Tichina Arnold

A long time ago, when I was married, in the beginning it was bliss. I eloped after one month, and I married for security. I thought, 'I finally met a man who loves God and comes from a great family. I'm working, I love God, and I'm out here in California by myself, and I've met this great man.' So, I said yes. And we eloped.

American Actress

Libba Bray

I got married in Florence, Italy. My husband and I were in love but totally broke, so we eloped and got married in Italy, where he was going on a business trip. We had to pull a guy off the street to be our witness. It was incredibly romantic. Florence is still one of my favorite cities in the world.

American Writer

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.

American Author

Francesca Annis

My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time.

English Actress

Sloane Crosley

Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics.

Lee Majors

My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.

American Actor

Emily V. Gordon

I am fairly convinced that people plan destination weddings because they would actually like to elope but want to have given you the option to attend.

George Ade

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

American Playwright

Marg Helgenberger

I'm Catholic, he's Jewish, and it was just easier to elope.

Navya Nair

I'm not eloping. When I get married, everyone will know.

Indian Actress

Elope suggests a romantic escape often driven by love against social norms.

Romantic Implications

Eloping implies a sense of spontaneity, adventure, and possibly rebellion.

Spontaneous Adventure

Historically negative, elopement is more accepted today as a personal choice.

Cultural Shift

The focus is on quietly leaving a place to escape responsibilities.

Avoiding Obligations

Elopement can happen without warning, taking others by surprise.

Unexpected Departure

When used apart from marriage, it often has a negative or critical tone.

Negative Connotation

 and later experienced her own problems with childbirth. She became pregnant following her elopement with Percy at 16, but that baby died shortly after birth. Out of four more pregnancies, only one of their children survived.

Everything you need to...

 People have been using media to talk about sex for a long time. Love letters, phone sex, racy Polaroids. There's even a story of a girl who eloped with a man that she met over the telegraph