Wedding Day

THIS! Yes totally! I'm trying hard to be excited, but its difficult to see that its about US, and we're getting lost in the details of the planning.

We just ordered our invitations, so when those get sent out, it'll feel a bit more real.

I'm so happy we decided to do a sweetheart table instead of a head table. It'll be just the two of us and we don't have to feel like we have to entertain our friends next to us.

I know how you feel! I feel like since the ceremony is only 1/2 hour and the reception is way longer, that it's just a massive party. However, I find planning vows, special songs, etc. gets me pumped for the Wedding part of the wedding lol.

You could ask your maids if they are planning on a bridal shower for you, and if not, and you want one, ask if they'd be able to! It might add to your excitement.

The excitement for the wedding planning may be there, yet its not to the point of being close of having everything in order to see visually until the day.

Its great you have the TO DO list almost done and bridesmaids taking care of their dresses.

When the time comes, you will get your dress, flowers in place and see how they look, all the other things to follow, you will start getting excited.

I had the same feeling of the excitement in the beginning and got the big ticket items out of the way and started focusing on the small ticket items online. Some of the purchases were savings upon working in the mall and knowing the people in the stores.

My husbands outfit with hat and suit were the choices to worry about with him and had to make sure all looked good at the end, and it did.

Just wait for the moment months before the wedding and you will start feeling less worried and more excited when your whole vision is coming together and that excitement with your FH will come.

I hear you! I am a bit worried our wedding is going to be a bit bland but at the same time I don't want a lot of the traditional things. We will have games and music, drinks and food. One thing I noticed that as I go through our guest list (max 75 people) my list is quite a bit smaller than my fiance's. He has a bigger family and is much more connected with his family as well. I have a few friends but no one is planning a party or trip or anything, that I know of. This kind of bummed me out the other day but the support I got from a friend (who knew I didn't want a fuss or a lot of people so she told me not to put her on the guest list. She is 100% on the list now) and this helped a lot.

I originally did not want to do a wedding but now that we are in the midst of planning I am starting to have moments of fun with it. Then I get overwhelmed with it all.

The thing that is helping me, when I get overwhelmed or second guess things, is I talk to my fiance and then he usually suggests a date night where we are not allowed to talk wedding. Just connect, de-stress and let go. This has helped a lot.

You'll have the fun moments. Just don't dwell too much on the not so fun stuff.

I'm feeling the same way. Although we've had a LOT of issues with our planning process including our original wedding being completely cancelled due to the vendors going under, parents saying they aren't coming, changing plans completely to make other people happy, the list goes on and on. I'm excited to be married to my FH and start our life as a married couple, but we're both SUPER over the whole wedding planning process.

I agree with the other girls. Let your party know that you want a bridal shower/ bachelorette. They're so easy to put together and so much fun. Maybe that will make you feel like this "party" is for YOU.

Hey Genesis!

Get what your saying with trying to get pumped for it when there has been lots of stress and also if you don't know if your having those fun events leading up to it! Does your wedding party all now each other? If not you could always plan a little get together and have a night of games/fun with them. I would just hint at your MOH that you would like the bridal shower/bachorlette. This way she kinda knows.

Have you booked your hair/makeup trial and dress fittings? This is something that I look forward to

I don't know if this will help or not, but the times that I've related to the 'I'm just planning a massive party' has been when it feels like we're just planning the wedding to make people happy. If that's how you're feeling, maybe you can focus on the details about the wedding you enjoy or focus on the memories that you'll make that day and be happy to look back at in 20 years, or even change things that you don't like about your wedding plans.

Or you could be not as excited because there haven't been as much pre-wedding events or celebrations that you imagined would happen. In that case, maybe ask your bridesmaids about a bridal shower so they know for sure that you want one.