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I'd say around the month mark things started to feel like they were "back to normal" but to be honest it's been six weeks now and we're still going through a little bit of "wedding aftershock."
Just a week ago I finally had my first day when I didn't think of anything wedding related, recaps or what-not (it was rather nice).
I think once I got the thank you's done and all the wedding presents put away and my wedding room straightened up (it used to be an office!), I started to feel normal. Also, once i started working and going to the gym again, it felt like my old routine. So, about 1-2 months it took. I got my thank you's done at the 2 month mark. I felt like it was unfinished business until then
I got my bridal shower thank yous out like 3 days after but for the wedding I just am totally dragging my feet, and I don't mind doing thank yous, it's just more of I'm in a lazy mood that needs to get snapped.
I'd say it took about a week , but most of that was because exactly 6 days after out marriage FH was in the hospital and 2 days after i joined him. We laughed about it with the nurse staff though I told DH he wasn't gonna get rid of me that easy.
For me it took about six weeks. Besides the release of having the wedding finished and putting everything away, we had plans every weekend, either going out of town or having someone visit us. Once things quieted down, things started to feel normal.
Also, "real life" was so much simpler I was looking for something else to do with my time outside of work.
We're at three weeks and it doesn't feel normal at all. Of course, we did move continents too...
Because my wedding involved a new place to live, a move across the country and a new job, I personally took a lot longer to feel normal again! I'd say it was at least 8 weeks. I still have lots to do (almost 4 months later) but feel like I've found a little more of a routine, and feel a little more settled, rested, and normal.
Life can be really busy, we just had to make two evenings a week for "us" time and change plans if need be! We realized very quickly that sacrificing together time makes for problems later!
It's been a month for us and it wasn't until this last week or so that I've started feeling refreshed. I'll bet you're through the worst of it and that things settle down for you soon.
We havent gone on our honeymoon but will in December. We got married last weekend and totally exhausted this weekend. We had a minimoon and back to work on Wednesday after Sat wedding - however we pretty much slept ALOT on our mini moon - every meal/drink was followed by some "newlywed" time and then a long nap - lol! We only managed to get out to grab a bite this weekend & I studied - but I assume in about a week or two, we might be fully back to normal in terms of energy! Its amazing how exhausting a wedding truly is!
I would say about 2 weeks. We got back from the honeymoon and spent the entire next day returning our apartment to its pre-wedding state. All the gifts were unpacked/put away. All the bridal mags were boxed up and offered on the Boston Weddingbee board. All the laundry was done and the suitcases put away. All the DIY stuff was put in the closet.
I was very eager to get our home back to normal. Once that was done, it felt like we were back to normal.
Still waiting :) It's been 3 months, but I definitely do NOT feel normal yet...
I am so struggling on this one! I'm sure it didn't help that after already being unbelievably exhausted from pre-wedding all nighters, I decided to add jet-lag by going to Tokyo for our honeymoon (awesome! but even more exhausting!). I come home from work every night and can't even begin to think about cleaning up wedding stuff or thank you notes. So different from the norm bc I am a clean freak who's usually on the ball. Sigh. How I hope it gets better soon. :o)
It took about two weeks. We finally put all of our wedding gifts away, I wrote the thank yous, and life fell back into a more normal pattern. Life was SO stressful in the weeks leading up to the wedding that it seems down right boring now!
This post, and the post-wedding blues one, are definitely a happy find for me today as I still try to figure out why I feel a little off kilter. It's certainly not depression or regret and definitely not boredom as we've been crazy busy but just not normal. That alone is unsettling and makes me question all sorts of things about myself. I discussed this with my husband recently and though he admits it may have "hit me worse," he's feeling a little bit of it too. Whatever this post-wedding emotion is, it's tough, it's out there and it's powerful.
As family planning is not yet on the horizon, we're in this limbo of having nothing large looming for the first time in our lives. Just finished school, just finished wedding, just moved, just started new great jobs so nothing is set to change for at least a little bit (thank god!) but it is also an odd feeling for us uber-planners. We've decided to not stress out about not feeling normal (because I was) and just know that sometime soon things will even out. I thought this week last week and likewise the week before, but after reading through what everyone has written I've let go of my timeline, decided to read more on the newlywed board rather than others and just power on (of course offering everyone with pending weddings my assistance and craft box! 
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I felt normal right off the bat. We left for our honeymoon directly after the wedding was over. I enjoyed just relaxing and unwinding from the stress with my new husband. :)
I feel normal. I just cannot find my things - like my car keys. I don't know what happened. They vanished!!!!!!! I'm still relaxing and recovering - my wedding was on Saturday and I leave for my honeymoon in a couple days.
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So we had a wonderful wedding and honeymoon. It's been three weeks since the wedding and two since the honeymoon and we've still had busy weekends and had lots to do but we've really been in crash mode. Like 7 hours is usually is plenty of sleep but now we're sleeping like nine hours and still a bit tired. I need to start writing thank you notes and finish putting everything away in the house but for the last two weeks I get home from work and am just done and not ready for another project (other than cooking and eating). I'm feeling a bit more normal today but how long did it take you all to get back into 'real life' after the wedding. Was it immediate or did you have a crash phase? If so how long did it last?