Weddings are stressful! Here are some helpful hints to get you through the wedding planning process…
- Don't Keep Dress Shopping! It can drive you mad. Once you've picked out your dress, don't watch Say Yes to the Dress on TLC; it'll just make you wonder why you didn't have 25 people with you while you picked out your dress. Don't flip thorugh any more magazines and don't go to any more wedding dress websites. It will make you constantly think "Did I pick the right one?" The answer is, YES!!! Of course you did! Just stop thinking about it.
- Don't let people make you second-guess your decisions! We've all heard some absolute horror stories about the torture of wedding planning and dealing with crazed family members at the same time. This is your wedding! Try not to let peole make you feel bad abou the things that you like. Just brush it off. It's impossible to please everyone all the time.
- Not everything has to conform to the "wedding rules." Obviously, there's going to be a dress and a bouquet, a wedding party and a wedding cake. But all of these things can be done in such a way that they reflect your personality as a couple. Not everything has to be "cookie cutter." If you've never heard of a unity candle and you don't want one, then don't get one! Just because everyone else does something doesn't mean you have to…and that's completely okay.
- Enjoy the process! Stop and enjoy it. Enjoy picking out the colors and choosing the menu. Make it fun, make it enjoyable and don't focus all of your energy on the end result. Think about how awesome things are right now. Enjoy the showers, the bachelorette parties and all of that to the fullest. That way, when the day comes and some tiny detail goes wrong or something unplanned comes up, you won't have a total nervous breakdown because all of your expectations revolved around a few hours.
Source: MyNewOrleans.com
