Fox News: Woman who 'hated' $30K wedding finds happiness, relief, in $1K renewal of vows

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Woman who 'hated' $30K wedding finds happiness, relief, in $1K renewal of vows

A Florida woman described "hating" her $30,000 wedding as she felt "stressed" and "anxious." In contrast, she and her husband recently renewed their vows on a "beautiful day."......                    ...                        ...A woman who said she spent over $30,000 on a wedding she "hated" found a new way to have a "beautiful" and "stress-free" marriage experience: by renewing her vows for less than a grand and loving every minute of it.......Alexandrea Acevedo, 27, of Orlando, Florida, said she had You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login with 200 guests years ago but felt "stressed" and "anxious" the entire day, she told news agency SWNS.......Today, she feels she did "what everyone else wanted" instead of having her dream wedding day.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ......She and her husband, Michael Acevedo, renewed their vows last year, she said, and went up a mountain with three of their four children, SWNS reported.......She said it was You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Reflecting on her wedding years ago, in contrast, she said the event was "so expensive ... We were so young. It was a rough time. I don't know why we ever did that."......She said the event cost her and her husband "a little over $30,000. That was such a waste of money. We could have put that toward You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. A wedding is not for the couple - it's for the guests."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She added, "We put all this energy and stress [into] a big shiny event. Why did I go through all of that for a few hours? We did what everyone else wanted instead of what we wanted."......The couple met in January 2017.......They were engaged in April of that same year after a whirlwind romance.......The now-mom-of-four said she'd wanted a "pretty dress, photographer and to go to a mountain" — but some family members wanted the opposite, SWNS reported.......Said Alexandrea Acevedo, "When we brought up the idea of eloping and doing it on our own, they had a fit ... So we ended up You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login."......She said she spent over a year planning a garden-themed event for 200 guests.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She said, "I planned everything on my own ... Everyone is in your ear."......She said that today, she hardly remembers her Sept. 2018 wedding day as she was You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......."I was super anxious the whole day," she told SWNS. ......"I don't really remember a whole lot of it. It was like a blur. There was so much chaos going on."......She said she knew her family wanted her "eat her food and greet everyone," but she said she felt "exhausted" by all of it.......She said, "This is supposed to be the happiest day of my life. It ends up being for everyone else. You don't even get to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......After their wedding, the couple began to create the family life they'd wanted. Today they have four children, ages 9, 6, 2, and four months old.......When they were approaching their five-year wedding anniversary, they decided to renew their vows to celebrate. ......So they hired a photographer, SNWS reported, and drove to Fred W. Symmes Chapel, Cleveland, South Carolina, with their three eldest children in Sept. 2023.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Said the mom, "We had a moment between You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. It was completely stress-free. It was just about us — not pleasing everyone else."......She added, "It was such a beautiful day."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The family spent the rest of the day enjoying You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. ......All in all, they spent less than $1,000 on the renewal of their vows.......The wife and mom said she's hoping to encourage others to plan a wedding they want as a couple the first time around.......She said, "When it comes to your marriage, it should be what you want — not what everyone else wants. It should be about you and your family as a couple."...

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