Comments on: The Best Day of Your Life? Maybe, Maybe Not http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KTB http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-356451 KTB Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:39 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2191#comment-356451 My husband and I were just discussing this (on our honeymoon, no less!) and while our wedding really did turn out as perfectly as it could have, and we both had an amazing day, we agreed that it wasn't necessarily the best day of our lives. It was a great day, and we'll remember it forever, but I'm looking forward to having lots of best days together, not just the one. My husband and I were just discussing this (on our honeymoon, no less!) and while our wedding really did turn out as perfectly as it could have, and we both had an amazing day, we agreed that it wasn’t necessarily the best day of our lives. It was a great day, and we’ll remember it forever, but I’m looking forward to having lots of best days together, not just the one.

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-353945 La BellaDonna Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:15:28 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2191#comment-353945 And honestly? Why would you want to start a life with someone thinking "It's all downhill from here!" ? I had a wonderful day, and BUNCHES of things went wrong - including all the buttons popping off the groom's trousers! The rotten things had been fine ALL SUMMER: trousers on, trousers off, trousers on, trousers off, etc. But not on the wedding day! And I thought my hoops were falling off as I walked back down the aisle (they weren't; they were being <i>crushed inward</i> by the weight of the dress). And my siblings, God bless them, stayed and talked to my new husband for HOURS - and I went to bed. The next day I made French toast for about twenty people. The wedding should only be, with luck, a happy start to a life together - not "a fairytale come true." Think about Grimm's Fairytales for a minute; do you <i>really</i> want them to come true?! And honestly? Why would you want to start a life with someone thinking “It’s all downhill from here!” ? I had a wonderful day, and BUNCHES of things went wrong – including all the buttons popping off the groom’s trousers! The rotten things had been fine ALL SUMMER: trousers on, trousers off, trousers on, trousers off, etc. But not on the wedding day! And I thought my hoops were falling off as I walked back down the aisle (they weren’t; they were being crushed inward by the weight of the dress). And my siblings, God bless them, stayed and talked to my new husband for HOURS – and I went to bed. The next day I made French toast for about twenty people.

The wedding should only be, with luck, a happy start to a life together – not “a fairytale come true.” Think about Grimm’s Fairytales for a minute; do you really want them to come true?!

]]> By: Accidental Housewife http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-351267 Accidental Housewife Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:52:16 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2191#comment-351267 This was great. I've been having a ridiculously difficult time finding readings related to weddings that don't describe it as a "day", or a "beginning"... I'm choosing to think of it instead of a great celebration of everything we ALREADY have. And if things go wrong? Will I be disappointed? Of course. But at the end of the day we already HAD all the great things we wanted from getting married, so as long as the papers are signed, I'm happy! This was great. I’ve been having a ridiculously difficult time finding readings related to weddings that don’t describe it as a “day”, or a “beginning”… I’m choosing to think of it instead of a great celebration of everything we ALREADY have. And if things go wrong? Will I be disappointed? Of course. But at the end of the day we already HAD all the great things we wanted from getting married, so as long as the papers are signed, I’m happy!

]]> By: Twistie http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-350772 Twistie Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:01:58 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2191#comment-350772 serenitynow78, I'm beyond thrilled that my prom wasn't the highlight of my life! It's been nearly thirty years and frankly, while there were some nice moments, prom was more or less a bust for me. Nobody should put their best time behind them at seventeen or eighteen. Heck! Id be unhappy if I'd topped out at thirty when I got married. Sarah, that's the worst thing about the myth of 'one perfect day.' It loads so much extra stress onto the bride that no matter how nice the day is, she can't relax and enjoy it. I would have hated to have put that much effort into a single day only to find myself too stressed and panicked to have a good time at my own party. serenitynow78, I’m beyond thrilled that my prom wasn’t the highlight of my life! It’s been nearly thirty years and frankly, while there were some nice moments, prom was more or less a bust for me. Nobody should put their best time behind them at seventeen or eighteen. Heck! Id be unhappy if I’d topped out at thirty when I got married.

Sarah, that’s the worst thing about the myth of ‘one perfect day.’ It loads so much extra stress onto the bride that no matter how nice the day is, she can’t relax and enjoy it. I would have hated to have put that much effort into a single day only to find myself too stressed and panicked to have a good time at my own party.

]]> By: Sarah http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-350770 Sarah Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:52:58 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2191#comment-350770 I had a friend who not only claimed her day, she managed to try to claim the entire year as <b>her year</b> (the wedding was in autumn) and how dare another friend have problems in March that may overshadow her wedding plans. Sadly, I don't think the wedding lived up to her expectations. It was lovely, but she was stressed and panicked and angry. My wedding day was great- it was a wonderful day, but there are definitely other days that are right up there with it. I would be really upset to think that "the happiest day of my life" was already behind me. I had a friend who not only claimed her day, she managed to try to claim the entire year as her year (the wedding was in autumn) and how dare another friend have problems in March that may overshadow her wedding plans. Sadly, I don’t think the wedding lived up to her expectations. It was lovely, but she was stressed and panicked and angry.

My wedding day was great- it was a wonderful day, but there are definitely other days that are right up there with it. I would be really upset to think that “the happiest day of my life” was already behind me.

]]> By: serenitynow78 http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/15/the-best-day-of-your-life-maybe-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-350764 serenitynow78 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:14:25 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2191#comment-350764 Classic tactic of the WIC, because it legitimizes sparing no expense and all reason. But what's more offensive to me is how they've now expanded this mindset to capture the prom set. I feel sorry for the person who maxes out at prom! Classic tactic of the WIC, because it legitimizes sparing no expense and all reason. But what’s more offensive to me is how they’ve now expanded this mindset to capture the prom set. I feel sorry for the person who maxes out at prom!

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