Not doing a hair trial.
I would have opted for something different.
We picked an obscure song that is beautiful but never comes on unexpectedly.
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2.Not doing a hair trial.
I would have opted for something different.
3.Making cupcakes instead of buying a cake.
But the cupcakes, in retrospect, were a ton of work and not that great.
4.Not preparing a speech.
I thought Id just go up, thank everyone for coming and sit back down.
Short and sweet, get it out the way.
Thats exactly what I did, without mentioning my parents or my wife.
5.I really wish we had the ceremony video taped.
We spent a decent chuck of money on the photographer, and our photos look great!
6.I wish I had walked slower down the aisle to my (now) husband.
7.Choosing bridesmaids more carefully.
If shes full of drama, keep her away!
8.Paper invitations and RSVPs.
Set up a wedding site and have people RSVP there.
Of course they were going to come, its just no one uses mail anymore.
Save yourself the headache and the money.
Its my biggest wedding regret.
9.Not paying for a babysitter.
We had so many young kids at our wedding.
10.Dont get the friend of the family as a DJ, get a pro.
I think theyre pretty antiquated traditions and they werent at all necessary.
12.Getting married in late July.
It was so fucking hot
13.Having a two year old as a flower girl.
It was fine, but she definitely wasnt old enough.
14.Smashing cake in my new brides eye, ruining her makeup in the process.
Dont smash the cake in the face.
15.Having my dress so tight.
My seamstress told me since it was strapless I should have it tight so it would stay up.
It was so uncomfortable.
16.I regret leaving for the honeymoon the day after the wedding.
Instead we got up at 5 am, went to the airport, and spent 9 hours traveling.
17.I would have slept in more on my actual wedding day.
I was super tired the whole time.
18.Not paying for a cleaning company at my venue.
19.Renting a nice room in a fancy hotel.
And then expecting to have sex when we were both just absolutely fucking exhausted.
20.Not hiring a photographer.
We thought wed save money and just ask friends to take lots of pictures.
They tooksomebut I have maybe 5 pictures worth looking at.
No pictures of the cake or table parameters.
I kind of remember what they look like.
The only decent pic of my husband and I has our flower girl in it.
Shes sweet and I love her, but it looks like shes our kid.
Every time people see the photo theyre like I didnt know you had an older child…
Hire a photographer people!
21.Not having a good breakfast.
22.Registering for gd china.
I didnt want it.
Knew we would never use it.
Never have used it in 25 years.
23.Not doing some sort of dance lessons or practice.
We bought for 100 guests but maybe 25-30 actually had cake.
We had absolutely loads left over.
Hubby and I got married just the two of us on a beach.
Why did I think buying high heels was a good idea?
Honestly, Im not even wearing them in the pictures.
I dont even think I did wear them at all.
I wanted to buy these cute sandals but for some reason I didnt.
26.Having a wedding caterer.
Our catering was overpriced, cold, and totally a waste of money.
27.Cheaping out on the photographer.
Half of my photos were taken at weird angles.
28.Letting other people help pay.
As soon as that happens they take over the wedding.
Guest list, decor, cake, everything.
29.Allowing my friends to drag me to a strip club the night before for a bachelor party.
It was dumb and we ended up getting a DUI.
I learned a very hard lesson that day.
30.Asking a friend to launch the video instead of hiring a professional.
31.Inviting 75% of the people.
Most of them I never see and are not involved in our lives.
I wish I had been a little more pushy on what I wanted to wear.
33.Not paying attention to the photographer more.
I made it in Google Slides and didnt realize how bad the internet connection was in the reception area.
Wife wanted to invite the extended family and make a party of it.
We ran out of space and everyone was cramped and miserable.
Complete waste of $1500 and countless hours organizing.
37.Marrying someone I wasnt actually in love with.
38.Getting upset about literally anything.
We paid for fireworks that evening that the event coordinator who came with the venue forgot.
My mom was BEC the whole time.
But i choose to focus on the beautiful details.
Our photographer was wonderful, the bonfire with smores was amazing.
Everyone said it was the best wedding theyd ever been to.
I just wish I wouldnt have been so nervous and upset with the little things.
39.The pastor we got for the ceremony.
We had a very small, inexpensive wedding.
We found a gazebo in a park, invited some close friends and family.
My mother in law really liked this pastor, and we agreed to it.
He droned on, made a few off color jokes.
40.As a groom I rented and nothing fit right.
All of my pictures showed.
Really short sighted on my part.
We wanted to do City Hall and hiring a photographer for photos in the park.
We signed the venue contract he gave us.
Our $3,000 venue became $15,000 as soon as everyone bought their plane tickets.
We almost called our wedding a month before it was supposed to happen.
Day of the venue owner was trash talking us.
$500 worth of cigarette butts.
It was a nightmare.
44.There were a couple people that we decided to not invite.
I didnt realize how hurt those few people would be.
They brought it up years later.
I still feel bad about it.
I regret inviting them and not inviting the hurt friends that I mentioned above.
45.Inviting people I didnt really want to invite.
46.Not taking a picture.
We just did a quick wedding for legal purposes with my friend presiding and aunt and uncle as witnesses.
Didnt realize we hadnt taken any pictures until like a week later when we wanted to show someone.
47.This will sound petty, but I regret wearing my hair up.
48.Not having our grandmas as flower girls.
49.Letting my mother in law have any say in anything.
She ruined the food.
50.My number one regret is telling people not to take pictures.
I know it sounds dumb but it is much worse than that.
So we politely told people to refrain from taking pictures and explained the situation.
A few weeks after we tried contacting her for the photos.
We tried for about a year to track her down.
We were still willing to pay for the photos, even unedited.
We just wanted the photos.
Fortunately some people didnt get the message so we have a few (10-20) photos from our wedding.
When she showed for the date we were relieved and thought we dodged a bullet.
