Comments on: The Top 5 Things That Will Check Your Pre-Wedding Bliss

By: Wedding vows by Stela

Wedding vows by Stela — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:11:34 +0000

Ya Lacey, i agree with you. It will be more beneficial and comfortable if we choose the simple wedding way. It will save our time, currency and energy.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Fri, 11 May 2007 03:24:51 +0000

Hi Never teh Bride! Great list! Glad to see you are also a problogger fan!

By: Lacey

Lacey — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:29:32 +0000

God, I so agree with the small wedding quickly becoming huge, because Everyone just wants to invite more people. So much money! Creative Ways to Save for a Wedding

By: ChapstickAddict

ChapstickAddict — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:27:50 +0000

I hear ya on the small wedding thing. I had hoped to get by just inviting family members like aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. That was already 70 people, which I felt was more than enough. Then my parents informed me that I’d also be inviting all my grandparents’ sisters & brothers as well as random people like my dead grandparent’s next door neighbor who I haven’t seen in over 6 years. Our guest list has swelled to 160 people. We figured about 130 would attend and, with less than a week before the RSVPs are due, 45 of them have responded. Among the missing responses are a bridesmaid, both groomsmen, and the groom’s grandparents.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:56:23 +0000

Add me to the list of control freaks who do it all themselves! Some may laugh or gawk, but it allowed me to be calm and completely zen at my wedding.

Okay, the gown still didn’t get delivered until the rehearsal dinner, but I knew it would arrive, and I knew that if disaster struck, the wedding was just late enough in the day that I could go out and buy a white dress off the rack if worst came to absolute worst. More likely, my bridesmaids would have had to help me with a discreet safety pin or two…and as it turned out, even that wasn’t necessary.

If I’d been dealing with a bridal salon, I might not have been so sanguine, but the gown was in the hands of one of my bridesmaids and dearest friends. I knew she wouldn’t let me down. And she didn’t.

The best piece of advice I think I could give any bride is to recognize that on the big day something is going to go wrong. It may be something small, it may be something large, but something WILL go wrong. So whatever the problem, be prepared to laugh at it. A good sense of humor will pull you through in ways crying or screaming can never accomplish.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:44:29 +0000

the unfashionista: Thanks! It is indeed coming soon And thanks for the tip!

JaneC: Luckily, this post was not made up of things that actually happened to me. Well, a few did…but I did so much myself for the very same reason. Putting my faith in others when something so important is on the line? No thank you.

By: JaneC

JaneC — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:40:01 +0000

Wow. This makes me glad we’re doing almost everything ourselves. Dress will be ready months ahead, we’ve solved the invitation problem by basically inviting everyone, dancing will be simple, we’ve rented the church hall for the reception so the tables and chairs are already there, and my mother is making the cake and doing the flowers.

As I see it, the worst that could happen to us would be that the band doesn’t arrive for the reception (in which case we’ll put on some CDs), the caterer doesn’t come (in which case we’ll order pizza), or the photographer doesn’t show (relatives have cameras too). Doing it all yourself may seem like a hassle, but to me it’s worth the knowledge that it will all get done.

By: the unfashionista

the unfashionista — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:54:52 +0000

Good luck on your wedding – it seems to be coming up very soon!
(And check out Monday’s episode of How I Met Your Mother for more disasters on the wedding day – such as the flowers appearing halfway through the ceremony.)