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Mariah
Savvy May 2019

Wedding Melt Down: Murphy's Law

Mariah, on August 7, 2019 at 5:36 AM Posted in Planning 0 16

I am just so done with everything emotionally.. i have to rant about ti somewhere! you will NOT believe this last month.


I am getting married this weekend. WOOHOO!!! i planned everything that i could to make the weekend as simple and easy going as possible! for those that have been reading.. ive been bending over backwards for my mother to appease her and get on her good side (if there is one) so she stops spreading rumors and is OK with my wedding plan... she even agreed it was nice of my bridesmaids to have a wedding shower in both locations so people didnt have to drive! (2 hours apart, on different days)

My Wedding invitees:

MOH, 3 bridesmaids, 3 groomsman, FH 2 sets of parents, my mother, dad and his wife. flower girl and ring bearer, BF, and my grandma.. Note this is LESS THEN 20 PEOPLE....

No lets hear about this last month..

MOH gets evicted so they can remodel, Bridesmaid get hospitalized with wound requiring several dressing changed, another bridesmaid laid off, and another bridesmaid returned from maternity leave and all the vacation days she put in are moot because they scheduled her for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, and she has to get her own replacement for those days. also my grandma gets hospitalized (shes fine now though!). i call my hotel to confirm my rooms (for the 4th time just to be safe) and they lost my photographers room (i was able to replace the room but now she has to drive 20 mins...)


then my wedding showers happen, no problem with the first one it was great and tons of fun! literally no one showed up to my other one. several RSVP'd to it.. no one showed up. bridesmaids mad because they spent money on food and location...


whatever moving on.. bridesmaid with wound gets hospital bill, her insurance says they wont cover it. Mom decides she isnt coming unless i get her and my grandma a hotel for the night. i told her back in November the dates and the plan AND told her 2 months ago all the problems i had getting a room for the photographer so late! shuffled people around in the rooms i already had to get space for them both to stay... I am told the place im getting flowers from wont have blooms in time


now We are in the week before my wedding... i have accepted the fact i may just have random flowers instead of dahliahs who cares as long as everyone is there and happy eight?!?! my MOH calls frantic because her boss lost her time card and she wont have any money to come down for my wedding. my Bridesmaid with vacation days problems calls and says she got covered but now her car doesn't run. OK situation handled shuffled more people around so everyone has a ride, MOH turned in a copy of time card and they accepted it everything is fine right?! No.


we are 3 days before my wedding.. and i get a message saying my bridesmaid has Norovirus: FML. she lives with 1 grooms man, 1 other bridesmaid, the flower girl and ring bearer, AND my mom. (if you dont know Norovirus is very contagious, lasts 1-3 days, and in order to not be contagious you need to be symptom free for 2 days). there is every possibility that half my wedding party and my mom wont be able to make it to my wedding.. and to make matters worse: my hotel has a 72 hour cancellation fee so even if all of them do get Norovirus i wont have enough time to cancel one of the suites..


If they dont get it, the one Bridesmaid could still be contagious up to a week after symptoms are gone. so i still have to shuffle everyone to keep her away from those who havent been exposed so one room will have 4 and one will have 10 people.


If its not one thing its another i swear... so much for simple and easy going. im so anxious because i simply dont knwo yet if they can even make it, and the not knowing is worse.. because i cant do anything..


16 Comments

Latest activity by Tamika, on August 30, 2019 at 4:04 PM
  • Kim
    Super September 2019
    Kim ·
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    Oh my gosh I am so sorry you are having all kinds of problems. Hang in there! I am also a month out before the wedding and I am feeling the stress.

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  • Future Louie
    Super August 2019
    Future Louie ·
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    I feel that! I was such an easy-going bride and figured everything would go so smoothly because I wasn’t expecting much from everyone. Yet leading up to the wedding it felt like everything was going wrong (including me literally picking up some sort of virus and losing my voice day of...still have this stupid plague 4 days later). Thankfully, day of went absolutely amazingly due to my amazing guests and vendors. Hang in there! Call your hotel now and explain the situation and maybe they’ll be sympathetic and allow you to cancel without losing out!
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Smiley sad I'm so sorry for all that. That's a lot going on. Take a breath and remember that it's about you and your groom and whatever happens at least you'll get to celebrate with people who support
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  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
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    I'm so sorry everything (literally) is going wrong! I hope venting made you feel better even if these things are out of your control

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  • Yam
    VIP September 2019
    Yam ·
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    That sounds like an absolute nightmare. Rant away! I’d be crying into my coffee cup, you’re a tough cookie to be dealing with all of this.
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  • Jeanie
    Super February 2020
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    Sounds like the whole planning process has sucked for you. However it’s awesome that you’re still trying to stay positive! I would bring several containers of Lysol wipes over to the house with the virus and tell them to wipe everything down, wipe the bathroom after every use, and remind them to wash their hands before eating, after using the bathroom, and probably several other times throughout the day. That’s really the only way to stop it from spreading, so hopefully they’ll listen. I wish you luck and hope you have the happiest wedding day!
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  • Kelly
    VIP October 2020
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    I am anxious reading that. You are amazing for doing all that
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  • Jessica
    Dedicated September 2019
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    That's A LOT to happen in one month...are you sure they are not making excuses? (that question is kinda joking, please do be offended). It's just A LOT that you (and your family) are going through. I get why you're so frustrated, I'm sorry that you're going through all that and I hope that venting here helped.

    I don't know what's going to end up happening, but I hope things work out for you.

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  • Mrsbdg
    Champion August 2017
    Mrsbdg ·
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    Not to be the giant pain that tries to solve a problem when you need to rant buttttt

    For the bridesmaid with the injury/insurance issue. Let her know she can appeal. In the appeal include a letter (very standard request from a practitioner depending who she saw) of medical necessity for the injury. In that they need to detail why she needed treatment and include wording about how non-treatment would include worsening of symptoms or loss of life/limb. Also include the practitioners credentials (MD, NP, etc).

    Ask insurance to provide documentation on the credentials of the adjuster who deemed the procedure medically unnecessary. Often, to avoid fighting, insurances will settle in these matters. It takes persistence and time but it’s worth it. My two insurances both passed the buck on my spine surgery (oh yes please let me pay $130k out of pocket, I would love that.). I fought it and won. I ended up paying $50 because my jacked-up-on-anesthesia self required a nurse to watch me for a half hour because I was wildly over confident in my abilities.

    Also to keep this wedding related, this is to help your bridesmaid so she can still happily participate in your wedding day.
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  • Rebecca
    Master August 2019
    Rebecca ·
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    I mean, at this point, you can write a screenplay and have a hit movie about all the things that go wrong?

    Ooooof, I'm so sorry.

    I hope everything else goes right from here on out.

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  • Nikkeisha
    Devoted February 2020
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    Oh wow! That's a lot to be dealing with. I do hope that everything works out for you.

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  • Julianna
    Savvy October 2019
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    I hope it all turned out okay in the end! So sorry you had an awful month leading up to your wedding. Stressed me out just reading it !

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  • Susan
    Dedicated May 2020
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    OMG, that sounds like something that would happen to me. Seems like you are handling it pretty well. I, on the other hand, would be a basket case. Just remember this, you are marrying the love of your life. Just this fact should get you through anything. Let us know how it goes. Good Luck!

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  • Keyona
    Devoted August 2020
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    Sorry you have all this happening - praying it comes together and your day is still magical.

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  • Mary
    Dedicated September 2019
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    Omg i'm so sorry!!! I've had some similar bouts of domino-like bad things falling on me but i'm *trying* to stay positive by reminding myself daily that even if every single thing goes wrong, i will still be marrying the love of my life and that is the real goal, imperfect wedding or not! sending you all the good luck!! Smiley heart

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  • Tamika
    Expert October 2019
    Tamika ·
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    I WANT TO TRULY TELL YOU I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING TURNS OUT OKAY... It sounds like a nightmare but you will get through it, as I am telling you this I am trying to tell myself the same thing.


    I am going through the most now as well so I understand how you feel.

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