Avoiding Wedding Disasters - Part 3

Your wedding is a celebration, but it's also a symbol of putting childhood things behind and becoming an adult with all the responsibilities that come with that. Again, and I've said in the other two installments of this 3 part article, it is your wedding. You're an adult, and you need to take control of your own life. Do what feels right to you. Get people's suggestions, but make sure that they now, right from the beginning, know you have specific ideas and you'd like to make sure that they happen.

That being said, don't get stuck. Listen to parents, relatives and friends. Give it some thought, even if it's just for 15 minutes. Embrace their ideas, then dispose of them if, after awhile, you still don't want to go that way. And if you respect who is giving you the suggestions, weigh them heavily, especially if it is suggested to you out of first hand experience.

This next suggestion is very important. After spending days upon days planning and working toward your Maggie Sottero Alexandria

wedding, you and your fiance should take a weekend and get away, either alone or with a couple of friends. Honestly, this is not only good when planning a wedding, but under any stressful circumstances. You can't imagine how your perspective changes when you get in a different environment.

Keep a sense of humor. Laugh when you want to scream. If you can do that, you will sail through this time of your life and enjoy every moment.

Don't just plan the wedding, plan your life together. Remember, the wedding lasts one day. Hopefully, your marriage will last forever. Get together with your future spouse and promise not to discuss the Maggie Sottero Allison Marie
wedding. Talk about your future together, if/when you'll have kids, your careers, if you want to buy a home and when, where you'll be living, etc. Actually, that's more important than that swift 10 hour day.

Last but not least, and I've said this 3 times already, make that wedding checklist and wish list. You don't want to forget anything and you want to stay to your budget. You don't want to have that stress you out last minute. This is one of the most important days of your life. Pick your battles. Be strong in some areas and let some others go. Remember you will be around your friends and family much longer than that one day. And they are truly what counts.