I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!
The holiday sparked a little bit of a debate... regarding my wedding (I swear, it's impossible to please everyone). I was asked why I am not getting married in a church.
You see, I was raised Catholic and even went to Catholic school for many years. After this experience, I can say that I will NEVER send my own children to Catholic school. I'm sure a lot of people have had wonderful experiences attending Catholic school. Me? Notsomuch. First, I was the only child in my class (from first to eighth grade!) who had divorced parents. We were literally taught that people who get divorces go to hell. Sure, I laugh about it now... but imagine how much distress this causes a 5 year old. Information was crammed down our throats and were told that "good Catholics believe this or else..." Yeah, this didn't work for me.
Still, I had always imagined I would get married in the Catholic church.
Now? Not a chance. You couldn't even bribe me. The Catholic religion... what a joke. With all of the sex abuse scandals and even news of the pope's own brother being involved in one - you can check it out here - it's embarassing to even call myself Catholic. I don't think this makes me a bad person.
Thoughts?
In other news... I am going to start the Advocare 24 day challenge. It is a full body cleanse. My brother and sister in law and a few of their friends have all completed this 24 day program. My brother lost 17 lbs and my sister in law lost about 8. I am hoping this is what I need to kick start the weight loss again. My wedding is less than 6 months away and I need to focus!!
M's party at the winery was SO much fun and he was so surprised. He was mad at me for a minute, but got over it pretty quickly. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures.
Well, I need to be getting back to work - lunch time is almost over. I will be catching up on your blogs soon!
My boyfriend and I are also both Catholics and he went to Catholic school as well. We don't want to get married in a Catholic church either. We don't even know if we would be "allowed" seeing as we have been "living in sin" for the past 3 years. I'm sure his parents are going to have a hard time with it when we tell them (mine are Catholic too, but not very religious), but alas, we've already made up our minds and they'll just have to deal with it.
ReplyDeleteThe best wedding advice I can give is do it the exact way you want to do it, because once its done, its done. There are no do-overs and you will be overwhelmed with "shoulda-coulda-wouldas" if you let other people dictate your decisions! Cheers honey!
ReplyDeleteI agree, do what you want. Do you honestly think people would be bending over backwards for you for THEIR wedding? Doubt it.
ReplyDeleteI was raised catholic but Ive always known in my heart my wedding would be in front of a judge and not in a church. I worship and pray, but I do not need the church to bless my marriage, just God.