For couples who choose to have a civil marriage and plan for a church wedding later on....?

What are the chances the church wedding might not happen? My best friend is choosing to have her civil marriage this week and apparently wants the church wedding next year...but I have a gut feeling that wedding isn't going to end up happening.For couples who choose to have a civil marriage and plan for a church wedding later on....?
I answered your other question too :-)





Look - don't fret about it yet. You don't know until you ask her.





And even though it sucks, even if it doesn't - you have to try to respect her choices. It may hurt, I would be hurt too, but it's her choice and if she makes that choice, you just have to respect that.





Everyone is different - and she DID ask you to be MOH for a church wedding. She wouldn't do that unless she was sure right? xFor couples who choose to have a civil marriage and plan for a church wedding later on....?
That makes no sense, once they are married, they are married, whether its in the courthouse or the church, you only get to do it once. you can't get married twice to the same person unless you get a divorce and get remarried lol. Why not just have a church wedding to begin with? Also, why would they want a church wedding after being married in a civil union? They obviously don't see marriage as a covenant or they would have had a church wedding to begin with. I never understand these things lol...





Good luck!
OK PEOPLE...LOOK AT THE WORDS..MARRIAGE AND WEDDING..two different things the wedding is purely a CEREMONY to prepare for the actual MARRIAGE...SOLO she can have her WEDDING CEREMONY..some people have a wedding every 10 or 15 years to renew their vows..she may not get it next year a lot of people don't renew a year later but she may set it for the 5 or 10 year mark based on their finances..just support her and wish her the beast IT IS NOT ABOUT THE WEDDING THE MARRIAGE IS THE FOCUS FACTOR..so just support her and pray they make it five years!!
Why wouldnt it? Marriage is marriage. It would just be something like a vow renewel wouldnt it? Theyll still have a document signed and witnessed by an official-judge or priest- saying they were joined in union on this date. Now if the church- wont marry them because they chose to have a civil marriage first- thats a perfect example of why theres a problem with religion right now-judgement.
It just may happen if they plan for it, and they can afford it. More couples are doing this these days for various reasons. Sometimes they need to be legally married before they can have the religious vow renewal ceremony or maybe they can't afford the religious ceremony and reception right away so they go to the courthouse.
Could it be that your friend is doing a cheap civil ceremony now and waiting a year until s/he has a more expensive and lavish wedding? Maybe purely financial? Obviously I don't know your friend, but that is the only reason that I, if I were religious, would do things this way...
I am not sure what the chances are. It wouldn't really be the ';wedding';. Religiously it may be, but when you get legally married like that you give up the big party and gifts, except in a few situations.
It all depends on the couple and their situation. This is their wedding and their decision.