I always wanted a solemn wedding with not more than 100 guests compose of family and close friends. I’ve always believed that small weddings creates intimate celebration, less worry on handling guests plus the lesser budget. Since most of guests, if not all, are family or friends, we need not worry on guests who leaves without even finishing the wedding program. It is just but irritating to see tables already empty when the program is still halfway to the end.
Small, intimate weddings also relieves us from having to worry in pleasing guests as the guest themselves know that they should be pampering you both since it is indeed your BIG day. We sometimes forget these as newly wed couples. We are sometimes too much concerned on unsatisfied or bored guest that we tend to take for granted the fact that we should just be enjoying and relishing the moment. This thing happens when we have a lot of guests that we are not really close to but they are just visitors sometimes of our parents or relatives. This sometimes puts pressure on us to impress them on how beautiful the wedding is. With family and friends, you can just be you and you will never hear a word.
Ironically, my wedding was not intimate, nor solemn. We had 225 guests and handful of them who are really our friends. It was so chaotic that the whole wedding day just went on like a blur. I wish I just ignored the chaos and live the moments with ease but it was not so. I was stressed by those guests having to leave in the middle of the program. It was not what I always wanted and I wish I could turn back time and so I could insist on what I want.
Too bad, I can’t.