shotgun wedding

expecting

Awaiting a predicted outcome

• babyVery young child
• pregnantGestating offspring internally
• trimesterThirteen-week span

conception · paternity · maternity · showing · due date · parenthood · father-to-be · mother-to-be · prenatal · out of wedlock

pressure

Force upon contact

• obligationRequired task or commitment
• unplanned pregnancyConception occurring without intention
• family honorCollective reputation of relatives

ultimatum · forced · reluctance · resignation · duty · expectation · conformity · social norms · stigma · reputation

ceremony

Formal event marking occasions

• vowsSolemn binding promises
• altarSacred ritual table
• brideWoman getting married

groom · marriage · nuptials · union · rings · officiant · chapel · bridesmaids · groomsmen · reception

rushed

Done with excessive speed

• hurriedDone too quickly
• whirlwindViolently rotating air column
• quickMoving with speed

speedy · last-minute · impromptu · sudden · abrupt · swift · expedited · hasty · precipitate · spur-of-the-moment

• marriagebride, groom, husband, wife, spouse
• idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
• wedding tropesarranged marriage, elopement, runaway bride, marriage of convenience, green card marriage
• Redneckredneck, hillbilly, hick, yokel, bumpkin
• Secret Marriagessecret marriage, secret engagement, elopement, private vows, Gretna Green
• romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting