I just got baptized in December, and I'm turning 18 this year. I've believed in the church 2 years prior to being baptized but... My parents didn't approve of it, at all. My dad actually came to my baptism, but my mom said it would be like going to an "open casket funeral" for her. Harsh? Maybe more than a little.
Anyway, getting to the point. My boyfriend (who is currently serving a mission in Alaska) and I have been together since I was 14. He is the absolutely love of my... Well, etenity. We both know it, and we've both felt that this has been confirmed by the holy ghost, and we are going to get married next year after he comes home.
My concern is this; how can I make my parents feel included? My parents said they are not going to support me or pay for anything if I get married in the temple, but if my dad can just "walk me down the aisle" or "unofficially" pronounce us man and wife... They'd support us fully. Would that be possible?
Even before the temple sealing could I just have a little dinner that my to-be husband and I go to with JUST my family in our wedding attire... And have my dad walk me into the restruant and hand me off to my to-be husband? As if he's "giving me away?" Could we also exchange a few vows/special words over dinner, and my dad "unofficially" pronounce us man and wife?
There'd be no signing a marriage certificate or whatever until we were actually sealed. All of it would be unofficial... Would that be appropriate?
Let me know if you have any other suggestions. I want to get married in the temple FIRST and I will not settle for anything less.
