There Was No Time For A Wedding – So We Eloped. Maybe You Should Too

Financial pressure prevented a ceremony, and our families weren’t thrilled. But my wedding day was still beautiful

I got the phone call that would change my relationship at 4.45 on a Wednesday evening. It wasn’t my ex calling with a sexual health update, nor was it an ex trying to get back together. It wasn’t from our family, it wasn’t a friend.

It was an office worker, calling from somewhere far away, informing me that my discounted health insurance was invalid and wouldn’t cover my recent medical crisis.