July 2010 Weddings
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Dead board Poll: Cry at your wedding?
I'm bored, we're having the first lazy day at home all summer. Not much happening on the boards, so here's my fill-space-&-time question.
Before July, we all talked at length about whether we were going to cry at our own weddings. So, did you? If you did, was it when you thought would, or was it an unexpected moment? Was it a pretty cry, or a full out blabber cry? Did your makeup stay haha?
If you didn't were you surprised?
Basically, talk to me about your crying haha.
Re: Dead board Poll: Cry at your wedding?
It wasn't so much crying as I got choked up. Like crying minus the tears I guess for me mostly.
I had a few tiny tears during his vows and tears during the toasts.
I was surprised at myself, but I didn't feel the urge to cry very much. There was just so much to take in, and I just had a huge smile on my face the whole time.
During our unity candle song though, DH just kept looking at the floor and I thought he was getting dizzy or something. Nope, he was in tears! It was at that point that I lost it. I ended up with tears flowing also. I think this is when everyone else started crying, too.
oh, i totally cried! the first time was when we did our reveal for pictures. we were away from everyone else and we just kept crying, kissing, laughing, and checking each other out. during the ceremony i cried during our vows.
DH cried too, at the same times that i did!
i thought i was going to be WAY worse than i was. i didnt cry at the ceremony, or at the reception, or at speeches, or anything like that.
i cried at the receiving line when my 80 year old grandpa came up to me and he was crying. I LOST IT while we were hugging. it was so unexpected!!! that was the only time though!
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I cried walking down the aisle with my dad, that was very emotional for me. I thought I would cry during our vows, but I was really surprised that I didn't... at all. Not even the urge to. We were both just so excited!
I also cried a little after the father-daughter dance. My grandmother was balling her eyes out and I couldn't even look at her. Afterwards I hugged her and cried a little, and we watched Kevin and my MIL do their mother-son dance.
I choked up only once, but I didn't think I would at all, so that was a big deal to me haha. I'm not usually a crier. It lasted only seconds, but oh well.
DH and I were giving our thank you toast, and I choked up thanking my bridesmaids and cousins, who I felt so blessed to share our day with. We had written out our thank yous before hand, and when I got to the part about someday I hope you can feel the love I feel in this room tonight, I just choked right up. DH finished for me, bless him haha.
Afterwords, multiple people came and told me they loved that I cried, because I never cry. It was weird.
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I knew I was gonna cry when I walked down the isle but I DID NOT think I would cry the entire ceremony! I was very surprised by that but everyone was coming up to me and telling me it was such a beautiful ceremony that was purely about us and our love. I stopped crying during the unity candle because our moms lit it haha then had to blow it out. I couldn't stop laughing! The pics are so funny too! Our moms look so proud then horrified when we tell them they lit our candle! Then once the vows started I started back up again!
I also cried when my parents first walked in the room after getting ready.
I also cried when my Gram (who promised me she would be at my wedding when she was in the hospital after having her stroke) danced her song she dances at everyones wedding (Old time rock and roll) with me! I was like this is grams song, and we're dancing at OUR wedding!
I was just a mess.
P.s. My make up was still on for the most part I did a good job dabbing under my eye, however......I had tissue pieces stuck to my eyes to the point where Andy was picking it off during the ceremony.
A few people said I cried when Andy whiped the tear from your eye and I was like that wasn't a tear, he was picking tissue off my face haha!
I didn't cry at all!
And I would've bet money that DH wouldn't cry in a million years, and when I got to see his face, he was wiping tears. I love love love that he cried. My relatives all said they cried a ton. Oh my. I kinda wish I did cry. Is that weird?
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I cried during the father-daughter dance because I caught a glimpse of my sister who was balling her eyes out. Then my dad started crying, then my sister ran over for a group hug-dance, and all three of us were a big ball of tears together!
The only other time i *almost* cried was when my bff/moh toasted us. Other than that I was a big smiley face all day and all night!
I did cry, but not when I expected to. The first time I cried was while getting ready. A really good friend of mine did my hair, and then came down to the church before the ceremony to place my veil. As soon as I turned around and looked in the mirror I started crying. It was my "OMG, I'm getting married!!" moment. When I looked at my friend, she was crying with me.
My dad and I are very close, and are both emotional people. I thought the times that I cried would be when I was with him....but I never did. When he first saw me before the ceremony he started getting choked up and I said " Dad don't do it! I have to walk down the aisle in a couple min., and I don't want to ruin my makeup" He composed himself, and didn't cry the rest of the night. Because he held it together, I made it through the walk down the aisle, father daughter dance, etc. tear free. I was really surprised because anytime we even talked about it before the day of the wedding, dad would start crying. Dad did tell my that the day following the wedding was hard for both him and my mom. They were so caught up in everything going on the day of the wedding that they really didn't get too emotional ( but mom did cry during the ceremony ) It hit them the following day that they just married off their only child, and they both lost it.
I also cried during our vows. DH is not an emotional person, so I though I would be fine unless he cried. I was wrong. I also got choked up during our first dance, but no tears fell. My MOH gave an amazing speech. She got choked up about half way through it, and as soon as I heard the quiver in her voice, my eyes filled.
I was really surprised at the moments that I cried, and the moments that I made it through with no tears. I was never a bawling mess. The times I did cry, were just a few silent tears rolling down my cheeks. It never ruined my makeup though!
Boy, did I cry. I cried at our "first look" before the ceremony. I cried while walking down the aisle. I cried during the pastor's homily. I cried during the vows. I cried during my dad's speech.
I knew I would cry at our first look and walking down the aisle, but the rest of the crying was kind of a surprise. And, my lovely husband was prepared the with kleenex in his pocket :-) Everyone thought it was so sweet during the ceremony when he handed them to me to wipe my tears. My makeup held up, though!
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The first time I cried that day was before the ceremony. I was out taking pictures with my BMs, and I see my mom and my uncle holding my grandma on either side and slowly helping her walk toward the arch to be seated in the front row. She had fallen about a month previous, and had broken her hip, pelvis, and shoulder. Even now she is still in a nursing home and still in a wheelchair, barely taking steps. My mom had forgot to pack her wheelchair that day when my uncle picked her up from the nursing home. When I saw her walking, I was thinking about how much pain she was probably in, and I absolutely lost it.
I also cried a ton during our father-daughter dance, which absolutely surprised me because my dad and I have had a very up and down relationship. Things are much better these days, but I still wasn't expecting such strong emotions to pop up at that time. If anything, I had expected that he would be the one to cry, since I had kept our song a surprise and it was one that he used to sing to me all the time when I was a little girl. ("That's What Friends Are For".)
I was actually surprised I didn't cry during our vows... I had cried when we practiced them together, so assumed I would atthe wedding too. But I think having to repeat them back from our minister sort of kept me under control. Lol. All in all, I did a good job that day of dabbing, and I don't remember needing my makeup touched up after crying.
I got teary eyed during the ride in the limo from my house.. I was on one end and my dad on the other, and every few minutes we'd catch each others eyes and get teary.
Then again when the JP was giving the memorial during the ceremony for my mom and grandmother.
And lastly, while dancing with my dad, it didn't take too long. We spent most of the dance standing there hugging and being teary together.
I though I would cry more, especially during the ceremony, and I kind of feel the same as the girls who said they kind of wish they cried more.. I just remember feeling so darn happy I couldn't get to the point of crying!
I bawled my eyes out but it was because H surprised me with a new bigger engagement ring. original is 3/8ct new is 1.01!!!!
Everyone knew about it but me! ahahaha best surprise ever & I cried like a baby!!
I did get choked up even more though once he started to while reading his vows!!
I cried good tears three times that day.
1) While getting ready Ziggy called me and told me check my email - he had written me the sweetest message ever and it made me cry a lot. Happy tears.
2) When i was about halfway down the aisle i started crying and it took a few minutes into the ceremony for me to stop. It was a combo of being able to walk down with my dad and seeing Ziggy there at the end...it was finally real.
3) During our first dance i cried for like 30 seconds...i didnt expect to but i was just so happy.
I cried once with not fun tears --- when the reception was ending and i realized that someone had taken my bouquet home. Yup that made me ball. But i got it back so its ok.
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I didn't really cry during the ceremony or reception - just got choked up a few times. I thought I would cry at least during the vows, but instead, I laughed! I was so nervous and ended up slurring thru a few of the words, that I just had to laugh!
I also got choked up - more runny nose then tears flowing - when I read the letter that DH wrote to me.
The only part that I bawled my eyes out was during the receiving line and all my sorority sisters came through the line. I cried like a baby when my old roommate came up to me - I just hugged her and cried! Then yelled at her for making me cry!
DH didn't cry when he saw my come down the aisle like we both though he would - instead he just said "Damn!". He did get choked up during our priest's homily.
I was totally composed all day.
Until we decided to move the ceremony to the church because of hail. I was choked up, then all of my bridesmaids pulled me into a hug and begged me not to cry and comforted me, and a few tears spilled out.
Then I was fine, until I heard "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," and my bridesmaids started walking in. Tears, instantly. Not bawling, but still tears. People probably thought I was being sold into my marriage or something.
Once I saw my fiance/husband, though, I was fine for the rest of the day.
I was such a baby! It started when we were waiting outside the doors of the congregation area (I have no idea what the proper name is for that in a Catholic Church!) and our singer (who has the most amazing voice) started to sing Ava Maria and it just really hit me then when my mom and DH's dad and fiance were escorted out. Also at that moment I got a peek of DH standing at the front. I had to fight so hard to keep the tears under control! I may have succeeded too but when my dad walked me down the aisle, DH started to cry! It was the first time I had ever seen him cry and I just lost it at that point. Then, of course, my nose got all runny and and I didn't have any tissues so I just kept on sniffling. Ugh!
That wasn't it though. I cried again when I was saying my vows and yet again during the father/daughter dance. Though, that dance was just heart wrenching. My dad isn't always one to share his emotions but I had let him pick the song for our dance (he chose I Loved Her First by Heartland) and the whole dance he was softly singing along. I cried the entire dance! Then after it was over, I looked over at my sisters and they were all crying as well! We are definitely an emotional family!!
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Most of the day I was just too happy to cry! I fell like I smiled for like 14 hours straight.
I did get slightly teary when my dad came in to walk me down the aisle. He was making this face like "I will not cry" and just holding back his own tears, so I had to too. We haven't had the greatest relationship, but when I was little I was definitely daddy's little girl, and now I think we both realize I'm not little anymore. He seemed very proud though, which made me sooo happy. I couldn't walk in the grass very well with the bottom lace all the way around my dress and heels, so he had to help me pick up part of my dress when we got to the grass, which made me laugh. Plus, I couldn't wait to get to my groom!!
Through the ceremony, I was ok until the vows. I knew they would be trouble!! Kevin had said from the beginning that he wanted us to write our own vows. He wrote his as a poem to me- It was beautiful! I absolutely loved his vows. They didn't make me cry, I just listened and really tried to take the moment in. But when I had to say mine... oh boy. I kind of wrote them in a poem too and it was just my raw and totally true promises that I wanted to give him in our marriage. The moment was kind of overwhelming. He was looking at me with that love in his eyes and telling me it was ok... but it was hard! I managed to get all the words out somehow, but I feel like I kind of choked the last couple of lines out. From then on I was good though! After our ceremony, when we were greeting people, many told us that it was a beautiful ceremony and that we made them cry too.
Ahhh, it was amazing...