*for a friend* Keeping a wedding quiet

y girlfiend has a question and I haven't found another forum on which to ask. I was thinking this Is a pretty bright bunch, so here goes -- they want to get married somewhere in the US but don't know how to keep it out of the local paper so parents won't find out. They plan a destination wedding in the spring but need a jop wedding now for financial reasons. can they do it>

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I don't see why they just

I don't see why they just can't ask the court to NOT post it in the newspaper?

I don't think papers publish

I don't think papers publish marriage notices unless you send them to them, unless they are celebrities? And also if they want to elope then surely if they go to a town where they don't know anyone and even if they are headline news in the local paper, none of their friends and family will find out.

Is this a real question? The

Is this a real question? The parents will find out eventually.

This reads fishy.

nothing fishy. they just

nothing fishy. they just don't want to tell them now because they might say its good enough and not pay for the big wedding. I'm not close with this girl, but it came up in discussion and figured I'd ask.

They also have to consider

They also have to consider waiting periods -- if I recall, some states require a 48-72 hr waiting period after obtaining a marriage license (at least the state I was married in the first time did, but that was many years ago).

But in Las Vegas there is NO waiting period, just go to the Clark County courthouse, hand them your stuff and within about 10 min you have your license. Then you're free to get married at one of a ZILLION places - quaint to raunchy.

how old are these people? Why

how old are these people? Why don't they want their parents to know?

We had to do a "undercover"

We had to do a "undercover" wedding so when we closed on the house, my name could be on the deed without issue. We live in Florida and there is a waiting period, plus you have to have certified copies of decress, etc. Just a pain...

so we drove to a small town in Georgia and got married there. Called out of work one day, drove up and got married. The town was so small, the official recrods are still done on a typewriter. No internet access to search those public records.

Even better, we kept it from the 'other parents' until we did our "family wedding" and no one knew.