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I have a question for the married bees... I have been to several friends weddings and all of them acted completely different when walking down the isle. Some were smiling ear to ear, others looked scared out of their mind. Others teared up a bit...What was your emotion when you walked down the isle and when you saw your groom for the first time that day???
I didn't walk down the aisle (we were at the courthouse) but we both teared up a little bit during the vows, if that counts. :)
I was all smiles! We did a first look before the ceremony, and I was completely nervous then. You can see if our pictures how much I relaxed after seeing my husband during the first look. I'm glad I saw him ahead of time or I would have been really nervous during the walk down the aisle.
First friends to get married the bride was crying and shaking the WHOLE time, she was thrilled but a mess. 3 couples just seemed normal amount of happy, one couple the bride didn't really seem happy at all, just sort of normal.
I was smiling big and I felt distracted. There were so many people and I kept looking at everyone else when I was walking down the aisle. I felt like I barely looked at my groom until I got right to the end of the aisle. I still feel kind of bad about that.
i imagine i am going to be a combo of anxious and smiling. i want to smile to get good pics, but i am also usually anxious when all eyes are on me!
I encountered several emotions as I went down the short aisle. 1. I smiled because I felt so happy to be marrying my best friend, 2. I was close to tears because I had waited so long for that moment (I'm 39), and 3. I tried to be strong...telling my hubby as he started to cry "You're okay".
On my way to the chapel, I had to fight away the tears. When I finally saw him, I couldn't stop smiling. I was so excited and kept thinking "I can't believe this is actually happening right now". It was unreal
I was smiling from ear to ear and didn't notice anyone in the church besides my dad on my arm and my DH at the front. It was like I was in a bubble and we were the only ones there. Complete tunnel vision (in a good way). :)
@Mrs.KMM: That was exactly how I was! Could not stop smiling the whole day!
I felt just like FutureKMM and PitBullLover! I really don't remember seeing anyone at the ceremony until the recessional.
I love this thread :) I get butterflys in my stomach just thinking about it, can't wait!
I was smiling and excited, but I was majorly annoyed with my Dad who was stepping on my dress and veil the entire way down the aisle. It wasn't even a big/long dress- he was just way too close to me. I wasn't able to look at my guy once. It's my only wedding regret. If I could do it over I would walk alone and savor the moment.
It wasn't the first time I saw DH since we did a first look, but I was just REALLY ready to get married. I remember standing and waiting for the cues for all my BMs to go and being like "Oh dear god, let's just GO already!!!!" and some lady who ran a shop in the venue chatting my ear off and I was so not interested in talking to her, LOL! Going down the aisle though I was smiling, trying to concentrate on not stepping on my dress, I remember making eye contact with my BMs, and my stepson showing me the toy he got from my BIL in exchange for the rings. I was just really ready for it all to be done and to be married! LOL! When I got up to the front I was thinking "oh thank god, it's nearly done, let's eat!". I cried a fair bit, I think I was paranoid about getting sniffly and having a snot bubble (LOL!!!!), and I remember laughing at my youngest nephew who kept saying "SHUUUUSH DADDY!" pretty loudly from the front law with my other BIL who kept whispering Shhhhh in his ear.
I have no idea what anyone else did or how they looked, I just remember being so focussed on DH and trying not to rush through my vows. It was awesome :)
@amariem25: thats exactly how i was so freakin distracted thank God for video
I was actually looking down practicaly the whole time :( my married friends warned me about this too, b/c I guess alot of brides look down too! My dress was too long and I had to kick it out while I walked so in almost all my pics, my eyes are looking at the ground. But I am smiling! lol!
My remember feeling like I could NOT believe it was finally happening! I was SO happy, a little nervous. My plan was to lock eyes on FI and not look at anyone else. And, that's what I did. I just smiled from ear to ear (but with pursed lips, because if I didn't clench down, I would have been bawling!). I was mostly just excited to see him!
I remember hearing people's comments as I walked down the aisle (someone said "look, she's already crying") but I didn't want to look at people and I didn't. I also had the pastor request that everyone stay seated - which really helped me lock eyes on FI and avoid everyone else.
The only thing I wish I did was pause more at the top of the aisle (after walking through the door). I did pause a bit and I thought I took forever, but in watching the video, it wasn't even a half-second (and it felt like 5 seconds in my head). I didn't have time to see the chapel decorated before the ceremony - so, walking in, not only was I in shock at how beautiful it looked, but I wasn't anticipating the seats being filled (I 'practice' walked so much, it was surprising seeing all the people filling the space, for some strange reason)!
So much so, as I took a few steps down the aisle, I thought about turning back around so I could start over (so I could really take it all in). LOL! Good thing my dress was too cumbersome and I was trying to navigate my mom (who was walking me down), or else I probably would have!! It's a good thing I wasn't able to - imagine poor FI, if he saw me turning back up the aisle!
My only advise is to plan on going much slower than you think; I thought my pace was just right, but I still wanted to soak in that walk!
Tears for me !
When I finally reached him (the walk seemed to take forever and like it was slow motion), I saw that he was teary eyed also. He just kept saying "you look beautiful".
@blacktiebride01: I was a mixed bag of emotions. I was scared (of tripping), nervous (of tripping) and very very anxious... I smiled though and was happy...but i just felt "weird"
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We did a first look and pictures prior to the ceremony. I started to cry when I was putting my dress on in the Am. I was nervous when I was just about to see him. I was fine all day, then the music started playing for the ceremony and as the girls were lining up I started crying again, nervous.
I am not an emotional person, or atleast one that shows it. I was surprised how emotional of a day it was. My dad ended up making me laugh right before the aisle. We had to walk through doorways, I found it funny we both tried to fit through at the same time and couldn't.
My emotions were all over the place. I was SO anxious and nervous, to the point of almost passing out. Then when I started walking down the aisle people were talking to me so I was laughing but still trying to look only at DH. When I finally got to him I was still nervous as hell, but not as bad as when I first started walking. I didn't cry at all.
Where's my music?!
We had it all set up on ipod with a friend running it. The *&^%$#! minister DH hired refused to allow music during the ceremony!!
I wish someone had called me to let me know, I'd have broomed him on the spot. It's my wedding--where the hell is my music!
Really very distracting.
And he calls his service "Weddings Your Way." Uh, not so much.
Smiles! My husband cried and so did my dad--when he gave me away.
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@Lindsay12.31.2010: Thanks! I wish I had the one of my dad crying......he wouldn't quit hugging me & my mom had to grab his arm. I actually gave him my tissues that I hid in my bouquet :)
I was smiling the entire day, but I felt distracted when my dad and I started walking because we were walking down a gravel pathway that sloped downwards, and of course right before we started walking I thought “gee, I hope I don’t slip in these heels!” so then I was concentrating on my walking lol
My dad didn’t tear up, which surprised me. He was smiling the whole time too. The only weird/funny/oopsie part we had was I went to take his arm before we started walking, and he thought I was going for his hand, so he grabbed my wrist, and I tried to wriggle my hand into his, but he thought I was slipping (like to fall on the ground lol), so my dad basically put a deathgrip on my wrist, so it kind of looks in the pics like my dad was dragging me down the aisle. Lol ;-)
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Hugs to dad (ok, I think he teared up a teeny bit here :)
No aisle, we eloped, but I was crying and shaking--I was a total MESS. As soon as it was done, I felt a lot better!!
We saw each other for the first time when I was walking down the aisle. I was fine until I actually made it to be right in front of him. I started crying and he started crying with me. It was beautiful. We had everyone crying, lol
I agree with the "tunnel vision". I was hardly aware that anyone else was there.
I locked eyes with my husband the instant I came around the bend, and was overwhelmed with love and awe at this wonderful person waiting for me, whom I was finally going to get to marry. It kind of hit me like a tidal wave of emotion. The urge to break down crying was pretty strong. I spent about half the walk toward him beaming, and the other half just trying to keep it together. It might have just been better if I'd allowed myself to cry, but I wanted so badly to smile so that the photos and video would capture how thrilled I was, so I fought to let that show.
@Mrs.KMM: Actually, I had the same experience! I was vaguely aware of our officiant, but when I looked at DH it was like we were in our own little world. :) I was shaking a little before we actually started, but once we began saying our vows it was perfect.
I actually thought I would be crying walking down the aisle, but I was just ecstatic to be marrying my best friend and was smiling the whole way to him:)
Cried the entire way down the aisle.. and laughed it was nuts!!! but amazing. I only remember seeing my hubby when I was walking down. I wanted to see the look on his face but I couldn't see it through the tears (keep in mind that I didn't cry any other time lol!!!!)
I was nervous. And my dad was even more nervous so I was worried about him and his "one line" more than I could pay attention to my groom at that moment.
Then my sister was sniffling the entire ceremony (very sweet), so I was thinking about her more than anything else.
My ceremony was only about 5 minutes long total, so it was after the ceremony that I started to feel happy, excited and relieved to be married.
I laughed and talked to my Dad because my veil was being whipped around by the wind so I remember saying "dad you don't have to worry with lifting the veil now because it may have just blown off!" and then it would flip forward all of it in front of my face and I'd laugh and say well now I can't see! I smiled the whole time during the ceremony, he teared up a bit and said I'm sorry I'm crying! Too cute which made me giggle. No tears for me. I think I'll probably be the cry baby when we have a little one on the way! The wedding was just so much fun I had to smile! :)
i was smiling, and telling my parents were to stop stepping on my dress, lol. our aisle was a little too narrow for all of us
@amariem25: im glad you posted this! im so ADD anyway that would totally be me!
Note to self :look at groom haha.
I was trying REALLY hard not to cry and as a result I have a really weird/unattractive look on my face the whole way down the aisle. Oh well :) I managed to pull it together once I got up there and I look normal for the rest of the ceremony!
I was smiling so big! Just very happy and calm. Like "This is it." I was aware of the eyes on me, but I could feel the love from all our guests so it didn't bother me to be watched by so many people. I don't really think I had tunnel vision, but I did focus on my groom and the emotions in his face. The closer I got, the more emotional he got.
Just before we walked down, I saw my dad's chin quivering. My sister told him to get it together, and I turned away from him so that I could gather myself. I knew if I saw him crying I would cry too! I took his arm almost without looking at him and said to him facing forward, "Dad, I love you, but you're not allowed to make me cry." Then he led me down toward my groom!
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