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Newlyweds and other wedding veterans share advice about how they'd plan their weddings if they knew then what they know now. Is there something you'd do/redo? Submit your own advice.

 

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I'd Redo
There are certain people who I did not invite (rather short notice) that I wish I had. They are the ones that matter most to me and have been the ones who were there for me when I needed them. And the ones I did invite only showed up because there was free food!
Posted By: Barbara
2002-07-08 5:33 PM

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I'd Do
I would not redo. My husband and i were planning to get married in 2001 until we found out that my mom had cancer. In less then 3 weeks i had a full wedding planned and ready to go for November 10,2000. My father called, 8 months after we found out about the caner,on friday Oct.13 in the morning and told me that it wouldnt be long till mom was gone and that the girls and i should get there asap.david called from work,and i told him what was going on. that is when he told me to call the paster and we were going to get the marriage licens from the court house and get married that day. david and i were married in the middle of my parents living room, next to my mom with our close relitives,two hours before mom left us. even though i never got to wear the dress and david was in his dirty work cloths. i would never change a thing. well, maybe i would have brought him a clean shirt.(lol)
Posted By: wi-hrangle, married October 13, 2000
2002-06-24 12:56 PM

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I'd Redo
One thing I would not do is ask my fiance's sister to be in my wedding because of the pressure his parents put on me. We got along at first, but now she doesn't seem to like me very much. I can't quite figure out what went wrong.
Posted By: Genesis, married January 31, 2004
2002-06-24 8:39 AM

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I'd Do
I am married twenty years this year and have never regreted marrying the man I married but I do regret the fact I never had A formal wedding. We were both in college and head over heals in love . We found out we were excpecting our first child alittle sooner than planned , and wereleft no options but to have A very small private ceromony. We now are the proud parents of four wonderful children ages 19, 14, 10, and 2. We always said someday we would have A real wedding but life seems to dictate other wise. So I guess what Im saying is I probably wouldn`t change A thing. But I sure would enjoy renewing my vows with my beautiful children by my side.
Posted By: maureen, married September 25, 1982
2002-06-14 9:50 PM

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I'd Do
I've always wanted an elegant wedding and have always thought I'd have a lot of bridesmaids. But when it came time for me to decided I realized that after a year in college, I hadn't stayed close to most of my old friends, so I opted to have only three bridesmaids and it's worked out wonderful! I chose my best friend who I've known since I was one year old, my oldest cousin, and the sister of my fiance. I still wanted to include a very close friend of mine from high school, but didn't want to cause hurt feelings from others in our group who would also be invited to the wedding, so I chose to ask her to be my personal attendant and that made everyone happy!
Posted By: Samantha, married May 24, 2003
2002-06-11 3:56 PM

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I'd Redo
I would have waited longer to tell my family. My mother is becoming a raging yenta.
Posted By: Lisa, married October 3, 2004
2002-06-02 4:00 PM

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I'd Redo
We will be married in December and when we asked each of our divorced parents they gave us a huge list. It is turing out to be a nighmare, I would state before to them that they have a specific number to invite beforehand. To save any hurt feelings.
Posted By: Jamie, married December 1, 2002
2002-05-31 6:24 PM

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I'd Do
The only thing I would do differently is, NOT let our children dictate what the ceremony and reception will be. As we had both been married before, and have teenage children, we allowed them to have their say in EVERYTHING. His daughter was paniced that we would just run off and get married and tell them after the fact, like her mom did, that we ended up planning this "big deal" wedding. It has been very stressful and I am just counting the days until it is finally over. I would have preferred to have a quiet wedding, and wear what I am comfortable in...blue jeans!!! Instead I am wearing a dress and he is wearing a tux.....absolutely NOT us.
Posted By: Rose, married June 22, 2002
2002-05-30 10:30 PM

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I'd Redo
If I could do it all over again, I would have had a more initimate wedding. I would have had just family and a few close friends. We would have gone on a nice honeymoon and I would have had a candlelight ceremony. The day itself was wonderful, but there was a lot of unnecessary work where things could have been simpler.
Posted By: sherry king, married August 21, 1987
2002-05-15 6:13 PM

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I'd Redo
WELL WHAT I WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE HOW MAN Y GUESTS I WOULD INVITE AND ALSO NOT HAVEING TOO MANY LITTLE KIDS I WOULD ALSO CHANGE THE PLACE I WOUL DHAVE IT AT CAUSE WE BOOKED THE PLACE ABOUT 9 MONTHS AGO AND NOW WE ARE JUST GETTING OT FIND OUT THAT THE PLACE IS FALLING A PART AND THEY HAVE TO REMODEL THE WHOLE PLACE AND WE HAVE TO MOVE THE PARTY AT THERE OTHER BALL ROOM JUST MAKE SURE TO HAVE TI IN YOUR CONTRACT THAT YOUR PLACE WILL BE THE SAME AT YOUR WEDDING DAY AS IT IS TODAY AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER WORKS CAUSE A HOT SUMMER WEDDING CAN GET REALLY HOT WITH ALMOST 300 GUESTS THERE
Posted By: SAM, married June 2, 2002
2002-05-14 11:21 PM

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