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On Monday night I had dinner with my friend/MOH, who's also engaged, and of course between bites of pasta we got to chatting about our weddings. The two of us are so alike in many ways. We have similar clothing style (so similar in fact that back in high school, we used to buy a lot of the same stuff and had to coordinate it so we weren't wearing the same outfit on the same day, haha) We're also both really organized and sentimental. But I've noticed that in wedding planning, we're very different!
She's having a Saturday evening affair during the summer. Mine is a daytime wedding in the fall (on a holiday Monday, no less). Her wedding will have double the amount of guests as ours and a live band. Mine will be smaller (100 guests or so) and we'll have a DJ. She's taking a more traditional approach with her Jewish ceremony and chose a more traditional photographer. Steve and I are having a friend officiate our wedding and we chose a more artistic/photojournalistic photographer. I obsess over wedding blogs and absorb wedding inspiration every day. She doesn't read any blogs and relies on her own ideas and vender's suggestions as inspiration. (I did direct her to The Perfect Palette and Snippet & Ink when she was struggling to figure out a color scheme! She was impressed by the inspiration boards :o)) I'll be DIYing some things. I believe she'll be purchasing everything.
Our weddings will definitely look different, but I know they'll both be beautiful. They'll both reflect who we are. And here's what our weddings will have in common: we'll both be sharing our vows with our fiances, celebrating with our family and friends, dancing, eating cake, taking pictures, and by the end of the night, we'll both be wives. That's what really matters. Not the little details, not the abundance or lack of DIY projects, not the matching or decidedly non-matching bridesmaids dresses, etc. What matters is that we're both getting married. I'm really excited to be a bridesmaid at her wedding and I'm looking forward to seeing our wedding planning come together in 2010!
What a great post...and a great perspective you have on everything. How special to be going through this at the same time. I have a girlfriend getting married the week after me and we are just so very different about our opinions and plans for our wedding. It's cool to see that you recognize and appreciate the differences between the two of you while still focusing on all the important similarities. Can't wait to hear more about your friend's event as well!
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo interesting...because my MOH and I are the SAME way! She is planning a fall wedding for next year, mine is in the spring...and we are complete POLAR opposites on wedding plans, but in reality we are so much alike! I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. My sister and I went through this. We were engaged for about a year of the same time. She just married this October and we'll marry next October, we were each others moh's and our weddings are completely different. I had so much fun going through everything with her, I'm sure you and your moh will too!
ReplyDeleteSo cute. Me and my best friend have very different tastes. Its kind of funny because we think we are just alike, but we like different everything :)
ReplyDeletegreat post. thansk for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSo I just read this post and had to comment on it. (As you said, I don't read many blogs, but every once in a while, I catch up on ten eleven ten!) I do find it very interesting that we are so alike and have tons in common in so many ways but our wedding planning does seem to be very different! Even after realizing how different our wedding planning styles are turning out to be, I am so happy to be able to go through this experience at the same time as you! It is so nice to have one of my best friends understand, know so much about, and be so interested in wedding planning and what I am going through. I'm so happy that we are both so involved in hearing about each others plans and that we will be able to play a big role in each others special day. I loved this post and had to let you know that I agree - so happy to be your MOH and excited for all that 2010 will bring!
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