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day before wedding chaos ugh

JaniV123JaniV123 member
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So several people waited until today to tell us they won't be coming to the wedding or the reception. I mean I understand unexpected circumstances but in and out of hospital for over a week, and another that works for an airline and was waiting until last minute to see if she could find a flight. 

I am trying to not be upset but it still bothers me a bit and saddens me for the couple where the husband has been in and out of hospital for over a week. I would not want him or them to feel pressured to attend because his health comes first but I also confirmed last numbers for the venue 2 days ago and now about 5 people might not show up... plus my dad officially said he wasnt coming wednesday night, so that makes 7 and 2 people we had on a maybe list for the reception.... so that is basically a full table that we could've saved up.. 

ughh it doesn't end there... FI got contacts today and they just fucked him up right now bothering his eyes and it was kinda stressful for him to deal with. And one of my BM's dress isn't fitting... she flew in today and her aunt had picked up her dress. Since they were custom made dresses she got fitted on May 1st when she came for my cousin's wedding. And now apparently the dress doesn't fit. Oh and now I also have to drive all the linens and things to the venue at 8am since they have a wedding and the decorator cannot go to set up tonight.

I might open the bottle of prosecco I had bought for tomorrow. 


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Re: day before wedding chaos ugh

  • MairePoppyMairePoppy mod
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    Yep, open that bottle of prosecco. 

    Last minute guest cancellations are par for the course. There may even be some no shows. But tomorrow you won't even care because you'll have a wonderful wedding day.


                       
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  • onefootinthebayouonefootinthebayou member
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    Yeah! You're going to be fine!

    I had a stressful day before wedding as well:

    Had to work for 3 hours despite being PTO, confirm all final vendor details as well as submit final bad playlist, our ring bearer was too sick to bear the rings, Fi had legit pink eye 5 days pre-wedding...I could go on.

    Let it go, wake up tomorrow and take some time to reflect on the day, your family, friends, getting married, etc. Try to slow your thinking & breathing & get ready to face the day. It will go by fast, just smile & enjoy it!

    Don't sweat the vendors/venue at this point. They are used to this & aren't going to be phased by an inaccurate guest count at this point.

    Happy wedding!!
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  • JCbride2015JCbride2015 member
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    You will be fine!  Relax, seriously!  Open that prosecco.

    SO MUCH shit went wrong the day before my wedding.  So.  Much.  My sister and my friend were supposed to bring all of the wedding paper and decor to the venue, but they brought it to the hotel instead; my mom told me she would steam the tablecloths but she forgot and they were covered with little creases (bridesmaids and I steamed them at 2AM); we didn't have time to print out a photo to put in our photo guest book; and yes, last minute guest cancellations-- all either got fixed, or they didn't, and either way it was fine.  It all worked out in the end and the things that I realized still didn't get done (totally forgot to make signs to identify the tables or the signature drinks; DJ played wrong version of father/daughter dance) didn't really matter.

    I second @onefootinthebayou: your vendors know what they are doing and a slightly wrong guest count is no big deal.  On the day of, try to relax and let the professionals run the party as much as you can.

    And oh!  Just remembered upon re-reading that my mom was literally sewing boob padding into my sister's dress mere hours before the ceremony.  Then she started stacking sticky bras one on top of the other to fill out her too-big dress.  It was frightening but also hilarious.  Don't sweat it, it will work out.

    And YAYYYYYY have fun!
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  • onefootinthebayouonefootinthebayou member
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    @JCbride2015  WOW!  Sounds like you had a similar experience to me!  

    Fortunately, people are still talking about our wedding and how fun it was (and not how the ceremony musicians started playing our recessional before the ceremony was over and then awkwardly wound it down when they saw that we were still standing up front staring at them. Hahahaha).

    Things will go wrong but I swear people only remember the good stuff (well, the good stuff and awkward family toasts).  
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