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Well- I don't know if I will ever quite... leave. there are some great ideas I can continue to get for my sisters wedding (when that happens). And this is a great resource to comb through the weddingbeepro area for decorative party ideas, home design ideas...
I have noticed I don't post as much because some of the things in the boards don't apply to me anymore, or because other people have provided good sound advice that I don't feel the need to add to it.
But after our wedding I do hope to provide a vendor review because I didn't find a lot of info on the Napa region/Calistoga region vendors I was using. So maybe the ones I am using will be of help to Northern Cali brides-to-be....
I am still waiting for Mrs Bee to make a BabyBee site... ;o) I will be there in a second and a heart beat so help you all!!!! >:-) You have been forwarned Mrs Bee! You have been forewarned!
Good question! I'm guessing that by the time the wedding is done I'm going to need a good long break from all things wedding, but I have no idea if that will actually happen. I do know that I'm already interested in newlywed and baby blogs (even if the later is still a few years out still.) I would love to see a Weddedbee or Babybee though! *nudge nudge* ;-)
ETA: I don't mean to put any pressure on Mr. and Mrs. Bee. Things happen in their own good time but that doesn't mean we're not excited for the possibilities!
I am excited about the possibility of a Babybee too, but I totally understand that now is not the right time for that... but if Mrs. Bee ever wants a partner in crime to spin one off ;)...
Good post and I'm not really sure! Since my wedding was just 2 weeks ago, I'm still coming down from the high of it all. I'm sure I will stop posting less and then finally just disappear...as my dad would say, like a fart in the wind...haha! I can't cut the cord yet, but maybe some day!
Yes Mrs Bee.... if you need a partner in crime... >:-) You will see a new emergence from mua!
Take your time on the babies ladies... I'm just saying there will be a massive huge wave coming from me when that happens... bwa ha ha ha haaaaa.
Here's the most recent word on Babybee:
http://ideas.weddingbee.com/topic/baby-bee
We wouldn't do a general newlywed site... it'd have to focus on something specific. :-)
Seconded Mrs. Bee! Never! I came here un-engaged and I'm still here even though we are not having a wedding! I love this community and love reading about everyone's wedding! :)
I actually stumbled upon it after my wedding. I was researching something for my cousin's wedding. Now, I'm hooked Who knows, since I don't have a set wedding deadline to come and go???? But I'm not sure I could just leave cold turkey, and have an offical sign off. So sad :(
By the way, Mrs. Spring, thanks for putting little old me in the likes of those other fabulous bees! I am just touched.
I figure I'll stick around until I've got a baby that takes up all of my computer time. 
I don't wanna leave!! Thankfully my wedding is still a year away and since I'm the first of my close friends to get married, I know I'll continue reading for a while. I think if a BabyBee were to pop up soon after my wedding it could be bad news...I'd get baby fever! We don't want kids for at least 5 years after we're married. I know a BabyBee would just get me hooked on the baby idea. Buuut at the same time maybe it would show me how HARD it is to be pregnant....hmm... Anyway, I love this community and all of you fabulous women too much to just quit. Haha what's that line from "Brokeback Mountain"? "I just can't quit you!"
Great question, I've pondered this too! There are some bees on the blog whom I followed for months, and I promised myself it was ok to stick around long enough to see all of their recaps. That's the deal I made with myself BEFORE the wedding.
Funny thing happened, with the wedding just two weeks ago now.....I have a whole new perspective on weddings now that I've had my own. And the support I have needed has been totally different than before the wedding. I will probably leave weddingbee around Christmas. My (late) honeymoon will the over, and the last of the weddings in my life wil be done by then. I am already starting to get a little weary of some of the planning gripes and emotions we all go through, and I also don't want to stay if I feel myself being critical or unhelpful to ladies still planning. I'm just being honest, I hope that makes sense.
Unexpectedly, there are a few bees out there who have really buzzed right into my heart, and I hope we'll just stay in touch by e-mail regardless.
I still love Weddingbee (a month after my wedding) but I am a little bit pickier now, maybe. :) I used to read every word of every post, no matter what (you never know when inspiration may hit!), but now I focus on what/who I'm more interested in (I read posts from all the Bees, but some I have been following since the beginning...)
I will probably stay for a while because I love weddings, and I'm having a little post-wedding blues so it's nice to look at other people's weddings and ideas!
I too would love a "Babybee" but I'm sure it would be tough to do this site and another one! But it can't hurt to dream!
I have to be honest. I can definitely see myself leaving WB. I love this site and I love the contributors. I can accredit some of these ladies with helping me thru some tough choices, but I can already tell that it at time holds me back. I am trying to focus on things that have to get done today (National Board Exam studying) and things that need to get done that are not wedding related - house hunting, finding a job, etc. I love reading about other people and their wedding plans but I am not at that point in my life and I need to put my attention in other places. I also think that weddings are a lot like high school. Some people move on immediately and never look back and for others it takes a few years and for some it just never happens and they are middle aged and still reliving their glory days when they were in the spot light. But this is just my thoughts! And all newly engaged people I definitely direct them towards WB because it really is a great community for support!
It's addicting. I like having a "hobby" and i don't wanna leave! Plus i like giving my opinions. My desk job is not people-ish at all, so this allows me to feel "social" and see everybody's creativity!
I am making it a point to log off when i leave work though so i don't spend all night hitting "refresh". I feel like such a loser when I spend 16 hours a day on a computer =(
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I just joined and I've been married 3 years! My sister is getting married and so I come here for ideas for her wedding but I can see myself staying on to see all the cool stuff! I can always use party ideas!
I still have a year till the big day, so I'll be here at least another year (and probably longer) 
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Since mine's going to now be a "go" in 2010, I'll be here for a while so let's have fun!
When will I leave? I won't ever abruptly leave. I will know because life will let me know a new phase has begun. But when I do, I'll hopefully (along with the other hostesses and Mr./Mrs. Bee) find a proper replacement for myself and pass the baton to her!
After being married for a week, I feel like I have some advice to give and I want to check up on the progress of all the bees and posters! I'm not checking the boards obsessively like I used to, but I'm not ready to leave the Hive!
Thanks for the mention Mrs. Spring! Our year anniversary is fast approaching and I can't believe it! We get keys for the house we just bought in a couple of days, so my attention isn't necessarily on weddings since now it's about home decor. HOWEVER, I stick around because there are so many great people and great ideas that could be used for much more than weddings e.g. birthday parties, baby showers, house warming parties, etc. I have no plans to ever officially leave, although, I'm sure at some point I'll have less time to be on here.
t/j : Congratulations on that new house Lillindy!
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I have been married about 4 mos and still occassionally check here...I've also started reading more on the bump & the nest, but I like this style better...I'll probably leave when I get pregnant, since that will be my focus then.
Oh no ... we have to leave? 
Actually, the other day in the car I was wishing the creators of WeddingBee would start another cool website like this for those that have completed the "marriage journey" and are diving into other adventures, like motherhood or new wife-hood ... haha!!!!!!!
We could still see the bees we like, and talk about our next paths in life together!
I would have at one time said never, but after today especially I'm not so sure. I really really love Weddingbee, and it's been so much fun to watch it grow from when I started reading regularly in 2006. It's definitely been a source of inspiration for me (like Mrs. Flamingo's homemade bouquet bling -- totally made a variation on those for my bouquet!) and just a neat way of sharing my opinion on various bridal things since my husband/then fiance is much too internet-wary to consent to my having a blog.
But today after having a nice long cry over all the things that I "regret" about our wedding I'm starting to wonder whether it's good for me. A lot of the things on my regret list I know are really my heart and preferences showing through -- I love organ music, and we didn't have any; we got married in our college town rather than my hometown; basically NONE of my extended family came; I compromised with my hubby on a 2 person (MOH/BM) bridal party because he didn't want anybody but his brother, etc. But there were other things that I was stressing over that I started to wonder whether it was really me regretting or WB-influenced me -- I stressed "too much" over making sure my family and friends who did make the long distance travel were comfortable and ended up tearing down my own reception; I don't have engagement pics or very many bride&groom pics... all of our B&G pics are just standing at the front of the church, no pretty outside scenes; we didn't do any dancing, not even first or father/daughter dances; I wore my grandmother's dress and didn't have the experience of shopping for and buying my own modern dress.
I've rambled on and on, sorry. :) But I wonder if I'm just hurting myself if these things are bugging me and I keep coming on here to read about all the Bee ladies' dress searches and figuring out their first dance songs and their gorgeous e-pics. I have noticed that my only real board reads are in relationships, emotional, and newlyweds... I don't have much to say about receptions or accessories any more. Maybe sometime soon, I'll be moving on. Not quite yet, though.
I, for one, like having married Bees around to give exactly the kind of advice December just gave in her post. How else are clueless newly-engaged Bees like me supposed to figure things out?? If Weddingbee were just for those in the planning stage, we would never know what actually works and what doesn't.
It is interesting to see which boards draw your attention the most. I'm also more drawn to emotional and relationship topics because I haven't started a lot of the detailed planning. I am a little obsessed with wedding dresses right now, but I can already feel that starting to pass.
I just got here! and I refuse to leave period!!
Gosh, I just love it - and our wedding was over a year ago. I still like seeing the DIY ideas, beautiful photos. I like to think I may have some advice to give too. Plus this is just a really supportive, funny and creative bunch of girls, too difficult to leave.
I've been married for 5 months now, and am not ready to leave yet! Like West Coast Bride, I just assumed I would follow through on those Bee's that I had started with until their recaps were done, but I keep getting hooked on new ones!
I find that the hive is helpful, and in need of help on all sorts of matters, though, so I don't feel it is all about weddings all of the time. I just enjoy having so many people spread throughout the country who can help. For example, I needed suggestions not too long ago on where to visit and eat in DC, and the hive came to the rescue. I'm not part of any other community that can help me like that!
Hahahaha MrBee -- your first post on this thread was my EXACT response when I read this thread title!
In all seriousness, I think people should stay here as long as they are interested in the topic, and in talking with each other. Could be a month, could be a year, could be five years. As long as being part of this Community enhances your lives, we hope to see you here 
. This is a very warm and special place, I enjoy my time here a great deal and it's my JOB to be here....so the fact that it's wonderful, and inspirational, and FUN is definitely a bonus!
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I was just reading Mrs. RIBride's farewell post, and that made me realize that I'm not quite ready to leave WB yet. I remember reading a post a while back from Mr. Bee that suggested WeddingBee is set up in a way to provide help and support for every step of the journey of a wedding, from pre-engagement to post-wedding. And I'm wondering, when exactly will the journey end for you? After a month of being married? A year? Maybe you'll stick around forever? :)
I know there are no steadfast rules about how long you can actually stay on and contribute advice, and some of the people I find most helpful on here (Suzanno, Rosychicklet, Tanya, Nikki, Lillindy, etc...) are already married, but at some point most of us will move on as our focus goes off of weddings and on to other parts of our lives (children, careers, new houses, etc...). I think a lot of us have been surprised and grateful for the incredible support our fellow bees have offered, and I guess I'm just wondering what the next step is.
So, hive, when do you think you will leave? And what will be the transition for you? Will you transfer what you have learned here on WB to another community (online or irl) that has a focus more closely to your own? Or will you continue to stay for a while and share your experience with new bees just starting out their journey? And how did you decide on this timeframe? Is it an arbitrary number, something you decided in advance and plan to stick to, or just what you think will be "right" for your situation, however long that may be?