Confessions of a bridezilla
• The Wedding Planner's Web log
By Tanya Bricking
Advertiser Staff Writer
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003
The worst part about being a bride-to-be is that it makes you so self-absorbed.
Even writing this Web journal makes me want to apologize for brides everywhere.
I used to be able to carry on normal conversations. Now I attempt to have ones that don't include the words "wedding," "my fiance" or anything in the "bridal" family.
The best answer to: "How's that wedding planning going?" I think I'll just start saying: "fine."
It's like somebody asking you how you're doing and not really wanting to know about your cold.
I have a disease, and it's called wedding planning.
It is making my groom wonder what he's gotten himself into.
Last night as I was discussing wedding particulars, my fiance (there I go again) said he'd just like to know what he could do, because at this point he felt like he hadn't contributed anything.
Of course, that set off my waterworks. Tears, tissues, the whole drama. Not usually my thing.
I don't know what's gotten into me.
I've been cutting people off mid-sentence when their ideas for my day don't fit into my "vision." I never thought I had any unbreakable wedding-day "visions." I guess I was wrong.
I'm stubborn and I think I may be turning into my mother (who is a good woman who loves me and graciously wants to help pay for the wedding, and who may be reading this and angered by the thoughtless rants of her self-centered daughter. Sorry.)
Thank God the wedding is only two months away, because I don't think I could stand for this planning to stretch out any longer.
I don't want to bore my friends about ring-bearer pillows. I don't want to talk about tiaras. I'm even sick of my whiny complaints about what's supposed to be a joyous event.
I just want to be married already.
Tanya Bricking writes about relationships for The Advertiser. Reach her at tbricking@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8026.
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