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due to get married plaese help!!?

my fiancee wants us to get married in a catholic chapel as his family are catholics but my family are protestants and i would prefer a church wedding. this is causing argument for us as we cant decide please help

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  • Nicki
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    I think this topic shouldve been discussed previously. Seriously. I was going to make a joke about how we decided but we've talked about this stuff and your situation is VERY different, this ONE decision will decide alot of things in the both of your lives. If you cant compromise, where do you two stand?

    and for the one person who mentioned signing my childs religion away is VERY WRONG. I personally couldnt marry a catholic too restricted and close minded.

    We decided our church via a dice roll, cause I couldnt decide which one i liked more.

    In the end you should STOP planning the wedding, stop now and discuss these BIGGIES that you've not attended too. If you ignore these topics its not going to get any better

  • 1 decade ago

    What’s more important to you?

    Having a wedding in the tradition of the faith you were raised in?

    Pleasing your future husband or pleasing your parents?

    As we hear so often in this community, there is no middle ground with Catholic weddings. It’s either a Catholic wedding, recognized by the church – or it isn’t. No shades of grey. Which means, you have to make a decision you can live with.

    My husband and I have what I like to call an ‘inter-faith’ marriage. Meaning I’m a Methodist and he’s an Atheist. We were married in a Methodist church. When friends and family asked him why he allowed our wedding to be in a church, he said, “It was more important to her to have a wedding in the church than it was for me to NOT have a wedding in the church. I could get married anywhere, but she wouldn’t have felt right about it if we didn’t marry in the church.”

    Best of luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    if you cant decide maybe you should have a court house wedding or an outdoor wedding with a non denominational ordained minister. What are you gonna do when you are married? is he gonna go to a chapel on Sundays and you gonna go to a church?

    I'm sure all that stuff is not all that important to you guys otherwise you wold had make sure you found someone who shares the same believes. When you love someone that is all there is to it, where you getting merried is not important.

    Besides this is yalls day your parents and his parents had theirs. Have them understand that!

  • Nora
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    this is a major issue is he willing to leave the catholic church and join yours? catholics have a hard time in their church if they marry a protestant. the protestant is expected to sign over the right to raise the children in their church. I would not want to marry a catholic. also, big issue with birth control.

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  • Bridey
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    which one of you goes to church, you or your fiancee? I mean every Sunday and Holyday.

    Or is it the parents who go to church ? you both have some serious discussions ahead of you. Don't get married in a church just to please your parents if it truly is not a practice you keep your self.

    2 opposing religions can cause issues

  • 1 decade ago

    here's a thought wait till it's nice out (summer or spring) and maybe get married outdoors, i mean i am sure your getting married cause of love right so it shouldn't matter where you have the wedding right

  • 1 decade ago

    you could have it in the catholic church but not have a full mass. if you have enough money, you could have two priests/rev/officiants to marry ya'll. You take your vows from your religion and he will take his vows from his. I am guessing ya'll are converting to the others religion?

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