I was getting myself all worked up over something wedding related the other day, and then I remembered: it’s just seven hours. It’s just seven hours out of my whole life. But that’s not as impressive as the statistic I proceeded to work out with my digital abacus:
0.000859%. That’s the percentage of my life that our seven hour wedding comprises. I worked out the math, giving myself a lifespan of 93 years (it sounded like a good number). What is that? Eight ten-thousandths? I so enjoyed this arithmetical revelation that I tapped on the calculator a few more times:
53%: percentage of our wedding guests whom I’ve never met
11%: percentage of our wedding guests whom I’ve met once or twice
And finally,
o: number of additional wedding freakouts I’m going to have, considering the numbers above
This isn’t to say that I’m not going to do my best to have a beautiful wedding. But it certainly throws in a dash of perspective. Especially the thought that over half the people I’m working so hard to entertain/feed/impress, I don’t even know!
Anyone else in a similar boat - being a stranger to a large percentage of their guests? Has it affected the decisions you make, or the way you’re planning?