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Just Said Yes December 2019

Decision fatigue

Pooty, on December 3, 2019 at 12:21 AM Posted in Planning 0 4
Hello! I am in school and getting married less than a month after this semester ends (1 more final!) It's been a priority for me to do well, and I have consistently wanted my wedding to be pretty simple to save myself from getting too stressed and fatigued. I'm okay with that! But it seems I can't avoid the "every detail must be EXACTLY what the bride wants" mindset from those helping me out.


The thought is sweet, giving me control of such a wonderful event in my life. But I've been insisted that I put a lot of thought into everything. More than I feel necessary. Recently, I mentioned we needed to buy cups for the beer keg and wine. This turned into a 15 minute event of being shown all these different cups for sale online even after begging to just have clear cups and to just move on 😭🤣
It's not so much being angry at the helping family members, more of "I need to kindly let them know I prefer simple because thinking too much about these unimportant details is giving me gnarly decision fatigue just in time for my final exam"
I know, be open with them. I will. I love them and appreciate their help very much. Kinda just wanted to vent. Destress. Even simplified, wedding planning was a ton more responsibility than I expected and I wasn't the best person for the job. But it's coming along. Fake it til I made it? Lol
I hope everyone else is having a good time planning. I'll eventually pick myself up after this exam and enjoy the last month 💕

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Latest activity by Melle, on December 4, 2019 at 1:15 AM
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    Breathe !!! Lol it’s okay I totally get it. I’m on the simple side and my FH is groomzilla hahah so I get it. Maybe leave a few things up to someone else !! It could help! (As long as you trust their taste/judgement obviously)
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
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    I agree with PP about handing some of these decisions off to your FH. If it's not too late, you could consider hiring a month-of coordinator. As stressful as it is to make these decisions for your own wedding, imagine being in your family's shoes making choices for a wedding that's not even yours.

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  • Victoria
    Dedicated January 2021
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    I completely understand! I'm in school as well. I went with a venue that handles everything, they told me I just show up on my wedding day. Well we had a design meeting and I sent them my colors and inspiration pics. I didn't realize they were going to ask me ten million questions when I got there! Even down to which fabric I preferred for the napkins. It gets overwhelming but it'll all be worth it Smiley smile

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  • M
    Legend June 2019
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    Ah I had the exact same mindset. Everyone was telling me it felt like I was just being ok with the choices I made rather than loving them because they weren't EXACTLY the way I envisioned. I told them look, at the end of the day what do I care that it's cream vs ivory in color aha or if it's 11 oz vs 12 oz cups ya know? Those details didn't matter to me because I got to marry my best friend and that was what I was focused on. All the other details weren't worth stressing over.
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