Most Frustrating Part of Planning?

View Quoted Comment Oh no! I am sorry to hear that! You might want to reconsider their services to avoid potential mishaps!

I’d have to say the guest list and seating chart! I’m still waiting on a few RSVPs but it hasn’t been as bad as I was expecting but the guest list and seating chart are stressful!! It’s so hard to make cuts, and to make rules and stick to them as to not hurt any feelings!

Finding a venue in our budget and picking the date. We were looking at this one venue that I really loved, but somebody called in to reserve it seconds before we called. Made my day go down hill. But now we have an awesome venue that has way more space. So guess it worked out in the end.

Family and all their assumptions and drama they're dragging out of the woodwork. I'm seeing some really nasty sides to people that I really kind of wish I didn't have to know about.

The general decor. Rental prices are really high, but I'm having a destination wedding, so it's a balance of what I want to rent and what I want to DIY. Thankfully, my parents are driving down, so we can bring some things. But right now I'm frustrated because arch rentals are so expensive and no one we're working with has an arch I like. Companies I've found that do have ones I like require a high minimum plus a delivery fee, we can't just get the arch. Meanwhile, I don't even really like arches, but the beach altar looks so empty without one, and I don't know if it's even worth all this effort.

So far?? Opinions.. If i ask for advice please send it my way, but unsolicited opinions.. are going to be the death of me! Everyone seems to have one they just MUST give to me

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This can definitely be extremely frustrating! Just try to bypass them and keep focused on pursuing your vision!

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Yupp, I second this! Except picking my dress. That was a breeze!

The most frustrating part of planning? Dealing with other people and their unwarranted opinions/attitudes -____-

Guest list. I have way more friends and family, hubby has less. Getting people to RSVP was......Lord pass the wine.

The guest list for sure. I've been struggling with my mom to get her to cut it down and I finally made some headway today, so that's a relief. Then I found out that FH's parents think he doesn't know what's happening with the wedding (which is ridiculous because we've made pretty much every decision together), so we were both blindsided when they started asking me all these questions over dinner and I felt like I was on trial because it was pretty aggressive. So, hopefully those things die down.

Other than that, everything has been a dream, so I suppose it could always be worse.

Definitely the guest list! It's so hard once you've set a budget to come down to a list of people that can be there on your day!

Working with others opinions

View Quoted Comment Ugh i need tables of 8 and it seems like we have tables of 6 galore! 🙈

Everything has been pretty stressful. My parents are paying for the venue, and my mom has such strong opinions about everything. We also have opposite taste in just about everything. I basically had to give up and concede most things to her. There are a few things that I put my foot down about, but I really had to choose my battles carefully with her. I understand that the wedding reflects on them too, and she just wants everything to be perfect. I'm way more laid back.

I am happy and excited for our wedding, and think it will be wonderful, but probably would not go the same route looking back.

The little details

Unsolicited opinions, and people asking about everything under the sun insanely early. I get that they're excited but still. We got engaged in June of last year, and picked our venue in late August last year. We picked the date of November 3rd this year (a semi meaningful date, but one of the few available at the end of this year without it being a holiday) and told people it would be November 2018. I had people asking me about what they should wear starting in early August of last year, a couple weeks before we booked the venue. and people essentially wanted me to go shopping with them. I hadn't even picked out my own dress at the time. Ugh.

Honestly so far it as only been unsolicited opinions/advice & people asking every 5min if they will get an invite when the day comes

Omg Seating arrangement 😖😖😖. My FH parents are older 62(my parents are 49 and we're 27) then my parents are divorced. Im trying to pair the older folks near the front. Younger closer to bar while my mother wants her table closet to my head table plus couples and singles. Good vibes my way

As I was reading this I thought nothing has really stress me out wedding related so far. How I quickly change that for me it's people inviting themselves to our wedding and requesting a plus one on top of that.