X-Post - Bride Book Recommendation
I really want to recommend this book to you girls because I've found it really helpful as of late.
As an engagement gift a girl who I used to work with sent me two books about the wedding process. One of which was 'The Conscious Bride.' At first glance I threw it aside thinking that it would be about etiquette and how to treat my guests right (which I am honestly sick of hearing about because in trying to be a good bride I am sacrificing what I want out of the day). Then one day when I was bored at FH's I started to read the book and realized that it was actually about being conscious of all the emotionally changes and realizations we go through during the planning process, the actual day of the wedding, and immediate time afterwards. The book basically talks about validating your feelings and while it doesn't exactly give specific advice, it does say things like 'you need to talk about your feelings with your friends, mother, father, FH, etc.' so that they don't blow up and cause more problems that some women have said they regret for years.
I think we get so wrapped up in getting the right vendors for the right costs that we all get overwhelmed and it causes us to be emotional wrecks. Multiple women post on here every day about how they cry a lot, don't feel supported etc. and after reading some of this book and exploring my own feelings about my upcoming wedding I've come to appreciate LIW so much more because I realized that while we get pots, towels, lingerie, and magazines on how to plan the aesthetically perfect wedding from others, I think what we really need is a place to come to explore our opinions and emotions about marriage as a whole. 'What do you think about changing your name?' 'How do you feel about moving in with FH?' etc.
That being said, I'm a very introspective person, but since I have been too busy to think about myself at all over the last 4 1/2 months, I think this book has really helped me work through much of my confusion, frustration, doubts, etc. and made me feel so much better about my relationship with FH.
I hope it helps some of you out too!
Click here for the info on Amazon.
As an engagement gift a girl who I used to work with sent me two books about the wedding process. One of which was 'The Conscious Bride.' At first glance I threw it aside thinking that it would be about etiquette and how to treat my guests right (which I am honestly sick of hearing about because in trying to be a good bride I am sacrificing what I want out of the day). Then one day when I was bored at FH's I started to read the book and realized that it was actually about being conscious of all the emotionally changes and realizations we go through during the planning process, the actual day of the wedding, and immediate time afterwards. The book basically talks about validating your feelings and while it doesn't exactly give specific advice, it does say things like 'you need to talk about your feelings with your friends, mother, father, FH, etc.' so that they don't blow up and cause more problems that some women have said they regret for years.
I think we get so wrapped up in getting the right vendors for the right costs that we all get overwhelmed and it causes us to be emotional wrecks. Multiple women post on here every day about how they cry a lot, don't feel supported etc. and after reading some of this book and exploring my own feelings about my upcoming wedding I've come to appreciate LIW so much more because I realized that while we get pots, towels, lingerie, and magazines on how to plan the aesthetically perfect wedding from others, I think what we really need is a place to come to explore our opinions and emotions about marriage as a whole. 'What do you think about changing your name?' 'How do you feel about moving in with FH?' etc.
That being said, I'm a very introspective person, but since I have been too busy to think about myself at all over the last 4 1/2 months, I think this book has really helped me work through much of my confusion, frustration, doubts, etc. and made me feel so much better about my relationship with FH.
I hope it helps some of you out too!
Click here for the info on Amazon.
