Re: How important or dear is the marriage function to you?
i did not get much in choice in how/where it was done in the end. that bothered me the most. even though i didn't want anything big and just the one function, i still would have liked to have input, after all, it was my wedding.
my dad tried his best in the circumstances we were in and in the end i got the thing that mattered to me the most. which was not to sign my nikah in a room away from the guests, feeling isolated and having my family have to come back and forth. i signed in front of everyone (ladies) and the nikah/khutbah was on the loudspeaker so i got to hear it. that was the special part for me. we had our pictures with hubby, family, relatives etc when the partition came down after the randoms had gone, that was nice and intimate and we all had a good time.
i'm a present person. it matters to me that i'm happy and content in the present. the wedding wasn't anything to rave about nor was it a diaster and i don't have any regrets now it's done and dusted. we fell in love, we got married, we have the rest of our lives to live together. the end!