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Beginner August 2021

Don't like to think about my wedding

Maire, on January 29, 2022 at 5:36 PM Posted in Married Life 3 8

Does anyone else feel like they don't want to think about their wedding? I am happy with my marriage but don't like to think about the wedding because I just think about the things that went wrong instead of the nice things.

My husband and I were married in a civil ceremony about a year earlier before our church wedding due to covid so our wedding day wasn't really the day we became husband and wife and I didn't feel like that is what it was, it was for me a day to celebrate our love with our loved ones which we couldn't do before.

My hairdo was not at all what I wanted and although people said it looked nice, I was also told that my hair looks better when I just wash it and put it in a pony tail. The whole wedding day and day after I was sad about the hair whenever I thought about it, during the wedding I avoided mirrors. Also, my posture was horrible which I didn't notice on the day and I see the photos and it seems like there is hunchback of Notre Dame together with my husband and friends. I feel bad for not having worked on it more and while I have learned to love my body over the years and found a dress that fits my figure, I can't look at the photos and not see the hairdo or the posture. It ruined how my dress looked and the only thing I think of is "for the next big celebration in my life, like the baptism of a child, I'll look better". But it's a bit of a shame since your wedding day is supposed to be the big day and my friends all said how beautiful they felt on that day, and I don't feel like that at all. Also, Covid meant that we had the party deviate from the "normal", as everyone did.

Is it a shame to have invested so much planning into a wedding only to try to not think of it anymore? Or are we all just to pressured about how perfect and memorable that day should be?

I guess I am just ranting but would love to hear what you married ladies think Smiley heart

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Latest activity by Maire, on February 3, 2022 at 7:32 AM
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    VIP July 2017
    Becky ·
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    First of all - who had the absolute *gall* to tell you that your hair looks better in a ponytail than in your wedding style?! That was completely inappropriate.

    I also find it difficult to believe that you looked like Quasimodo.

    No one's day is perfect, try to think about the good parts of the day. Take a break from looking at your pictures and try to think about only the good things that happened at your church wedding.

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  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
    Jacks ·
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    Who on earth would say that to you about your hair? Wow. We're always our own worst critics aren't we? I agree, maybe take a break from looking at wedding photos.

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  • M
    Beginner August 2021
    Maire ·
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    Thanks ladies, you're right, I should just not look at photos and rather preserve memories about the happenings of the day.
    and you ask who on earth, well 4 people who I'm close to said it, but they weren't trying to be mean, they were actually also just angry at the hairdresser Smiley smile
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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    Could you also consider a redo photo shoot if it still bothers you?
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  • Sloane
    Super May 2022
    Sloane ·
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    I recall wedding a vey similar post on Weddingbee. What would it take for you to feel better about that day? Can you perhaps reimagine that day and pay for pictures to be taken again in your wedding gown? Post marital pictures might make you feel better.
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  • Samantha
    Super May 2022
    Samantha ·
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    I would just try to move on. You dont HAVE to think about your wedding day or look at the pictures. Yes it sucks it wasn't a better day, but society puts so much pressure and importance on this one day, when really all that matters is you have a healthy, happy marriage Smiley smile Plan a photo shoot for your one year anniversary and hang those instead!

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    Beginner August 2021
    Maire ·
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    I thought of it but I don't have my wedding dress anymore, it was really expensive so I sold it afterwards.

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    Beginner August 2021
    Maire ·
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    Yeah I think that is what it will be, that's why I said this in my original post, I am looking forward to dressing up and not having a pandemic around for the next big occasion in life. Maybe we can make a bigger thing out of one of our anniversaries. But you are right, I don't have to think about the wedding but it is a bit a shame that after all that planning the wedding wasn't one and now I want to avoid the photos. But maybe in 20 years when I look more like Quasimodo, I will think that I was actually beautiful on the wedding day when I was young Smiley laugh and I am 100% sure that my husband and I will be together in 20 years and that's the most important.

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