"Having friends there actually seems to have made the experience substantially better looking back," he says. "I think that's the key takeaway for me is not to copy and paste what we did instead of what most people do." He hopes this will help you think through whatever your version of marriage looks like.
In part 3 of our 3-part series, Steph and Cal discuss how they planned a wedding in 10 days, what they did (including traditions kept and scrapped), and the pros and cons of taking a less conventional approach to marriage.