Married One Month; What I wish I had known
I have been married for just over one month. Actually, tomorrow will be one month and one week. To be honest, my wedding feels like a very faint memory.
I am still extremely excited that my wedding turned out to be so pretty, so simple and so much fun. I don’t really remember what my centerpieces looked like or what anyone wore. I know I had a DJ who was amazing and a staff of vendors who made my needs their ultimate goal.
Aside from the fact that I had a good location, a good couple of vendors and some good weather, all of which are subject to chance, I was not stressed or worried on wedding day at all. I probably wrote about it in advance too; my goal was to stress before the wedding, therefore there wouldn’t be anything left to worry about on the day of the event.
This is just another example of where my obsessive personality came through for me.
I suppose that I would have a larger problem with life if I walked around now saying, “My wedding was great, the centerpieces were so gorgeous!” when in fact, all I keep thinking is that “My wedding was great! I had more fun than I ever could have imagined! I danced, I ate my entire dinner, I talked to all of my relatives and smiled all night long, I could not have imagined a better night.”
If you want to recall your wedding more like I did, plan well and in advance, be flexible for weather mishaps or things you cannot control, like, older guests leaving too early. Choose one or two things that are main goals for the day, such as, getting married and enjoying myself, or getting married and dancing with my Dad. Whatever matters most to you - make that the only thing that matters for the day and you won’t be disappointed.
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June 27th, 2007 at 9:37 am
This advice is totally spot on. I had a blast at my wedding. Sure, every little thing didn’t go write. In fact, my SIL decided to bring her little rain cloud with her. But I got over that (eventually) and realized it was a great day all around!
June 29th, 2007 at 10:33 am
We are dealing with forced late additions of family to our wedding ceremony, and it has caused a significant rift between my bride and my folks just a week before the wedding.
I can only hope that the day of the ceremony, everyone forgets the politics of of being in a wedding and remembers why its such a joyous occasion.