Technology has made it very easy for anyone to share his or her private lives with everyone around the world. One innovative couple has even found a way to have a Twitter alternative wedding for all those online friends that couldn’t come in person. For Greg and Stephanie Rewis, the idea to go online and public seemed a natural extension of their lives, starting with the surprise Twitter engagement.
Long Distance Proposal
What do you do when you live in two different areas of the country and you’re dating? If you’re like this couple, you use the Internet to help you hook up dates online. It only seemed appropriate for the engagement proposal to go virtual too. When Greg tweeted the proposal on Twitter to Stephanie, it put the online stamp on the whole proceedings that just kept snowballing until they actually put their wedding online too.
Virtual Weddings
The Internet is playing a bigger role in weddings these days. Online jewelry stores make it easy to search for the perfect engagement ring using online ring builders. Couples dreaming for the perfect wedding can hop online and get a lot of different ideas, without consulting an expensive wedding planner. It’s also become the best place to share news about your lives, whether it’s through Facebook, Twitter, or even Flickr.
People who live their lives online or are extremely mobile in their lifestyles may find it difficult to pick one spot where family and friends can come to their wedding. It’s bound to be expensive and many won’t be able to make it due to financial concerns. People who have many friends online may want to invite them all, but find that it is a physical impossibility. The next best thing to actually being somewhere for a special occasion is to do it virtually, through either pictures, videos, or a Tweetfeed. Not only can people share big news, but visitors can leave comments making it a virtual guest book as well. This type of virtual memorabilia is becoming extremely popular, and using social networking sites like Twitter, is just starting to take off. We should see more and more of this as people find new ways to express their love and imagination online.
The Special TweetFeed
Greg and Stephanie decided on tweeting their vows over the Internet. The vows were written from the heart by the couple and then transcribed into 140 characters, the maximum for each status update. Before the wedding began, someone was chosen to tweet the feeds as they were being said, so those people all across the country to feel as if they were also present during the wedding ceremony. To make sure not a word was missed, the couple created a special hash tag #TweetWed so that others could track the progress of the wedding. After the wedding, the couple found out to their delight that they could also see the many comments and well wishes from their friends online by using the same hash tag and the twitter search engine. While this couple finds technology only enhances their relationship, they do have some boundaries for their private lives. Stephanie assured the audience that the honeymoon would not be tweeted or streamed live.
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