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But first, pictures!

We did things a bit differently—our ceremony was on Friday night with the reception/party on Saturday. I felt really strongly about eloping because I have a huge family and a lot of anxiety being in front of such a large group of people. My husband comes from a really small family (less than 20 people total) and I felt incredibly guilty denying his family the experience of seeing the ceremony. The compromise we came up with was having a smaller, private ceremony totally separate from the reception/party. This gets a lot of hate on weddit and, honestly, reading comments from some people who claimed they would refuse to attend a wedding if they