Weddings: Best day of your life?

Awww. No I don't think it's depressing. It can be the best day of your life "so far"! Also you rarely cram so much fun into one single day but you will obviously have other great times.

I don't think it's depressing actually, but that's kind of a pressurized way to look at it. What about the birth of your children, the day you find out you're cancer free, the day you get your PhD? Hopefully we all have the best day of your life. ideally, it's every day you wake up!

Some of us are never having kids, which - barring overcoming some unforeseen obstacle like cancer - means our wedding to our favorite person in the world is truly the best day of our lives.

The day I retire will be the best day of my life.

Exactly what Celia said!

I agree with Celia, your wedding day should be a great day but there are many best days of your life, and all I know if today I woke up on the right side of the dirt so today is going to be a great day!!

I don't know it depressed is the word but I always feel like that's so unrealistic. Like, what about the birth of your children? I think that qualifies more than a big party lol

I don't think I'll refer to our wedding as the best day of my life, but it will certainly be one of the best.

For many of you, your wedding is one of the best days of MY life too!!! LOLOL!

I have to agree with Staci. While I generally don't use the phrase, I take it to mean the best so far. There are many exciting things to look forward to in your life, but I hear a lot of people mentioning their wedding in their top 5 best days. I think that counts towards a lot. I am hoping that our wedding is the best day in our lives together- SO FAR. And that there are many more and happier occasions to come as we go through life together.

I like to think of it as the best day so far. I'm only 24. There are many more adventures to be had, still!

I don't know -- our lives are a collection of all our days and experiences. It's almost impossible to put best on anything. If you end up divorced, the wedding isn't going to rank as the best day of your life when you're on your deathbed.

I tend to think of weddings as one of the most unusual experiences of life. What makes a wedding different than any other event is that it is the one day in which a woman stands alone as the star, and for twenty minutes or so, every eye is transfixed on her (I know there's a spouse involved, but all eyes are on the bride). I know there are women who hate that kind of intense attention, but most don't. If that's the criteria for "best", then weddings would win. The birth of a child is wonderful, but it's a shared event. The day you receive that degree is amazing, but you're sharing that event with lots of other people. I really think it all refers back to your own definition of best.

I like the "best so far." I can gel with that. haha

I'm sure I'll love my wedding day, but there is so much else to look forward to.

I generally hear people say it when they're describing budget. Like, "We're going all out because it will be the best day of my life."

I had an amazing day and can't think of a day that was better in my life. So yeah, best day so far is definitely accurate. When else will you have everyone that you love in the same room celebrating the love that you and your spouse share? Even a birth of a child will probably just be you, spouse, doctors, and maybe parents. Which, is obviously amazing because those are the ones that matter most. But a wedding (usually) brings all your favorite people together while you marry your most favorite person.

Also - on a shallow note, I know that I will never again look as beautiful as I did on my wedding day.

Agree about the beautiful note. And you don't know what life has in store- maybe no kids, maybe no big promotions, many lives just do have you and your hubby making your way through the world. Depressing? Maybe a little. But if the wedding where I marry my man and have all my family together for the first time ever, along with everyone still alive (knock on wood). Needless to say I'm pretty excited!

The birth of my son is truly the best day of my life. My wedding will be another "best day of my life"...

I wouldn't say our wedding was the best day of my life.

Too be honest, I'm glad its over and we can continue on with our lives. We had a lot of fighting up to the wedding, that days before, I wasnt' sure if I was going to marry him. Wedding planning was so stressful that when it was wedding day, I was just glad it was over.

I dunno I've many amazing days, when I marry my love will be another. I don't think it's sad for women to say that though everyone has a different value system.

I don't think I've had "the best day of my life." I've had great ones, and my wedding is probably in my top 10, but not in my top 5. I know that sounds pessimistic or not as optimistic as many of you, but nothing changed when we got married - I still have my last name, we still live together, we still fight over the same things, still laugh at the same things. I'm also introverted so big parties just aren't my thing.