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Good and bad things about your big day?

Ashley, on October 5, 2018 at 9:11 PM Posted in Planning 0 4
What good things happened at your wedding/ reception and what bad things happpend ? I’m curious because I’m beyond stressed trying to plan things. And I have super high anxiety. But I also want to hear the good things to be looking forward to them. But want to prepare if I can for the bad things

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Latest activity by AJ, on October 6, 2018 at 10:17 AM
  • Stacy
    Devoted May 2021
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    Good things- started on time, turned out beautiful, everyone had a blast, DJ was in point, food was great,
    Bad things (marriage didn't last a year) eith that said, BM got sick all over the bathroom had to be kicked out (he was only 20) groom was wasted before the cathoic ceremony, didn't get the romantic pictures because of that, he left me at the reception at the end to go to the bar, .The whole thi g shouldn't have happened .
    My cousin just got married
    Good thing. Stunning wedding, everyone had a great time, food was so delicious
    Bad things, my daughter was the flower girl. Barely 2.5yrs old. She had to be walked down by one of the bridesmaids, she had to carry her back up the aisle. 7pm wedding and she has a 20min nap. She wasnt coorperating. Right before leaving the bridal suite my cousin's sticky bra broke (fixed it)
    So compared to my first we'd to her wedding. No one noticed any of the bad things and only noticed the good things. So don't sweat the small or big stuff.. just enjoy your day. Also I found a much better guy. A real man will be getting married in May 2021 and couldn't be more excited! I do hope your day goes smoothly and will be beautiful!
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  • Lisa
    Super August 2018
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    Good things: married my best friend, rain held off for pictures and outdoor ceremony, first look helped with nerves and we got to enjoy part of cocktail hour before the reception, ceremony was so “us,” we laughed cuz we couldn’t get our rings on without helping each other, due to the humidity, everyone had a blast, food from what we heard was great, everyone was dancing and enjoyed themselves (from what I saw, and heard), hubby and I promised we wouldn’t be away from each other for more than a song or two, and we did exactly that...if we weren’t dancing together, we found each other after a song or two, and the best thing....the love I felt from everyone at our wedding, hubby included (he wrote me one of the most amazing letters).

    bad: AC broke the day of wedding, venue got it working temporarily, but it was still on the warm side. My MOH parted ways shortly before the wedding, due to a major falling out after a 20 year friendship, and after hearing things she continues to say about me and my family, there will be no reconciliation. We also forgot our rings....but luckily an uncle was close by to where the rings were and got them to us in time for the ceremony.

    So those were the only bad things I was aware of....I made a point to not what to know about what happened that day....after all what could be done?! I just wanted to make sure I was legitimately married (we had a friend officiate, and we are), and that everyone had a great time and mission accomplished....

    good luck girl! Don’t harp on the negative! Something will happen no matter what, but take the whole day in, and say I do too to that wonderful best friend of yours!!
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  • 2d Bride
    Champion October 2009
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    There are no bad things that happen on your wedding day. There are good things, and then there are the things that leave you with stories you can tell your grandchildren (by which time, you'll be laughing at them).

    My recommendation is to assume that at least three bad things will happen on your wedding day--but that you'll still end the day married. Since that is the case, there really isn't anything to worry about. Then if fewer than three bad things happen, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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  • AJ
    VIP September 2018
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    "Bad:" first of all the bad wasn't really even bad lol.

    -- The weather was 25° cooler than normal so we froze taking pictures, but I let the girls wear sweatpants under their dresses and we were able to actually use the fireplaces in our venue.
    -- The wiring in half of the tiny rustic chapel was faulty. The lights by the door were flicking on and off by themselves on the day of. The DJ's equipment kept cutting out while he tried to set up so we had to rush to find a backup for him. Thankfully an outlet was spotted out of the way up front and he was able to run an extension cord with no issues, and we just kept the few back lights off.
    -- My dad jumped the gun on walking down the aisle by going "THAT'S US" and going full steam ahead as soon as the last set of attendants had gone instead of waiting for our song to start. Thankfully the DJ got it up and rolling when we were about 1/3 of the way down our very short aisle so the song still faded at a good point. I was briefly ticked off at the time, like come on Dad we rehearsed this three times last night...but it is fun for me to remember after the fact, because my dad was way more nervous than me about the ceremony!
    -- Caterer called day of to say my debit card was being declined because it was over my daily spending limit. My bank is closed entirely on Saturdays even before noon so I couldn't call to update it. Had to have someone else put it on their credit card, and then I wrote them a check. But yeah that was pretty dang stressful at first.
    -- The caterers cut the sheet cake and put it all out on our cake table before we had even cut our tiered cake. So guests all ran up and grabbed sheetcake...but hey that meant everyone saw our tiered cake up close in all of its adorableness before if was cut into, and there was so much sheetcake that we ended up coming home with OUR ENTIRE TIERED CAKE. Total opposite of the couples who pay a ton for cake and then never get to eat any of it 🤷‍♀️ aaand our caterer wasn't even contractually obligated to cut the cake AND DID IT FOR FREE when we planned on having to cut and serve it all ourselves so like really I can't be mad.

    I'm not going to list the good things here because really everything was good. I wanted you to know that even the things that go wrong will have a good to them if you have the right mindset...try to roll with it and know that your day is great even with hiccups!!!
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