WhitneyI Just Got Engaged- How to Avoid Being Bridezilla
February 1st 2010 17:13
Once you can come to grasp with that fact, you can potentially avoid a lot of the bridezilla problems.
You want to be realistic, not idealistic when it comes to making plans. Don't be the bride who buys every bridal magazine trying to find the newest fads in weddings- dresses, cakes, flowers, reception location, etc. You probably can't afford it. If you can, then by all means, but if you can't don't get your hopes up and don't plan around a magazine. Be realistic about what you and your family can afford. You don't want anyone to go broke. This is just one day of your life.
Once you can sit down and set what financial limits you and your groom have, you're one step closer to having a calm wedding and reception. You want to figure how much you want to spend on flowers, decoration, the venue, the dress, gifts, pictures, etc.
Start planning everything. Get quotes from everyone you can think of. Go to your next biggest town and see what they can offer. You'll be amazed at what you can get and for the dollar you can get it at once you start shopping around.
You don't have to do it all at once, either. Take it one day at a time, and don't bite off more than you can chew.
Remember that the ceremony is based on love, not anger. When your dress comes in not 100% perfect and late, brush it off and find a way to make it work. When the florist tells you that he just can't do 50 table toppers, but 30 will be perfect; say ok and find something for the other 20 tables. There is always going to be an alternative. The biggest thing you need to do is keep your eyes straight ahead and don't purchase the bridal magazines.
Your wedding day is to celebrate the making of a family. You don't have to spend a fortune, and you don't have to stress over every teeny tiny detail, even though you'll probably do it anyway. This is just one day of your life, and in reality, it's not the biggest or the most important.
Think about how many people get divorced. If you become the b*tchy bridezilla on one day, the day you file for a divorce, you'll think back and realize how stupid it all was.
The wedding day is just one day. The marriage is meant to be a lifetime. Focus on the marriage and not so much that one day because a lifetime lasts so much longer than the 15 minute ceremony and 3 hour reception.
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