I have to remind myself that it is amazing that the life of me, my girl, and our parents, have so many people in our lives that we want to share in this momentous occasion
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The wedding business can be a real racket with how much they charge. Having been through this myself, I can sympathize. We had to whittle our guest list down to 120 people, and that was a lot harder than it sounds, especially when family dynamics come into play.
Anyway, despite all that, good luck with the planning! I hope you find ways to make your special day affordable.
Saying the word 'wedding' makes everything marked way WAY up. Say that you're hosting a party. I guarantee most prices for various things will go way down.
Oh, right, if you absolutely can't do it in a Temple, try local college campuses. Most will rent out their banquet halls at a small fee. If you know people who attend or are alumni, the fee goes down further. (We couldn't make it work due to wedding size and proximity to our ceremony site. Plus we needed the liquor on the table and colleges frown at that.)
Synagogues are out for a couple reasons: - we're not starting til after sundown on saturday, so if we switch venues for the reception it could get pretty late pretty fast - it's likely to be a winter wedding the weather might be bad, so we'd like to minimize driving - it's an interfaith ceremony, and we don't know how they'd feel about having some kind of Catholic minister participate - family dynamics: immobile grandparents, and a lot of Catholics we're trying not to freak out.
College campuses: we're looking into it. If you have any suggestions that'd be great!
I'd love to get your catering info! It's amazing how /feeding/ people explodes things. Email me at aumannb at gmail?
Thanks for the hotel reassurances, a nice thing to lay to rest.
It's a reform synagogue, so they may not mind the Catholics (ministers and otherwise). The family is more likely to be the problem, and I totally get that.
The good thing about the Boston area is you can't spit without hitting a college. I wouldn't recommend Brandeis because it's not that good reception space, but try Regis, MIT, BU, Simmons, etc. etc.
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Anyway, despite all that, good luck with the planning! I hope you find ways to make your special day affordable.
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DO NOT SAY YOU'RE HAVING A WEDDING RECEPTION.
Saying the word 'wedding' makes everything marked way WAY up. Say that you're hosting a party. I guarantee most prices for various things will go way down.
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On the other hand, we probably have to have the ceremony and reception in the same place, and people kinda notice that.
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- we're not starting til after sundown on saturday, so if we switch venues for the reception it could get pretty late pretty fast
- it's likely to be a winter wedding the weather might be bad, so we'd like to minimize driving
- it's an interfaith ceremony, and we don't know how they'd feel about having some kind of Catholic minister participate
- family dynamics: immobile grandparents, and a lot of Catholics we're trying not to freak out.
College campuses: we're looking into it. If you have any suggestions that'd be great!
I'd love to get your catering info! It's amazing how /feeding/ people explodes things. Email me at aumannb at gmail?
Thanks for the hotel reassurances, a nice thing to lay to rest.
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The good thing about the Boston area is you can't spit without hitting a college. I wouldn't recommend Brandeis because it's not that good reception space, but try Regis, MIT, BU, Simmons, etc. etc.
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