Rebels' Guide

I see so many couples stressed out over unnecessary stresses at their wedding. Expectations set by family, friends, wedding magazines and the wedding industry. Scrap it all, throw away your old wedding checklist and get a real one. I might have over simplified the process, but man, have some of you over-complicated it! [ ] 👥 The two of you getting married (you both need to be 18+, not already married, consenting to marrying each other) [ ] 👭 Two witnesses (can be 18+ strangers, friends, family) [ ] 🐨 A marriage celebrant, like me! [ ] 🏔 If you want to get married somewhere in particular, do you need to book it, get a permit, whatever? If that places needs furniture, get some. [ ] 🖼 If you like photos, get a photographer who shoots people like you really well. [ ] 🎥 Same for a videographer, make sure your photographer likes them. [ ] 💐 If you like flowers, get flowers. Or lollies, or cake, or whatever. G...

The second that you tell someone that you’re getting married, everyone has an opportunity to say this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and I am not that guy. I’m not gonna come to your world and tell you how you’ve gotta get married and where you’re gonna get married and when you gotta get married and who you’ve gotta use. I’m not that guy. You don’t need that guy in your life. Me, I’m presenting a different way. Me, I’m presenting the Rebel’s Guide to Getting Married. This is how we do it. We just kind of look at everything through a critical eye, we ask questions, we say why, and we just look at getting married through a fresh set of eyes. That’s my job. I’m Josh Withers, I’m an Australian civil marriage celebrant, and I wanna look at getting married differently. So, hopefully, you have an awesome wedding not because I told you how to have an awesome wedding but because we actually talked about it ...