If your parents expect to invite all their friends and business colleagues to a grand occasion, you may not want an informal garden wedding at home. Before you begin making decisions, think through what you want. Remember, as public as weddings are, they are also intensely personal and private. Even the most mature women may have unspoken but elaborate wedding images in their minds. These may be clear and easy to articulate, but more often they are as hazy as childhood memories that spring from unspoken feelings about what comprises love and lasting marriages.
Weddings can express either set of traits and many more.
If you are casual and unsentimental, for example, you may want a wedding in a setting that allows those qualities to show. And if you are deeply romantic, you'll want your marriage ceremony and celebration to reveal sentiment. Narrowing down choices is an excellent method of stress reduction. Choosing a style frees you from being the prisoner of others' pressures.