Email from Faffy to Ellie:
Hi, Elle,
Before we advance beyond the planning stage to the actual shell-out-the-money stage (the Seattle Yacht Club wants an advance by next week to reserve the room and we'll have to buy plane tickets very soon), you and Dan need to consider the alternative we have always said we would offer to our children -- namely a bribe, so to speak, to keep it simple -- very simple.
Specifically what I have in mind is to give you the $ we will spend at the SYC. In exchange, you plan a simple ceremony with family and a very few close friends. You could have it at Dan's home, our home, or somewhere in
Seattle that would not involve cost or the traditional trappings that go along with formal wedding ceremonies. It would still be a very nice occasion, just more intimate than most weddings turn out to be.
Talk it over seriously. I guarantee you'll enjoy the $ more if you spend on yourselves rather than a big party that most people don't want to go to anyway.
love, pop
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