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A Few Things to Keep in Mind
The countdown has entered single digits Here are a few things to keep in mind when planning your wedding.
- Plan everything together. This doesn’t mean that you will both spend the same amount of time or energy on the centrepieces (or as I like to call them, table middles). It just helps the other person immensely if you express an interest and an opinion, no matter how uninformed or non-committal, in what he or she is doing.
- Take it easy on each other. One day, the most important thing in the world will seem to be the first dance song. The next you’ll be agonizing over favours. Whatever the point of contention, go easy. Weddings are stressful and emotional and people are acting under those influences.
- Don’t be a cliché. If you’re a man this probably just means don’t be a man. Never say you don’t care. Instead, say you don’t have a preference which amounts to the same thing but is expressed very differently. Remember 1. and 2. above, and act accordingly. If you’re a woman don’t automatically assume your man doesn’t care. I mean he might not, but assuming that won’t help you out. Sometimes people just need to be made to understand how they can care. Everyone needs help. (I assume that in same sex couples there is still an imbalance with regards to effort in wedding planning. I could be wrong.)
- Take time to not think about the wedding. It can get a little out of hand, and its nice to stop for a moment and just watch a movie and get really drunk.
- Write things down. Whether it’s things to say, people to remember, or the steps to a dance - write things down. Your mind during wedding planning is crappy Swiss cheese, the kind you get at a gas station that gives you stomach spasms.
- Having fun is being in love.
8 days.
