Planning a Sims 4 wedding?

I am planning on holding my first wedding. Since crowd control of the guests seems to be iffy I think I will have one witness from either side of the families as a start. Just to see how things work out.

It is really interesting to read about others tips and tricks for throwing a wedding.

"LeucosiaX;c-18306794" wrote:

As someone who has weddings nearly every weekend, should a irl sunday fall on a sims sunday or saturday or what have you, I have been having weddings regularly since before TWS came out. I used to use elopements until I figured out this method. May I suggest the destination wedding. Take the two parties family on vacation. There they are trapped so no one can ditch the other. Guess are easier to control because they are in the family. you can alternate control of them.

There are so many great special venues that double as vacation and wedding venue. you dont even have to have a wedding ceremony if ti stresses you out. Just elope by and arch when no one is looking, and have you family cook the meal and wedding cake, or get a buffet table. That food can last your whole vacation time.
Vacation /honeymoon in one!

This is such great info! Thanks! I really would love to at least have my sims' elopements somewhere a bit nicer lol.

I have since dispensed with a majority of the pre-wedding events. I may throw an engagement dinner, so that the family and friends are at least notified. With the weddings, while I still try with each couple, it's basically hit or miss. But, I just go into the event knowing this ahead of time and I snap pictures so I have something to share, story wise, even if the whole thing ends up a bust. By that I mean, the Officiant is late or doesn't show up at all. I have it both ways. A few times he not only showed up in the proper attire but the wedding itself commenced and the couple got married. Of course, my couples have a really bad aim when it comes to the Spousal kiss at the end of the ceremony. They bonk heads, at first. I find it hilarious, myself.

But in the grand scope of things rarely do RL weddings come off smoothly. There is almost one thing that goes wrong, somewhere. Anymore, I just take it with a grain of salt. You almost have to. I would rather laugh than cry over it, that much is certain. And the first time my Ring Bearer showed up and did his thing, I almost cried for joy.

So in the end, it is worth it.

"GalacticGal;c-18306890" wrote:
I have since dispensed with a majority of the pre-wedding events. I may throw an engagement dinner, so that the family and friends are at least notified. With the weddings, while I still try with each couple, it's basically hit or miss. But, I just go into the event knowing this ahead of time and I snap pictures so I have something to share, story wise, even if the whole thing ends up a bust. By that I mean, the Officiant is late or doesn't show up at all. I have it both ways. A few times he not only showed up in the proper attire but the wedding itself commenced and the couple got married. Of course, my couples have a really bad aim when it comes to the Spousal kiss at the end of the ceremony. They bonk heads, at first. I find it hilarious, myself.

But in the grand scope of things rarely do RL weddings come off smoothly. There is almost one thing that goes wrong, somewhere. Anymore, I just take it with a grain of salt. You almost have to. I would rather laugh than cry over it, that much is certain. And the first time my Ring Bearer showed up and did his thing, I almost cried for joy.

So in the end, it is worth it.

Very cool!

I can't speak for MWS' system, but in Vanilla I remember just needing to invite guests, pick a spot, and have a cake ready. Most of it is very much a "you thing" with regards to if you have certain attire you'd prefer they wear, and how the venue is set up.

To be honest, I haven't used the wedding system in years. Always an elopement, if required. There's so much you can do to emulate the real process or create your own pre and post-ceremony gameplay experience. When Wedding Stories came out and everyone was having issues, I wondered if I could create my own emulation that others could follow, allowing them to skirt around MWS if they had it, or the vanilla if they didn't want a mandated experience. Even crafted a story alongside it, but suffice it to say I enjoyed every moment.

A Wedding and A Story

"KyreRoen;c-18307019" wrote:
I can't speak for MWS' system, but in Vanilla I remember just needing to invite guests, pick a spot, and have a cake ready. Most of it is very much a "you thing" with regards to if you have certain attire you'd prefer they wear, and how the venue is set up.

To be honest, I haven't used the wedding system in years. Always an elopement, if required. There's so much you can do to emulate the real process or create your own pre and post-ceremony gameplay experience. When Wedding Stories came out and everyone was having issues, I wondered if I could create my own emulation that others could follow, allowing them to skirt around MWS if they had it, or the vanilla if they didn't want a mandated experience. Even crafted a story alongside it, but suffice it to say I enjoyed every moment.

A Wedding and A Story

Very cool! I'm impressed! My partner and I aren't marriage people either. We have been together for a decade and plan to be together for life, but I think if we got legally married it would be a relationship killer lol. We're together because we choose to be and we want to be - not because we're legally obligated to be. We feel that is more committed than actually getting married. Just personal beliefs, no one else has to share them! And I do support everyone who wants to get married, I support whatever people want to do in their relationships. Just like I 100% have never wanted kids, but I support people who do. So...yes. Hm. Anyway.