I had plenty of time to plan a wedding. I knew I was getting married: After all, I moved to a different country a few weeks later.
But what the heck would I use a bridal magazine for? Why would I want to sign up for a wedding website? We didn't even have presents nor a ceremony. Just some folks together in my mothers backyard.
Granted, we sorely missed out on having folks come in costume, but that's quite alright.
People start reading bridal magazines years before they get married. They are treated to splendid weddings of celebrities and in the movies. They've seen the best and worst of wedding events. In addition to magazines, there are wedding industry shows in every town, where vendors show off their wares.
Disclaimer: My spouse and I also missed out on a hollywood wedding -- we were in grad school at the time, and didn't want to spend any of our families' money. And I am now in the wedding industry, as a musician playing in what I would call "low budget" bands, typically for people who are on their second wedding.
Ah, wow. Reading them years before they get married never really occurred to me. I have never really been into weddings and the surrounding ceremony I guess. I am on my second marriage and honestly did more for the second than the first (the first was a simple courthouse wedding, no reception).
I would mention here that I really don't think I "missed out" on the whole fancy wedding, but "luckily was able to avoid it" :)
I had plenty of time to plan a wedding. I knew I was getting married: After all, I moved to a different country a few weeks later.
But what the heck would I use a bridal magazine for? Why would I want to sign up for a wedding website? We didn't even have presents nor a ceremony. Just some folks together in my mothers backyard.
Granted, we sorely missed out on having folks come in costume, but that's quite alright.