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Elope
Sept 25, 2016 23:18:23 GMT
Post by librarylady on Sept 25, 2016 23:18:23 GMT
I always thought that the word meant that the couple secretly went somewhere to get married.
More and more I hear people use the word to mean that they are going to get married without invited guests or a celebration event..just go get married.
Is the meaning changing in your world?
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Sept 25, 2016 23:21:40 GMT
Post by refugeepea on Sept 25, 2016 23:21:40 GMT
The 2 recently eloped couples I know never announced that's what they were going to do. I open Facebook one day, and there's the wedding photos!
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Sept 25, 2016 23:22:34 GMT
Post by ktdoesntscrap on Sept 25, 2016 23:22:34 GMT
To me it means secretly.... or maybe without telling most people.
Technically my ex and I eloped. But we kept it a secret only a few people ever knew... we had a wedding 6 months later. But it had to do with visas. So we only celebrated our wedding anniversary.
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Sept 25, 2016 23:24:44 GMT
Post by Patter on Sept 25, 2016 23:24:44 GMT
Hmm, I have always thought as you do that the couple secretly goes away to get married. My parents did that. But with the other definition, I guess I could have technically eloped then too. No one knew we were getting married (except 9 family members), I took a vacation day from work, and only mailed out wedding announcements. The office was shocked when they found out my vacation day turned out to be my wedding day.
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Sept 25, 2016 23:27:37 GMT
Post by papersilly on Sept 25, 2016 23:27:37 GMT
My sister did the traditional meaning of it.
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Sept 25, 2016 23:34:19 GMT
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Post by garcia5050 on Sept 25, 2016 23:34:19 GMT
i believe a true elopement is one where no one knows but the couple. I know quite a few couples who did this, but I think it's more common for people in Los Angeles, because Vegas is close enough to make it convenient.
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Sept 25, 2016 23:57:06 GMT
Post by Linda on Sept 25, 2016 23:57:06 GMT
Dh and I eloped - I had worked that morning (2am -11am) and he took the afternoon off from work, asked his brother to join him for lunch and invited his mum as well...before we went to lunch, we went to the courthouse and got married with his mum and brother as our witnesses. DH and his brother worked in the same office - so bil shared the news when he went back to work after his long lunch hour.
and when we got home and I went to phone my mum (out of state) to tell her we married - our phone line was dead (the grader had cut the (buried) lines grading our road. So we went downtown and called her from a payphone
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Post by gramasue on Sept 26, 2016 0:07:38 GMT
I've always thought of the word as meaning to run away and secretly wed.
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Sept 26, 2016 0:10:27 GMT
Post by chaosisapony on Sept 26, 2016 0:10:27 GMT
I always thought it meant secretly too.
The only couple I know that eloped did it while we were still in high school. We were all seniors and going on our four day trip to Disneyland and the surrounding areas. The couple told their parents they were going on the senior trip (but never turned in any of the payments to the school, just kept them for themselves) and told all their friends their parents wouldn't allow them to go. They went to Reno and got married and proudly showed off their rings when we all got back from the trip. It was weird and needless to say that marriage didn't last very long.
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Sept 26, 2016 1:03:07 GMT
Post by Basket1lady on Sept 26, 2016 1:03:07 GMT
I take it to mean that it's done in secret. Here's what Merriam-Webster has to say:
Full Definition of elope elope deloping intransitive verb 1: to slip away : escape <might have mistaken him for … some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield — Washington Irving> 2a : to run away from one's husband with a lover b : to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent elopement play \-ˈlōp-mənt\ noun eloper noun
My grandparents eloped. Back in the 30s in rural Wisconsin, a married woman wasn't allowed to teach school. Both of my grandparents were school teachers and couldn't afford to have grandma not work. So they kept the marriage secret until she got pregnant.
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Sept 26, 2016 2:10:05 GMT
Post by GiantsFan on Sept 26, 2016 2:10:05 GMT
DH and I eloped (in the traditional sense of the word). We flew to LV for the weekend and only we knew we were getting married. Heck, I only knew the day before.
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Sept 26, 2016 2:13:59 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 2:13:59 GMT
As far as I know elope is still used for a secretive marriage. The term "Justice of the Peace wedding" or "court house wedding" is used for the civil ceremony with no (or very few) invited guests; maybe just the two people who will serve as witnesses and sign the documents.
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Sept 26, 2016 2:21:14 GMT
Post by scrapsuzy on Sept 26, 2016 2:21:14 GMT
My 2nd and 3rd son both say they eloped, but it wasn't a secret with one of them and only kinda a secret with the other. Both had weddings later (or at least one did, the other's wedding is Oct 30.)
I don't consider either as traditional eloping. I was present at both of them. One was with a judge we knew and they actually said vows. The other, all the parents gathered for dinner, and a pastor had them sign the certificate with no vows.
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Sept 26, 2016 2:23:08 GMT
Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 26, 2016 2:23:08 GMT
I think it can mean both. DH and I were engaged for over two years before we got married. I wanted to go off by ourselves without guests and all that other nonsense and just get married somewhere. He ended up having other ideas and so we had the whole church/attendants/cake/guests ordeal. Ugh. It wouldn't have been a surprise to anyone either way because everyone knew we were planning on getting married sooner or later. Would have been a whole lot cheaper and more fun my way though!
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