I wish I were a Bridezilla (Rant)
I really need to learn more stress management techniques.
I can feel myself getting more and more anxious about things with 3 and half months till the wedding. But there are so many things that aren't going as planned and they can't be fixed. Instead, it's all about doing what I can with what I have. And I don't even have a dress, yet.
And it's frustrating to hear his parents immediately respond to all of our already simplified plans with "Well, maybe you could...*insert further cutback here.*"
I'm working my creative butt off here and since Clay and I are putting up well over half of the budget, I'm really tired of the constant digs on what we should or shouldn't do. I'm still annoyed that his mother wanted to find out if we could have the rehearsal on the same day as the wedding because it would be a"timesaver." Yeah. Sure this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, but to hell with the tradition of not seeing the groom until the ceremony. Forget the whole rehearsal dinner thing. Why surely I don't need those precious hours up to the wedding since I'm making my own bouquets and arrangements. Plus I have that whole hair and makeup thing. Nah.....let's just squish it all into one day. Heck. Why don't I save everyone more time and we'll just hold the ceremony in the parking lot so people don't have to get out of their cars? The minister can use a megaphone. The wedding dinner can be picked up at the Guthrie's drive thru on the way home!
*forced slow breathing*
I know that their comments come from love. Our families are concerned because Clay and I have a house now. And so they worry that we will get in over our heads. His parents don't realize how hurtful their comments are to me when I have put so much effort and so much time into planning everything to be as cost effective as possible. My Dad is trying to give pragmatic advice as he sees it. Even if it's the last thing I want to hear.
I know things will work out one way or another. I know we will have a wedding. And maybe it will be missing some of the things I would have wanted, but at the end of the day we will still be happily married.
Besides, it's not as if Guthrie's chicken finger plates aren't an Athens classic. Mmmmmm.....