So the problem.... He's in Pennsylvania. I'm in Georgia. We plan on living in South Carolina when we're married. And he wants to get married in..... Virginia?
Yes, Virginia. His grandfather is declining in health and we don't want to get married somewhere too far for him to attend. Also, most of our guest list is in PA so any location closer to me just feels selfish in asking people to travel that far. So, the solution was Virginia. It would be a 6.5 hour drive for either side which feels doable. The thing is, I've never desired a destination wedding. AND with potentially less than 7 months to plan, planning from far away is even less attractive to me. But the bottom line is that its the better location.
What I'm looking for is just some encouragement or advice from people in similar predicaments or people who have planned a wedding long distance or on a shorter time frame and survived. I'm worried about the difficulty of it all and don't love the idea of inviting stress to a long distance relationship. Help!
(PA for location is a no-no for me because that would mean giving up the reigns of a lot of wedding planning to his family merely for the convenience factor as they would be closer to the venue, caterer, florist, etc. I want them involved in the planning, but I'm afraid I would find myself constantly saying things like "Ok, I guess it's fine for your mom to do that since we have to meet the deadline and I can't fly out until next month." and I want to plan MY wedding, not have someone do it for me.)