Its True What They Say - Things I Didn’t Care About & Other Wedding Myths
There are many myths and superstitions revolving round weddings and your wedding day, but a lot of them are spoken for a reason….
Things I didn’t care about on the day;
Last minute changes - We had guests change their plans the week before, we had people who couldn’t make the Friday evening in the days leading up to it and we had some guests who pulled out on the day itself and ya know what, you just gloss over it on the day. By that point it’s too late to do anything about it, suppliers have already been paid and it’s too late to add up the cost and you really genuinely don’t even care.
My dress getting dirty - My dress was brown by the time I took it off at 2am and I couldn’t have given two hoots. We got married on a working farm in February and even with my yellow wellies, it was never going to stay clean. I have watched countless brides do exactly what I did - hold it up till you’ve walked in and after that, Jos stood on it in the first dance, I scooted about on the dusty floor all night and I didn’t even bother to move it out of my way walking around outside in the evening.
Drama - There were tears, there were arguments, there were potential broken arms and there were lots of drunken antics but I really didn’t give a shite. Some of it was brought to my attention, some of it was kept out of my way and I had some of the best group of friends who dealt with it but unless it’s someone screaming in your face (and who’s going to do that to the bride anyway), it barely registers on your radar.
The bits I hadn’t got round to - There were plenty of DIY jobs and crafty bits I didn’t get round to doing that I wanted to, decisions I never got round to making and bits that didn’t get done and I didn’t give them a second thought. Nobody else knows what you have or haven’t done and you really have no time to give two hoots.
The weather - I mean, that might not be the case for everybody but getting married in February meant I had zero expectations for the weather. In fact, I assumed the worst and bought brollies and wellies and accepted my fate, so actually, when it was freezing cold and windy but DRY, it was actually a joy.
Wedding myths that turned out to be true;
Brides don’t eat - The entire weekend I ate about 4 chips and one bite of fish, a round of toast, about two bits of mash and not sure I even ate the pie at all……and a sharing bag of salty crisps. I just could not face it, I was a bag of nerves, I was too tired, too over hungry, too busy and I was SO gutted because I know that pie was amazing.
Your face aches from smiling - You smile at everyyyyone and you laugh a lot and by the end of the night your jaw is aching. See also arm ache from hugging so many people hello and goodbye and congratulations.
You spend very little time together - The reason I was so glad to have that car ride home after the legal ceremony was because everyone says you don’t actually spend much time together and it’s so true. I wish I’d danced with him more, I never knew where he was, we didn’t speak to guests together - for a day all about you it’s mad how much of it you spend apart.
The day flies by - I remember at about 8pm asking someone the time and being like holy hell how is there so much of the night left when I feel this tired and the next thing I know it’s 11pm. I have already lost track in my memories of what happened when and the whole evening went by in a blur, including the two hours I spent eating crisps in bed after the rest of the party had wound down.
It’s absolutely knackering - Like a physical exhaustion you have never experienced before (unless you’ve had kids, in which case I assume you are sat here laughing at me rn). Bone achingly tired. Eyes raw tired. You are go go go go go for so long the worst thing you can do is sit down on someone’s table to chat because you will never want to get back up again and then someone will call you onto the dancefloor for a belter.