My wife and I were 6 months into planning ours and so fucking stressed out over making it a great experience for our honored guests. A text from her mother that read "Well if you invite X you *have* to invite Y or else it's going to be an issue..." was the straw that broke both our backs, but there had been months of this shit prior to that point, to the point where it was affecting my wife-to-be and I's relationship and we *never* argued like we did over planning our "traditional" wedding. None of the stress was internal, it was all external...people weighing in with their opinions of our plans, what we should serve, oh this person doesn't like that, you should have this instead, well this person is going to insist on bringing their kids even if they kids are not invited so you'd better plan on having settings for them, dont use *that* photographer use *this* photographer or else wedding ruined, dont get this caterer get this other caterer or wedding ruined, dont have it here, have it *there*, or wedding ruined... So we both said "Fuck it" and eloped. Found a small bed and breakfast a few hours away that offered a literal Elopement Package....the owner was a certified JP, his wife did all the decorating...they even provided witnesses. All we had to do was show up. The price was just under what the photographer *alone* was going to cost us. Happily married for 10 years now. Best decision we ever made.