re-plan...reschedule...sigh

newhope0810 · March 2012

So does anyone have the issue of planning almost everything out and at last minute the military steps in and your husband-to-be has to go to X for Y amount of time and then you have to re-plan EVERYTHING?

Beachy730 · March 2012

Yes. Many people here, myself included.

shan87 · March 2012

Yep. From Birthday BBQs to Weddings- I suggest any time you plan something, plan a back up.

kara811 · March 2012

Don't they always do that? Like Shan, from weddings to small events/vacations, a lot of plans tend to change in this lifestyle. Always have a back up, and get used to last minute changes because it wont be the last.

Sammy0709 · March 2012

I'm with PP's

SamiJoeB · March 2012

Such is the Military lifestyle. I even had to plan when to serve my H with divorce papers on his military schedule. Thus the beauty of the military clause!! If you don't already have them, perhaps tell a while lie to your vendors and say that you didn't know about them before, but you'd like to ask them to include one! Then in a week or two call them back and say "Wow! It's a good thing we put that military clause in there!! Wouldn't you know! My FI has to go for Training (or whatever) on those days.. We're thinking of moving it to X, Y or Z dates.. do any of these work for you?" I'm pretty morally opposed to lying to get things, but in this case, I'd do it!

Tiddlywinkles · March 2012

It happened to me! I think it's happened to just about all of us. Like everyone else said, it's something you will have to get used to. When you marry the man, you marry the job.

lrh17 · March 2012

Yup. Nothing too bad yet, but I know it will happen eventually. I hope you're able to work things out, whatever the situation may be!

divinemsbee · March 2012

I'm with everyone, it's the way it works. My FI and I waited 6 months to do the engagement thing because of his schedule, and I didn't start really planning until we'd been engaged for 7 months because of schedule conflict. I agree with Sammi, put military clauses on everything you can and try to work with sympathetic people.

AshleyR3 · March 2012

We ended up getting married JOP and then we are planning on having the ceremony and reception this year. I had everything planned out to where I just had to get invites and then we were pretty much done just had some small stuff. They decided to deploy my hubby (within 2 years of his last deployment) so I had to change the ceremony date TBA. Thank god my vendors were understanding!