The Wedding Planner

[ailbhe]

Has finally cracked, and can't sleep because she has forgotten to call the florists and some stupid book says that for a Saturday wedding in July, the florist should all be arranged at least 3 months in advance and now it's less than 2 months away and it's not all organised.

Also she's afraid she won't be able to print the order of service things with the translations of the English, Swedish and Irish language bits into the appropriate languages, or if she is able, she will do it badly, shabbily, or in a way that makes people think "How cheap" instead of "How sweet". That she cares what other people think of this kind of rubbish is a clear sign, she believes, that she has lost it.

Plus, I'm apparently going to be a wife. That's it, the wedding's off, I don't have the firmware for that one, I'm afraid, they left it out at the assembly line. Why can't I just be a spouse? I can cope with spouse.

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

You're allowed to be a spouse. I'm pretty certain of that one.

[ailbhe]

Jeez, you're in yesterday afternoon!

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

If it's any comfort, the flowers for my first wedding were ordered about a month beforehand and there was no problem at all. It probably helped that I chose a slightly-out-of-the-way florist that doesn't get too many wedding bookings, rather than one on the high street or very near a popular wedding venue.

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

There. Look at that picture. See how radiantly happy lizw looks? And she didn't order her flowers three motnhs in advance.

You'll have that same 'oh wow, look what I got' grin, you know. Look forward to that.
And please, please, _please_ tell me the same in..oh a couple of months from now.

wife-ness

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

You don't even need to get married to get that. Once you get past a certain age people seem to use the husband/wife construction even when there is a conspicuous shortage of wedding jewelry.

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

My mother did her entire wedding in less than a month. Don't panic! You'll get through it. And it will all come off swimmingly.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Flowers? You don't need flowers.

OK, we didn't need flowers. The one bunch we had got totally lost against the room's own decorations. Total waste of money.

Still, it's your first time, so you're entitled to want it with all the trimmings, and if you've got family coming from at least three countries, you'll want to do it right.

It's the subsequent time that you realise that the one thing that matters is the people who come.