Overwhelmed by weddings
I left the National Wedding Show last week - at which I tried but failed to talk convincingly on flower colour schemes and how to hold your bouquet - with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, it was encouraging to see a growing number of green-minded exhibitors, from tree wedding favours to charity gift lists, wedding venues such as the RSA in London doing their utmost to be environmentally aware in every aspect of their business, and a multitude of vintage boutique style offerings making second-hand sexy.
On the other (and I say it as shouldn't, having been involved in the wedding industry for a good few years now!), I was simply overwhelmed by the amount of wedding-related - for want of a better word - stuff.
This feeling was put into words by a bride I overheard about to enter the show. It went something like this:
'I'm scared to go in because of all the things I'll see that I didn't know I needed.'
Of course, she was half joking but it suddenly brought home to me how much we package weddings up as a big, shiny, sparkly parcel and get so distracted by the wrapping that we forget to look inside and remind ourselves of the reason for the party.
Whatever else gets thrown in your path towards the aisle, don't let it get in the way of that reason.
On the one hand, it was encouraging to see a growing number of green-minded exhibitors, from tree wedding favours to charity gift lists, wedding venues such as the RSA in London doing their utmost to be environmentally aware in every aspect of their business, and a multitude of vintage boutique style offerings making second-hand sexy.
On the other (and I say it as shouldn't, having been involved in the wedding industry for a good few years now!), I was simply overwhelmed by the amount of wedding-related - for want of a better word - stuff.
This feeling was put into words by a bride I overheard about to enter the show. It went something like this:
'I'm scared to go in because of all the things I'll see that I didn't know I needed.'
Of course, she was half joking but it suddenly brought home to me how much we package weddings up as a big, shiny, sparkly parcel and get so distracted by the wrapping that we forget to look inside and remind ourselves of the reason for the party.
Whatever else gets thrown in your path towards the aisle, don't let it get in the way of that reason.
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Comment by Lesley Stratton Hughes on October 11, 2008 at 12:36pm - Of course I completely agree with you Katie. One of the main things that I lawayd when I'm coaching brides is ask them to get complete clarity on what they are doing, why they are doing it (in other words why not just live together?) and what it means to them-what is the real significance of marriage in their life. When you get dragged off course, you always have those answers to come back to , to help you stay grounded and focused on what it's all about Alfie.
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