10 things I never knew about planning a wedding

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsBrady

I'd like to add something to this list.

I never knew that planning a wedding....would give other people who are NOT giving me any money for it, the right to tell me HOW to plan my own wedding. This has got to be the MOST frustrating thing thus far.

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Posted by madseason


I totally thought all the same things....I looooove my matire d...if she wasnt here id be in pieces.....my mom thought atleast 3k on a dress and its half that.....and if my mom doesnt stop telling me 'well when i got married we did this..' or 'why are you doing that...we didnt' that was 74....oh im gonna pop!!!

so true so true..

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Posted by heathermatt

i actually really enjoyed ready your list...It made me laugh on a day I want to cry....

NY wedding are so not every where else..I once went to a wedding where the photographer was wearing jeans....

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsBrady

I'd like to add something to this list.

I never knew that planning a wedding....would give other people who are NOT giving me any money for it, the right to tell me HOW to plan my own wedding. This has got to be the MOST frustrating thing thus far.

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Posted by MrsK2008

1) I had no idea how to go about making a budget ad paying for a reception. I figured it was a pay as you go type of thing. I seriously thought they would try to hit us with a finance charge.
( do people put finance charges on this? )

2) I had no idea how much a wedding dress would cost. I loathed looking. I expected to pay 3 times what I am actually paying, so that was a sweet surprise!

3) I have no idea what pre cana is. My FH is catholic and I am just glad I talked him out of a church wedding.

4) I did not know what the duties of a maitre D were. I wanted he/she to butt out, I can do it myself.
( thankfully i have come to realize that maitre D's should be drafted as saints)

5) I never knew how over inflated the cost of something gets when it is provided for a wedding.
Now when I book a vendor, say a LIMO, I don't feel the need to disclose my wedding.

6) I had no idea what a bustle was.

7) I had no idea people had engagement parties.

8) I never knew a wedding shower was supposed to be a surprise.

9) I never knew how to properly address an invitation or a thank-you card.

10) I never realized how nasty people would be to me when I told them i was about to get married......or how many antecdotes and words of psuedo-wisdom I would have to endure. BOO

there is seriously a lot more than this, these are just he most amusing in IMO

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsBrady

I'd like to add something to this list.

I never knew that planning a wedding....would give other people who are NOT giving me any money for it, the right to tell me HOW to plan my own wedding. This has got to be the MOST frustrating thing thus far.

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Posted by heathermatt

i actually really enjoyed ready your list...It made me laugh on a day I want to cry....

NY wedding are so not every where else..I once went to a wedding where the photographer was wearing jeans....

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Posted by SparkyandAng

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Posted by madseason


I totally thought all the same things....I looooove my matire d...if she wasnt here id be in pieces.....my mom thought atleast 3k on a dress and its half that.....and if my mom doesnt stop telling me 'well when i got married we did this..' or 'why are you doing that...we didnt' that was 74....oh im gonna pop!!!

so true so true..

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I think more than ANYTHING else, the thing that bugs me most is the 'well we didnt' do that', 'I didn't have one of those', 'you don't need that'....I don't careeeeeeeeeee, this is my wedding and that's why I get to choose what I want.

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Posted by mariaobride

the list was nice to read thanks for sharing- a lot of it I am sure we can relate to

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Posted by SparkyandAng

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Posted by heathermatt

i actually really enjoyed ready your list...It made me laugh on a day I want to cry....

NY wedding are so not every where else..I once went to a wedding where the photographer was wearing jeans....

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Absolutely. I went to my cousins wedding in Kansas, and while it was very nice, it was in the basement of a church and had the really long rectangular tables and folding chairs like they use for Bingo.

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