The two of us just always knew we wanted a DW.
- We're not big on religion, so getting married in the church was something we didn't want to do and it would have been sort of forced on us if we got married at home (both of our moms are sorta strict practicing Catholics).
- A big at-home traditional wedding doesn't really "fit" our personalities.
- We are saving TONS of money doing it this way - our guest list was cut down from 300 to 85!
- All of our siblings and our closest friends always said they would definitely go to our DW, so we knew those most important to us would be there.
- The final deciding factor was when my dad passed away last year. I knew there was no way in hell I could walk down a church aisle or have a regular reception without a dad/daughter dance or anything else associated with those type of traditions without him here.