Hey all,
I got married on August 17th and my wedding was a dream. Wedding Wire was so helpful in the months leading up to the wedding and I have some thoughts about how the wedding went.
I did not care about my looks at all. I spent so much time thinking about my dress and my hair and my makeup and my stomach fat and my skin and during the wedding I did not have a care in the world about how I looked. My hair fell apart and my lipstick and blotting sheets went untouched. This may not be the case for everyone of course!
People will let you down and they may not be the people you expect. Sure, my dad left the wedding during/after dinner and didn't say goodbye, did not give me a card, present or anything which was expected, but others I worried about were wonderfully pleasant and supportive. Some close friends (and my now SIL) though dropped the ball and ditched the spa day and getting ready before the wedding during the last couple days without any real reason. I am still a bit hurt, but it's good to remember that it's my day and huge to me, but not them and that's OKAY.
My social anxiety and introversion did not magically go away because it was my wedding. Half way through the wedding I turned to my now husband and said, can we leave yet? I was exhausted physically and emotionally an hour into the wedding. Now looking back, that was one facet of a day with a million facets. I had every feeling in the book and it was okay and natural to have anxiety be one of those feelings.
Going on a honeymoon the day after the wedding was just what we needed. Travelling 15 hours the day after your wedding may sound hellish, but as someone with social anxiety it gave me the emotional and physical distance from my wedding that I so desperately needed. It was dreamy.
AND, I know it's kind of cliche, but a million little things went wrong, but I would not change any part of it... except maybe the 30 chigger bites I got on my ankles.
THANK YOU SO MUCH WEDDING WIRE!
