Do you feel like the whole wedding was an out of body experience for you?

beautyq115 Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:05 PM

Do you feel like the whole wedding was an out of body experience for you?

For me....not the whole thing but definetely many of the events of the day...I just kept thinking 'am I really a bride right now'

johnsae Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:06 PM

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yes! while it was happening it felt like I was in a dream, and I still can't believe it happened. I was numb, almost.

beautyq115 Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:13 PM

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Posted by johnsae

yes! while it was happening it felt like I was in a dream, and I still can't believe it happened. I was numb, almost.

YES numb is perfect way to describe it....I was trying to take everything in to fast....trying to catch each detail

waterspout4 Posted: Aug 02, 2006 11:56 PM

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I made the mistake of never looking in the mirror after I got dressed. We were walking into the reception when I saw myself in a mirror and I said out loud 'Holy crap! I'm the bride!!!!' That was 5 hours after getting dressed, and after the ceremony. I felt like I was at someone else's wedding.

Kris516 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 12:23 AM

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TOTALLY. It was an outer body experience - so surreal. Almost too much so for me, b/c a lot of the reception is a complete blurr.

Yesterday at work, I got introduced as Kristina O'_____, I practically giggled out loud over it. I need to wake up and realize we actually did it!

KarAnthony Posted: Aug 03, 2006 07:22 AM

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Posted by Kris516

TOTALLY. It was an outer body experience - so surreal. Almost too much so for me, b/c a lot of the reception is a complete blurr.

Yesterday at work, I got introduced as Kristina O'_____, I practically giggled out loud over it. I need to wake up and realize we actually did it!

I feel the same way, I truly don't remember much of the reception, songs, dancing, etc. my brain was on high speed!

Jen2999 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 07:53 AM

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yep.. I feel like it didnt happen yet!!!!

I get sad when people tell me things that i was THERE FOR at the reception that I dont remember!

I didnt look in my mirror before leaving either becuase of the frekkin BM drama I had and when we got to CLM, I was like HOLLLLYYY C RAP I look good... HAHHAHAHAH

kissy27 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 08:20 AM

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Yep! I had this surreal feeling all day & could not believe it was truly my time to be a bride!!!! I remember looking in the mirror as my MOH put my necklace on & saying to myself 'OMG, you are a bride & it is your time!'

I just watched my wedding video the other night with my SIL & had the same feeling again! I still can't believe it is over with & I am now a wife!!!

ayadali Posted: Aug 03, 2006 10:09 AM

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Posted by johnsae

yes! while it was happening it felt like I was in a dream, and I still can't believe it happened. I was numb, almost.

That's exactly how I felt - numb. I am so happy I hired a videographer b/c I could not imagine not being able to see the wedding and reception again! I want to see the fruits of my labor!

LMFitz Posted: Aug 03, 2006 10:11 AM

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Posted by kissy27

Yep! I had this surreal feeling all day & could not believe it was truly my time to be a bride!!!! I remember looking in the mirror as my MOH put my necklace on & saying to myself 'OMG, you are a bride & it is your time!'

Surreal is how I would describe it too! I had absolutely no anxiety or nerves....and midway through the cocktail hour I realized, 'Wow - this is a really nice wedding - and it's mine!'

It's been almost 3 months - and I'm still not a natural with my new name....especially at work where I still squeak out my old name by accident on occasion!

LaurenluvsTJ Posted: Aug 03, 2006 10:33 AM

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Absolutely! Thats probably why I can't remember a lot of things. I remember at one point being on the dance floor with DH and saying 'Is this really happening?'

CLMon7906 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 11:31 AM

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Not at all..I had some sound advice from other brides to take it easy and just leave the reception every so often to be alone and take it all in. It helped a lot.

Maybride519 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 11:57 AM

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OMG....YES!!!
After the ceremony when we were in the limo on our way to the reception, DH and I looked at eachother and we were like ' I can't believe that we are going to 'our' wedding reception'
It was so weird. It just felt like 'yeah, I am just a guest at a wedding...no biggie' Lol
Such a weird feeling. We still can't believe it and its been almost 2 1/2 months!!

JCam695 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 01:59 PM

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The whole thing was so surreal.

Boston&NY2006 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 04:06 PM

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I kept thinking the same thing...I kept thinking, 'Is this really happening?'

(Probably because I'd had so many WR dreams in the weeks leading up to it that I was just expecting to wake up).

I still sort of feel like it never really happened because it's like we're just back to our normal lives now (we've lived together for over 2 years already, so it's totally the same).

Swan06 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 04:43 PM

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I really miss it! I think im suffuring from the post-wedding blues I can't wait for us to renew our vows though

ElegantBride Posted: Aug 08, 2006 07:37 PM

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I completely agree. Obviously we all worked VERY hard to coordinate everything for our wedding day. It was amazing to see all the thousands of puzzle pieces pull together so magically in one day. I had serious tunnel vision during the church ceremony. I felt that it was only DH and myself in the church and no one else. (even though there were 100+ people there) It was a definite out of body type of feeling.

One of the best pieces of advice I got from this site was to just sit back duriing the reception(or go to the bridal suite with DH) and say to yourself 'All of these people are here to celebrate us'

megsm3 Posted: Aug 08, 2006 08:16 PM

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Posted by JCam695

The whole thing was so surreal.

i totally agree! when we were eating dinner, dh and i looked around and said to each other this is all for us and that was just crazy!!

MrsR72806 Posted: Aug 08, 2006 10:16 PM

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i was actually really calm and happy the whole day! I wish we could do it all over again!!!

beautyq115 Posted: Aug 08, 2006 11:43 PM

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Posted by megsm3

Posted by JCam695

The whole thing was so surreal.

i totally agree! when we were eating dinner, dh and i looked around and said to each other this is all for us and that was just crazy!!

Did the same thing!