Who is stressed?! Let's vent!

Rignt now hair and makeup and weather! We're having an early may wedding in michigan so weather is soo unpredictable. Fh wants me to do my own makeup for the wedding even though im not confident in it. Found a hair and makup artist tbat will do all with trials for 250 but fh says hed still prefer i try

Honestly, my bio dad. I don't want to do a father/daughter dance, but I feel like that might hurt his feelings. Of course, no one wants him there other than me. I feel obligated because he's my dad and I would regret not having him there. Lots of drama around my parents who have been divorced for 10 years and still can't cooperate.

I'm actually not very stressed at the moment. It's more like little details keep popping into my head at random moments when I am at work, not so much at home lol. I have gone through half a stack of post it notes since the beginning of the year. I'm going to have reimburse my work soon for those if this keeps up. Today it was about wine at the head table.

Wow, I have never related to a post more! I wanted to elope, just the two of us, and invest in a really nice photographer. My FH wanted the big elaborate wedding, so we tried to find ways to compromise on that, but he soon found out how expensive weddings really are, still wanted to invite a bunch of people, but told me that investing in a photographer wouldn't be a good use of our funds. We went back and forth on ideas, to elope or to not elope, and he just couldn't come to grips with not having his parents at our ceremony, which also meant having his sister since those three people make up his entire immediate family.... well, mine has 30 people. And if his sibling is invited, then I want to invite mine. And my family situation is so complicated that it's not even worth explaining but the gist is that my remarried parents can't stand each other, which resulted in a huge fight with my parents. We have a relatively small budget, and I put off wedding planning for so long that we ultimately decided to go Vegas with a chapel big enough to fit our families and friends. Hosting the reception aspect since I gave in to having people at the ceremony, location & catering, is now stressing me out the most. I'm basically not getting either things I wanted (elopement & nice photographer), but I just want to get married already so I hardly care how it gets done as long as we're happy in the long run.

He insisted you have a wedding, and then dumped the planning on you? That's not fair. If he's the one wanting it, he should be the one planning it.

To be completely honest. I'd happily sign a marriage license on my coffee table and high five my husband and go on with my life.
But there's a lot of only child guilt. So I'm doing the wedding thing more for my mom. (I kinda wanted the wedding party thing to, so not all 100% my mom.) Plus I hope the hoopla somewhat makes up for the whole not able to give her grandkids thing... and that guilt trip extends to FMIL, although fiance is not an only child.

Idk that it's one thing stressing me out. But I do need to stop thinking in the shower.

My little sister and mom. One acts like a teenager even though she's an adult, and my mom who is procrastinating.

Aside from that just little things popping here and there that just come up all the time!

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I thought I was the only one! I leave with post it notes almost daily lately!

Right now I have a list of "to - do" that I am hoping to tackle this weekend.

Details take so much time in my brain LOL

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I have a detailed to-do list as well. I broke up into monthly to-do lists. So I wouldn't forget anything. Lately I haven't done much for this month but this month and next is mainly just emailing people. And I keep forgetting who I need to email what and leaving my list at home when I say I'm going to work on something during my lunch break but then that doesn't happen.

Feel your pain!!

I wanted a simple quick vegas or Florida wedding. My FH wanted a big wedding at home. We got accepted on a house 2 weeks after our engagement. So we planned for a 2 year engagement due to us buying a house. In my eyes I want close family wedding only. Here we are 8 months in and i feel so alone! He is no help. He could care less when i show him ideas. I have brought up so many times that I dont want to plan this big wedding. our parents both said they would help with some but yet here we are with 250 guest now and im trying to be a bride on a budget!! so ive been garthering quotes and when i finally get a good decent rate from a vendor both parents turn there heads and go thats to much... Ready to snap than if everyone wants this big wedding than you plan it!!!!! Girl lets vent!! lol

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I leave them behind too!

I honestly have too many list because I forget them at home or at work when I leave for the weekend. I need to gather them all up and make just one big one.

Girl, I just read this and thought.... 'did I post this in my sleep??' lol No joke, I'm going through the EXACT same thing as you are except that both of our parents aren't pitching in for the wedding (not a necessity by all means but we all know that could help us). His parents don't have very many funds, my parents are divorced - dad is retired with limited funds and I don't have a relationship with my mom which who by the way, received my wedding invite and still hasn't said anything to me about it...oh well. I feel for you though on the cost of a vendor. Any particular location you have in mind? I honestly found a family farm with a beautiful red barn for a full day rental that was $2500 - that does not include catering or other vendors for that matter, just the rental fee of the facility (mind you this is very cheap in my area). Depending on where you're located, I would try googling private or family owned locations to see if you can find a place that meets within your budget. ......I'm all for the eloping too, but my FH wanted to have the big wedding so here we are and here I am planning the majority of it. I guess that's what we do for love right?! Oh and the biggest stressor for me.. inviting my southern baptist family who doesn't drink yet I'd like to have wine or other alcoholic beverages at my wedding.....

Right now my FMIL! She doesn't like the idea of her son growing up (We are 20 and our actual wedding is when we are 22) yet she got married at 18. So she's hesitant to be supportive of the wedding because it's a sign of "losing her son" to her yet tells us how badly she wants grandkids.

View Quoted Comment I can absolutely relate to the only child guilt. It’s real lol

We just finally got over a big hurdle of where we want to stay on our honeymoon. I never thought that would be such a struggle but it was. We kept looking at 3 different states and couldn't decide where we wanted to end up...then it would get late and we would get cranky and mean 😂🙈


My other vent is hair and makeup. I am such a messy bun, no makeup gal that the idea of spending a big number on hair and makeup has given me the willies lol

Funny this post exists because my stessors are venue and social anxious FH who is also stubborn. I wish I could have a larger ceremony and reception and he would rather go to the courthouse. Happy medium is elope because neither of us have never been married and I want a ceremony, a beautiful venue and pics. Easier said than done. Places I prefer to get married outdoor but either they do not do just ceremonies or they just charge their normal price. Then it dawns on me that I can find cheaper outdoor venues but then I remembered how the reason we are not having a ceremony is because he hates eyes on him (I do not want him to feel anxious and miserable on our day) so now it is the issue of finding a place outdoors but fairly private at a decent price. I am trying to make him happy but make me happy (married at sunset, nice room to take getting ready pics and sunset pics) as well. It is frustrating. I appreciate those with social anxiety that put it aside for their partner to have a large day as I know my fh is too stubborn for that.

I keep having people from out of town drop even though the wedding is next month and they already RSVP’d. I had 4 kids in the wedding when we started (ring bearer, sign bearer, flower girl, flower girl escort) and both sets of parents pulled out from coming at the last second.

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I have a “hold up” moment, explain this to him, show him the To Do list and ask him which 50% (or 75%) does he want to tackle at this point. 😠