Month: June 2011

Wedding Stuff: Fantasy vs Reality and Reigning in Expectations

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Seeing “Jumping the Broom” a couple of weeks after getting engaged was a bad idea.

As I said in my last post, I never dreamed about my wedding growing up. I didn’t have a list of the colors, type of dress I wanted to wear, what venue I wanted to tie the knot in, what photographer I wanted or any of that.

However, I did have a few expectations that I didn’t know I had until after I got engaged…and especially after I saw that movie. And when I realized that what I thought would happen, probably wouldn’t, I was sad. Continue reading →

Wedding Stuff: Why Haven’t I Been Preparing??

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I’ve always heard it said that every little girl dreams about the perfect wedding.

Maybe it’s because my dad didn’t let me play with Barbies, but I was practically a boy when I was a kid — dreaming of being the first girl in the NFL and going to basketball camp every summer. I had babydolls and a pink room, but I wasnt sitting around dreaming about my wedding day at 8yrs old. Whenever we played marriage at recess, I was usually the Maid of Honor. The one time I remember being the bride, the bell rang signaling the end of recess before we tied the knot. Continue reading →