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Sarah
Dedicated January 2018

What went wrong with our wedding

Sarah, on January 27, 2018 at 1:11 AM Posted in Planning 0 7
So I posted my BAM a couple weeks ago, and now I’d like to share some of what wrong with our wedding, even though the day itself was perfect. To all of you soon to be brides out here, I hope this offers you some comfort in knowing things will go wrong, but your wedding day can still be amazing.
First, we had a destination wedding, flying from Arizona to Hawaii 4 days before our wedding day. The nightmare began with the center stone of my engagement ring becoming loose the night before we left. It was wiggling a lot and rattling when you pressed on it, so I decided to take it off and put it back in its box and take it with us. I cried. Not gonna lie, I was heartbroken to possibly not have my engagement ring on my wedding day. It was so loose I was afraid to wear it because I legit thought the center stone could fall out and be lost forever. We were gettin married on a small island (Kauai) where there’s not even a Walmart let alone many jewelers so I figured there’s a slim chance anyone could fix it. I brought it along anyway and we did find a jeweler to fix it on the island. Yay! The nightmare continued however when I woke up the morning we were leaving with a cough and a fever. I spent 6 hours on a flight with 10 people, with a high fever, cough, and badly congested. Felt like I was dying and was so upset that I’d possibly be sick our entire wedding week. I ended up feeling fine the next morning, which was a legit miracle. Third, my DH’s stepmom turned our entire wedding week into a family reunion and gave no F’s about our wedding or us at all for that matter. She tried to change everything we planned, did, arranged, etc. and we had to fight her back at every step. Keep in mind we are in our 30’s and 49’s respectively and they were not paying for ANYTHING but she couldn’t deal with not being in control. This lead to many fights and tears. Fourth my dh and I got NO time together the week of the wedding. We rented a large beach house to stay in before the wedding, and also get married at, and we actually got to sit on the beach that was in our own back yard together all of two times before the wedding because we were so busy with vendors, the welcome dinner, rehearsal, and managing everyone’s emotions the weeks prior. It was a mess. Fifth no one listened to the invitations at all. We invited only the bridal party and our siblings to the rehearsal dinner, and had a welcome dinner the night before that for everyone else. Still, family members that weren’t invited to the rehearsal pitched a fit and even threatened not to come to the wedding if we didn’t invite them to the rehearsal. It was insane. All that aside, the day of the wedding was amazing. We woke up together the morning and the wedding and just decided to be put everyone else on the back burner and make it about us. We decided to stop accommodating everyone else’s BS and just put ourselves first, and we had a great wedding day with all our friends. Things will go wrong, but you will still have a great wedding day if you stop giving in to peoples drama. Married people, what went wrong on your wedding week/wedding day? Did you still have a good wedding day in spite of it all?

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Latest activity by Getting Maui’d, on January 28, 2018 at 9:36 AM
  • M
    Dedicated September 2020
    Mari ·
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    Thanks for sharing. You embraced the situation.
    I agree, we must put ourselves first.
    Congratulations!
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  • A
    Just Said Yes April 2018
    amanda ·
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    Thanks for sharing! Iim also having a destination wedding and i see some of these problems probably will arise.

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  • O
    Master October 2017
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    Thank you for sharing. Glad you didn't let anything ruin your wedding day.
    For a over a year it seems I've also not put up with people's crap-I don't get sucked into their drama or fits, or feel bad about their poor decisions. I have no problems with cutting ties to those who are dramatic/toxic.
    It seems my husband and I are in the minority in that both of our parents are respectful of our wishes, and our decisions and don't throw fits, or make things about themselves. I believe it's because I've set very clear boundaries of how I will be treated, how my husband will be treated. I don't accommodate others.
    I kept expecting for one thing to go wrong on my wedding day-even made a comment about it as I was getting my makeup done, and how peaceful and surreal it all felt. The MUA said "Y'all are the chillest people. I'll always work for you." My photographer said several times she wished all brides and families were as calm and relaxed as we were because it made the day more enjoyable.
    I had to remind myself that all the things that went wrong in the years worth of BAMs I've read (been a member for a couple years) that I am not those people, I react differently, I interact differently. My husband and I made the conscious choice the night before the wedding to be happy and calm, and to stay by each other's side the whole day and night. I think that made a huge impact on our day.
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  • Chariece & Sterling
    VIP January 2026
    Chariece & Sterling ·
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    Congrats!!!! I am so glad you enjoyed your wedding day. After all the unecessary extraness with family you guys had to endure while you were in Hawaii.
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  • earias
    Champion December 2017
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    Thanks for sharing. I woke up with a cold the day before my wedding and it got worse on my wedding day but my excitement prevented me from really feeling it. However, I really didn't drink much because of it which was a bummer because we had a top shelf open bar all night. My bustle broke sometime during the reception and we had to use the safety pins from the bathroom basket to pin it back up. I still ended up shredding the back of my dress because my heels kept getting caught in it. Then on top of being sick, my period decided to come that night, but fortunately after I got back to the hotel room. And, while a minor thing, my flower girls were supposed to wear ivory but their grandmother made their dresses in white. I gave them ivory stoles and my dress was ivory, so I cringe a little when I see their pics, but they were super adorable! Fortunately, that's all that went "wrong" and it didn't really affect us or our guests. We didn't get to enjoy the honeymoon suite so we're already planning to go back for our anniversary, lol!
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  • FutureMrsMT
    Beginner February 2018
    FutureMrsMT ·
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    Thank you for posting this! I'm getting married in Maui in 8 days so it's fun to hear stories from a fellow Hawaii bride! FH and I are traveling to Kauai for part of our honeymoon after the wedding! I will have to check out your BAM!

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  • Getting Maui’d
    Dedicated July 2018
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    I am getting married on Maui then going to Kauai for honeymoon! Any tips??
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