Women - Have you dreamed about your wedding since you were a little girl?

Question

I guess this is more of a poll, but I'll ask it here since you all are interested in weddings and the like. I have always assumed I'd get married, but never really gave much thought to what the wedding would be like. I don't even think it occurred to me that I'd have to plan it until I was in my 20s.

I always hear women on tv, etc, talk about how they've been dreaming of the perfect wedding all their lives. I think that's weird, but of course maybe I am the weird one. So: How many of you have honestly been planning or dreaming about your wedding since childhood? And if you have, do you think it will live up to your expectations?

Answer 1

i never planned my wedding out when i was little. i still dont reallly have any idea what it will be like.  i have decided a few little things. like i know i want to get married barefoot. n my dad giving me away is really important to me. but other than that i have absolutely nothing planned. idek if i want it inside or outside. no idea what i want my dress to look like or what the color scheme is gonna be. i never understood how ppl could be so sure of what they wanted their wedding to be like when it was so far away in the future..

Answer 2

Planning your wedding from such an early age is kind of like planning on how you will decorate your oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach -- fun to dream about but idiotic to count on really coming true. I was always too busy dreaming of things I could make really happen like riding my own motorcycle across the USA, training to run a marathon, learning to play guitar. It's fun to dream about winning the lottery too but crazy to plan your life arount the idea that it's going to actually happen!

Answer 3

same goes for me, i never really gave it much thought until a few months after i had met my fiance ( was 21 at the time) , knew he was the one right from the start.

Answer 4

When I was dreaming about my wedding when I was a little girl. I use to dream about a horse drawn carriage, a white poofy gown, and my prince at the end of the aisle waiting for me. But my first wedding was in the court house... and my second was in a pretty park. But at the end of the second wedding, I knew I was marrying the man of my dreams. :)

good luck to you. :)  

Answer 5

iv always known i wanted a big wedding with a big white dress with the man i loved so much luvly bridemaid dresses but thats it lol.

Answer 6

I am actually more focuse on my dream guy! lol.. it really hasent come yet.. but hopefully...

if I every do get married. HOPEFULLY.. :S... I will let someone organize the wedding.. its not such a big deal to me... the only thing that matters..  

Answer 7

Nope, not at all. Not until I met the man I married did I give it any thought!

I think the women who have this fairytale wedding business in their heads get sorely disappointed when it doesn't match the reality.

Answer 8

I daydream more than actually dream about getting married. I have just recently thought about what I want my wedding to look like or be like, but im 17 now so I guess im a little late, lol.

Answer 9

No, I didn't start dreaming about my wedding exactly until I had been with my bf for a while. (We've been together 3 and a half years now.) I did always plan to get married when I was grown up though.

Answer 10

I've always wanted to get married and look like a beautiful barbie doll dressed in white.  However, it hasn't been until the last 5 years or so (I'm 25 now) that I've been obsessed with the actual wedding and reception.  

Our culture is now so obsessed with elaborate weddings, and I'm ashamed to say I've gotten swept up with all the wedding shows, trends, etc.  Now I feel that with my limited budget (we're paying for it ourselves), I can't possibly compete with what's expected of a "typical", 10-20k bourgeois wedding.  I'd almost rather spend our 5k budget and elope in Cancun, rather than have 75 guests be disappointed by a lackluster wedding.

Answer 11

I have thought about it and day dreamed about it since dating "serious" boyfriends in high school and after, but as far as planning or pinpointing details, nope.  I didn't really do that until I was actually planning my wedding.  

Answer 12

No, I'd never given much thought to my wedding. I certainly didn't "dream" of it; for me, a wedding day has always been more of a gateway to BEING married, without a huge significance in and of itself.

Answer 13

No...I never thought about it.

I always thought I would buy my own home, have my own money.....and have a few boyfriends.

But when I met my husband that all went out the window.

We had a small destination wedding...I'm not the "wedding" type.

Answer 14

I have been planning my wedding since I was little girl. I guess it was since the first time I saw my parents wedding photo album, and my mom's wedding dress.

Now that I'm 20 almost 21 (still young) but I hope every day my boyfriend askes me to marry him. Looking at rings was the happiest day of my life!!!  Its not so much about the perfect wedding any more its just about being with him for the rest of my life. Now I realize how much things cost and how hard you have to work for things I don't know if I will have that dream wedding but I know what ever I get will be close.  

Answer 15

No, I never dreamed of the details of my wedding, but this reminds me of a funny story.  My dear, sweet husband was trying very hard to be involved in the wedding planning, but he didn't have a clue.  So, he arranged for us to go to a bridal show.  Once we got there, he realized that he may well be surrounded by a pack of bridezillas, but he took a deep breath and plunged in.  We got to the area on limos, and there was a huge stretch Hummer limo, with hardwood floors, two fireplaces, a bar, etc.,  He knew that I didn't want a limo, especially one as ostentatious as that.  He looked at the limo, looked at me, pouted out his lips, stamped his foot and said "I've dreamed of this day since I was a little boy, and I want it!".  Until we burst into laughter, people standing near us didn't know what to think.

Answer 16

I have been planning my wedding for quite sometime. I finally got engaged this past March, now things are going downhill again. I'm getting worried. But to answer your question, yes.

Answer 17

I've heard that myself, but I'm like you. I never dreamed of my "perfect" day. I was married in February, and the day was beyond anything I could have come up with on my own.

I actually think planning your wedding before you get the groom is strange. Doesn't he get a say?