My wedding is still 6 months away. We aren't planning a huge wedding (100 guests), but my God, am I ready to get this thing over with. Every woman that is involved with this has become insane. We are lucky enough to have a nationally recognized photographer for the wedding, and he has put into the head of my fiancee, mom, and aunt (an interior designer and in charge of decorations of the wedding) that we could more than likely get the wedding published in a wedding magazine. We are having the wedding at my parents property, which is a gorgeous piece of property, but my poor Dad has about a 5 page list of projects that he must do now before the wedding, my aunt is taking weekly shopping trips all over the place looking for just the right pieces of furniture that match the "outdoor vintage" theme, and my Mom calls me about 5x a day asking me about ideas. THE WEDDING IS STILL 6 MONTHS AWAY! I've told them that I don't care about the wedding details anymore, I just want to show up. My job is planning the honeymoon, which is going to be in Denver/Aspen, but this is also stressing me out because the budget for this honeymoon seems to be growing exponentially every day. I don't know if I'm going to be able to handle the month leading up to the wedding. I might head into the wilderness only to return the night before. Someone tell me the women relax as the wedding gets closer. Please. I beg you.
Honestly, spending a ton on a wedding is a waste of money. Some women are so caught up in the wedding, they forget about the marriage. Glad my wife isn't a drama queen. (not saying your fiance is)
Oh we aren't spending alot, trust me. The location is free (parent's property), decorations are free (provided by my aunt who has an entire warehouse full), food is free (everybody is cooking something), cakes are free (sis-in-law is a baker), photog was half price (friend of fiancee's uncle). I'm very lucky in that regard. It's just ever since the photog mentioned publishing the wedding in a magazine, they have all gone insane to make sure everything will be absolutely perfect.
Sure, it will only get easier from here. Does that help? In all honesty, for you, it will most likely get worse. My wife is not the girly-girl type and was pretty laid back about the whole thing. She never really knew her mother and has no sisters. So there was no extra drama to add to the mix. My Mom did a good job of helping only when asked to help. I was lucky. I'm pulling for ya, Hook. You'll make it through this alive!
Sounds like you are getting off easy on the expenses, so that's a plus. I know what you are feeling, but (and I'm trying to say this in a way that will let me keep my man card) try to remember that this day is about her. As much as you think that she and everyone around her is friggin nuts about it, (which they very well may be) you job is to keep you trap shut and say "yes, that sounds nice dear." Trust me, it will save you headaches downt he road if you just smile and nod. Oh and the number one thing to remember, when the doors open and she is walking down the carpet, smile and stare like you've never smiled and stared before. She'll rememeber that for your entire life. Good luck Hook.
Not a bad idea......:D Negative ghost rider, it only get worse............sorry This is GREAT advice Everything Ben wrote is basically what I did. Especially the last part. I can't tell you how many time I've heard, "You should have seen the way he was looking and smiling at her...........ahhhhhhhh"
it gets worse, being recently wed and my brother getting married it is a pain . they have all kind of expectations for the wedding and just make sure whatever your responsible for you get perfectly right. or try and avoid being responsible for anything
Run boy run, run like the wind. Just think after all wedding stuff, it's a 50/50 shot the marriage last:D
Not really. People getting married at our age (26), it's like 75/25. The national divorce rate gets killed by people getting married between 18-21.
Umm...with that being said......It is NOT going to get easier. And they usually over analyze EVERYTHING!! RUN forrest RUN!!!! j/k man! In my favorite quote......Smile and wave boys, smile and wave. Would be my advise
For some reason my fiancee is fighting me because I think this should be our main picture for everyone to see at the wedding, you know, the one of the sign-in table or whatever. I'm not sure why she doesn't agree with me...
that is a grea photo!! She probably wants your two faces showing to all...but if you're both into the outdoors, which it appears, this is a really great photo/idea. There will be plenty of pictures all over the place, plenty of time to see your grins
