I enjoy planning the wedding and all but all I have done is the RH...I actually have to call the church to make an appt for next week. I get phone calls every day about different DJs, photographers, bands, you name it, EVERYONE is calling my phone!!!! I pick it up and just tell them to email me and then they CALL BACK the next week!!! Its annoying and i know I have to get everything done, but after looking at a TON of RHs I just feel so spent. I dont even have an urge to look at dresses! I have planned a ton of large events in my day, but nothing like my own wedding and I am just so overwhelmed some days, I can't handle it. Other days I am totally into it and just want to DIY things all night long and be on LIW. I have yet to meet with any vendors. Does anyone else feel the same way? I just want to hire a coordiniator and tell her to do it all..but I can't afford that.
Kris10546
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I actually had a slight nervous breakdown today started cryng and freaking out that we made bad choices and i had it in my head that our wedding was ruined and it was going to be a catastophy ....my fh told me that i was banned from going on this site because i was comparing myself to too many other people and i was just making myself crazy!!!
i dont know if i can take 11 more months of this!!
I think that's my problem too...i keep comparing myself to others, but I realized that not everyone can have the same photographer, music and most importantly budget! I have gotten over the fact that things will differ based on tastes, budgets, and styles, but its just so hard trying to do everything in a timely manner and hoping it will all come together successfully! Good luck!
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That's the down side to the boards. It's great that we can share ideas and opinions but on the down side there's the tendency to compare to each other. It's very important to remember we all have different tastes and budgets! I think the most important thing is to stick to a budget and it can be hard and require tough decisions!
Meeting with DJs I can get a certain package with live musicians and stay within my budget but I really love the plasmas with zap shots. So I've been asking the DJs I meet with if I can add it on later if my budget allows at this price. When I make my decision and book I will make sure that's in my contract.
ETA: We will all have amazing, beautiful and unique weddings!
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I enjoy planning the wedding and all but all I have done is the RH...I actually have to call the church to make an appt for next week. I get phone calls every day about different DJs, photographers, bands, you name it, EVERYONE is calling my phone!!!! I pick it up and just tell them to email me and then they CALL BACK the next week!!! Its annoying and i know I have to get everything done, but after looking at a TON of RHs I just feel so spent. I dont even have an urge to look at dresses! I have planned a ton of large events in my day, but nothing like my own wedding and I am just so overwhelmed some days, I can't handle it. Other days I am totally into it and just want to DIY things all night long and be on LIW. I have yet to meet with any vendors. Does anyone else feel the same way? I just want to hire a coordiniator and tell her to do it all..but I can't afford that.
Im feeling overwelmed too...you are the day after me and i feel like all these other girls have so much done and i have nothing,,,,Once u meet with the church and get the date take a deep breath and relax make it fun....Book appointments with a few vendors a week or a month whatever u feel and then it will just keep rolling likes whats next....im waiting for the bridal show next week and im kicking into wedding planning mode....No excuses....JUst enjoy it now when u can...Just talk to these girls they will help u out alot dont feel funny.
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this is probably going to sound weird but I'm not half as stressed about my own wedding as I am about my sister's! FH and I are on a set saving schedule for our wedding and we have enough or will have enough by the time it comes around to cover everything but it doesn't leave me much to play around with in my checking account and it's what's left over after putting away our savings that I'm using to do stuff for my sister's wedding which is this october!
I think this weekend it really hit me cause on top of paying for the shower I now found out that the dress will be around $300, another $150 for hair and make up and god knows what else!
Kimbalina
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I am not overwhelmed yet.... but I understand why i most likely will be. UGH! dont worry and take it stide. do one thing at a time!
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I'm with you I'm feeling overwhelmed totally! Between being on a tight budget and the price quotes that I'm getting. I wanna die! It's crazy! Plus I feel like I hardly have anything done! WE only booked our RH and church! So I've been trying to get quotes from photographers , videographers and etc. It gets crazy!!!!!
But, take a deep breath it's all going to get done and we have time! Good luck!!!!
Take care, Fausha
dee143
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I am so glad that you voiced this!! Its really easy to feel completly overwhelmed when you see other brides who are gettinng married after you who have more accomplished than you do. This site is my salvation and slow death at the same time! LOL! I see girls doing all these wonderful and intricate DIYs and i am like... I stink!!! I cant make my own petal cones... who am i kidding? I am completly addicted to liweddings... i can be on here all night long... and when i finally get off, my head is spinning with two thousand things to consider. But at the same time, this site has given me great vendors and ideas that i would never have dreamed of!! So the moral of all this is that we cant get overwhemled all what everyone else is doing,,,, we have to go at our own pace!!!!
