Wedding Color
Posted in The Big Day by Christina on August 9th, 2005
So ever since the day we got engaged, I wanted purple/lavendar as the color. However, now I’m realizing that it’s become such a common color, that I’ve decided to change the theme. Yi suggested fall colors since it will be in September. I’ve been looking at this orange color, and it’s starting to grow on me. Orange and dark purple/red. I don’t want red because that’s my sister’s theme. Let me see if I can find the sample colors….
You’ve got to be kidding…save your $, energy & time. Have a private wedding with family and splurge on an exciting vacation–just the two of you. You’ll need the good memories to fall back on when you’re shelling out more money to the divorce attorney. (Since you have a 50/50 chance these days).
Free Marrital advice: (Based on 16 years of marriage) The greatest of marriages have difficulty–get over yourselves and this wedding day. It’s not the frills and such that sustain a relationship anyway. Your vows are between man, wife & God. Focus on what really matters!
Think of how your $ could be more wisely spent–or maybe how some unfortunate individual could spend it.
A fairy tale wedding does not guarantee any marriage. It just makes the wedding suppliers’ wallets bigger.
August 22nd, 2005 at 2:01 am #
Um, do you not have anything else to do than to judge what kind of wedding I want? And I dont need marital advice from someone who doesn’t know who I am. Thank you!
August 22nd, 2005 at 12:55 pm #
You’ve posted your personal life accompanied with personal expressions and comments–we know who you are. You’re someone who can’t find anything better to do with your time, money & energy than to bore people with your wedding plans. A year’s worth of wasted planning for one costly day of fairy tale expectations.
Besides, all you’ve concentrated on thus far is the extravagant event. How is your relationship grounded? Have you sown a spiritual & emotional commitment so that you might reap abundant blessings on your marriage?
This should be your focus because nothing else will sustain your marriage…not even the most lavish weddings. So whether your open to seasoned advice or not…your marriage will have a story of its own and most of today’s marriages don’t “live happily ever after” the wedding.
August 22nd, 2005 at 5:49 pm #
Wow, sorry your own life is so miserable that you have to try to bring down others Marci. I love how you assume you know someone because you read they’re thinking about orange bridesmaid’s dresses instead of lavendar.
This is a wedding site so our family and friends can follow the planning progress and find out details as we get closer to the big day. If you’re so anti-wedding how did you end up on this site at least twice??
August 22nd, 2005 at 9:08 pm #
My life is far from miserable…just realistic. But you did a great job avoiding the questions. I didn’t address just the last entry (dress colors)– I’ve read several of your journal entries and still find it quite amazing that you would invest this kind of time and energy toward any event and then post it so that everyone could read –not just family and friends. Could you not just send a personal email to all your friends and relatives? Or do you just enjoy the attention?
I happened by your site by chance, which is exactly how you the two of you met.
August 22nd, 2005 at 10:48 pm #
There is absolutely no need to explain our relationship to a faceless stranger. This is a public blog so that other couples can see what options they have when planning a wedding. People like to be able to get ideas from real couples versus sites that advertise expensive vendors. Just because one wants a to have an extravagant wedding does not mean our relationship isn’t grounded. We’ve been together for over 5 years, more so than most couples out there. And isn’t sending an email out to people much more attention grabbing than posting it in a blog? We’re not forcing any of our friends or family to read this.
August 23rd, 2005 at 8:35 am #
It took like 2 or 3 hours to set this site up and it takes Christina about 2 minutes to post her thoughts on things. What a waste! This is what I do for a living, and I enjoy building websites in my free time. This is just a public journal for us to think out loud about all the planning that goes into the wedding.
Might want to go ahead and move along, if you’re just going to be rude I’ll go ahead and block you from visiting ever again.
August 23rd, 2005 at 9:02 am #
“You’ll need the good memories to fall back on when you’re shelling out more money to the divorce attorney.”
That could be one of the more pessimistic views on life I have heard in a while.
August 24th, 2005 at 10:06 am #
Marci, don’t rain on other people’s parades. I don’t know why a a complete stranger would dog on these two like that. There’s no denying that you had some sound advice in your first couple of posts but it was situational AND your approach to dispensing them was appalling. I dare you to sit in a cafe and listen to other people’s conversations and then butt in like that without having to endure a violent reaction to your rudeness.
I haven’t seen Christina in 6 years but I personally enjoy reading about her wedding plans. Just because someone chooses to air her thoughts out on a public website doesn’t mean you had to read it. If it really bothers you that much, just go away.
Oh and one more thing regarding your quote:
“I’ve read several of your journal entries and still find it quite amazing that you would invest this kind of time and energy toward any event and then post it so that everyone could read –not just family and friends. Could you not just send a personal email to all your friends and relatives? Or do you just enjoy the attention?”
That’s quite hypocritical. I myself am amazed that YOU would invest this kind of time and energy toward reading 3 blogs of 2 complete strangers who are happily in love and getting married. I think they SHOULD enjoy the attention if they aren’t already.
Hope plans are going well, Christina!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:10 pm #
first let me say Congratulations! i am getting married in August 2006 and i am having a time debating on colors…if you have any tips please let me know. i wish yall the best of luck and a lifetime of happiness. about Marci and her rude comments…ignore her, shes unhappy with her own life so she thinks she has to make everyone elses life unhappy as well.
September 18th, 2005 at 5:08 pm #
I found this site while looking for advise for my wedding colors… and I was surprised to see that you are getting married 9/2/06 as I we just finalized or date of 9/2/07 and my name is Christina as well…. so we have a few things in common :) Anyhow I just wanted to say congratulations!! And good luck on your day.. and I enjoyed reading your page!!
Best of Luck…. Christina
July 13th, 2006 at 8:04 pm #
Hello Christina,
I writing in regards to the orange colored dress you have posted on your site. I recently got engaged to my boyfriend of 3 1/2 years. We’re planning on getting married August 4th of 2007 and have been throwing around colors. I stumbled across your site when searching for orange bridesmaid dresses; however I have no idea where you found that dress. If you could please inform me of the designer of the dress I would much appreciate it. BTW great pictures of your big day. . .
July 29th, 2006 at 11:42 am #
Christina, I hope you’ve had good luck with your planning. I’m recently engaged and struggling with colors too. I think it is lovely that you solicited help and opinions online. After reading the comments above, I’ve come up with many thoughts for Marcy but my religion teaches me not to judge others, so I’ll keep them to myself.
Congrats on the engagement (and maybe wedding already) - I hope you had a fairy tale wedding that every girl deserves!
August 4th, 2006 at 2:10 pm #
Wow I just went on this site to get some advise on colors for Aug. What is Marci’s problem? There is nothing wrong with getting some helpful advice or giving advice on your big day. And it doesnt mean that a happy mariage is the last thing thats on our mind. Some of us (like myself) generally enjoy designing aspect of planning the wedding. If I didn’t take it seriously I wouldnt say YES.
October 15th, 2006 at 6:44 pm #