This morning I received a great question from Gladice about having a second Wedding and she writes,
First, thanks so much for contacting me with your question, I really appreciate it. Simply put, yes you can have a second wedding ceremony if you want too, as a matter of fact I did this myself with my current wife Jamie.
Since you are already married you will not need to fill out any paperwork for your second ceremony, the second one will simply be considered what the wedding industry calls a "show wedding". The only thing that you need to do is work with your officiant in telling them this is not a real wedding but rather a ceremonial wedding for friends, family and loved ones.
When I did my 2015 annual survey (the 2016 Wedding Survey is still taking place) I found that roughly 9% of couples in the United States have a second wedding ceremony. Of those, most were couples that eloped in one state while living in another and some were civil courthouse ceremonies where the couple simply couldn't afford a wedding at the time of them getting married.
When I did this myself, Jamie and I went to Wilmington, NC and had a simple ceremony on along the beach area after filling out the all the paperwork and having an officiant do the service for us along the ocean. Our "show wedding" is actually scheduled for this May here in my hometown of Roanoke, VA and its a full spot on wedding, just minus the official paperwork, it's for our family and friends to partake.
The great thing about a 2nd wedding is that you don't have to follow all the guidelines of the wedding business. I have found that some couples like myself do the wedding and reception just as if it were the 1st wedding while others simply have a reception of sorts, more like a party. In either case there is no right or wrong way to have you wedding as long as you both make it your own.
I hope this helps give you some insight into your question! Feel free to ask anything wedding related on my contact page and I'll do my best to help answer your questions!
Cheers~
Josh
My husband lives in Seattle and I live in Vancouver. We got married Friday, March 18, 2016 at Seattle. And now were planning to have a second wedding here in Vancouver inviting all friends and family and such next year 2017. Hes planning to move to Canada and have all the paper works done and that's the reason why we got married. My question is, is it possible to have two wedding since the first one is the official one. And next year do we have to do another ceremonial? How does this work?
First, thanks so much for contacting me with your question, I really appreciate it. Simply put, yes you can have a second wedding ceremony if you want too, as a matter of fact I did this myself with my current wife Jamie.
Since you are already married you will not need to fill out any paperwork for your second ceremony, the second one will simply be considered what the wedding industry calls a "show wedding". The only thing that you need to do is work with your officiant in telling them this is not a real wedding but rather a ceremonial wedding for friends, family and loved ones.
When I did my 2015 annual survey (the 2016 Wedding Survey is still taking place) I found that roughly 9% of couples in the United States have a second wedding ceremony. Of those, most were couples that eloped in one state while living in another and some were civil courthouse ceremonies where the couple simply couldn't afford a wedding at the time of them getting married.
When I did this myself, Jamie and I went to Wilmington, NC and had a simple ceremony on along the beach area after filling out the all the paperwork and having an officiant do the service for us along the ocean. Our "show wedding" is actually scheduled for this May here in my hometown of Roanoke, VA and its a full spot on wedding, just minus the official paperwork, it's for our family and friends to partake.
The great thing about a 2nd wedding is that you don't have to follow all the guidelines of the wedding business. I have found that some couples like myself do the wedding and reception just as if it were the 1st wedding while others simply have a reception of sorts, more like a party. In either case there is no right or wrong way to have you wedding as long as you both make it your own.
I hope this helps give you some insight into your question! Feel free to ask anything wedding related on my contact page and I'll do my best to help answer your questions!
Cheers~
Josh
