November 2010 Weddings
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Do you miss planning your wedding?
Why do I keep getting asked this question? Anyone else been hearing it? I've been told I should have post wedding depression or something, and well, I don't!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVED planning it, but was happy when we were finally married and I could come home and relax rather then stress about wedding things.
I asked my SIL if she needed help with anything (my other SILs are her BMs but are 19/20 and never really did this stuff before so have no idea what is involved). So she thought I must need to be planning a wedding because I miss it so much, wth? I was just being nice because I know she has no help and is overwhelmed!
Re: Do you miss planning your wedding?
I don't miss the actual planning, per se. But I do miss all the crafting that I got to do, especially making the invitiations. I've been thinking about starting to design/make invitations as a side business since the wedding. My sisters have been pushing me to do it as well.
Once things get settled with DH's job, I think I'm going to venture out and start designing and making some mock-ups. Hopefully that will be within the next month or so.
I am happy that everything came together and the wedding was a perfect day... I loved planning, it's a special time in your life and I had some great bonding experiences with my mom and H in particular, however there's something to be said for the rewards of having that end point to your planning. I do daydream still about our wedding day... it was just such a fairy tale day!
But I am perfectly happy to hand the baton off and help my stepsis plan (and no, it's not really because I am desperate to keep planning but just because we had such a great experience with ours that it feels great to help someone else).
So yeah, I am with you. While I loved the creative process and special time in life, I am not depressed that we're now moving on to a different phase.
NOPE.
H and I were just talking about this last night. Planning the wedding was a huge stressor, on top of everything else that was going on in our lives. I couldn't wait to just be married. I think SarahPLiz will know where I'm coming from when I say I couldn't wait to be married, and be able to live with my husband without fear of being found out and chastised or fired, and just...be together. Having the wedding be over and realizing that I was really H's wife now, and we were together and nothing could separate us, is so fantastic that sometimes I have a hard time believing that the planning and waiting are over and here we are living the life we planned on during the years we were just dating or engaged.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the five hours of my wedding and reception. Having it all come together, as well as could possibly be expected, was amazing. But I'm so happy that it's over and we can start truly living now.
...and I can't wait to start TTC.
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No, not in the least. It was great fun and I loved working on every project with H, but like Bay said, I just couldn't wait to just be married already. It was a long time coming for us and there was a lot of stress that I was under before we were engaged over our relationship that when it was finally go time, I was happy to plan and get it done.
I am tired of planning in general which has now transferred over to our honeymoon. I usually plan trips out and what we'll do on certain days, but our trip is in a few weeks and all that is planned is our airfare, our transfer to the hotel and the hotel. It's so unlike me, but dang it feels good!
Big, big like the moon...
I've been asked this question several times too - my answer - HECK NO!
Dont get me wrong I enjoyed the process, but it gets to be a lot. I am SO glad that it's over, it all went well, and I can just relax and enjoy married life
I think the fact that we payed for most of it had something to do with it as well (we didnt want to deplete our existing saving so we were on a majorly strict budget the entire time we were planning so we could save as we went) I'm so relieved that I dont have to write another check, or save every single penny like we were. Major sigh of relief.
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I definitely had some post-planning depression, but not because I missed have the wedding itself to plan. I missed having something to distract me from my job which is so painfully stressful it's not even funny. I finally have settled down and gotten over it and am enjoying my free time with my family.
That said, I am excited to share my expertise with two friends who are getting married this year. I like feeling like the expert and giving a little advice now and then without having to be so stressed out over it being my own or worrying about every detail.
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Ditto!! It cost so much here to put the announcement in the paper that I just decided not to bother!