A woman who spent more than $30,000 on a wedding she “hated” has found a new way to have a “beautiful” and “stress-free” wedding experience. It's all about renewing your vows for less than 10,000 yen and loving every moment of it.
Alexandrea Acevedo, 27, of Orlando, Florida, had a “big wedding” with 200 guests a few years ago, but she reported feeling “stressed” and “anxious” throughout the day. He told the company SWNS.
Now, instead of having the wedding of her dreams, she feels like she did “what everyone else wanted.”
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She and her husband, Michael Acevedo, renewed their vows last year and took three of their four children up the mountain, SWNS reported.
She said, “It was a wonderful day.”
Alexandrea Acevedo was pictured posing for a photo with her husband Michael on their wedding day. It was truly an event “for the guests,” she said. (Photo by Cindy Thornton/Olive and Birch, via SWNS)
In contrast, looking back at her wedding a few years ago, she said the event was “very expensive…We were young and it was a tough time. I don't know why we did that.” Ta.
She said the event cost the couple “just over $30,000. It was such a waste of money. They could have put that money towards a down payment on a house. Weddings are not for couples. , it's for the guests.''
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She further added, “We put all our energy and stress into [into] A big, brilliant event. Why did I go through all of that for hours? We did what everyone else wanted, not what we wanted. ”
“Why did I go through something like that for hours?”
The two met in January 2017.
They got engaged in April of the same year after a whirlwind romance.
On their wedding day in September 2018: “It felt like a blur.'' (Photo by Cindy Thornton/Olive and Birch, via SWNS)
Now a mother of four children, she said that she wanted to “wear beautiful clothes, work as a photographer, and go to the mountains,'' but some in her family wanted the opposite. SWNS reported.
“When we brought up the idea of eloping and doing it on our own, they threw a fit…so we ended up having a big wedding,” Alexandrea Acevedo said.
She said she spent more than a year planning the garden-themed event for 200 guests.
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She said, “I planned everything myself…everyone is in your ear.”
She said she now barely remembers her wedding day in September 2018 because she was so stressed out about everything.
“I was very anxious all day,” she told SWNS.
The couple decided to renew their vows just last year and had a completely different experience during their wedding. (Photo by Cindy Thornton/Olive and Birch, via SWNS)
“I don't remember much. It was just a blur. There was so much confusion going on.”
She said she knew her family wanted her to “eat food and say hi to everyone,” but she felt “exhausted” by it all.
She said, “Today was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. It ended up being for other people. I can't even enjoy the food.”
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After the wedding, the couple began to build the family life they wanted. Currently, they have four children, ages 9, 6, 2, and 4 months.
As their fifth wedding anniversary approached, they decided to celebrate and renew their vows.
They said renewing their vows was “absolutely stress-free. It was just about us and not about pleasing anyone else.” (Photo by Cindy Thornton/Olive and Birch, via SWNS)
So they hired a photographer and in September 2023, they drove with their three eldest sons to the Fred W. Sims Chapel in Cleveland, South Carolina, SNWS reported.
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The mother said: “There was a moment between us, our kids, and God. There was no stress at all. It was just about us and not pleasing anyone else.”
She added: “It was such a beautiful day.”
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The family spent the rest of the day enjoying lunch and hiking.
In total, they spent less than $1,000 on their vow renewal.
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The wife and mother said she wants to encourage others to plan the wedding they want as a first-time couple.
She said, “When it comes to marriage, it should be about what you want, not what other people want. It should be about you and your family as a couple.”
