rain's opening line about the ring being a "funny story" couldn't really have led into, "Emily and I got married a couple years ago and you both already know this.")
They're so a-DORABLE <3<3
The explanation makes sense and I'm so happy for Rain and Emily, but a part of me still hopes we'll see a Maria-designed wedding dress before the end of the comic.
Regardless, I just wanted to say that I love the comic, all the twists and turns and character arcs, and I'm really enjoying this last chapter's tone and pacing.