Was your wedding everything you wanted and imagined?

@rocketj1 (6955)
United States
September 15, 2008 11:53pm CST
I have to say, mine was. I also was given some great advice before our wedding that really helped me keep things in perspective. In fact, I don't even know who said it. The advice was: SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG. Now this was not an ominous warning of a disaster to come. Not at all, it was to remind me to keep things prioritized. The marriage was the most important thing. The wedding was simply the ceremony. Things were not meant to be perfect but to be meaningful. DID SOMETHING GO WRONG? Yes, a couple of things: The flowers were not at the church in time for the photos. The florist was on the other side of town and therefore they didn't get there on time. The limo driver had left the moon roof open during rain the night before therefore the hem of my gown became stained when we got in the car. And, walking into the reception, my handsome groom stepped on the back of my dress, jerking me backwards as we entered the room to greet our guests. Did any of these things freak me out? Nope. Something was going to go wrong and now I knew what it was! How about you? did everything go as planned? Was it very stressful for you and/or your groom?
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18 responses
• United States
17 Sep 08
My wedding was an unmitigated disaster. It was utterly miserable and I honestly wish I could just take it all back and do it over again later. It was just awful.
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• United States
18 Sep 08
That's pretty expensive. And it's just not the same thing.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
You could always renew your vows on an anniversary sometime. Thanks:)
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
18 Sep 08
Doesn't have to be expensive but yea it's just not the same thing is it?
@eagle_f15 (1827)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 08
My wedding was not what I wanted but I am fine with it because it was only what we could afford back then. But the bridal march in and out if the service was what I always dream of. I choreographed the march myself with my friends as bridesmaids and my husband's friends as bestmen and the song was perfect. its not some tradiotional bridal song. But a very nice one which I already had in my mind many many years ago that I told myself I will choreograph my own bridal march and use this song. And so I did. I was not stressed out and neither was my husband. We had the ceremony and little tea reception all done and completed in the church. There was no big dinner or anything. Everything arranged and done in the church. When the whole ceremony and reception was over, everyone just went home.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
Sounds so sweet! When I was young, I thought a big wedding was what I wanted. If I were to do it again, it would be small and sweet like yours. Thank you!
@Ohara_1983 (4117)
• Kuwait
19 Sep 08
When i got merried you can say simple but it memorable, we just to the court like what they did her in kuwait, sign all papers with our witness & everything when it done, we just go home & take our food together with some of friend,i never wear dress like a princess that every do, but the most exciting time is when all of witness who sign in our wedding paper was little bit drunk but not shown of course,thats my simple wedding i was dreaming to wear like other but not happen, but all of that is nothing for me because i got a wonderful husband who cares & he know how to care to me & our daughter.thats is the best gift i got in my wedding day.
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
19 Sep 08
You are right. Weddings are nice, but the important thing is the marriage. Thank you:)
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
18 Sep 08
Yes and no.. The love was there, but the wedding wasn't.. I always wanted a bigger wedding with many beautiful flowers and a nice scenery to go along with it..
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
18 Sep 08
Maybe on your 50th anniversary, you can have a renewal of vows ceremony with lots and lots of beautiful flowers!:) Thanks for your response!
@taysyd (30)
• United States
28 Sep 08
My wedding was everything I planned. My advise to engaged couples is to make sure you love 120% because thru the test of marriage, it will go down. I've been married for 18 years and I must say I love my husband like I've never loved him before, so for me, I'm actually at 140% right now (I have been as low as 75% though in the past!). I can't say that anything went wrong during our actual ceremony. What I thought was funny is we were sooo tired when we went to our hotel for the night. We still had our wedding attire on and people were honking there horns and yelling congratulations! We said to each other, how does everyone know we got married?!
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
28 Sep 08
We went to the hotel in our wedding clothes too and I said "Why is everyone staring and smiling at us?" Thanks!
@kcgobble (68)
• United States
5 Oct 08
My wedding was beautiful and we were very blessed. Of course things go wrong, that is life. I wish I was a little more patient then in retrospect....I did spazz out at the reception because my husband and I both agreed NOT to do the cake smashing...and of course after I carefully fed him his piece of cake he smashed mine in my face! So I was upset for most of the reception but in the grander picture things went great.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
5 Oct 08
Perspective is a great thing, isn't it? Thank you and blessings on your marriage
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
16 Sep 08
not really... my wedding is a very simple one and nothing extraordinary... i just have a church wedding and the receptions in the church as well... that's all... we are on a very tight budget at that time and my father-in-law is a tight a** as well... but i am quite happy... it is not the ceremony that is important to me... but the marriage life itself that is much more important to me... how i will share the rest of my life with my hubby... and we are trying to get stronger and stronger by each day... take care and have a nice day...
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
You are right. The marriage is the important thing. We had a faily large wedding because that was what I wanted at the time. If I were to be doing it now, I think it would be small and simple. 18 years have changed my priorities. Thanks:)
@Arshian (476)
• Pakistan
17 Sep 08
i am happy because i am still unmarried
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
Don't get married until you feel ready. Thanks for your response. Stay Happy!:)
@redsponge (557)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 08
Totally agree with you that wedding is just the ceremony but marriage is the main thing. My wedding is simple yet a complete one. Since it is simple there is nothing much goes wrong, or maybe we do not care whether it is correct or wrong? Ya, it is supposed to be a happy and merrier occasion, I kept telling myself that let anything happens, let everyone enjoys the day.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
You have a very good attitude:) It is such a special day! Joining two hearts and two families.Thanks!
• United States
17 Sep 08
My wedding really wasn't everything that I wanted it to be. I had my wedding dress picked out months before my wedding, but I neglected to take my mother with me to pick it out. She got mad and had a fit; so to appease her I took her to look at dresses. She didn't like the dress I had originally picked out so she wouldn't pay for it, and I tried on other dresses. I found another one that I liked, but wasn't quite decided on what one I wanted. She jumped and ordered it. Then, one month before my wedding, my little brother ran away. My parents accused me of helping him. I testified to DHS, two days before my wedding, that I didn't think my little brother should have to go back home. Therefore, my parents quit talking to me. Because my little brother, who was now living with my older brother, could not be forced to see my parents, I made an agreement. My parents could come to the ceremony so my dad could give me away; my little brother would come to the reception. The morning of my wedding, my parents renigged on their end of the deal and demanded to come to both the wedding and the reception. I told them not to come to it at all. The place where the wedding ceremony was to take place was in a chapel on a hill. There was no parking except at the bottom of the hill; so it was my oldest brother's job to shuttle people up the hill. I was in the process of having my picture taken when my parents showed up and were blocked from coming up to the chapel by my older brother. They phoned me and asked why they were not invited. For only the third time in my life, I stood up to my parents and told them that if they were not going to respect my and my wishes, they were not invited to my wedding at all. That evening my older brother, who meant more to me than my own father did, walked me down the aisle and gave me away to my husband. The wedding and reception was more relaxed for my mother not being there nitpicking every little thing.
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
How did you turn out so mature and wise, when your parents seem to behave so childishly? You should be proud of your self for standing up for yourself on YOUR day! I hope that your marriage is a happy and longlasting thing! Thanks:)
@lizard211 (240)
• United States
17 Sep 08
My wedding was great. My husband and I were married on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It was a beautiful, sunny day - light breeze. We were married by a judge and only had about 30 people. We did not have bridesmaids, etc.. - I wore a sundress. The food was catered in and set up right there at the park. Neither one of us - looking back - would want it differently.
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
Beautiful! I'm a firm believer that a wedding is a reflection of the couple's personalities. You did it your way and therefore you have no regrets! Way to Go! Thanks:)
• United States
17 Sep 08
my wedding was perfect i mean the little things that went wrong didn't really matter. it was my wedding night that sucked!! my husband left me to get drunk with his buddies i was alone in our hotel room for like five hours!
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
What?! I hope he's improved his track record since. Thanks for your response!
• Canada
16 Sep 08
Mine was but at the same time it wasn't. It wasn't because my mom tried to ruin the whole day because she didn't like my husband (she only JUST started warming up to him and it's been almost 2 years since the wedding). I wasn't wearing the dress I originally wanted to wear. It was a very plain dress. Also my mom didn't congratulate us, she made her speech all about her and how she had a wedding to plan on less than a year (heaven forbid). She didn't like the fact that I had an anglican wedding rather than a catholic wedding. She was cranky throughout the whole thing. It annoyed me. She also doesn't like his family, she thinks they're stuck up. We didn't have the 2 families mingle, which upset me the most since they're now intertwined. My family was on one side, his family was on the other. None of MY friends showed up for the big day. However, I married the love of my life, we have a beautiful baby boy together. My parents and His parents also paid for everything (except my husband's tux. My parents paid for the best man's tux but not my husband's). In the end it was a beautiful service and a wonderful reception. I love my husband and I couldn't have made a better choice.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
17 Sep 08
Wow! Instead of stepping aside and letting you have YOUR day, your mother chose to be selfish and make it all about her. That is so sad. Has she ever apologized or is this just par for the course with her? You definitely have this all in the right perspective though. You are happily married no matter what your mom tried to pull. You can be proud of yourselves that you are much more mature than she will ever be! Thank you for your example.:-)
• United States
18 Sep 08
For me mine was fine at the time. We were only 18 when we got married and pregnant. We didn't have much money so we went to the justice of the peace, or family was there and we took lots of pictures so it was still beautiful.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
18 Sep 08
Joining two lives is always beautiful, even in the simplest of ceremonies!:-D Thanks for posting!
@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
16 Sep 08
Yes, my wedding was something I wanted. If there is one thing I want to change about my wedding is the guestlist. My in laws invited too much friends that we, the couple, didn't even know but they did not give any money. that part really ticked me off. To the point that my parents were not able to invite some friends because we were tight on the budget. I just wished they were more sensitive. Yes, something will always go wrong but on the day itself, you won't even notice it anymore . You'll feel as if you are floating.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
16 Sep 08
You are so right! Wasn't it the most exciting day? Thank you:)
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
16 Sep 08
didn't have a big wedding. don't remember anything going on at the wedding but that's been a long time ago. sure haven't forgotten all the bad that went on afterwards tho.lol
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
16 Sep 08
Yea, I suppose that the after part (marriage) can alter the memories of a wedding. Thanks:)
@rainmark (4302)
16 Sep 08
Wedding is the most stressfull thing ever.During my wedding i got a wedding coordinator to do evrything coz that time im still at school so i was busy in my study. Just paid someone to do it for me according to what i've wanted. But unfortunately it was a disaster. It was not my wedding dream,i was very frustrated when i walked down the aisle but i still managed to put smile on my face when i see my groom. But the main thing is we are married now.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
16 Sep 08
I'm sorry to hear that your wedding was a bit of a disaster. And yes, you are right: The important thing is that you are married. I also think that as you get older, you will be able to find the humor in the disaster. Thanks!
@Pikelet (79)
16 Sep 08
Our wedding day was a good one,the marriage didnt last though lol,we tried marriage couselling as a last resort but it was too late to save the relationship.But the wedding day was good,both sets of parents were uptight,we had many guests coming and they natuarally wanted everything to be perfect,well perfection is going to come at a price,the cake turned up ,and the decorations werent as first ordered,so the mothers got a bit hot under the collar,I said the cake was fine.Then we all went offf to have our hair done at the hairdressers which took much longer then anticipated,so lol we were running late,well im sure you know that Mothers get very flustered on their daughters big day,and mum ended up in floods of tears,nothing would console her,but when she thought about it all rationally she was fine.The sun shone,the church bell rang,the choir sang their little hearts out and the ceremony went without a hitch,the wedding vows were exchanged,as were the wedding rings,and then we were off to the weddingreception to have the usual speeches and wedding toasts,a good day was had by one and all.The food,a buffet was delicious,little things on sticks and little sandwiches and of course lol a trifle or six,what a fab day.
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
16 Sep 08
Sounds like, at least for you, your day was wonderful. My mom was a little flustered that day too. She's a rather shy person. Maybe it was all too much for her. She was the only one who knew how to raise the train of material at the back of my dress and she completely went blank and we had to improvise. Thanks for your response:)