Who else can’t enjoy wedding planning process due to stress?

Yep! It got so bad for me that FH agreed to cancel the big wedding we were planning and doing a private ceremony with a casual celebration of marriage later. I've been enjoying it much more now.

@Susan, the finances definitely add fuel to the fire. We can afford our wedding however, vendors are asking for down payments all at the same time and it’s just so overwhelming. So, I absolutely understand.

I've always been a night owl and with a little insimnia... since we got the 8 month mark I have not been able to sleep well at all. I'm fine w the planning and enjoying it, but I just have way too much on my mind, decision overload! I hope that once I book all necesarry vendors and buy my dress I will feel better!

Here's a radical thought....if it has ceased to be fun? Stop doing it. Simplify. Don't worry about the mustache straws, the cute signs, the fun sig drinks. Do what needs to be done for a great party; venue, drinks, food, apparel, music and a license.

If that's done? You're golden.

As always Celia said it perfectly! I didn't have wedding stress as we had some major medical issues with two of our VIPs in the months before our wedding. Our focus was on what do we need to have in order to host properly.

Keep things in perspective. You are marrying your love and celebrating with those most important. No one will notice or remember if your linens don't match perfectly, if your bridesmaids shoes aren't the same, the venue has ugly carpet etc. If you can't enjoy the planning then scale back.

I had a breakdown a few months ago because I felt alone in planning. Then my FH convinced me that a planner/DOC was a good idea and she has been life changing.

Are you feeling overwhelmed with tasks, or just with making everything perfect? If the latter, I third what Celia said.

I didn't really enjoy wedding planning at all. But I completely enjoyed that day and cherish every moment I had with DH, our WP, family and friends.

@future....I get a lot of voice mails and emails at 3 AM, lol!

I haven't experienced this level of stress but almost every other 3 days I'm ready to nix the current small wedding plans and just elope! It was fun in the beginning but if it weren't for the idea of wanting to include family I would be over the planning and waiting!

I havent enjoyed wedding planning at all. The entire process has been stressful for me. Im somewhere between anything that can go wrong, will go wrong and yea thats life. lol I am still ecstatic to marry FH and waiting for it ALL to be OVER. The end is near! ,,,,, NEVER again

Hire a planner.

Thanks, everyone! I have a planner but this is my own, internalized stress lol

It really comes down to enjoying the special moments with your fiancé

@Celia you get voicemails at 3am??? I mean, I guess emails could be ok because it's not going to potentially wake somebody up(which I would never even email at that time). But, a phone call? Good god that's insane.

Yes. Life has been hard as I'm graduating with my masters in May, I am a full time teacher in a new building/district and took on a part time job teaching online so that we can have the wedding we want. My father also passed away in September. Add in a few more things that have been going on and whoa. We have slowly been paying deposits and planning. Recently i decided to focus more on what it means to be a wife. For whatever reason that has made me feel less stressed about the wedding part, because really, that is such a small part in the grand scheme of everything.

I know with me it has been a roller coaster ride. Even if they dont mean to the bridal party can drive you up a walk, but they make up for it when they decide to take over. I truly am glad that they have i was tired of the hospital visits from the tons of stress from my stomach being a problem which has never happened till now, to my blood pressure shooting through the roof. I forgot to mention that one of my bridesmaids daughter was having a liver transplant she is my bestfriends daughter, and my grandbaby with a feeding tube down his throat was in the same hospital; talk about being a wreck.

Ever since we set our date back in July we have been gradually buying things for the wedding. But we agreed to not buy anything for the wedding until Christmas is over. I've already broken that rule once (our invitations were finally 50% off) but i still feel like I need to keep buying stuff, I feel so off track.