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Alig24
Beginner June 2024

i absolutely hate planning and wish i could cancel the wedding

Alig24, on June 12, 2023 at 7:01 PM Posted in Planning 0 6
At first I thought it was about the money…constant stress and wishing we could just cancel it and do something small . Then my fiancé’s parents, seeing the stress, revealed that they were going to give us more money than they initially let on—they just knew that almost all weddings go over budget and didn’t want us to start with too high of a number and then go over THAT.


But now that the money issues are resolved…a couple months later I still don’t feel better. I took a long break from planning and the second I dove into it again I STILL hated everything about it. Even fun stuff like looking at wedding dresses just annoys me instead lmao It turns out that the money was just a scapegoat for how much I don’t want to plan a wedding. I kept pushing forward with it because my partner wants one and has a huge family and friend group who are all local. But I don’t care about the traditions. I don’t care about feeling like a princess or walking down the aisle. I barely have any family and everyone on my side has to travel so I’m only going to have like 15 people there for me. I hate being the center of attention. I don’t want a wedding, I want a dinner party where I get to wear a pretty white dress.
I’m too much of a perfectionist to spend SO much money only to just throw in the towel and let the wedding look however it looks. Cause at this point if we have this wedding we’re still spending a crap ton of money even if I completely stop putting effort in. I wish more than anything in the freaking world that we could hire a partial planner so I could stop having to plan without all my hard work going to waste but we can’t.

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Latest activity by Michelle, on June 19, 2023 at 6:21 PM
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    Rockstar July 2019
    Veronica ·
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    Is a planner out of your budget or is there some other reason that you can't hire one? It sounds like you need to ask for more help from your fiance. It is his wedding too so he needs to step help and assist you with planning especially since he's the one that wants the large wedding.

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  • K
    Super September 2023
    Kimberly ·
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    I agree with Veronica. Where’s your partner at in all this? It’s never just one person’s job, and especially if he’s the one forcing you to have the type of wedding you don’t want, he needs to play an active role in the planning. Have you looked into hiring at least a partial planner to help take this on? And it sounds like you’re further into planning, but if you haven’t picked a venue yet, look into all-inclusive ones that will just give you a list of things to choose from. That might be less overwhelming. Is it too late to scale back the wedding some to get the event to be more of a compromise between the large wedding your partner wants and the simple wedding you want?
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  • LM
    Super December 2022
    LM ·
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    You are not alone, and many WW brides want small weddings while reluctantly giving their partners what they want, a giant wedding. They expect they will be left with the bulk of planning, and/or face social anxiety. Your feelings are valid and common.

    I can see why you have reached your breaking point at a year out. The budget was made secondary to the design details. Your FI was fighting over a head table to be with his bros and a tweed outfit. Meanwhile, budget aspects were disregarded. I disagree with your future in-laws about wedding budgets, rather those who don't know how to budget, go over budget. So them expecting you to fail, doesn't support you at all. Instead, they throw more money at you to keep going. I see how you feel alone.

    Refuse to go on and take a break. Hire a professional partial planner who knows the details needed and can advocate for your wants and needs. Trust me, this vendor is worth the investment. Or review cancellation or postponement clauses in all contracts, and consider elopement. But first, talk to your partner.

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  • Jacks
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    Jacks ·
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    Where is your FI in all of this?

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    Dedicated March 2024
    Laura ·
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    I totally understand you and I'm going through something similar too. Trust me I have thought to cancelling the wedding and instead doing something far away only with my FH. I’m going through some family issues too and a few people will probably not be at my wedding because of it. I’m also not a local, so most of the wedding are his family and friends, friends and his parent’s friends because my parents don’t have friends here. Support? Especially from my family nobody has asked me anything about the wedding only my cousin. But it’s disappointing that I’m getting married in 9 months and nobody has asked me anything at all. But I keep pushing forward and going through the planning with the professional list I found from Truly Engaging online. On top of that I’m also looking for a job so it has been very stressful this year for me.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    Fiancé is the only one who should be helping you plan. Where are they with planning if they want a big wedding. You need to have clear open communication and equal partnership in the planning process. Think of it as a practice for working through larger issues during your marriage. If your partner says one thing and does another by not helping you out or supporting you, they don’t follow through, then that is not a partnership. Put all planning on hold until you agree to work together to plan the wedding. If you need to, look into a therapist as well.


    Whether you elope at the courthouse and go to dinner afterwards or you have a medium sized party with your loved ones in attendance, they are all weddings.
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