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We've already had to push our wedding back once, is it wrong if we do it again?
We were meant to get married last year but decided to push it back a year. We decided to push it back because my fiance's grandfather died and his funeral was the day of our wedding. We're currently expecting our first child and I'm wanting to push our wedding back again by a couple of months, just to off load some of the stress. The wedding isn't until September when I'll be 31 weeks pregnant, it just fell that our wedding day fell in my third trimester. The stress of planning the wedding isn't helping me or the baby, when I found out I was pregnant I thought I could do it all but obviously I can't. With it affecting our baby, we both think its best to push it back so the baby is healthy and happy. We mentioned it to his parents the other night at dinner and they weren't very happy especially as they believe that if we 'cancel' as they put it again then will find another reason to put it off again.
Is it wrong if we push our wedding back again?
14 Answers
- ?Lv 49 years ago
It's not necessarily wrong, but here are some things I think you should consider:
-While you may have perfectly valid reasons to want to push it off, other people are not going to see it that way. So if you do push it, expect some funny looks and nosy questions.
-It will only be more stressful once you have the baby. You think you don't feel like it now, wait until you've got a little one demanding your attention. So having the baby first will not accomplish your goal.
-Since you and your fiance are now going to be parents, do you really need the big wedding? I understand wishing you could have one, but wouldn't you rather put the money toward your home and family? I'm not saying that you shouldn't have a celebration, but do a simpler one without all the bells and whistles - just a nice backyard wedding with some tasteful decorations and good food. That shouldn't be too hard together, you'll get your party, and it will be over with so you can concentrate on bigger and better things afterward.
As I said, I can understand why you would want to delay it again, and why you did the first time, but the huge formal wedding may not be in the cards. I think your best bet is to continue as planned with a scaled-down wedding, because once your baby is born you'll be lucky to catch some z's once in a while, never mind plan a wedding!
- ?Lv 69 years ago
Do the wedding and get it over with. I was pregnant too and planning a wedding, so I know how stressful it is. However, if stuff has been decided on and paid, just do the wedding. Otherwise you could lose deposits paid to vendors. If you can hire a wedding planner to help plan the minor details, or ask for help. it just seems dub to put it off again. Life happens. Are you sure you're not looking for a way to get out of the wedding? When his grandfather died you could have moved it back a week or two.
- 9 years ago
Obviously it is hard to sum up the whole situation in a paragraph, but you tried and I will too. In short, yes. There are always certain extreme situations that force us to change plans, but how we deal the with that shows how we view the events importance. The first red flag was the funeral, the reality is that while the loss of a loved one is not easy, something like a funeral is more flexible than a wedding given a couple of days notice. That means that when the date of the funeral was picked someone on that side of the family specifically planned a funeral on your wedding day. While that is not what you are asking about here I think that shows a serious lack of support and understanding on their part.
Weddings take as long as a year to coordinate and funerals take a couple days. It might sound cold but in matters of family wedding comes first. People are planning on traveling, purchasing gifts, and placing parts of their lives on bold to celebrate you moving forward with yours. On this second time around this just really seems like you are looking for reasons to avoid. Surely you knew that there is a likelihood of getting pregnant and pregnancy is again a part of life. If you and your future husband can't seem to collectively understand that a marriage is your life not an obstacle you can avoid or delay it does not set a very high standard for how you will each respect your marriage. I would strongly consider why you are even wanting to marry if you don't find it be one of the most significant things you can do in this life then I would question if you two are a good fit. Remember anybody can fall in love and make a baby it takes a dedicated team make a marriage work and to raise a baby. If you are both half in, you are also half out.
Source(s): Life - Anonymous9 years ago
It's your decision, so it's not going to be "wrong". However, I definitely understand their worry that the wedding won't happen if you keep putting it off. Plus, having a newborn isn't going to help much more to make wedding planning easier.
You want to have a healthy pregnancy, but I feel like the wedding will be easier to have either before you give birth or in like 2 years. Can you try to take some of the stress off of wedding planning, and get lots of help from your mom or maid of honor or someone?
I don't think it's wrong to push the wedding back, but if at all possible, I wouldn't.
- MessykattLv 79 years ago
First, you and your fiance need to start thinking like a couple with a baby on the way. Major decisions like a wedding should not be casually mentioned at dinner when the 2 of you haven't figured what YOU want to do.
My suggestion is give up the dream of the big wedding. With a baby on the way, everything changes, and this includes finances. Then throw together something in the next month that is very small, like maybe going to the registry and then taking your immediate families out to dinner. With an infant on your hands, your stress isn't going to go down - it will go up. And it's unrealistic to be planning a big wedding under those circumstances.
If your fiance balks at this, something else is going on, like maybe he's getting cold feet about all of it. And if that's the case, you need to have a long and honest chat with him.
- RitaLv 69 years ago
I don't blame your parents for being unhappy. They are likely embarrassed at these choices that you have made.
What's with the deal about planning for a wedding? Simply find a minister or justice of the peace and get married. You don't need a party at this point. You are about to become a parent and any money earmarked for a celebration should not go for the upbringing of this child.
Yes, it's nice to have all of the parties and things associated with weddings but you have chosen to have children. This is now your priority.
- AlexLv 69 years ago
It sounds the right thing to do.
But you will get a reputation for being unreliable and (in your parent's kind terms) "cancelling" your wedding.
Deep down you don't actually want this wedding and various reasons are manifesting themselves to prevent it. Further reasons will also come along- so why not just stay as you are- happily unmarried???
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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- CarolineLv 69 years ago
If anything, move the wedding up. Make sure your child has married parents. Common sense, no?
- 9 years ago
no its not wrong take your time as long as you and hubby to be are fine with it then it doesnt matter what others think, its too much stress for you. hope everything goes smoothly with birth and replanning wedding :)