I am getting married in 6 weeks! It has been a journey to say the least! I think if any woman wants to find more about herself and doesn't know where to start, plan a wedding.
Like most young women, I dreamt of the big wedding, with the gown, all the trimmings and all my friends and family around me. And that's exactly what I started to do. I had booked the biggest, poshest venue in my area, the most expensive photographer and sourced the most gorgeous dress custom made all the way from Europe.
But then the penny dropped. It happened when sorting the guest list with my very-soon-to-be-husband. I realised it was important to just have those closest to me and my significant other, those who had shared the journey with us to get to that point. Both of us are 'keep to yourself' type of people and we thought doing it this way would be easy.
No it wasn't.
By the time our parents got hold of the list, people were being added who one or both of us hadn't seen since we had been courting (which was over 2 years ago). My notion of a big wedding turned into resent. I realised that I didn't want a big fanfare and practically begged for several months for us to just up and elope, to me that would've been more romantic then dealing with the pressures of pleasing potential demanding guests.
So, to cut a LONG story short. I have spent the past 12 months, changing jobs, moving house and planning for one of the BIGGEST days of my life.
It has been an emotional, turbulent and yes, an enjoyable experience. I definitely know now though that if I am ever faced with an event in my life that requires that magnitude of attention. I would most definitely do things very differently.
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