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    Miss Sapphire    December 2009   Seattle

    Looking back now 3 months I have concluded the following:

     

    1.  I miss not having a bridal shower thrown for me.  Selfish?  Yes.  But it's like no one cared.

    2.  We only have one "yowza" picture.  Mrs. Pug made me wish we had some more awesome OMG pictures.  We have nice ones, but they're all "sweet".

    3.  I wish I had gone and paid to have my hair done.

    4.  I wish my BM's had stepped up a bit more.  A couple came through in the clutch but...

     

    Anyone else?

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    1. I miss not having a shower/bachelorette party also.

    2. I wish I had been able to DIY more.

    3. I wish that I had more friend involvement in my wedding overall.  I was one of the first to get married so I think a lot of people didn't really know what to do to help.

     
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    Miss Sapphire    December 2009   Seattle

    I also regret our engagement pictures.  I wore a horrible skirt that made me look 5 month preggers.  I'm not.

     
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    Miss Chapstick    September 2009  

    1. I wish I had done a trial with a few different hairstyles. I kind of settled on one  to be easy, but I constantly second-guess it after seeing it in pictures.

    2. I wish my husband had more supportive groomsmen.

    3. I kind of wish we had stayed in our hotel one extra night, the night after the wedding, because we were exhausted the next morning, and spent the first day/night of our honeymoon sleeping (seriously).

    4. My biggest regret: Not getting anxiety meds before the big day. I suffer from anxiety, and I had a feeling I would make myself sick the day of the wedding (fear of being the center of attention), and I totally did. I missed out on spending quality time with my family and friends while getting ready, etc. I'm on meds now, and those situations no longer make me sick. Oh well! Live and learn! I felt fine once our ceremony was done.

     
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    missomally    July 11, 2009   Missouri

    Oh, you're all going to hate me, but I can't really think of any regrets that I have.  I'm definitely not saying that everything was perfect or there weren't things I'd change if I had to do it again, but even the imperfect stuff turned out to be things we look back on a laugh about.  I'm really glad we did things the way we did...having a destination wedding especially.  Some people are still mad about it, but we had the best time ever and I don't regret a thing.  :) 

     
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    BubblyBride    March 20, 2010  

    1. Ditto on the bachelorette/shower.

    2. Ditto on the hair - my wedding hair was pretty, but not as elegant and timeless as I would have liked.

    3. Forgetting to buy shoes for the 2-year old flower girl.  I thought her mother would take care of it.  She walked down the outdoor aisle in bare feet, but she's wearing orange Crocs in all the pictures afterward.

    4. I would have gone bigger with the bouquets.  My sister told me she thought bigger bouquets would overwhelm the dresses, but now that I look at the pictures, the smaller bouquets don't look great.

    It's just a few little details, really - otherwise, my wedding was beautiful and more than I could ever have asked for.

    @Miss Chapstick - aww, sorry to hear about your anxiety!

     
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    BubblyBride    March 20, 2010  

    @Missomally - why were people mad about your destination wedding?

     
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    Lees4308    March 13, 2010   Panama City Beach, FL.

    I didn't have a bachlorette party, and I don't regret that because I would've done what I normally did with my girlfriends...which was dinner & something fun. But, me & my husband were focusing on saving money for the wedding & honeymoon & not going out and blowing hundreds of dollards on one night of getting drunk.

    But, one things I do wish I didn't do at the wedding was drink as much prior to the ceremony. I pulled it together great, but some things aren't as clear to me as they should be.

    As for everything else I'm pretty happy about everything! :)

     
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    flakeofsnow    1/9/2010  

    I wish I had thought through the costs of having a larger wedding party before asking everyone.  I would have only two attendants if I did it over.

     

    I wish I had researched reviews of photographers more before selecting based on price alone.  "You get what you pay for" really bit me in the ass.

     
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    Miss Sapphire    December 2009   Seattle

    Ah!  Wedding party.  Yes.  Smaller would have been better.

     
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    missomally    July 11, 2009   Missouri

    @BubblyBride - Why were people mad about our destination wedding?  Two reasons: (1) Most of my family could not afford to go.  Actually, most of them have never even been on a plane, so they probably wouldn't have gone even if they had the money!  I'm from a very small town, where almost all my family still lives, and even though I don't live there, some of them were angry/disappointed that we didn't get married there.  More for their own convenience.  (2) I think some guests were a little put off by our destination location.  We got married in the mountains in Jackson Hole, WY.  It's a relatively hard place to get to (not really drivable) and it's not a cheap place either.  It wasn't crazy expensive like flying to Europe or Hawaii or anything like that!  We did the very best we could to get everyone discounts and great deals, but I think people were initially a little put off that we didn't just get married in the town we live in (like they all did).  Does that make any sense? 

    I will say though, every single person that came to the wedding said that it was a spectacular place and worth every cent it took to get there.  They realized how much we spent (and saved them) once they got there and were really appreciative.  I even had a few guests come up to me at the wedding and apologize for giving me a hard time.  It was a nice feeling to know that they fell in love with the place just as much as we did and didn't regret coming.

     
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    RedCactus    April 2, 2010  

    I would have done a rehearsal - cut the rehearsal dinner out due to budget constraint. I would have realized that the outdoor ceremony was too long, at sunset, making it completely dark when it was finished. And the funny thing was the recessional song was "Here comes the sun..."

     
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    BubblyBride    March 20, 2010  

    @Missomally - sorry to hear that.  But your attitude is fantastic - no regrets!  My feeling is that certain people will complain about weddings no matter what happens, and no matter how well you treat them.  You could have gotten married in your hometown, and certain people would still have found a reason to be mad.

     
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    AnamCara    April 10, 2010   Ireland/Connecticut

    Just got married on Saturday and don't really have many regrets - I would havebeen more organized with the seating chart and programs so I didn't nearly pull my hair out on Friday.  Otherwise it was all good - I wish I could have talked to more people and danced more but those two things turned out to be mutually exclusive!!!

     
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    missomally    July 11, 2009   Missouri

    @BubblyBride - Thank you!  What you said is exactly right, we knew we couldn't please everyone, so we focused on pleasing the two most important people there...US!  It was our dream wedding and really reflected who we are as a couple.  The people that were there (we had 60 guests!) were completely spoiled and had an amazing time.  It was like going on a week long vacation with all our favorite friends and family members.  And it really was like a vacation and less stressful since we weren't in our hometown worrying about everything.  And because it was smaller and spread over a few days, we really got to spend quality time with everyone.  I just loved it. 

    Funny thing...the two couples that got engaged right after our wedding are BOTH having destination weddings this summer!  They obviously liked the concept!

     
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    vistagirl    march , 2010   Oregon

    I would have to say I don't have any "regrets" there were things that i forgot- like i didn't wear my garter and i should have asked someone to save a cookie from the cookie and cocoa hour (in lieu of coctails) because everyone said they were good. Overall i don't regret any decisions. I went for some things people told me not to do, and it was really wort it. we spent the money and went with chivari chairs. I struggled with that expediture because it was a lot but looking at the photos I realize it was worth every cent.

     
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    kayakgirl73    October 31, 2009   Virginia, (wedding in WV)

    I think I'd have gone with a different photographer. WE've had some issues, missed shots, terrible posing in group shots, and now the album process is dragging out forever.

    I should have had rain back-up plans for the outdoor photos, I didn't and the photog didn't suggest much, which was a shame since she has shot that venue many times.

    I probably should have made the hairdresser work on my hair a bit more, but she needed to get onto the Maid of Honor's hair. My girl's didn't decide until the last minute that they wanted their hair done professionally. I actually liked my hair at the trial but than the day of.

    Found a professional for makeup although I don't know where I could have dregged up one in my small hometown.

    Had a First Look.

    Made sure my mom had safely packed my toating glasses one was broken when it was taken out of the box to use at the reception. I don't know why my mom wasn't more careful. They were a wedding present given to her parents who are both deceased.

    I would have had  a piece of my cake other than the tast I got during the cutting. I did get a piece the next day.

    NOt hired the lousey travel agent we did for our honeymoon. I wish I had researched it myself. I love to research trips but I didn't have time and FI fell down with the task and suggested we go to the travel agent his friends had used.

    I wish I had bustled my dress before our introduction, I didn't and then when I went out to have it done, my Aunt had trouble with it even though we had praqcticed at the seamstress's and it took 20 minutes. I think everyone must have thought I fell in the toilet or something.

     

     

     

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    I regret not washing my hair after our massage the morning of our wedding - the spa didn't open until 9 am, so i didn't have time afterward if I wanted to get my hair done by the pros who arrived at 10am. Most pictures look fine but some look like i could have used a lil' dry shampoo or something, haha. No worries though. Everything else went so well (logistically - though i had a couple of disappointing persona/family moments, sigh) that i can't complain.

     
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    egb    January 2010  

    @Bubblybride: I also have NO regrets whatsoever about my DW... People gave us a hard time for it, but I feel that when you do what you truly want, there's no way you can regret it!
    I had some regret about my hair, but my husband loved it, keeps talking about it without even knowing I had hair regrets, so it's all good!

     
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    lemondrop    March 13, 2010   Arizona

    No real regrets here, it was the greatest day!  I still can't believe that it went so well, we kept saying that we might actually pull it off.

    We forgot to set out our favors!  So we found them at the end of the night still boxed up under a table- d'oh!  So I have been mailing seed packets out in our thank yous!

    I wish we had more time to spend with everyone!  I knew it would be that way, but in some ways I wish we had done the wedding cruise thing so we would have plenty of time to hang out with people. 

     

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