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The average cost of a wedding in Connecticut is nearly $35,000.

Many couples are changing the way they get married, some opting for a small or “micro” wedding with only a few close friends and family members. And others are deciding to elope.

But the decision to elope isn’t always tied to wanting to avoid the price tag of a big wedding.

This hour, we hear from one couple who recently eloped at the start of the year.

GUESTS:


Kim Moran: artist and postal worker


Rachel Moran: Graduate Intern of the Arthur L. Johnson Unity Wing Pride Center at Eastern Connecticut State University


Emma Thurgood: Elopement photographer, videographer and planner

Additional voices featured in this hour:


Janice Favreau:Connecticut Justice of the Peace


George Gross: Your Queer Plants Shop


Michayla Savitt: State Government Reporter for Connecticut Public

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This episode originally aired February 18, 2025.

The average cost of a wedding in <a href="https://wedding.report/index.cfm/action/wedding_statistics/view/market/id/09/idtype/s/location/Connecticut/">Connecticut is nearly $35,000.</a>
Many couples are changing the way they get married, some opting for a <a href="https://emmathurgood.com/elopement-vs-micro-wedding/">small or &ldquo;micro&rdquo; wedding with only a few close friends and family members.</a> And others are deciding to elope.
But the decision to elope <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/fashion/weddings/lgbtq-weddings-trump-election.html">isn&rsquo;t always tied to wanting to avoid the price tag of a big wedding.</a>
This hour, we hear from one couple who recently eloped at the start of the year.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
Kim Moran: artist and postal worker
</li>
<li>
Rachel Moran: Graduate Intern of the Arthur L. Johnson Unity Wing Pride Center at Eastern Connecticut State University
</li>
<li>
Emma Thurgood: <a href="https://emmathurgood.com/">Elopement photographer, videographer and planner</a>
</li>
</ul>
Additional voices featured in this hour:
<ul>
<li>
Janice Favreau: <a href="https://janicejp.com/">Connecticut Justice of the Peace</a>
</li>
<li>
George Gross: <a href="https://yourqueerplants.com/">Your Queer Plants Shop</a>
</li>
<li>
Michayla Savitt: <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/people/michayla-savitt">State Government Reporter for Connecticut Public</a>
</li>
</ul>
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This episode originally aired <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2025-02-18/thinking-of-eloping-one-connecticut-couple-shares-their-story">February 18, 2025.</a>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.