Wedding Traditions

There are many wedding traditions popular in the United States. We've chosen to follow some and exclude others based on our own beliefs.  We've decided to go with some of the traditions for different reasons than you might expect.  Here is a list of some of the various things we're doing, and what they mean to us.  We'll keep adding them as we go.

Click on the hyperlinked headers to read up on our beliefs regarding these traditions!

• Engagement - How long are you supposed to be engaged?
   
• Age - It doesn't matter, but we'll discuss it anyway
   
• Wedding Attire - The Dress: wearing white - The Veil - why she won't
  The Gloves: not likely!- The Tuxedo - why he bought his
   
• Colors - Most weddings have color themes... here's ours
   
• Invitations - No secret to why, but here's how we did ours
   
• Something Old, Something New; Something Borrowed, Something Blue
   
• Children at Weddings - We love them, but please leave them home
   
• Music - The sounds you'll hear
   
• Wedding Party - Why we chose the number of people we did
   
• Flowers - We aren't covering a bad smell
   
• Religion - Why it isn't involved
   
• Guest Book - We'll have one, and we hope you'll write more than your name...
   
• Giving Away the Bride - Elaine's thoughts on ownership
   
• Wedding Words - We prefer some mild copyediting on traditional words...
   
• Vows - Why we're writing our own
   
• Wedding Rings - What they mean to us
   
• Wedding Gifts - We have everything we need... sort of...
   
• Tossings - The Bouquet: Somebody catch! - The Garter: It isn't sexist... really...
   
• Cake - Traditional cake or non-traditional cake... or none at all?!
   
• Carrying the Bride Over the Threshold - Rape? Keeping her in the house?! Evil spirits??!! We don't think so.