Civil Wedding Vows - Has anyone ever gotten married in a civil ceremony and then had another wedding later?

Has anyone ever gotten married in a civil ceremony and then had another wedding later?

I am thinking of marrying my boyfried twice. The first would be in a civil ceremony where we live and the second would be a destination wedding abroad (more to our liking). He can't travel abroad right now due to his immigration status so we want to have the "dream wedding" a year later or so. Do you know of anyone who has done something similar and how was it? Please share. Thanks.

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yup me and it was great....we got married in a office and on our first wedding anniversary we had our dream wedding...good luck
you won't be getting married twice. the first one is the legal one. This is what my boyfriend and I are doing, once we get my K-1 Visa issued we're going to get married just the two of us within 90 days down in Georgia and then we're coming up here to Canada and having our wedding with friends and family. Yes we both know its not technically called a wedding, but we're calling it our second wedding anyways. It wont be right after, but we dont want to rush a wedding in 3 months just to have it with friends and family, we love the idea of getting married legally just with the two of us and having a more public wedding later on its a 50/50 some people like the idea, some people dont hollyy
Yes! My husband and I did - for several complicated reasons. The "wedding" was about 10 days after the legal ceremony. We had decided beforehand that we would not consider the marriage at the court house to be the real "wedding" and we would only consider ourselves married on the day that we "got married" in front of our family and friends. It worked out fine, and our wedding day was just as special as it would have been if we had not done the other part at the court house. I even have forgotten the exact date of the courthouse deal! I think you should go for it! If you can't have the wedding of your dreams now, then plan to have it when you can! Good luck!
my hubby & I did this due to extenuating circumstances, but we let our family know what we were doing and why and they were all supportive. They understood that we would consider our anniversary to be the date we married in church in front of them, not the date we did the legal stuff with a JOP. I just wouldn't want to lie to my friends & family about it and I feel the right thing to do is be upfront. If it is due to the immigration issues, that is certainly an understandable reason to do things the way you suggest.
Do it however you like. That sounds like a great idea. That way you have your committment ceremony so you can legally be man and wife and then later do the big fancy wedding. I think thats a great idea