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RaylaSan
Expert February 2021

How do you deal with people not caring about your wedding planning?

RaylaSan, on August 26, 2020 at 1:07 PM

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I'm quite interested to know how people handle this. I remember that when I first got engaged there was a lot of excitement and such, but after like one good day that excitement died down, and you realize that no one actually seems to care about how your wedding planning goes. I would like to think...

I'm quite interested to know how people handle this. I remember that when I first got engaged there was a lot of excitement and such, but after like one good day that excitement died down, and you realize that no one actually seems to care about how your wedding planning goes.


I would like to think that for the most part I handle this pretty well, and try not to take it too personally. Sometimes I might offhandedly mention what I've been doing wedding planning wise, but unfortunately the farthest that conversation will take me is a, "Oh that's cool". It sucks, but I'm used to it now.


I like to think it stems from the fact that majority of my friends are either single, or are nowhere near to making that life-long commitment with their partners, so I try to understand their take on things.

I won't lie, sometimes it hurts, I remember I went to my venue yesterday, and thought it would be fun to post mini-videos of the venue on the group chat, but no one even bothered replying, so I'm not gonna lie that I felt a little down afterwards.


However, on the off chance someone calls me to ask me a question about it, or gives me some criticism regarding how I plan it and what I decide to do is actually pretty nice. For example, I went to eat out with a bridesmaid the other day to talk about wedding details, and even though she spent a good thirty minutes angry that I won't be having a fancy full bar with cocktails, and just having beer and wine. I'm gonna be honest that I was just pretty elated the entire time she was giving me an earful, since it'd been so long since I've had someone that wasn't my fiancee give me their opinions when it came to anything wedding related.


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  • Katie
    VIP August 2021
    Katie ·
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    I'm going to tell you the same thing I read on another post and that is, to you and your fiancé it's the biggest most exciting memorable day of your life, however it is just another day to other people no matter how close they are to you, it's not going to be that exciting to them and they don't want to here about it every day. I know exactly how you feel because I've been planning my wedding for a year now and I still got another year to go and Im just so excited I want to tell everyone about everything, but I hold back because unfortunately people don't care and don't want a constant update. Unless people ask me I normally never talk about it. You got to look at it from a guests view, if you were invited to a friend or relatives wedding you probably wouldn't be all that excited about it either.
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  • Sexypoodle
    Master October 2021
    Sexypoodle ·
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    This is you and your FH’s wedding and no one else’s. So after the engagement announcement... Yes, they went back to living their everyday lives as normal. So no.... your wedding is not at the forefront of their minds the way it is for you. Nor should it be. This same situation is posted often and I struggle with understand the type, amount or frequency of attention that certain future brides expect to receive.


    I don’t discuss the wedding with anyone besides FH. When I talk to or meet up with friends, I want to chat girl-talk like normal and not monopolize our time talking about my wedding. Plus i’s such a one-sided conversation that people can only hear so much about that same topic. But that’s what this app is for. So feel free to bombard it with questions, wedding planning updates and inspo pics. There are plenty of brides who will offer the advice, opinions and “oooh & aaahh” over your ideas.
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  • Countrydarlin2022
    Dedicated April 2022
    Countrydarlin2022 ·
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    Not everyone is going to be excited for your wedding as you are and thats okay just plan the way you want

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  • B
    Just Said Yes November 2022
    Bianca ·
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    I’m really sorry to hear that. I understand to some degree. I’m the only one of my friends getting married so quite often I feel alone in my inability to talk about it enthusiastically. You can always hit me up! I’m planning my wedding for 2022 and I’m always looking to talk bridal! 😍 Hope this helps.
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  • Danielle
    Expert November 2020
    Danielle ·
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    No one has helped me I've done it all on my own.
    As far as excitement I kind of figured the pandemic kind of took that excitement away
    But that’s ok it will still be a good day.
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  • Sherri
    Devoted August 2020
    Sherri ·
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    I bet they care. They just also have a lot going on and aren't invested in every single detail. Use this group to chat!
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