Fletcher Litman and Shannon Bilx are pleased to announce their upcoming marriage on April the 14th, 20xx, at 4:00 p.m. at the Norcross Chapel on 97th and 104th Street. You are invited to attend, provided you can make it to the church on time.
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Dear Friends,
In planning our wedding, we decided to do what would make us the happiest. Planning a wedding for a year and spending $30,000 on our wedding would not make us happy. Instead, we have decided to get married in three weeks and we have decided to spend $3,000 on it. Some of you will be unhappy to learn that we have already spent most of that budget on Shannon’s gown. When you see her on her wedding day, you will become happy again.
We require no wedding gifts as we are adults. We have ordered food, but it is only sandwiches and veggie platters. If you have any concerns about what might be in those sandwiches, we invite you to bring your own food. We welcome vegans, paleo, keto, and any other dietary restriction you might be on. Please don’t be shy. This will be a child-friendly event and no alcohol will be served since the dinner will also be held in the church.
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To answer some of the questions you may have:
We have been dating for two and a half months.
We are wildly, stupidly in love and appreciate that some of you will not approve of this whirlwind marriage. We are not interested in your words of caution. Please keep them to yourself… or at least, voice them where we can’t hear you.
If you would like to merely pop in for the ceremony and leave during the dinner, we are fine with that.
We plan to move into Fletch’s apartment.
Shannon’s going to take his last name. Everyone needs to know she’s not single anymore.
We are going on a honeymoon to Niagara Falls.
We did commission a wedding cake.
And we are wildly in love.
You may throw flower petals at us. Chase has volunteered to sweep them up after the ceremony.
Love,
Shannon and Fletch