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No wedding is ever simple—not even the simple ones. Even emotionally stable, humble, reasonable couples who start with the best intentions of an easy wedding find themselves going crazy, getting into fights with their family, and feeling completely bulldozed by everyone. The thing is that your big day is not your big day. Your parents want to feel that their family traditions are represented—your fiance’s parents want the same thing. And what of that 100-year-old grandma who lives a five-hour plane ride away? Shouldn’t you bring the whole wedding to her town so she can see it? She shouldn’t have to fly. Oh, and a lot of your relatives are gluten intolerant so you’ll just have to serve gluten-free food at your wedding even though you’re not gluten-intolerant. See how things get out of hand, fast? Here are things brides wish they could say out loud.
We should just elope
That’s a thought that will cross a bride’s mind time and time again during the wedding process. Everyone involved will just make her so d*mn mad that, just to spite them, she’ll consider running off, eloping, and leaving them out of the whole thing.
