Last Minute Advice?

shan87 · May 2011

Already Married ladies, spill.

I'm 4 days away from the wedding and have 4 more hours of work and then off the rest of the week! Hollar! I am so excited its hard to sit still, and I already warned my hair and make up lady that its bound to get worse before Sat. haha.

I don't have many projects left so you are stuck with me a little longer. David goes back to work on Memorial Day, and I worried that afterwards its going to seem like a dream because we both go back to what we were doing before.

And on another note, if one more person asks me what if David and I don't get along once we move in, I am going to punch them in the face. haha (I kid) For decades people didn't live together until AFTER the wedding, granted we have to wait a few months later but seriously, if our only problems are him leaving his dirty clothes on the floor or leaving an empty cartoon in the fridge. I think we'll be okay

Beachy730 · May 2011

Yay, so exciting!!! My best advice to you is to just relax and enjoy every minute of your day. Don't stress about anything, because come the day of the wedding it is all out of your hands, and stressing about "everything going perfect" isn't going to help that happen. Just realize that you have done everything you can to make your day perfect, and now it's out of your hands and time to trust your vendors and just enjoy it!

H and I never officially lived together until after the wedding. But we would spend full weekends together, and sometimes weeks when I was on breaks from teaching. I think being in an LDR is sometimes a better indicator of living together, because when you do see eachother it's automatically for longer periods of time. H and I had no surprises when we finally did live together, and it's been great. Besides, if you do get sick of eachother, that's what deployments are for! (Just kidding).

shan87 · May 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_last-minute-advice?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:13Discussion:dbb2149a-11d0-49d9-981f-1296a8bf8d5ePost:f6262bbd-1d92-44bc-8d30-25635621705a">Re: Last Minute Advice?</a>:
[QUOTE]Yay, so exciting!!! My best advice to you is to just relax and enjoy every minute of your day. Don't stress about anything, because come the day of the wedding it is all out of your hands, and stressing about "everything going perfect" isn't going to help that happen. Just realize that you have done everything you can to make your day perfect, and now it's out of your hands and time to trust your vendors and just enjoy it! H and I never officially lived together until after the wedding. But we would spend full weekends together, and sometimes weeks when I was on breaks from teaching. I think being in an LDR is sometimes a better indicator of living together, because when you do see eachother it's automatically for longer periods of time. H and I had no surprises when we finally did live together, and it's been great. <strong>Besides, if you do get sick of eachother, that's what deployments are for! (Just kidding).
</strong>Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

I have actually gotten the comment "Well at least by the time you get sick of each other its probably time for deployment" a couple times, which shocked me and made me sad. I hope I never want David to deploy so he leaves the apt. :(

kyrgyzstan · May 2011

I have no words of advice, but congrats, and come back bearing pictures!

mob2689 · May 2011

After the wedding, you'll be on that wedding high for a while even when H leaves for work. Now that you will be living together, you can start decorating and rearranging things since it's half yours <smirk & wink> You will have wedding thank you notes to write, organizing all the beautiful wedding gifts and finding the "right" spot for them. Until then enjoy ,relax like Beach had stated, and enjoy your time off and leading up to the wedding! Being excited is all good! Yea!!! Take this coming week to relax and enjoy. Maybe try new recipies to keep your mind occupied while FI is at work.

crownsuperstar · May 2011

I also say ENJOY your day. Mine went by so fast that I have to look at pictures to remember parts of the day. I can say that it is a total blur from Friday night until Sunday morning! Most importantly...don't let other people (ex: mother-in-law, mother, aunt, cousins...etc.) get to you. My advise is to just breathe, smile and walk away. One of my girls said "I will take care of that...that is my job as a BM"

Congrats!

Oh one more thing...enjoy your time in your dress. I loved every minute in mine and was sad to put it in the bag.

MilitaryBride2Be · May 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_last-minute-advice?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:dbb2149a-11d0-49d9-981f-1296a8bf8d5ePost:f6262bbd-1d92-44bc-8d30-25635621705a">Re: Last Minute Advice?</a>:
[QUOTE]Yay, so exciting!!! My best advice to you is to just relax and enjoy every minute of your day. Don't stress about anything, because come the day of the wedding it is all out of your hands, and stressing about "everything going perfect" isn't going to help that happen. Just realize that you have done everything you can to make your day perfect, and now it's out of your hands and time to trust your vendors and just enjoy it! H and I never officially lived together until after the wedding. But we would spend full weekends together, and sometimes weeks when I was on breaks from teaching. I<strong> think being in an LDR is sometimes a better indicator of living together, because when you do see eachother it's automatically for longer periods of time.</strong> H and I had no surprises when we finally did live together, and it's been great. Besides, if you do get sick of eachother, that's what deployments are for! (Just kidding).
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

I totally agree, other than the first week which was a little stressful since we both moved to his new base and were house hunting everything has been great.

Enjoy every minute of your day!

Alice and Les · May 2011

I have lived with FI before (married in 26 days) So I can't offer you married advice but I can say your biggest problem for living together will probably getting used to someone sleeping in the same bed as you. Oh and leaving his gear EVERYWHERE. Seriously I found a rifle cleaning kit in the bathroom....

ANYWAY I am sure you two will be fine

Best of luck and congrats to you both!

SarahP787 · May 2011

Yay so exciting!!! I don't have any advice other than to have an awesome time :-D And I figure if you're not moving in together right away, it just means that you get to spead the awesomeness out instead of using it up all at once!

Also, how is it that people seem to think they can say the rudest things just because a wedding is involved? Maybe you really *should* start punching them in the face!

kara811 · May 2011

Here's some wedding day advice:

-Remember to PEE before getting in that dress! It's hard to do it when you've got a ball gown on, you'll need the help of like 3 BMs like I did! Haha

-Also, eat plenty before getting your make up done. With all the excitement and business, H and I couldn't even really enjoy the food at the reception, especially our chocolate fountain!

-If you get the nerves the morning of, just calm down, blast some music(I did this in my suite), have a drink.

-Don't worry so much about the little details anymore once the day comes, let it alll go!

And like others have said, you'll be fine when you start living together. H and I never lived together either beforehand, but had few weeks together from time to time. I like the "deployment joke" lol. Have an awesome day and Congrats!!!

shan87 · May 2011

Thanks ladies!

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