STRESS!
I just started a new job, just got engaged and am trying to pull off a June wedding in South Carolina, while living in New York. My mother is driving me insane... (she has even gone ahead and picked out my "perfect gown"---which reminds me of something little bo-peep woudl wear)... Needless to say my stress levels are through the roof. And am contemplating a prescription of xanax or valium just to get me through. This should be fun, not producing a nightly migraine.... How is everyone else coping with the stress????
Posted by anne; updated 11/06/03
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I know how you`re feeling and i want to tell you that my case is actually more complicated than what you`re going through. My fiancé and I have been planning to get married since August of this year. When his parents found out about it, they just freaked out and did a lot of things so that we will delay our plans. Basically they do not agree that we marry at the age of 23. Both of us are stable at our job and he is just finishing up college at the same time and will probably be done in 3 years. But what the heck, we`re earning now and are legal to get married and they still do not agree of with our plans?! I`ve gone a lot of things but I can`t blame my fiancé if he can`t just do anything about it because he`s still stuck with his parents. I am pretty sure no one will ever understand how his parents are. They are DIFFERENT from everyone else.
My advice to you is to talk it over with your fiancé how you want the wedding to be and talk it over with your mom as well. That is your own wedding and you should not let anyone manage it. I`m not trying to say to be disrespectful to her but try to let her understand that this is your wedding day and not anyone else`s so it`s you and your fiancé who should be planning on everything. Don`t do what other people are telling you to do just because you want to please them.
Posted by iza; updated 11/18/03
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Congratulations first and foremost on the engagment.. I am in the exact same shoes as you. I live in D.C, and I am getting married in West Virginia (June 04). So my mom is the go between also, and she is driving me just as nuts.. DO you have an aunt or someone that is close to your mom who could also help out and provide better suggestions to your mom? If you wanna talk and compare stuff my emails is Lhines27@yahoo.com
Posted by Leigh Anne; updated 11/19/03
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First prioritize What you want in Order. Try Finding things she can do like Call for Wedding Catalogs, Get
Information, Look for Certain items or Even make the Favors .
Posted by Tami; updated 11/20/03
