We lived together for about a year, he moved into the house I owned, I had a roommate and she even stayed on for a little while after the wedding, she was happy because I reduced her rent. We had combined most of our finances before hand and I waited 6 years to change my last name, so I guess I did not feel different. However I felt a big let down because I had spent the whole year prior planning every aspect of the wedding weekend festivities. We did it up with all the bells and whistles and with lots of activities to keep the out of town guests (lots of my family) entertained. I made the centerpieces, homemade chocolates for favors, gift bags for the guests that stayed in hotels and I even had a weekend events newsletter printed. I cooked the food and hosted the rehearsal dinner where we kept our boat, had a woman's brunch at my home the morning of the wedding, and organized a barbeque boat party for the day after. Everyone thought I was crazy but I enjoyed all the planning. We did not go on a honeymoon for 6 months so with no wedding to work on I felt a little blue. |