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  4 0 The easiest way to elope is to get a license from King County ($64) and then take two witnesses to the Municipal Courthouse on 5th at 4:30 pm on a weekday to have a judge officiate. The ceremony costs $60, and I think we tipped on top of that. We took our friends out for a nice dinner afterwards and the whole thing cost less than $500, including the licence, ceremony, a new dress for me, dinner, etc. We had Edsonya Charles perform the ceremony and she did a lovely job. Information on the ceremony: http://www.seattle.gov/courts/judmag/marriage.htm Applying for a license: http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/marriage/Applyingforamarriagelicense.aspx You can make it as complicated or as simple as you like. Consider whether you'll exchange rings or not, how much you want to dress up (even if you're set on it being casual, it's still a courthouse) and who you want to include. My parents were thrilled when we told them that we'd gotten married (and that they wouldn't be expected to pay for a wedding) but my in-laws still aren't really talking to me 3 years later. On the whole, I'm really glad that my husband and I got married the way we did. We're just as married as other couples that spent thousands of dollars on their weddings and it was intimate and personal and exactly what we wanted. We had a big barbecue a few months later at Gasworks to celebrate and invited our extended families and all our friends. It's something to consider if you're having a small ceremony - some people will end up with hurt feelings that they weren't included. Good luck! Emily Steed answered in Whatever over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by elenchos and Arsenic7… 0 0 You left out the bogus Washington 3 day waiting period after you get your marriage license. Same in Oregon (pinkos). You have to run across the border to Idaho to a place that understands what opposite sex marriage is really about if you want to get married right on the spot, with none of that hippie liberal soul searching and second guessing. Decide! Marry! Bang! I recommend the Hitchin' Post in Coeur d'Alene. Or if you want to piss around for 3 days, see if you can get a justice of the peace to officiate up on top of Gasworks. Done that too. elenchos commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Those all sound like good ideas. I actually have two friends who live right next to gasworks so getting witnesses would be a snap...and another friend is an officiator or what have you. I'll run this by my girlfriend. Arsenic7 commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 You could always fly to Vegas and stand in line at the courthouse with assorted drunks to get your license, and then hustle on down to the Little White Chapel on the Strip, where Joan Collins, Michael Jordan, and The Who got married (to each other? The sign didn't say), and Britney Spears as well, and be done with the whole thing in under an hour. That's what we did. Sort of. Ours sort of leaked out and our immediate families ended up attending with us, but it was still pretty painless, except for the part where I went to Burlington Coat Factory and bought my first-ever suit, which was ludicrously oversized and hideous, and made out of some sort of fire-retardant substance that may also have been bulletproof. And the part where I went on super-short notice to Diamond Row in New York to buy the cheapest wedding ring I could find, but incredibly picked Yom Kippur to do so -- the one day of the year when the entire street was closed, being as all the jewelers are Hasidic Jews (the other 364 days you can see them walking around with millions of dollars of stones in their pockets, secure in the knowledge that no one in his right mind would touch them). I eventually found the one Arab on the street and got my crappy rings. Which I cherish to this day. Vegas is kind of a Disneyfied craphole these days, though, with all the $1.99 steak dinners replaced by celebrity restaurants. It is still the mouth-breathing vacant-staring obese boob walking around with a 128-ounce cocktail capital of the world, though, if you like that sort of thing. Fnarf answered in Whatever over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by Kalakalot and Fnarf… 0 0 Mr Kalakalot and I also pledged our eternal devotion at the Little White Chapel! Things got a little uncomfortable when the Elvis impersonator starting hitting on my husband's teenage sister, but overall it was a great experience. A few months later we had a big reception/party in Seattle. We initially decided to elope because we wanted to get married without the rigamarole of a "traditional" wedding, but running away to Vegas turned out to have other benefits. I'm convinced that couples enjoy their receptions a hell of a lot more when the emotion of the wedding and logistics of the reception are separate. It was also nice to sidestep most of the wedding industrial complex's ridiculous proclamations and made-up traditions. Oh, and you probably already know this, but in Washington State, as long as you have a license, pretty much anyone -- including a friend whose spent all of two minutes getting ordained online -- can perform the ceremony. Wisely, the state has decided that they don't want to get involved in determining who is qualified to perform weddings and who is not. Kalakalot commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Shame they've decided they're awfully keen on determining who is qualified to get one! Yes, I would agree, an hour or two of Wedding Panic was plenty for me. A friend made Mrs. Fnarf's dress, but other than that, no worries about whether the baby's breath in the crystal centerpieces was too tall or whether the bridesmaids' shoes were the right color or whatever the fuck. Fnarf commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Definitely NYC wedding bureau at New York City Hall. It's got vending machines with rings in them. It is the hippest place! "Once you’re ready to hit the chapel, you can even hand your iPod to the chapel Clerk, who will cue up the music of your choice to be piped into one of two chapels." http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/weddings/2009/01/08/2009-01-08_manhattans_new_marriage_bureau_earns_wow.html John McDonnell answered in Whatever over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 What benefits? :) Seriously: Drive to Vegas. Bring $300 to blow on the wedding. On the strip: go to The Little White Wedding Chapel. Use the drive-thru. The Reverend will marry you while you stay in your car. Order the flowers just for the hell of it. Whatever change you have leftover spend at the slots. Go ahead and try and show me easier. Oh, and say hi to Trisha Lynn for me. Rev.Enant answered in Whatever over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 It's not close by, but Vermont is stupidly easy to marry in. That's where we went, but we lived about ninety minutes from the border at the time. If you don't mind flying, it was a 24-hour waiting period several years ago--that was the sole requirement, and it's gorgeous out there. I recommend Bennington; lovely area with lovely people in the Green Mountains. And you can totally visit Robert Frost while you're there. Joe answered in Whatever over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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