Your wedding is easily considered the best day of your life. Months and sometimes even years go into the planning of every single detail, from the dress to your colors, the flowers, location and the cake.
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Having a wedding is like throwing a big party (which is normally stressful), except the party is really a huge fancy ball that everyone has expectations and opinions about. Some people will inevitably want to be in the spotlight or take over the planning. You might discover your fiancé/fiancée has absurd taste in napkin colors and is willing to fight you to the death about it—or worse, he/she doesn't care about the napkin color. You might feel evil as you cut people from your guest list or make your wedding party spend more money on formal clothing.
Try to strike that delicate balance between knowing the wedding isn't just about you and knowing that it is, in the end, your day. I worried too much about what people thought of my wedding decisions and tried too much, I think, to make everyone who cared about it happy. Short of eloping, I think you have to consider other people's opinions—especially close family members with whom you're sharing this incredible event—but at the same time realize that feelings are probably going to get hurt. Looking back, that one day meant more to me and my husband (rightfully so) than to anyone else, and for that reason I would've liked to stress less about what everyone else wanted.
I hate making decisions. I hate it so much I would rather wear t-shirts with holes in them than decide where and when to go shopping and try to pick out replacements. So weddings, with their millions of decisions you have to make (what color silverware for the table, seriously?) was pure torture for me. Not everyone has this problem, and many brides- and grooms-to-be jump into wedding planning like they've been planning it forever, but those millions of decisions can still wear you down.
