if you got married at the RH when did you sign the marriage license/marriage certificate? my officiant sent us the first draft of our ceremony (which we both ) but we noticed that after the vows and ring exchange we sign the marriage certificate....is that usually how its done? for some reason i pictured doing that after the ceremony.....
SB7308
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You dont sign it the officiant does and he shouldnt do that DURING the ceremony, should be after
ETA: You get the marriage certif in the mail a few weeks after the wedding
KK Holiday
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ive always seen the bride and groom signing it in the church AFTER the ceremony but before they run out and people toss stuff on them
and thats what we're doing to.
Future Mulligan
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i dont know it says we have to sign something
it says we do the vows, ring exchange, then the register and certificates are signed, we light the unity candle, then the declaration of marriage by the officiant, the kiss, then we are introduced as husband and wife
jessica08bride
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i just recently went to a wedding where the certificate was signed during the ceremony! it was the first time i saw that. the officiant said something about their friends and family being witness to the contract. maybe thats the new thing hehehe. i signed mine after the ceremony.
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Posted by jessica08bride
i just recently went to a wedding where the certificate was signed during the ceremony! it was the first time i saw that. the officiant said something about their friends and family being witness to the contract. maybe thats the new thing hehehe. i signed mine after the ceremony.
I went to a wedding in a church where that was done, but that was the only wedding I've ever been to where it happened like that.
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We signed it in the clerk's office when we applied for it. We never saw it again, and got a certificate a week later.
DeeluvsVinny
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I went to a wedding where it was signed during the ceremony..and I've been to ones where it's signed afterwards/before or as in our case..at the rehearsal.
Ask you officiant why he's having you sign during..maybe you can change it if you don't like that.
tstaa1vw
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We signed ours when we got it at town hall...I got scared for a sec that we aren't officially married or something
jessNsteve
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We signed ours at our rehearsal the night before
jennandrolo
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we signed ours after the ceremony at the beginning of the reception.
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Posted by tstaa1vw
We signed ours when we got it at town hall...I got scared for a sec that we aren't officially married or something
Yeah, YOU only sign it when you get it, but your witnesses (usually BM and MOH) sign it and officiant signs it. Our BM and MOH signed at our rehearsal, and the the Officiant takes it from there!
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he shouldn't sign during the ceremony...the whitenesses sign before and him (or her)
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Posted by jessica08bride
i just recently went to a wedding where the certificate was signed during the ceremony! it was the first time i saw that. the officiant said something about their friends and family being witness to the contract. maybe thats the new thing hehehe. i signed mine after the ceremony.
I went to a wedding last month at CHCC and the same thing happened. The bride and groom signed during the ceremony. I actually signed mine the day of our rehearsal.
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it doesnt really make a difference to me - i just never saw a ceremony outside of the roman catholic church before so i didnt know if it was common practice to sign it during a non religious ceremony - i guess signing it during the ceremony makes it feel more official than just signing it beforehand i dont know - i guess ill ask my officiant about it - i dont mind doing it during the ceremony but i dont want it to make the ceremony weird or boring
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our ceremony was at church so it may be diferent, but my sisters was at the RH and both her and her husband and witnesses signed shortly before the ceremony and then after performing the cereomny the officiant signed and mailed it out
