Post wedding let down?

marylovesjim · June 2013

I am concerned there will be a mega let down after all the fuss is over. Any ideas on how to transition back to reality without crashing?

AddieCake · June 2013

I didn't have this at all. I was so glad to be done with the planning, and we were moving a few months after, so I had a whole new project to focus on.

WinstonsGirl · June 2013

I didn't have this either, but we did a DW and had a week after to hang out with family and friends doing activities together. When we got back, we decided to go on a honeymoon and had that to plan, so we got a gradual decrease of activities to was us out of planning. By the time the honeymoon was over, I was so tired of planning and doing stuff that I just wanted to relax and enjoy some down time

lodonnell616 · June 2013

Just back from honeymoon, here. No worries about thinking about my wedding (can't wait for the professional pics though). The fuss is over and its so exciting to go on with life, just married!

tiny speck · June 2013

After the wedding and honeymoon it was back to work for us too. It was a relief to have things back to normal, especially after the craziness of our families being around for the wedding (they were not around for the planning so it was a huge adjustment and added stress the week before getting married).

kks4471 · June 2013

I was nervous too, but honestly didn't have a problem. The best thing for me was waiting for our professional photo CDs to arrive. We looked at every single photo, chose which ones to order for the house, and chose which ones to put in our album. That process really helped wind things down. Married life is wonderful!

erinlin25 · June 2013

It was such relief to have all the planning over and just to see it all come to life and see how happy people were. We took a little mini moon to just get away for 2 days before it was back to reality--Now we are starting to get pictures guests have shared and should start getting pro pics in the next week or two. Its exciting to just be married... we do have our official honeymoon in September to look forward to, and are in process of getting a house, so its exciting to look forward to all of that as well. the fun does not have to stop

You always have the knot to come back to when you want your wedding fix.

harper0813 · June 2013

I'm nervous about it too. It's like my new hobby. I'll have to find new hobbies: selling the wedding decorations, house hunting, knitting, whatever.

soontobehanby · June 2013

Being a fiance and planning a wedding was fun, but I like being a wife a lot more. I like planning for our home. It's a ton of fun.

Maggie0829 · June 2013

I went through a bit of a "post-wedding depression". I think it was more that the planning and us buying a house and me DIYing a lot of things encompassed so much of my life that when it was all done and over with I felt a void. It took a little while for me to adjust to not having much to do besides working and being with H but I got over it. It is a bit of a let down because you spend a lot of time planning and preparing and getting excited for it all to be over with in a few short hours. Now H and I love our down time and are working on decorating our house and spending time with our pup. It is nice not to have a big event to worry about anymore.

perfectisboring · June 2013

I agree about there not being any let down. While planning, I was so busy browsing wedding ideas, buying things and coordinating dates, I was concerned that I'd be bored afterwards. We didn't have a honeymoon to distract us from the post-wedding feelings, but we just went back to normal life. Jumped right into married life which, in my opinion, is much more fun than being fiances. Plus, there are thank you cards to write and photos to sort through, so you kind of wean yourself off of it.

Summer2011Bride · June 2013

Ours was more of a post-vacation let down after our HM to Hawaii. I always feel a little blue after an awesome vacation is over and it's time to go back to reality.

It helped that we got our wedding photos a couple weeks after we returned. That was exciting and looking at them kind of helped us relive the day. We also planned some fun activities right when we got back: grilling out with friends, a concert in town, we started planning our next getaway even though it was months away, etc. I think the letdown comes from not having something big and exciting to look forward to anymore, so we planned some fun and exciting things and focused on those.

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