Stupid Wedding Rehearsal ?.. How many of you did/plan to...

NikkiR515 Posted: May 08, 2009 01:41 PM

Stupid Wedding Rehearsal ?.. How many of you did/plan to...

Did any of you sign/plan to sign your marriage license at your rehearsal? Did any of you absolutely refuse not to? I know it is probably a stupid question but once you sign the paper you are legally married so I was wondering if any of you insisted on waiting until the wedding day itself or did it at the rehearsal?

I myself am torn on this... In one light it would be nice to do it on my wedding day but in another sense it doesn't REALLY matter to me because no one in our families will recognize us as being married until that day anyways!

Plus it would be nice to do it at my rehearsal so I don't have to worry about him leaving me at the altar the day of!!!!

JamieAnt06202009 Posted: May 08, 2009 01:42 PM

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No one has mentioned this to me. Are you supposed to sign it at the rehearsal?

Amberrenee6705 Posted: May 08, 2009 01:43 PM

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The rehersal will do just fine. Its ultimately up to you...good luck and have fun :o)

NikkiR515 Posted: May 08, 2009 01:47 PM

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Posted by JamieAnt06202009

No one has mentioned this to me. Are you supposed to sign it at the rehearsal?

I think it is up to the individual priest... Some might ask you to do it at the rehearsal and others might not even mention it..

EmiNoa628 Posted: May 08, 2009 01:49 PM

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Honestly we are having everything signed the day of.. Deb will be going to our location.

pandafish519 Posted: May 08, 2009 01:56 PM

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i don't want to do it at the rehearsal.

that is NO fun at ALL! you go through all the crap for your wedding 'date' and its a day off?? i think not!

springsandra Posted: May 08, 2009 01:59 PM

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My officiant isn't even going to be at our RD. We'll do it the morning, probably right after the ceremony or right before, depending on the timeline that day.

Even if you sign it, you're not 'officially' married until you exchange vows, I believe. Something like that. There's definitely something you have to say aloud before witnesses that makes it valid.

KerriJohnS Posted: May 08, 2009 01:59 PM

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Yea I would do it the day of like Ally/Ali (I never know which one is right... sorry girl!) Pandafish said.

geegee827 Posted: May 08, 2009 02:26 PM

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According to my priest, we sign the marriage license (as do our witnesses) at the rehearsal. He holds onto it until AFTER the ceremony when he signs it and submits it to the State.

The marriage license is not valid until it is signed by your officiant.

pandafish519 Posted: May 08, 2009 02:28 PM

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Posted by KerriJohnS

Yea I would do it the day of like Ally/Ali (I never know which one is right... sorry girl!) Pandafish said.

either is fine.. i spell it Ally, but i could care less! i used to change how i spelled it every week when i was younger!

stephlovesseyi Posted: May 08, 2009 02:37 PM

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I never heard of this either. I thought that this was something that was always done on the wedding day.

FutureMrsG Posted: May 08, 2009 02:50 PM

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The paperwork is not official until the priest signs the papers which our priest told us is done after the ceremony. So we (and our witnesses) will sign our marriage license at the rehearsal but our priest will not sign it until after the wedding.

Espo22 Posted: May 08, 2009 02:50 PM

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I had to sign it at the rehearsal and let me say i didnt bring it with me and the person doing the rehearsal wouldn't do the rehearsal until we had our license. My poor mom had to go back and get it quickly and there was alot of traffic, i felt so bad.

But only Dh and I signed it and MOH, BM. The priest who married us wasn't even there, the deacon at the church did the rehearsal. Priest signed it after our wedding ceremony.

Trust me that signing just your name on that before a priest even does it, wont ruin anything. Plus not like you are married just by you two signing it

FutureMrsM Posted: May 08, 2009 03:16 PM

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I don't know how our church will be handling it, but if the option to sign at the RD is offered, I will definitely take it. My cousin actually forgot hers at home the day of the wedding and her brother had to drive 30 minutes each way to go and get it prior to the ceremony started, so I want to avoid any situations like that!

coldasice217 Posted: May 08, 2009 04:55 PM

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Posted by geegee827

According to my priest, we sign the marriage license (as do our witnesses) at the rehearsal. He holds onto it until AFTER the ceremony when he signs it and submits it to the State.

The marriage license is not valid until it is signed by your officiant.

That is what I was told as well.

I think if FH thought we were actually married as of the signing at the rehearsal, he would attack me

MLAngelo Posted: May 08, 2009 05:06 PM

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I think you do it that way because theres just so much to do on the wedding day. But I am sure you can wait if you want to.

allegracristina Posted: May 08, 2009 05:34 PM

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We aren't actually rehearsing at our rehearsal, so I guess this doesn't apply to us. We will be signing it the day of.

larsgirl98 Posted: May 08, 2009 11:10 PM

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we signed it at the rehearsal....and the priest just handed the certificate to my best man the day of

missjones2007 Posted: May 09, 2009 12:20 AM

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We gave out pastor the marriage license 2 weeks before wedding and signed it on the day of....our pastor doesnt do rehearsals

Celeste617 Posted: May 09, 2009 08:39 AM

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As others have said, the license is not official until the officiant/priest signs it and, as far as I've heard, they will not sign it until after the ceremony has completed.