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Savvy June 2023

Post-wedding anxiety and my family is so mad at me

Kara, on June 16, 2023 at 12:40 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 8
My wedding happened recently. It went really, really badly. The ceremony was beautiful but it all went wrong from there. My dress was absolutely destroyed in the mud, it poured on me and my fiancé during photos (so now I’m soaking wet and muddy), my wedding planner who I paid $15k disappeared the entire night after trusting her for a year, half of our musicians cancelled, the food came out wrong, the band played all our do not plays, our first dance was wrong, etc. It was honestly one of the worst days of our lives. We are very in love but were quite depressed after.


However, my family is pretty mad at me now. We’re on our honeymoon and I keep getting these angry messages that I couldn’t suck it up and have a fun night. I tried SO hard. I talked to every single one of my guests and acted really positive and happy. No one knew I was upset besides my family. But I did spend a significant part of the night in the bathroom trying to ring out my dress, upset. They’re now mad because they put a lot of work into planning the wedding too and they feel like I ruined it.
I’m feeling so hurt. I tried as hard as I could to suck it up but thing after thing after thing went wrong. I did my best to be a good host and thought I could be real with those closest to me. I guess I messed up somewhere along the planning process, for it to go that bad (even though I poured my heart and soul into this wedding) but I feel like they’re angry because THEY didn’t have a good time. I’m alternating between outrage over that and guilt.
I guess I just need some honest opinions about the situation. Was I wrong to share my disappointment with them? Should I have done more to recognize the work they did and help them have a fun time? Are they being too harsh? I’m regretting ever having a wedding, obviously because it kind of sucked, but also because this never would have happened if I didn’t have it.

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Latest activity by Dani, on July 7, 2023 at 6:26 PM
  • Alexis
    Savvy May 2023
    Alexis ·
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    Jesus, your family needs to realize that no matter how much effort they put in there’s no way that wouldn’t be upsetting! You had a Murphy’s Law wedding and you still managed to host and get everything as sorted out as you could. Honestly I’m impressed you didn’t call it quits the second your wedding planner ditched.
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  • K
    Savvy June 2023
    Kara ·
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    Thank you so much this makes me feel better! Murphy’s law is the exact right way to put it haha. I feel very badly that they were let down, I was also let down and just have a lot of anxiety over the last year of my life now lol
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  • LM
    Super December 2022
    LM ·
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    I think your family (and you) have a history of squashing your feelings. When people gaslight you, you question yourself to a point where you feel shame for having feelings at all. Stop that. I don't know how your family really helped you if you paid for a wedding planner. And if they were the ones that paid for the wedding, you are really voicing a battle plan to demand getting some of their money back from unfulfilled contracts.

    Shut off your phone. You're on your honeymoon and your family has boundary issues. Celebrate your new life with your husband. You both deserve it.

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  • Shannon
    Super July 2022
    Shannon ·
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    Your family should not be bothering and texting you negative things on your honeymoon.
    I would not respond to any of the messages. Why are they trying to ruin it? Very childish.
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  • LM
    Super December 2022
    LM ·
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    And with time, you and your spouse will be able to mentally let go of the more minor flubs. Nothing can ever be perfect, but it's still ok to be disappointed. Congratulations on getting married.

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  • Karen
    Just Said Yes June 2023
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    I think I would've had a meltdown if this happened at my wedding! I really feel for you. Your family should be supporting you (and possibly getting your money back from your vendors), not harrassing you! I have no advice, but I feel for you, and it sounds like you held it together really well.
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  • S
    Just Said Yes September 2024
    Sherry ·
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    As a mother, I would feel HORRIBLE for my child if they had this experience and try to make it better for THEM! I’m sorry you’re not having that experience.
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    Dedicated May 2024
    Dani ·
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    This comment is late, but I'm so so sorry your wedding day went the way it did. You're 100% right for feeling the way you did... it would have taken all my strength to not just break down crying and leave! Everyone cares about their own wedding day. The fact that so many things went wrong was totally unfair, even though some of it wasn't anyone's fault like the rain. YOU didn't ruin anything!

    I agree with the comment that suggests possibly getting money back from vendors, particularly the planner. I'd look at the contract you made with her.
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