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Mrs. Caramel, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 24, Art Gallery/Museums Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Engineer Engagement Date: January 8, 2007 Wedding Date: October 6, 2007 Venue: a beautiful church and hotel reception About Me: I love dancing, singing, eating out, eating in, surfing on the net, and brainstorming fantastic ideas. I also love cats, coffee, and know every quote written on Sex & the City. I'm known to laugh really loud and have really crazy hand gestures while I talk. My fiance writes songs and I take pictures. What else? We're just a crazy young couple in love, trying to make a fabulous wedding!
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And The Question Is…

September 20th, 2007 @ 10:25 am by Mrs. Caramel

For the past few weeks, I keep getting asked these questions constantly:

“Are you stressed?”

“Are you nervous?”

“Are you ready?”

After the first dozen times, I’ve been polite and given my real answer. Now it’s a monotone and short “no.” The thing is, I really am not stressed or nervous but now that people are asking me all the time, I’m starting to stress and get nervous! I feel that all the eyes and the pressure of their questions is making me feel uneasy. Inside my head I’m thinking “Why!? Is there a reason to be nervous?!”

Instead, I feel like they should replace their questions with these questions:

“Aren’t you excited?!”

“Don’t you feel so lucky to be marrying Mr. Caramel?!”

Or anything along those lines. This is a good tip for you bridesmaids out there - these questions will help brides feel excited instead of nervous. :)

The conclusion I came to is — Don’t be nervous about being nervous. Don’t be stressed about being stressed. And of course, don’t be anxious about being anxious. Shut everyone’s questions out and just concentrate on regular life.

I picked up The Chronicles of Narnia from the bookstore. I’m going to allow myself to be a regular human being even though there are only a couple of weeks left. I want to live everything day to day.

Are there any questions you guys have been asked that you like or dislike?

11 Responses to “And The Question Is…”

1.
Mrs. Licorice says:

I actually had some people ask “When are you planning on having kids?” before I even got married! I happen to think that’s a rude question in general.

2.
starkid says:

A bad question following another bad question:
a) So, are you ready for everything?
Answer: No, not really…
b) What? You only have xx days left, you’re STILL NOT DONE?
*_* thanks people, how encouraging…!

3.
acklesgrl says:

I get the same questions as starkid. They usually come from the same person.

4.
Sara says:

So far, I’ve only been annoyed with vendors saying, “Oh, you have so much time… call us back to meet with us later.” Well, that would be fine and dandy if I didn’t have to plan our wedding from overseas! Vendors (especially florists) don’t respond to email inquiries.

When I tell my friends about all the DIY projects I have in mind, they say,”Uh.. I think you’re in over your head. Good luck with that.” I think they will be the same people who say the same comments to me as starkid has heard. :P

5.
jlb07 says:

“How’s the wedding planning going?” I’ve been getting that since May, 2006. My standard response has been “We’re still planning on getting married!” That question has no useful answer — I hate it!

6.
Kelly says:

Except for a rude co-worker asking at my office shower when we were going to have kids (!), the “is everything ready?” and “are you nervous?” rank up there as the most annoying. I’ve been borderline rude at my office recently because everywhere I go it’s like the circus follows me, with so many people asking questions! :)

7.
rachel says:

Most annoying: “why are you waiting so long??” We got engaged in Jan ‘07, and are getting married in May ‘08. Waiting this long was NOT our first choice, but the schedules of family and close friends forced us to push it back to May. Oh well, more time to save $$.

8.
smartl says:

The rudest question I got asked was when I got engaged in December 06 and originally was planning on getting married in August 07 (it’s since been pushed back to August 08 due to all the good venues being booked up). The (notoriously very rude) mother of one of my BM’s asked, “What? Why such a short engagement? Are you pregnant? It’s a shotgun wedding eh?”

Um, NO. And might I remind you that your own daughter got married 1.5 months after getting engaged, and she wasn’t pregnant either.

9.
Weazie says:

I’m getting the “are you getting nervous” question a lot too. I agree with you…they should be saying “You must be so excited!” because that’s how I really feel! 30 days!

10.
Moi says:

People started asking about kids right away. None of your business, thank you very much!

11.
tracy says:

i know what you mean :) i experienced that too! just continue doing what you’re doing and ENJOY this time :) i bet you cant’ wait!


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Mrs. Caramel Mrs. Caramel, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 24, Art Gallery/Museums Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Engineer Engagement Date: January 8, 2007 Wedding Date: October 6, 2007 Venue: a beautiful church and hotel reception About Me: I love dancing, singing, eating out, eating in, surfing on the net, and brainstorming fantastic ideas. I also love cats, coffee, and know every quote written on Sex & the City. I'm known to laugh really loud and have really crazy hand gestures while I talk. My fiance writes songs and I take pictures. What else? We're just a crazy young couple in love, trying to make a fabulous wedding!