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Phoenyx

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I''m already married (April 22, 2007), however, my wedding rehearsal and wedding day was a nightmare!

My husband says that I only cared about the wedding and that I am being selfish for wanting the wedding of my dreams.

Here is my story and please tell me if you think that I am being selfish.

At the wedding rehearsal, my now husband decided to leave the wedding rehearsal to go and get his mom. She was here in Houston for the wedding and he had to make a key for her to get in and out of his townhome. Well, the key didn''t work. She wouldn''t test the key before he left! He was late getting back along with his best man. My wedding coordinator and officiant had to leave because it was so late and they both had to work the next day. His mother comes in and starts an arguement over $4 worth of extra plates that he bought. He kept leaving in and out of the rehearsal so he didn''t know what was going on theday of the wedding.

THE WEDDING DAY----

I was two hours late because of a mistake that was made by my mother. My maid of honor and I was still running around trying to pick up last minute stuff that was forgotten by the people that I gave the responsibility to. Once I arrive at the location, I found out that the floors were sticky, (maintenance had not mopped the floors of the facility), the table cloths were not long enough for the tables (two of them barely covered the top of the table), the facility would not give my dj a table to set up his equipment. The tables were not set up according to my contract. I wound up using explicitives towards the facility maintenance, My photographer was two hours late. The facility had not turned on the air conditioning so the cakes began to melt. On top of that, my family forgot my makeup and EVERYONE was calling my name every 15 seconds. Once the ceremony started, the dj had a problem with one of the songs that was supposed to be played. My husband''s step mother tried to change the way that everyone was going to walk in confusing everyone. She also, was on the stage trying to tell the dj what to play (that caused a delay.) My husband forgot to take the tags off of my ring before the ceremony. My dress became dirty because the facility forgot to sweep. Oh and I almost forgot, even after going for two fittings at the bridal store, the straps were not taken up as they were supposed to be so needless to say I almost had a Tara Reid/ Janet Jackson moment. Also, the buttons for my bustle broke when my mother was trying to bustle my gown.

Ever since the wedding ceremony, I have been upset. I feel like I have been cheated. My husband and my family says that I am being unreasonable and selfish and that the wedding was beautiful. I disagree. Am I being selfish and unreasonable for wanting a second chance at my dream wedding? Please give me your opinion.
 
You just need to get over it. Unfortunately weddings are NOT going to be perfect and if you go in thinking they will, you're in for a whole load of trouble. Every other word in your post said that SOMEONE ELSE screwed up. But likely there was a lack of communication and things are at least partially your fault too. It's just the way things work unfortunately.

REALLY the only thing that should matter is that you and your hubby are MARRIED!!!! That's IT! Just keep that in mind when you want to freak out about it. It's over and you now have a FANTASTIC husband to call your very own.
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So yes, I think you're being unreasonable and you need to chill out.

See the signature at the end of your post? LIVE IT.

Sorry for being blunt.
 
Honestly?

I''m reading through your list and I think that MAYBE the calling your name every 15-second thing would get to me..........okay and the cakes melting (
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)........but the rest just seems like it was out of your control and thus nothing to really really dwell on. In fact, I kept thinking of Charlotte from SATC''s wedding and how she was so bummed about the little things that were going wrong but once she looked upon them with humor........she had the best wedding ever.

Your husband and family member saw nothing but a gorgeous wedding so maybe you are only seeing the flaws? If so, then maybe it''ll be helpful to list (here if you want) the beautiful, moving, uplifting, funny, loving moments so you can see things even out a bit?

Either way, congrats on your recent wedding! I''m sure it''s tough to not have had everything work out exactly like you wanted it to.......but it''s no reflection of how much you love your husband and he loves you.........and that is the take home message that it sounds like your loved ones would like you to hear.
 
Another wedding wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, and it would seem a bit selfish.

How about having a fabulous 5 or 10-year anniversary party? It won't be exactly like a wedding, but you could wear a great dress, serve amazing food and dance until midnight.
 
Not quite sure I understand the question. Are you asking if you should want/have ANOTHER wedding?

Sounds like a lot of thing went wrong with your "big day" ... but I''d venture to say that not many people have "dream weddings". Probably an unrealistic goal to start with.

Do you have a DREAM job? A DREAM house? A DREAM car? A DREAM ring? DREAMS really *don''t* come true, yes it can happen to you.
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What do you think would be different? People wouldn''t be inconsiderate *this* time? Mistakes wouldn''t happen? Everything would be *PERFECT*?? Don''t. Think. So. All the people would be the same HUMANS that messed up last time. HUMANS in your life, that you have to learn to deal with & accept their flaws etc.

Partnership is about compromise. And sometimes that means dissapointment. And learning how to get over dissapointment, forgive & move on. Life is more important than "the dream".
 
if I sat down and actually thought about it, I''m sure I could come up with a list as long as yours of things that didn''t go "my way" at my wedding. But I choose to focus on everything good that happened that day (such as getting married to the love of my life in front of all our family and friends), and I don''t dwell on the little things that went wrong. Trust me, there were a LOT of little things, and several MAJOR things, but it was still the happiest day of my life thus far. Suck it up and move on, it is over and done with and if you become bitter about it, it will just eat you up inside.
 
Ok... put yourself in my shoes... Look at it from a bride''s perspective. Would you have wanted a wedding that things fell apart? The only loving moment in my wedding is when my father and I danced and he told me he was proud of me. My husband even admitted to me that he thought that because this was his second marriage, he didn''t want a wedding and was happy that I thought it was a disaster.

NEATFREAK: The signature at the end of my post is correlated with my name Phoenyx. I feel like you are wrong. A bride shouldn''t have to be running around worried about people who didn''t have their acts together on her wedding day.

Why shouldn''t I be upset?
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Also, EBREE, I have been diagnosed with a rare disease and do not know if I will be around in 5 or 10 years. My grandmother is 80 years of age and I have no pictures of us on my wedding day.

I never expected for my day to be perfect but somethings were uncalled for.
 
I don''t know what you''re asking either, but I''m with everyone else...you just have to let it go and move on. I''m sorry you have a rare disease and I think it''s crappy that your husband told you he was glad the wedding was a disaster. However, it seems highly unlikely that you will actually have another wedding (to the same guy), and even if you did I have the feeling that you would be just as unhappy the second time around.

Your wedding is just one day...look at the big picture. If you want to have a perfect party, throw a birthday/Christmas/Hannukah party at your house where you can control everything.
 
Date: 7/3/2007 7:00:29 PM
Author: Phoenyx
Ok... put yourself in my shoes... Look at it from a bride''s perspective. Would you have wanted a wedding that things fell apart? The only loving moment in my wedding is when my father and I danced and he told me he was proud of me. My husband even admitted to me that he thought that because this was his second marriage, he didn''t want a wedding and was happy that I thought it was a disaster.

NEATFREAK: The signature at the end of my post is correlated with my name Phoenyx. I feel like you are wrong. A bride shouldn''t have to be running around worried about people who didn''t have their acts together on her wedding day.

Why shouldn''t I be upset?
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Also, EBREE, I have been diagnosed with a rare disease and do not know if I will be around in 5 or 10 years. My grandmother is 80 years of age and I have no pictures of us on my wedding day.

I never expected for my day to be perfect but somethings were uncalled for.
I have a suggestion...

Maybe do something more like host a fabulous new years party in honor of your first New Years Eve as husband and wife? Then it could be like your wedding all over again, but not look to others as though you''re trying to "re-do" the wedidng, but still be somewhat glamourous (especially new years, you could get a beautiful champagne or goldish or white dress!)

Did you want to re-do vows as well? You could do a vow renewal??

hope this helps!
 
Date: 7/3/2007 7:09:13 PM
Author: thing2of2
I don''t know what you''re asking either, but I''m with everyone else...you just have to let it go and move on. I''m sorry you have a rare disease and I think it''s crappy that your husband told you he was glad the wedding was a disaster. However, it seems highly unlikely that you will actually have another wedding (to the same guy), and even if you did I have the feeling that you would be just as unhappy the second time around.

Your wedding is just one day...look at the big picture. If you want to have a perfect party, throw a birthday/Christmas/Hannukah party at your house where you can control everything.
Wow, great minds think alike, huh??? haha
 
Sorry to hear about your disease...that can''t be easy.

As to your question: Shouda Coulda Woulda...but it didn''t. I agree with the others, move on.

It would have been NICE if everyone had their acts together, but they didn''t. Life''s a stinker sometimes.

But it sounds like you have made up your mind...that you''ve been wronged and you have every right to be angry. That''s only eating you up, you know...and it''s not healthy.

And Deco - yes, I have my DREAM man, DREAM job and working on that DREAM house.

I just dream vewy vewy small. Minuscule actually.
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Date: 7/3/2007 7:17:30 PM
Author: TravelingGal
Deco - yes, I have my DREAM man, DREAM job and working on that DREAM house.
I just dream vewy vewy small. Minuscule actually.
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HA! Me too. Have dream ring/house/car/job but could stand to dream BIGGER.

Generally I think these "Super Sweet Sixteen" and "Platinum Weddings" shows are setting people up for heartbreak.
 
i''m sorry, but you sound like a spoiled brat---you should have enjoyed the day for what it was--your wedding day...that does not mean a cake or a dress or dj''s--its about the love and joining of you and your husband---yes stuff happens, but you should have been living in the moment, because those don''t happen everyday.

you can have a great anniversary party or re-newal of your vows on an island for one of your anniversaries. that would be nice and special, but to rant about the things you can''t change 3 months later...
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Date: 7/3/2007 7:25:45 PM
Author: decodelighted


Generally I think these ''Super Sweet Sixteen'' and ''Platinum Weddings'' shows are setting people up for heartbreak.

I think so too. I just don''t know how the average gal with huge hopes can execute such things without some disappointment.

Gosh, for my wedding, I didn''t even dare hope that I could manage to walk in heels. So flip flops it was. That miniscule dream problem again.
 
at my wedding the florist forgot the flowers on my cake---no big deal...i married the love of my life and could have cared less...oh yeah my rolls broke down---no biggie...i was with my HUSBAND
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. the bottom of my dress got dirty from dancing outside while everyone was inside----don''t care...it was a classic moment with my love. everyone has wedding day disasters or kinks, but it sounds like everyone thought everything was beautiful....focus on the positive memories of that day......life is going to be full of kinks....when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.
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I can''t help but wonder if something, other than the wedding problems, is going on here. If my husband said he was glad that our wedding was a "disaster," I would be very concerned and angry. I''m sorry that your day did not go as you hoped it would. I seems as if more than the usual glitches happened. I''m still getting the impression that, perhaps, all is not well with you and your husband and the difficulty letting go of the wedding day issues are a reflection of this. If have I misspoken, my apologies...
 
Hello. You sound a bit like me: a bit of a perfectionist. I know that it is very, very easy to get bogged down in all the "if only" and "wow, I wish I could change this" and details that went wrong. BUT surely you liked some things about your wedding day. Make a list of the things that you liked about the wedding and that didn''t go wrong. I bet it will be longer than the things that did go wrong. For example, your guests seemed to have had a good time. They seem to have a good overall perception of the wedding. And, HEY, you''re married! That''s pretty amazing in itself. Hopefully the fact that you have your husband trumps any wedding mishaps.

If the question is whether you should orchestrate a second wedding, well...I really don''t think that a second wedding is the answer. I think that you will find that you will run into a whole new set of problems with a whole new wedding. Plus, one of the things you mentioned is that your husband was not into the wedding thing to begin with. I doubt that you would find him any more enthusiastic during a second wedding.

Here are some things to take into consideration.

First of all, I know you can''t "just get over it." It is hard to just snap out of this sort of thing, but you can try not to dwell on the negative. I used to be VERY bad about saying, "If only, if only" to no avail because dwelling will not change anything. Try to think of positive things in place of negative ones (I know it''s hard, but it is possible, especially after a little time passes.) For example, you say one of your complaints is that you have no picture of you with your grandmother. But, on the plus side, your grandmother was alive and well and able to see you on your wedding day. That in itself is amazing. I would give anything to have that.

Do you still have your gown? You could ask your grandmother to wear her dress that she wore that day and have a photographer come take photos and sort of recreate the day. A lot of people have "wedding photos" taken after the wedding is over and done with. You could even have the straps in your gown refitted to make you feel better about that.

So...you didn''t have the perfect wedding. Well, that''s okay, you could always have:
the perfect home (or at least the perfect bedroom!)
the perfect yard
the perfect holiday party
the perfect pet
The perfect Vacation
or if you''re really lucky: the perfect marriage!

Choose one of these aspects to throw your energy and creativity in to. It will really help to have a new focus.

I have a friend who had an out door wedding planned, but it rained. Her flowers were late, we had to move the ceremony to a cramped, undecorated room inside, one of the bridesmaids had hemmed her dress substantially shorter than the others, we still had the reception outside under a small tent despite the downpour, but pretty much everyone got wet/slid around the dance floor. Her dress got SUPER muddy and her hair fell down. But, it was STILL one of the best weddings I''ve been to. Her guests are like your guests. We all thought it was great despite the problems. I have never once heard her murmur a complaint. She mostly said, "oh well, whatever. we''re married!"

Take a page from her story. You''re Married! Celebrate that every day!
 
Date: 7/3/2007 7:00:29 PM
Author: Phoenyx
Ok... put yourself in my shoes... Look at it from a bride''s perspective. Would you have wanted a wedding that things fell apart? The only loving moment in my wedding is when my father and I danced and he told me he was proud of me. My husband even admitted to me that he thought that because this was his second marriage, he didn''t want a wedding and was happy that I thought it was a disaster.


NEATFREAK: The signature at the end of my post is correlated with my name Phoenyx. I feel like you are wrong. A bride shouldn''t have to be running around worried about people who didn''t have their acts together on her wedding day.



Why shouldn''t I be upset?
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Also, EBREE, I have been diagnosed with a rare disease and do not know if I will be around in 5 or 10 years. My grandmother is 80 years of age and I have no pictures of us on my wedding day.


I never expected for my day to be perfect but somethings were uncalled for.

I''m sorry, but I thought you were looking for REAL opinions here, not for us to just say "YES YES" to everything you said. You asked for opinions, and you got them.

And regardless of whether your signature is "for your screen name", I really think that it is the PERFECT advice to take in this situation.

And I''m really concerned that you say the ONLY good thing about your day was the moment when your father and you danced? What about the part where you married the man of your dreams? Because it doesn''t seem like that was important at all to you...


and it should have been.
 
You know, phoenyx, let me tell you (and I don''t just share this on a whim) about my wedding. Let me start by saying my Mother was in the ER with we still don''t know what sort of ailment overnight and almost didn''t make it to my wedding at all. I had to take her and my dad to the ER (I got married in my DH''s hometown) at 7 p.m. the night before the wedding. We thought she might die. Lo and behold she showed up half an hour late to the wedding looking like absolute hell with one navy sandal and one black sandal and an iv bandaid still taped to her hand. Ummm, let''s see. I was up until 1 a.m. that night and had to get up at 5 a.m. to shower and do my makeup myself before I went to my hair appointment with my BM''s at 7 a.m. I drove everyone around, went to the cermony/reception site HOPING to God my mom would be ok but having to hold it together because she didn''t want to ruin my day and told me to go on with things as planned. Many things got a little messed up that day. I forgot my cake topper (gee, should''ve delegated that task to someone else, but even if I had I wouldn''t be blaming them for it since I was the bride and it was my responsibility anyway), among many other little teeny things that I don''t even remember because they were overshadowed by the fact that I don''t care anymore!

Let''s move on to two days into my honeymoon. My mother calls me while DH and I are in a cab to go see a show, and tells me my father is on the way into surgery where he may die because he was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer two months prior to the wedding. They never told us because they didn''t want us to postpone the wedding. Can you possibly imagine how I felt knowing that? My dad was so gaunt looking at the wedding it all made sense suddenly. So there I am on my honeymoon for the second time in one week knowing one or both of my parents could be dead by the time I made it home.

The gal who did my hair had a similar story: her father had a heart attack and passed away the day before her wedding.

I understand you have an illness and may only have 5-10 years to live. That stinks, and I''m sorry to hear of it. But why don''t you live each day forward like it is your last? There''s no point in trying to go back and change the past.

I''m very sorry to be so harsh with you, but you asked for opinions and I get a little upset when I hear people posting about things that are out of anyone''s control and getting ticked because other posters don''t agree with their perspective. But you''ve chosen which attitude you''re going to have, and it''s the opposite of positive, so there you are. I''m done with this thread.
 
I'm sorry you have a rare disease. If I didn't know how long I'd be around, I'd cherish every moment of my life that I have left. Including my wedding day! I'm also concerned that you feel the only loving moment in your wedding was when you danced with your father. There were no loving moments between you and your husband? How about when you said your vows? That's the part of my wedding I'll always remember the most because it was such a special moment.

You've been married for over 2 months now. Why are you still upset? No one wants a wedding that falls apart. But no one's wedding day goes PERFECTLY either. I'm sure if I thought about it I could make a long list of things that went wrong with my wedding but I choose not to. I feel like my wedding day couldn't have gone better. It was perfect in my eyes. It was the best day of my life so far. If others think your wedding was beautiful, it must have been. You need to stop dwelling on all the bad things and get over it. Focus on all the good things and enjoy married life!
 
I''m thinking "unrealistic" may be a better word than "selfish."

You''ve had the wedding. No doubt a lot of expense and planning went into it and quite a few people pitched in to help (albeit not perfectly.) Your guests got dressed up, got babysitters and gifts, and gave up their time to watch you and your husband exchange your vows and take that big step into married life.

No matter how badly it went, if you and your hubby were married and have the paperwork to prove it, it''s unrealistic to expect that anyone else will indulge you in a repeat performance, so it''s up to you to find a way to get over your disappointment so you can get on with your marriage.

As others have suggested, it would probably help to focus on what went right, and to develop a sense of humor about what went wrong! If you still have wedding chores left undone (thank you notes, for example) take care of them so you can pack everything away and move on. In other words, figure out what would allow you to move on short of staging a second wedding.


Some options for dealing with the lack of photos:

Compose a clever and/or hearfelt note to your guests, to ask if they have pictures they can share so you can put together a wedding album.


See if you can talk your sweetie into getting professional pictures made of the two of you that will remind you of the start of your lives together, and that you can send to your grandmother. You might even try to talk him into a photo session with both of you in your wedding finery, either in a studio or in some beautiful outdoor setting... but knowing how most guys feel about formal dress, good luck with that!


If nobody else (especially DH) want to go the second wedding route but you insist that you can''t be happy without one... well, that might be considered selfish.
 
Welcome to life, where nothing goes "perfectly." But you''re in luck, because your wedding WAS perfect -- you are now married to your husband, and that is the most amazing thing. If you have a rare disease with a short life expectancy, I understand. I was diagnosed with very aggressive cancer when I was 21, my 5 year survival rate from then was 40%. Well I''m 23 now, and I tell you what... I don''t sweat the small stuff.

You need to stop obsessing over the details of your wedding, stop wasting your life. Be grateful for what you have -- the chance to have a LONG happy life, and a wonderful husband to share it with.
 
I would encourage you to read fatafelice''s threads here...Her FMIL fell gravely ill a couple of weeks before her wedding and passed away a week before. She had to cancel her "dream wedding" and just ended up getting married in a casual beach ceremony anyway because she and her man decided they simply wanted to be married. Some family couldn''t make it back for the wedding because they''d just been there for the FMILs funeral. Yes, she''ll have another big wedding at some point but the most important aspect was marrying her guy.
 
I think this thread is a GREAT advertisement for wedding coordinators!

Aside from health (and possibly family) issues, everything else in your post could have likely been taken care of by a good planner. If you have perfectoinist tendancies, either in general or just for the wedding, it''s smart to hire a coordinator. Because if you don''t, you''ll be micromanaging everything, have people screaming your name, and just be generally stressed out on a day you should be ENJOYING.

Quite honestly, you have two options: plan yourself and then just let the cards fall where they may the day of the wedding (i.e. don''t sweat the details and enjoy the moment) or hire a planner to get all the details right (and to take the heat if stuff DOES go wrong)

Do-over wedding though? Sorry if I was invited to that I''d think the person was a little cuckoo.

Personally, I agree with the person who said you were being unrealistic...noone "deserves" a dream wedding...you''re not entitled to perfection on demand. I''m finding a lot of people think they''re entitled to the "perfect" house/partner/children...and then they have a meltdown when it doesn''t turn out that way. It is not your god-given right...if you want something, you have to work for (and sometimes pay for) it...and even then there are no guarentees. Sometimes you have to settle for the condo instead of the house because it''s what you can afford. Sometimes the guy you marry isn''t Brad Pitt with a PhD...he''s a normal guy who leaves the towels on the floor and has a bit of a back hair problem (but you love him anyways!)...do you divorce him after 2 years because you "don''t want to settle"? You can send your kid to the $30K a year private high school...but if he decides at 18 he wants to go on the road with a rock band instead of college, you can''t ask for a refund!

Be thankful for the blessings in your life. Go visit your grandmother and take some nice photos in a park. Life is too short for ALL of us...smell the roses and walk by the dog doo.
 
I really don''t see how having another wedding would solve anything. How can it even feel the same now that you''re already married? The most important part, your union, has already occurred-- so a second wedding would only be about the extra stuff. In my opinion at least.

I would also be disappointed if everything went wrong on my wedding day. But I would never consider having another wedding, I don''t see the point. I would just try to focus on what was great about the day, there has to be something. I really think that it might have seemed horrible to you, but not to everyone else. I''m sure your guests were not scrutinizing things as much as you were, and they probably didn''t even notice that anything was wrong.
 
Hi, did you husband said what he said because he was upset that you were unhappy? sometimes people say things they don''t mean when they are upset..

Perhaps your expectations were to high to have a perfect wedding? When I had my wedding several years back, I remember that we had both expected some things to go wrong and it did. So when things did go a little wrong (like music ending abruptly or not starting at the right moment, my long train got caught in the stairs and i have to be freed etc), it was ok because we expected some things to go wrong. I recall my hubby and I even quarrelled the night before our wedding day, but in the end, we enjoyed the wedding though it was tiring.

Perhaps you can have a wedding anniversary party and hopefully this time things will turn out better?
 
Date: 7/3/2007 7:53:50 PM
Author: risingsun
I can''t help but wonder if something, other than the wedding problems, is going on here. If my husband said he was glad that our wedding was a ''disaster,'' I would be very concerned and angry. I''m sorry that your day did not go as you hoped it would. I seems as if more than the usual glitches happened. I''m still getting the impression that, perhaps, all is not well with you and your husband and the difficulty letting go of the wedding day issues are a reflection of this. If have I misspoken, my apologies...

I agree with RisingSun. Is your disappointment with the wedding... or with being Married? Most of us are just so happy to be married to our husbands that just about anything could have gone wrong and it''d have still been the best day of our lives. You should still be in the glowy honeymoon phase of your marriage.
Your inability to let go of the minor things that went wrong during your wedding is robbing you and your husband with one of the most special times in your marriage. I strongly suspect that the happy memories of one''s ''honeymoon'' period is vital to getting through the harder patches in one''s marriage.
 
I think if all of those glitches had happened on my wedding day I would be upset and frustated as well. Especially after planning months in advance and spending good money on everything too. How could the facility forget to sweep and mop the floors for your wedding? I''m sorry, but that''s just standard maintenance operation for any facility hosting a major event! And the photographer was two hours late!
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How many of us would be smiling happily if the professional photographer was nowhere to be found on the day of your wedding? No professional photos while taking your vows and exchanging your rings! Just because Phoenix is getting married to the man of her dreams means she shouldn''t be frustrated that these things happened.

I''m sure the emotional and physical stresses of having a rare disease just made things worse too. It''s easy to say ''suck it up and forget about it'', if evrything in your lfie is going pretty smoothly, and you know that you can make some more beautiful memories down the road. Phoenix may not have that opportunity, so maybe for that reason she particularly wanted to have special memories of her wedding day.

That said, Phoenix, I agree with other posters that a second wedding may not be the answer. Who would pay for it? What if something bad happens, would you feel cheated another time? Also, I''m sure guests would not particularly want to get dressed up and devote another 4-5 hours to a wedding ceremony that they feel they already attended. Sounds like many of the guests did not see the flaws that you did. As someone said, maybe the thing to do would be to grieve over the glitches for a bit, then spend some time focusing on all of the good things that did happen. Speak to some of your guests and ask them what they liked. It might help you feel better.
 
I'm with TG.... i've got my dream life..... I've just had to re-define "dream" a few times.
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Here's the thing: dreams are only worth dwelling on when they're actually attainable. Since there's no way to go back in time and re-do that day, what are you accomplishing by dwelling on your "dream" wedding? Is it making you feel better about your marriage/husband/family/life in any way? Is it making your husband feel good? If not, it's time to refocus.

We had our amazing, wonderful wedding on May 5th and I can't stop re-living all my favorite moments with my hubby. Of course, we don't spend a lot of time re-living the part midway through the reception, when all the guests went outside to see the fireworks JUST in time to see my cousin's loser husband get handcuffed and dragged away by the police for hitting her in the face during an alcoholic rage.

Was that part of my "dream"? Nope, not really.... but we dealt with it appropriately, moved on, and ended up staying an extra hour because everyone was having so much fun. And the best part of all? Because it was witnessed by so many people, my cousin finally realized how abusive he really is, started therapy, got a lawyer, and served him with divorce papers.

As others have said, life's gonna give you some lemons, and after the damage is done, usually you have two choices: laugh or cry. Personally, I choose laugh.
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You are so right Eph---Just got back from my wedding 2 days ago--was it a ''perfect'' event? Well, certainly not..forgot pics with a set of grandparents, had a bee fly up my dress, rambled in my speech, totally messed up the first dance i had practiced for hours etc. etc. etc....but it was a WEDDING--with a million and one details to work out--one must simply expect many of them to go wrong. But at the end of the night i was really content b/c i married my best friend and everyone had a blast!

Throw another party (but know that some things will go wrong at that one too
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