Cyprus weddings are a wonderfully romantic idea, but obviously not for you. For you the wedding must be traditional - a hundred or so of your closest friends, families, distant relatives, work colleagues and friends of friends all gathering round the corner from the high street in the wet and windy summer that we love so much here in the UK. After the ceremony you'll look forward to driving back home and carrying on as though it never happened. Just like Christmas Day, you spend ages looking forward to it, and then suddenly, before you know it, you're clearing up the party poppers and wondering whether anyone will really want to finish off what's left of the cake. Cyprus weddings sound lovely, but isn't a wedding about tradition? If you've started to consider the possibility of having your wedding in Cyprus, or perhaps someone you know has decided to have a Cyprus wedding and it's set you thinking about the idea yourself, then one of the major concerns you are likely to have is that your wedding will somehow lose the traditional aspects for which weddings are known. But just a moment - what do we really mean by tradition anyway? The truth is that much of the tradition associated with a wedding is more obligation than tradition. Just as it's traditional for small boys to grit their teeth and undertake the experience of being kissed by their moustached Great Aunt Gertrude every Christmas many brides and grooms see their wedding traditions as something positive, whereas in truth, they're really just obligations dressed up as traditions to help you feel better. Let's unwrap the idea of wedding traditions and understand the difference between them and obligations, so that we can see what the real implications are of choosing Cyprus weddings against traditional ones at home. There's a phrase I use when talking to young couples about their wedding plans, and it's 'perceived obligations'. A perceived obligation is usually disguised as a tradition, but is little more than an expectation. In truth, much of what couples assume is tradition is nothing more than unnecessary obligation, and the prime example of this is your guest list. A great many couples tot up the rough costs of their planned wedding, and all seems quite well. Until, that is, they start to create the guest list. If you haven't done this yet, then prepare yourself for an almighty shock. If you have already penned your list, then besides having run out of pens in the house and suffering a sore wrist, you'll also be in a state of mild apoplexy. How did you ever come to know so many people? Of course, one of the obvious ways in which guest lists become so long is that with two separate people coming together, everything is doubled - from close family to extended family, partners, children, friends, social circles and work colleagues - and in many cases you'll have felt obliged to extend the invitation to include everyone's partners. Your original mental list may have gingerly danced around the fifty mark. By the time you've finished you're likely to be well on your way to a couple of hundred. When you realise you'll need a large venue, your reception meal costs will need to be multiplied by an absurd figure, and your evening buffet will need to be enormous, the total cost of your wedding is little short of being frightening. You can buy a house for less in some parts of the country! But the truth is that although you might feel that it is tradition to invite all of these people, the reality is that you only perceive it to be the case - you feel obliged to invite them, but there's actually no tradition at all. Cyprus weddings instantly help resolve such problems, because whilst having your wedding round the corner seems convenient for almost anyone to attend, far fewer people are going to expect an invitation if you decide to have your wedding in Cyprus. If you have your wedding at home, you'll be hearing regular reminders and hints for invitations from almost anyone you know. Once you announce that you are having a Cyprus wedding, people will want to hear more, will tell you how wonderful it sounds, and will wish you all the best. There'll be almost no expectations or obligations, drastically reducing your wedding costs and letting you push the boat out a little farther on those aspects of your wedding that really do matter. Whether you're looking for a fairy tale wedding, an exotic location, picture perfect photographic opportunities or a chance to create memories that really will last forever, Cyprus weddings offer all of this, but just as importantly, Cyprus weddings help put tradition and obligation exactly where they belong.
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If you think Cyprus weddings are breaking with tradition, there's a little known secret you ought to be aware of. It's to do with the difference between tradition and obligation, but your friends will never tell you...
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