Your wedding day truly does go by quickly
One of the things that you may have heard while starting the wedding planning process is that your wedding day will go by in a blink of an eye.
As a career-long wedding professional, I can tell you that it is the case, you will be pulled in various directions from the moment you arrive at the venue to get your hair and makeup done, to putting on the dress, taking a mountain of images and video clips with your bridal party, and that’s just the first few hours.
Why The Day Goes by So Fast
Well, it’s the old saying, “time flies when you’re having fun” and weddings are indeed just that. When you get married, there is simply a lot of demand on you, your soon-to-be spouse, and keeping the day together all while trying to entertain friends and family.
One of the things that Carole I do with each of our clients is forcing them to spend 5-10 minutes together, without anyone else around.
We usually do this just after the couple’s images and right before the ceremony and it does a couple of things.
First, it allows them to have some real alone time, that’s because all throughout the day both of you are going wide open and you truly don’t have an intimate moment by yourselves, so we purposely invite the couple to take 5 and pause their day to share the time one-on-one.
Second, you honestly need a break and that’s something we understand.
Weddings are stressful and there is very little time to soak in those moments.
Because you are being pulled in a tremendous amount of direction, time seems to go by much faster.
How did the Wedding Day Go By?
In Part, You Are Pulled Everywhere
Many couples tell me that going through a wedding day is kind of like being in a tornado of sorts, from photographers, videographers, planners, bridesmaids, groomsmen, the catering companies, the DJ, the officiant, the hair, and makeup artists, the friends, and family, they all play a part in the day’s events going by swiftly.
The best thing we can do is to try and capture those moments through video and photos, then offer a brief pause as we chatted about earlier.
I can tell you that having a planner will help with the stress of the day and we highly recommend that you hire someone that can help guide you through all the in’s and out’s of your evening if possible.
Ways to Help Slow the Wedding Day Down
We do have a few suggestions on helping to slow the wedding day down for you and your new spouse.
First, try to take in each of the big moments in stride by literally pausing for a few seconds. Putting on the dress, walking down the aisle, your first kiss, your first dance and cake cutting,
While these are the best moments of your day, just reflect on them just before they take place.
Second, remember that you hired a photographer and hopefully a videographer to cover all those special moments that made the day worthwhile.
Allow them to be able to cover the day’s events and do what they need to help reflect the day through media.
Next, don’t beat yourself up if you don’t get a chance to chat with everyone on the wedding day, trust me.
The more guests you have, the shorter amount of time you’ll have to strike up a real conversation with them, but it’s important to know that they are there with you enjoying the evening.
Finally, this goes back to hiring a planner and real professionals for the wedding day. Hiring people with a lot of experience means they are not going to bother you much throughout the day with little details.
The more you trust and allow your vendors to work their craft, the less stressed you will be and the slower the day will go by for you.
What Others Have Said About Their Wedding Day
Don’t take our word for it either, we found a few brides out there that talked about their experience with the wedding day flying by, enjoy!
“We were engaged 6 months.. so it felt like it flew to the wedding… Our wedding was so quick.. I am 12 days a Mrs. and I dont think its really sunk in yet… I loved every minute of it and I will not forget it but it went by like a breeze.. quick. Unfortunately, our photographer forget to get pics of a lot of little things.. good thing that one of my bridesmaids did.. I agree with gemstone.. felt like a dream.”
“We only had a 9 month engagement and about 2 hours into the reception, I remember saying “Holy crap, all that work and it’s already almost done? Now what??” It goes by so freaking fast. I did get to enjoy every minute of it though! Getting the pictures back was so exciting because I was like oh yeah, I remember doing that now!”
“WAYYYY too fast!!! I honestly dont even know where the time went!! We (DH and I) only danced to our first dance song and that was it!! I feel like everyone like jetted out. It was an afternoon wedding. But I dunno — I feel like it went Far too fast!!”
“I wish I would have slowed down and taken in the day more. It goes by so fast, like the blink of an eye, that there were many details that I do not remember. We had a large wedding of 200 people so I was not able to talk to everyone, dance to every song I wanted to, take in all the decorations, do our photo booth, or just take in the day. I wish I would have paused, slowed down, and took in everything.”