Does anyone feel like they're WAY too excited?!

jackiebrim · June 2013

For all the July 13th brides on here, we have 30 days left!!! I find myself going onto wedding websites every chance I get and obsessing over everything. We are SO CLOSE!! I didn't feel like it was real until my fiancé's brother got married last weekend. It was the sweetest, more gorgeous wedding I had ever seen.

My problem is, I haven't been sleeping. Simply because I'm too excited for the wedding, to be married, and for our honeymoon. We have both been working overtime to pay for everything and never see each other! I just can't wait to be on that beach for eight days straight with my hubby.

My main concern is, once this is all over, I'm afraid I will be somewhat depressed. We have been planning this wedding for over a year, and lately it's all I've been thinking about. FI will be going to Marine boot camp at the end of August, so I think I will be overcome with way too many emotions. Any tips to keep grounded in this exciting time?

lifeonthehill · June 2013

I am staying grounded by constantly looking at my to do list. This promptly sends me into fits of anxiety and makes me climb back into bed for another hour of sleep.

On a lighter note. I am so excited because even if the rest of my wedding is crap I will be married to Adam and I will be Mrs. Chabot! I can't help but get giddy and now that we are so close he is getting excited about actually being married as well.

As for staying grounded. Keep busy. Work on as much wedding stuff now as possible to avoid anxiety. WRITE IT ALL DOWN! I haven't done this but I have heard if you write all of your excitement about everything down it might help you relax and it will be great to have for later.

pam8787 · June 2013

I find myself more anxious than excited. I know that probably sounds bad but I don't feel prepared for the wedding. I'm not afraid because of the marriage. We have been together so long it's like being married but the wedding, I just don't feel prepared yet.

I think when it's all said and done we all will feel at a lost because we have planned for it so long, but I'm hoping some of the stress with wedding planning will be gone and we can just enjoy married life a bit.

shaygray88 · June 2013

I totally feel the same way! I am so anxious I don't know how it will be once we get back from our honeymoon. The good thing is I will be back in school come August so I will have something to focus on. You are definitely not alone:)

Belle0720 · June 2013

I am seriously so excited that I constantly want to dance and sing 'I'm so excited!' lol

I'm a little worried that I'm going to be bummed out when it's all over, especially since I have loved every minute of planning, but I know I just need to find something else to focus on. Hopefully we'll be moving into our new house not too long after the wedding so I'll be able to put my energy into nesting instead! For sure I want to have a house warming party once we're settled in and then I want to throw a big 30th birthday party for FI in February...so I feel like I have good line up of things to not be too depressed that the wedding is over. lol

1FairMaiden · June 2013

GAH! THIRTY DAYS!!!! I'm still anxious, but I've already made a deal with myself that as of July 10, if it hasn't been done, it must not be important. The. End. There are so many things planned for the last three days before the wedding, I flatly refuse to have anything left to do. My other count down right now is until June 19th, which is my last day of work (I'm a teacher) which means I'll have about 20 straight days to do wedding stuff.

drg424 · June 2013

I'm July 12 and it finally feels real to me too! You know, I chimed in on the arguments thread that we had indeed been hitting a rough patch, but as of about a week ago, everything has just relaxed and evened out. The lovey dovey feeling is definitely back as we both realize we're about to be **married** as in not "planning a wedding" but two people who are Mr. and Mrs. for life and committed - whoa, I have lost sight of that a bit among all the craziness. The best part is we both solidly feel we have no doubts whatsoever.

Neither of us having cold feet is 100x better than the worst thing that could go bad logistically at the wedding, for sure.

drg424 · June 2013

OP, to your point, though, I have heard from several bride friends that they were depressed afterward, with nothing to plan and/or look forward to...maybe it's just post-wedding depression like post-partum depression? LOL. I'm sure you'll find something else to focus your energy on though! It will be tough with your FI gone to boot camp but as someone who has been, I promise that two month period is just a blip on the radar!

tishnicden · June 2013

I am more anxious than anything. I kind of just want to scream into a pillow. Good anxious of course! It's the culmination of all this hard work and seeing it turn into one amazing event where two people profess their love and become one, and those two people are myself and FI. I don't know, it still doesn't quite feel real to me. Our day is the 20th, so we'll see

&I was actually just thinking about this! After all is said and done I think I'm going to feel like I have nothing to do. The planning process has been so insane that I think I'll feel at a loss. On the bright side, my MOH is also planning her wedding which is either this fall or next spring (driving me NUTS), so that will keep me busy and of course we are planning to have kids soon.

grazi36 · June 2013

I'm so worried that I will be so sad when it's over! At least I'll have the honeymoon and the pictures to obsess over. We already live together, but of course being married makes it official and much more grown up.

: )

jackiebrim · June 2013

Thanks everyone who responded!

I, too, am so afraid of being depressed when it's all over. I am definitely one of those people who cries when ANYTHING is over. Every time I leave from a trip visiting family, I literally sob for the entire last day I'm there. It's a serious problem.

We have the wedding and the honeymoon, and then 4 days after we get back, we're moving, so that will keep me busy, but I'm sure once I go back to work and get settled, everything will set in that I'm not a bride anymore. I hope I can just stay focused on the fact that I will then have a wonderful HUSBAND! I think we all need things to look forward to after the wedding. I might book a trip to see my extended family over Christmas because hubby will be gone!

Price4life · June 2013

I have been feeling butterflies!! From finalizing stuff with our vendors to my dress fitting, it's just so overwhelming. A piece of me feel that if the wedding is not what I hoped and dreamed of....I will be so bummed! I'm excited and nervous.

Does anyone feel like they're WAY too excited?!

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