Category — Wedding Drama

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I hosted Thanksgiving dinner this year, which was a GREAT idea…considering that we have two weddings to plan for this weekend.  *sigh*

But the absolute BEST part of it was spending time with my family.  Picture this: I’m running back and forth between the rapidly browning turkeys in the oven (which refused to cook evenly) while dressing and plating the salads, struggling not to forget the potatoes, squash and stuffing…batting my maurauding cat off the counters and away from the cheese and pepperoni hors d’oeuvres, tripping over my whining dogs…

And my mother decides to argue about POLITICS…with my mother-in-law.

It doesn’t get any better than that, folks.

All those raging family issues made me think about…weddings!

No doubt your wedding was the talk of the Thanksgiving table…and all the “wedding drama” that goes with it.

Some advice on how to Rise Above Wedding Planning Stress and The 5 People Who Stress You Out Most Planning Your Wedding.

Everyone has their own (very strong!) opinion of your wedding: how much it should cost, where it should be, who should do what and how.  It’s enough to drive you mad.

If you want to plan your dream wedding…without debt or going broke…you’ve got to balance what you want with trying to make everyone else happy.  It is YOUR day, after all!

It’s about perspective and priority.  And a little trick I call the “Instant Drama Deflector” to stop the flood of unwelcome opinions and deal with etiquette wedding questions and those touchy situations.  If you’re struggling with family wedding drama, reading my book just might save you from Bridezilla-ville.

What’s your biggest wedding family drama issue?  Leave me a comment.

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When should I order my invitations?

What is a “traditional” wedding invitation style?

How to I handle it when guests assume their invitation is “plus one”…when it isn’t?

What are some ways to easily cut my invitation list?

Amy Suddleson, owner of Circle The Date invitations and wedding invitation expert, answers these questions AND MORE in videos you can watch right here.

She answers every possible permutation of etiquette questions about wedding invitations you can imagine…and if you do have a question she hasn’t answered or an etiquette wedding emergency, you can submit a question to be answered in video format.

If you’ve got invitation questions, she’s got answers.  Here’s the link again: on Video Jug.

Amy Suddleson gives you the answers to your invitation wedding etiquette dilemmas…but what if you know the wedding wording you’re “supposed” to use…and you’re having trouble navigating the drama of trying to make everyone happy?

Like I tell you in my eBook: if you try to make everyone happy, you end up making no one happy.

Most importantly…YOU won’t be happy.

If you’ve got the book, go to page 157 and follow the 4 simple steps to finding your answer and taking action.  And if you haven’t read it…and you’re fed up with trying to please everyone else, you owe it to yourself to learn my “Instant Drama Deflector.”

Got a wedding etiquette drama dilemma?  Leave me a post.

In need of a little wedding stress relief?

Check out the stories of Bridezillas and Groomonsters at www.EtiquetteHell.com.

You’ll be hooked in no time. And you thought your mother-in-law was a demon…

Are you experiencing wedding etiquette hell? Leave me a comment.

(Photo by Mash Down Babylon, Devon Hollahan, used under terms http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en.)

Planning your wedding is supposed to be the best time of your life…and sometimes it is…but it’s also one of the most stressful things you will EVER do.

I went through six weeks of HELL before my wedding. I had headaches, stomach aches and wedding nightmares worrying about…

Trying to make everyone happy.

Getting everything done on time.

Sticking to my budget AND getting what I wanted.

Dealing with family “drama.”

Sound familiar?

When you feel wedding stress coming on, STOP and follow these 5 Steps to Wedding Stress Relief.

1. Get Clear On What You Want. When overwhelmed with details, other people’s loud and obnoxious opinions, and the pressure of planning your Dream Wedding, ask yourself, “What do I want? What is important to ME?”

2. Think About the Big Picture. What is this wedding all about? Why all the fuss? Five, ten or twenty years down the road, what will you remember as important to you?

3. Visualize Your Big Day. Close your eyes, breathe, and imagine yourself coming down the aisle. You are at your most beautiful, inside and out, and you see your beauty reflected in the eyes of your loved ones and your sweetheart as you walk toward him. Get a clear, vivid, emotional picture of what it’s really all about. Dwell on the “good stuff.”

4. Count Your Blessings. Take out a piece of paper and write down all the things you are thankful for. Don’t stop until you’ve filled that piece of paper front and back with all the blessings–big and little–in your life.

5. Consider Other Perspectives. Ask yourself, “What ELSE could this mean?”

It’s okay to feel stressed out. It happened to me, too. Allow yourself to feel it, then choose your focus. You CAN plan your wedding and enjoy it, too.

Your Friend,

Stephanie

P.S. What’s stressing you out and how are you dealing with it? Leave me a comment.