Wedding Withdraw?

Northstar1808

Is anyone else kind of going through it or is it just me? I miss all the wedding talk and planning with my friends and family and with you girls on here and all the PIPs... it was exciting! I don't miss the drama or the stress but I liked seeing other people's plans. I'm really excited for the upcoming weddings we have and the weddings I'll be in. I just don't wanna be a bridesmaid-zilla lol.

shauni27

i dont miss the planning, but i really miss the excitement of everything leading up to the wedding and the excitement of that day.  when i see brides-to-be i am just jealous of their excitement!  i keep telling them to enjoy it, the feeling is once-in-a-lifetime and it goes SO fast!

steffiel

I'm with shauni. I can do without the planning & stress at the very end, but I do miss the day just for the sake of having everyone we love & care about together in one room, and the excitement. In some ways though this has been replaced by the excitement of beginning our life together - little things like organizing & decorating the apartment, food shopping, falling asleep/waking up together, coming home to eachother, weekend trips, etc. This might be a little different for me though because we waited until the wedding to move-in together, but it's all exciting just to be married nonetheless.

lovethebeach16

I miss the planning and knowing there was going to be a some huge upcoming event. I still haven't figured out what to do with my extra time.

Northstar1808

Stef - I'm with you on that one because DH and I couldn't move in together either. I think it will get more exciting for me once we can start doing home projects. Right now I feel like a horder because DH's stuff is everywhere since he had to move out of his apt so quickly. Everything is so chaotic I don't even know where to start!

emilyann21

I'm with Shauni and Stef, I don't miss the stress and planning but loved seeing all the details come together and that feeling I had the day of the wedding. It was beyond wonderful. I am looking forward to helping my sister with her wedding renewal and my bff with her wedding in May. I get to share and not have all the stress on me so that's nice.

LiaDee

I don't miss anything about planning it, and I cringe when I hear wedding talk to be honest! Just totally burnt out. But I am waaaay more excited and happy to be married than I was leading up to it. I guess it's just my personality. The stress of it all affected me really negatively, and even my relationship felt the strain. We were always tired and cranky and too sensitive. We were both definitely excited, but the amount of relief I felt when it was all over can't be described!

 I am thrilled to be blissfully married & having a blast?and not have ANY friends or family who are engaged.

stephaniem1977

I'd relive my wedding day and the day before it over and over again. It was so much flipping FUN and everyone had a blast.

Hell, I'd relive the week before it too, when it was just me and MFD and the dogs on the beach every day in the sun with books and wine and naps and outdoor showers and just awesome lovely times. 

I don't miss the planning at all or the stress and how it affected our relationship. And I do NOT miss pinching every penny we have.

Xtine22

Not I dont miss any wedding planning. I hated it! This could have been because I planned from 1300 miles away pretty much by myself but it did make me feel all warm and fuzzy in side when MIL told me how wonderful it all turned out and that I should be so proud since I did it all myself... I love her:) But I never want to plan a wedding (that is mine) again. I don't mind giving my friends help.

debdebdol

I miss all of it.  After the wedding I was really sad because I missed all the excitement of the upcoming wedding.  I was also sad because the day went by so fast and I want to relive that day all over again. 

Musicheals71

lovethebeach16:

I miss the planning and knowing there was going to be a some huge upcoming event. I still haven't figured out what to do with my extra time.

This describes me too, Nichole!  I don't have any other upcoming weddings among my family nor friends, this wedding was it!  At least I still have my HM coming up on 10/28!  Maybe taking a later HM wasn't such a bad idea after all!

JenO24

I miss it all.  Not so much the elbow grease it took to plan a destination wedding, but I miss having something so life changing on the horizon.  The days right before and after went by so quickly - it was quite the whirlwind experience!  DH and I are so glad we're finally married after all this time, but I miss having something to do.  So, I've tried to start focusing on Christmas, which is helping some.  We're so glad we're not living penny to penny anymore too, which means we can splurge on dinner out if we want to without feeling guilty!

kijpost

Last week was my first week back to work and I still totally had bride brain and was worthless.  This is week is a little better and I can focus on the projects that I have going on. 

For about a week after the wedding I was still having stressful sleep and worrying about details in my dreams.  I have no idea why because everythign went fine on the day of but my brain still hadn't completely come down off of the wedding high and stress.

I don't miss the planning and I have enough to worry about with getting everything moved from my parents house.  I have moved the majority of stuff but I need to finish completely emptying out the rooms and give them a good cleaning.

JRSonday

I definitely miss the day ... I'd love to do it again. The stress? No. I am so glad the planning is over. But everyone all about us for a day and getting to celebrate that way was FANTASTIC.

Ferdy2584

I totally miss the day itself--- there are so many things I would go back and change-- well not so many--- but I would go back in time and get more pics with Liv and Otto--just us three..... (

I too miss the idea of being able to see everyone (who usually hate each other 364 days of the year) come together in one space, dance, laugh and smile and be with us celebrating our love. That truely was the best part--- I wish that feeling could go on FOREVER--- I think that is how world peace feels ) 

sunshine_day_dreams

I really don't miss the planning part.  I'm so happy to not have a frickin' binder attached to my hands 24/7, and to not be so crabby and sensitive anymore.  I've taken all of my wedding planning energy and channeled it into holiday planning and future vacation planning instead. :-)

Like others have said - I would loooove to go back and relive my wedding day (and weekend) over and over and over, but thank God every day that I never have to plan another one!

JenniferLuvsCandy

Nope!  Totally over it!  Glad it is over and wouldn't do it again!

starrynight1658

JenniferLuvsCandy:

Nope!  Totally over it!  Glad it is over and wouldn't do it again!

 

This. Exactly. We had a BLAST, and it was wonderful, but I'm SO glad it's over. We're loving looking through our pro pics all the time though! 

taralynndevault

I do miss the wedding day and the days leading up to it. The planning was a lot.. but I did it over a long period of time.. so it wasn't too bad! Our album layout was just approved so off to the printer it goes!! I should have the finished product in a month! DH told me I'd be lost without the Knot... but we just moved on to the Bump! So.. preparing for baby will be my next 8 months!

tbearsangel

I miss having something on the horizon, but the work, planning, and stress surely can stay away. I have already started thinking about the holidays and I am sooo glad we don't have to scrimp and save every penny any more, though if I could get a better job in my field that would make life SO much easier!

ctappin

Definitely miss it I've actually been depressed since we came back since i have NOTHING to do now. At least I can start going back to the gym haha. And it is nice having money to use instead of throwing it all at the wedding. But still, having all the extra time, even if it is only like a few hours, just doesn't feel right now.

afloggie

I miss the planning and everything that has to do with weddings. I am trying to find people who are getting married that I can help lol.