<human>: Hey Reddit,

My girlfriend and I are in love with each other.  We have been together for a year and 4 months.  We both want to get married, but are in college and don't have the money for a service.  We wanted to move in together this year to help save expenses for food, rent, etc. and make our housing situations easier.  I'm currently out of a place, and trying to find a place to live.  While she is looking for a roommate.  However, her parents are very conservative and don't think it's appropriate for a "young Christian girl" to live with a boy.  

The thought of marriage is something we have talked about and feel very comfortable with.  We really to care about each other.  I want to get married for financial reasons.  I also don't want to ruin the grand idea of a wonderful wedding for her by making her legally married to me first.

This is where my potential plan comes in to play.  I was thinking that we could go down to the courthouse and get legally married.  We would tell her parents and mine.  They could even be there.  We wouldn't change her name until we had a nice ceremony.  We could tell our friends that we are engaged.  Finally we could have the wedding that she's always wanted and change her name.  We could even change her name and then have a renewing of the vows sort of deal.

I am curious as to what everyone thinks about this plan, especially girls (I know most of you like the idea of weddings.)  I think I might tell her tonight.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: I love my girlfriend more than anything.  I wanna get married for financial reasons and don't wanna ruin my girlfriends dream of a wedding. What do I do?