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Anybody have a friend perform their wedding ceremony?

mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
I'd love to have my friend perform the ceremony rather than hire some justice of the peace I don't even know. Anybody done this, or know someone?

I found this website which ordains for free, not sure how legit it is though.
http://www.themonastery.org/?destination=main
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    in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Joey did on FRIENDS for Chandler and Monica!! :)
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
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    mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    Haha. Do you have Joey's number so I can give him a call?
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    in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    lol

    no sorry I don't!!

    I think having a good friend do the ceremony is very sweet!! :)
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
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    PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I don't know anyone thats done it but I think it would be great to have a friend do ceremony. Especially if that friend has been around throughout your whole relationship and has watched the two of you grow together. Go for it!!
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    Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    We considered having my sister do our ceremony. I can't remember why we ruled it out in the end...but we ended up having some lady we found on the internet marry us. She was cool. :)
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    Fighting HellfishFighting Hellfish Posts: 3,166
    My friend Kevin's band "Scrantonicity 2" will be playing my wedding
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    mensanemensane Posts: 912
    my sister's best friend married her and her husband. she was supposed to have a guy perform it but at the last minute, he decided he couldnt travel the distance (about 300 miles). she was devastated because the ceremony was to be a very specific pagan ceremony. she was worried that she would end up at a justice of the peace.

    i called her best friend who was flying in and asked her what we should do. she got online and got ordained and i emailed her all the details about the ceremony. my sister didnt know any of this was going on until a day before the ceremony. she was surprised and so grateful. it turned out to be a great and memorable ceremony.
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    mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    mensane wrote:
    my sister's best friend married her and her husband. she was supposed to have a guy perform it but at the last minute, he decided he couldnt travel the distance (about 300 miles). she was devastated because the ceremony was to be a very specific pagan ceremony. she was worried that she would end up at a justice of the peace.

    i called her best friend who was flying in and asked her what we should do. she got online and got ordained and i emailed her all the details about the ceremony. my sister didnt know any of this was going on until a day before the ceremony. she was surprised and so grateful. it turned out to be a great and memorable ceremony.

    Wow, cool story. So it sounds like a very easy process.
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    sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,211
    my friend had his friend marry he and his wife.

    i was in the crowd, it turned ok, but the guy was trying to be a comedian and make it more about him than the two of them, so actually it was kinda lame.
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    luvisatowerluvisatower Posts: 1,078
    my nephew did the online thing so he could perform the ceremony for his brother
    it was realy a special thing as the two of them are best friends and brothers.
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    xscorchoxscorcho Posts: 409
    we have a family friend who is ordained.. and he has done a couple weddings of other family friends.......

    it was actually pretty cool.
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    rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,549
    Our friend went through the process to become a notary public so that he could perform our ceremony.

    Cost him about $100.00 plus a certain amount of paperwork with the State of Florida. But he says it was the best and easiest way to be sure that the ceremony would be legit.

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    Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    My dad became a JP 2 years ago and he performed the wedding ceremony for 2 of my cousins. It went very well both times, and made it much more personable.
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    GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I know tons of people who have done it. one of my friends had her own dad officiate.
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    normnorm I'm always home. I'm uncool. Posts: 31,147
    my friend has presided over probably half a dozen weddings.....including his brother and a cousin....and in turn, his brother did his wedding....:)
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    mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    Thanks for all the stories.

    for those of you who know someone, how did the person go about making it legit? I see some became notary publics, or justice of the peace. What about the rest, did they do the internet route?
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    normnorm I'm always home. I'm uncool. Posts: 31,147
    mulva9 wrote:
    Thanks for all the stories.

    for those of you who know someone, how did the person go about making it legit? I see some became notary publics, or justice of the peace. What about the rest, did they do the internet route?

    my friend did the internet thing.....i think it makes the ceremony more fun...:)
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    Local CrewLocal Crew Posts: 745
    i had a friend play a ben harper song on guitar as another friend walk down the ilse. it was awesome. he couldnt even pick up a guitar 2 hours later.
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    eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    mulva9 wrote:
    I'd love to have my friend perform the ceremony rather than hire some justice of the peace I don't even know. Anybody done this, or know someone?

    I found this website which ordains for free, not sure how legit it is though.
    http://www.themonastery.org/?destination=main

    Yeah, my best friend, who is also the guitar player in my band, married my wife and me. He is in no way ordained or licensed or even religious, which is why he's the only one I would agree to do it. In other words, I really don't think I'm legally married...
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    My friend did for a buddy of mine. They're now divorced.
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