What is an elopement?
This is such a loaded question.
When I hear the word elopement, my eyes light up and my heart starts to pitter patter.
Images of mountain views, beaches, and the lush green forests Washington State has to offer locations fill my mind with beauty and my soul with a sense of adventure.
Elopements are beautiful intimate moments where you see two people who love either other so much, that nothing else matters besides creating a beautiful moment so share vows and commit two souls to a life time of love, chaos, and togetherness.
Family and friends may feel that uniting under the guise of the taboo word elopement is selfish and inconsiderate, but not everyone feels the opinion of those outside of their relationship matters.
There are so many reasons to choose to elope.
The most important reason is…
Because you and your partner want to elope.
According to Merriam Webster the definition of elope/elopement is…
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\ i-ˈlōp \
eloped; eloping
Definition of elope
1a: to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent… Waterman was a peevish child who grew into a defiant teenager, eloped at 18 largely to shock his father, and then—far too young—was a father himself.— Elizabeth Gilbert
b: to run away from one's spouse with a lover" … when they had been married nearly seven years, and were within a few weeks of the time when the brother's death would have adjusted all, she eloped with a younger man, and left him."— Charles Dickens
2a: to slip away : ESCAPE… might have mistaken him for … some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.— Washington Irving
b: to leave a health-care or educational facility without permission or authorization…10 suicidal patients deemed 'high risk for suicide' eloped from the Emergency Department from October 2014 and February 2015.— Charles S. Clark
History seems to define an elopement as a spontaneous occurrence that leaves others disappointed and questioning your sanity.
Today, however, there is less taboo behind the term elope or elopement, and the definition has become subjective and now can be just as glamourous as a full blown wedding. You don’t have to hide your matrimonial moment (unless you want to) and is a great option for an intimate wedding
