I've just gotten engaged about a month ago. Dates have been tentatively set for July 2011. This is not my first marriage. But it is my first wedding (my last was more of an elopement...) and his first of both. So I'm pretty set on doing it rather "right" this time. The whole wedding,and reception thing... Now I know it's normal to be excited about these things, I sort of feel like I'm being obsessed w/it. It's all I ever talk about, think about and wonder about... all the little details, how to plan the budget, Heck, even the guest list and numbers have already been done in a sense... just so we could speak to vendors and venues w/ some sort of an idea... (and all it is is ideas at this point)....and I'm so afraid of turning into bridezilla...anyone else going through something like this... planning is sort of fun, but when does the obsession with it calm down?
Re: Is being this obsessed so normal?
Just pace yourself. You will get burnt out, and that's normal too.
Also, don't drive your friends nuts. They will be excited for you for a minute, and then obsessing over a party a year in advance is going to start to seem nutty to them. When you want to talk about colors and venues and all the little details, bring it here. There are people here that will get excited with you and won't get annoyed that you are focused on it.
The obsession stops when the problems start and then you'll be very "over it!" the best advice I can offer is just to try and remember what is really important to you both, there's a lot of people who stress over matching shoes for the BD, MOB/MOG outfits, centre pieces etc, save yourself the hassle and let the more trivial things just go over your head,
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haha - crap! I'm only engagd for 7 months, which means the obsession will not end!
I don't know - I'm trying very hard right now to have normal conversations with people, but I feel like everyone keeps asking ME about wedding stuff, so really it's the only thing I talk about! (although I'm not complaining just yet)
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EStar, that's exactly what I'm doing. Looking at Venues - pricing them, we just started pricing photographers, and even the caterers. Being that it's gonna be a Lutheran service, his church requres a pre marriage counseling session. so we're trying to do that - just to get it out of the way. Anything that doesn't cost money or require a contract to be signed... can pretty much be worked on. The dress... well I did go in and try a bunch on - and found a few I liked. but I'm waiting for a bit longer before making the final decision on that... as new ones will come out this spring/summer. Thanks!