He popped the question, and I said yes. So now what? It is every girl’s dream to have that fairy tale wedding. I never realized how much all the small details really mattered, until I started planning my own wedding. You will need to set a budget, book the church, and reception hall. Most importantly you cannot forget about your bridal party. The first thing you need to do is set the date. Everything will revolve around your special day. Most couples choose a day that is special to them, or like me, a holiday weekend. You will also want to keep in mind depending of the time of year you get married it may cost you more. For example, if you decide on a Saturday night it can cost you up to fifty dollars more than a Sunday wedding. …show more content…
This will help you know how much to have to spend. However, it is also very important to set a realistic budget. The smaller the wedding, the smaller the budget will be. While I was planning my own wedding, I had to think about how many people we were inviting. My husband and I were paying for our wedding, so we had to set a realistic budget. As much as I hated the thought of spending five thousand dollars on flowers, the amount of people we were inviting (a little over four hundred), it would have been almost impossible to have nice, but affordable centerpieces, and bouquets with a low budget. Within this budget, you want to include your church, banquet hall, flowers, photographer/videographer, …show more content…
He did not want to hire or spend the money on what I thought would be very important on this special day. His argument was there were going to be other people taking pictures; we can just use those. These precious moments are caught once in your lifetime. We did some compromising, and I allowed him to choose our photographer. In the end, they have captured some wonderful pictures of our special night. One piece of advice I will give you is make sure you call your photographer/videographer at least two weeks before the wedding. The night before our wedding, I never received a confirmation phone call from our second photographer. I then found out that person has left the company a few months prior to our wedding. Thankfully they sent someone else in her
bride first get engaged and set a wedding date. It can take a couple of weeks to a couple
Do you ever think about marriage? If so, where, when, how, and who do you want to marry? Do any of those things even matter to you? Everyone regardless of age, gender, background, or culture will contemplate about marriage at least once in their lifetime, in fact some even plan their dream wedding since they were a kid. However, in reality, marriage is more than just a fairytale-like, dreamy concept as some cliche Hollywood films would portrait. Marriage requires countless serious negotiations and decisions, that couples would soon realize deciding on a marriage was only a tip of an iceberg of decision-making. Couples will have to decide on where to live, how to split the work at home, if they want to expand the family, have children, and etc,
The bride price can be anywhere from $5,000 - $10,000, depending on many factors, such as her purity or how valuable she is. The worth of a virgin woman to a divorced woman can significantly huge. The higher the bride-price, the more “virtue” the woman is. The bride price symbolizes a promise to always love and protect her and that the bride is in good hands. Lowering the bride price can be seen as disrespectful especially if the bride’s parent has a certain amount in mind. Lowering the price can also be seen as cheapening the promise that you’ll love and respect the woman. Marriage is an act of love and one of the important aspects of a wedding is for all the family to come and celebrate the couple’s commitment, wishing them for the best in the future. It’s sad to see when family politics and prices can’t come to an agreement because the husband’s side is trying to get a discount or side benefit or the wife’s side is selling their daughter at a ridiculously high fixed amount that the husband can’t
After your bride or grooms were chosen for you many preparations would take place. The ceremony about to take place would be the biggest one you had seen unless you had been to other weddings. Many meetings between the two families would take place as more arrangements were made. The next few weeks would be a time of excitement and wonder. Not only have you not seen your future spouse but you might not have even been given the chance to know his her name, the reason for this is unsure. Depending on family and other factors you may have been given the chance to see your future spouse six or five days prior to the wedding. During the middle ages the custom was known to be celebrated in castles and courtyards as long as a priest blessed the bride and groom. In ages prior to the Middle Ages weddings could not take place anywhere but the churches. As time proceeded the Catholic Church gave more room in regards to where the...
Despite people celebrating marriage in different ways it all comes back to one thing; marriage is a social ritual that by which two people affirms one abiding contracts between. The ceremonies are composed of rituals which symbolize facets of married life and the obligations being undertaken. In Hinduism the marriage celebration can start weeks before the actual ceremony depending on the preferences of the family. Once the day of the ceremony comes around the day starts with the brides’ family welcoming the groom into their home and both families are formally introduced. Both the bride and groom sit at the Mandap- tent where the ceremony is held under,-and are offered a drink. Gifts between the two families are generally exchanged at this point. The groom's mother gives an auspicious necklace to the bride, which is essentially an emblem of the married status in the Hindu religion. Then scared fire is lit and a pundit recites t...
Spring and summertime come around, wedding invitations begin to weed their way through the mail, and dates are set aside for weddings to attend. Months are spent planning out a perfect day. Each person develops high hopes that the wedding and ceremony will be as close to perfect as it can possibly get; this is often not the case. A wedding is not a wedding without a last minute issue or family drama. But after the wedding, after the first dance, after the party, after the honeymoon, after everything marriage is made up to be, reality strikes.
Before the actual wedding took place, several things had to happen. The bride had to get engaged. Engagement before the wedding was considered a good manner but wasn’t always required. The couple would then have to choose the date they would get married on. A lot of care went into choosing the date of the wedding because there were days that were considered both lucky and unlucky. When the wedding day came around many things took place. On the wedding day, the bride partook to many things, including the morning of preparation, which typically involved picking flowers for her hair and getting dressed.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning on January 6. The winter air was crisp and the view was amazing. The soft salty scent from the ocean filled the air. Off the balcony on the second story of the Long Beach Yacht Club I could see the light swells of the Pacific Ocean. The small crashing of waves added to the peaceful instrumental background sounds as the ceremony was about to begin. January 6, my wedding date, was a day that changed the rest of my life.
First step to planning a party, is to decide on a date, time, and location. You will need to make sure that the date, time and location is convenient for the person, you are throwing the party for. You also need to make sure that it is a day that people are off of work, more like a weekend and not a Sunday. That is the beginning of the week for some people.
The way we chose to get married, I had up to the last minute to change my mind. No wedding guests, invitations, seating arrangements, flowers, or caterers. Today seven and a half years later, I can say my marriage is the thing that has brought me the most joy in my life.
A brides wedding day is a day she has dreamed about her whole life and she will remember this day for the rest of her life. There is a lot of effort that goes into planning that special day. You have already found a groom now it’s time to prepare everything else. You need to plan the perfect outfit, make sure the food is perfectly cooked, and you need to make sure every step of the ceremony goes like planned. Hindu wedding are a festival or color and excitement. The traditions can be quite diverse based on location and upbringing.
Once in our lives, we will come across having to prepare a special occasion. It is always better to know how in advance. Also, the process of preparing for special occasion might be difficult at the beginning but once you organize yourself, it will become easier. When preparing for a special occasion there are three things you should take into consideration: the invitation, the food/gifts and the place.
It’s about 7:45 P.M. April 15, 2015. Jasmine is calling my name asking if I’m ready to go. As I’m trying to put all the loose ends together, I think I’m ready. My hair is done in a curly up do with a thin white braided hair band, makeup rushed but it will do, and I’m wearing a knee length white dress. Just a simple white dress, form fitting, made from a linen type of material. My stomach is turning and twisting. As my mind is racing we make way to the park. Jasmine seems to be more eager than I am. As we arrive to the park my legs are a trembling mess. I feel like my mind is in a state of chaos. As I feel my chest pumping harder and harder, it feels tighter and tighter. This day will mark a very important day for the rest of my life. Today is the day I marry my husband. On this day my family becomes one.
Many little girls dream of their big fairytale wedding with a prince charming of their own. We all have watched and grown up with the classic Disney movies that not only entertain children, but are influenced by what we see. I am guilty of wanting the fairytale wedding, big puffy gown, sparkles, handsome husband and our happily ever after. But what you don’t see is how much time and energy is put into creating your own fairytale wedding. After many months of planning and preparation for this day I was excited, nervous and anxious to carry on with the day that symbolized a new beginning with the love of my life. I was about to make a lifelong commitment to my one true love. Nothing I’ve done has taken so much preparation