Later year wedding reception

[kejedo]

A sister friend of mine in this congregation was a bridesmaid for a sis in a former cong some years ago. I believe they had a relatively small reception after that. Years later, my Sis-friend was invited to a "REception for the married 'Smiths"." The sis that I know, as well as the original bridesmaids, were contacted with a list of bridesmaids gowns to order (different from the original due to size changes, I guess.) The honoree wore a white bridal gown (not her original one, according to the sis I know.)  A ceremonial vow was performed and spoken in the past tense. "Did you, on 7/7/2012  promise.....?" "I did ."              I'm not sure if it was held on an anniversary of the original date, but I did see a couple of pix. It looked exactly like an original wedding portrait, but was taken on the new date, and the couple were specific about calling it a "Reception." Has anybody heard of this? A few friends and myself threw a 50th Anniversary a while back and checked with the elders. They told us we do not have vow renewals as once married is permanent before Jehovah. So we just put together what turned out to be a lovely Anniversary gathering for the long married couple. As for the Reception in Question, whazzup?

 

[Thesauron]

To repeat wedding vows seems unnecessary to me. Like renewing them.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200276122/14/0

Now, if someone wants to highlight their anniversary somehow, that’s fine and up to them.

[kejedo]

OT, but  curious to me. I have a Bible Student who is on her fourth marriage. She went back to her home town and state for her first three marriages and had three large formal weddings and reception parties and invited all her family and friends from home. She now has a blended family and was thinking of going home last year to have a fourth 'Big Formal wedding and reception' b/c "husband number four had never had a big wedding and she had already had three."  She had another baby, the second with this person, last year, and had been looking at white gowns, but I guess she did not find what she wanted in a maternity department. If she did have a wedding feast in her home-town, she would have already been married more than a year and had a child age 5 with husb. # 4. Their new baby is now one. She has recently resumed her Bible Study. Not really my business, but I was kinda happy when she said the fourth- wedding-plus-party was not going to work out. Her father is also studying with one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and I wondered if he would have questions had this Wedding #4 actually taken place. I am under the impression that her family footed the bill for the last three gala events. Do cavalier attitudes like this lessen the importance and sanctity of marriage?                                      Y (long-time-married but never had a party)S