My Wedding My Way
I don’t know about you ladies, but I had my share of breakdowns while planning my wedding. The stress of it all- the budget, the dress, the never-ending guest list- was more than my brain could process. I called my boyfriend (I refused to use the word ‘fiancé’- I don’t know why) on more than one occasion and cried crocodile tears into the phone. I begged him to reconsider having a destination wedding, but no, he wanted a traditional wedding in a church (which didn’t happen) with a Saturday evening reception (which also didn’t happen), bridesmaids, groomsmen, unity candle, the whole nine.
The problem was, he didn’t help me. Hear that, ladies? HE DIDN’T HELP ME. He didn’t help me choose the venue. He didn’t help me choose the menu. He didn’t help me choose the photographer, videographer or the florist. I did it all myself, and it’s not like I was a professional event planner. Planning a wedding is a full-time job and I already had a full-time job. One that paid. So when I asked said boyfriend to accompany me to a meeting with a vendor he’d say, I’ll give you twenty bucks if I don’t have to go. SOLD!
I know some of you are in the same boat, spending every Saturday meeting with wedding vendors who give you enough information to make your head explode, and your fiancé is not helping you paddle. And in this economy, your fiancé doesn’t have $20 to bribe you into letting him off the hook. But I did learn that there is a bright side to doing it all yourself, and you control freaks probably already know this: you get to do it all yourself! Every decision is yours. You get to pick the colors without him saying, Pink? I don’t think that’s such a good idea. You get to have salmon at your reception without him saying, But my cousin Lloyd doesn’t eat fish. And you get tell the DJ that under no circumstances should he play “Y.M.C.A.”
One great thing that you ladies have that I didn’t have when I was planning my wedding is Stonebrook Manor. You don’t have to spend all your spare time dragging your maid of honor from venue to venue, vendor to vendor, to get her opinion. Stonebrook Manor’s all-inclusive packages are so comprehensive (the food, the cake, the DJ and more) that the only question you have to ask is, where do I sign?
So after all the breakdowns, all the tears, and all the head explosions, you get to have the wedding of YOUR dreams.
Sorry Village People.
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