(I hope you are all humming a Weezer song right now.)
As we get closer and closer to this thing, I keep having dreams about the wedding.
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Nope—not quite like that. More like this:
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The different scenarios my subconscious is coming up with are crazy…and terrifying:
All of this is so weird, because in my waking hours I don’t actually feel too stressed or worried about the wedding (…yet?). Maybe this is my body’s way of getting all of that out prematurely?
What about you—has your wedding planning crept into your sleep? What crazy scenarios have you dreamed about?
I’m now only 10 days away and my dreams/nightmares have turned into not being able to sleep because my brain is running a-mile-a-minute. I’d much prefer going back to the nightmares than waking up 6-10 times every night – and that is if I can even get to sleep at all!
No wedding related dreams for me yet…thank goodness.
When I worked in retail many many years ago I’d dream about people piling up stuff on the conveyer belt until it was spilling over on top of me. Icckk!
I have had plenty of nightmares with 7 months still to go. My craziest was when no one including my groom showed up to the wedding because it was Superbowl Sunday. Everyone came in all happy after the game was over. I woke up and elbowed the hell out of him just for me thinking he would do such a thing. lol.
I’m glad I’m not the only one! I’ve been having nightmares since about 1 year before the wedding. We’re having an outside wedding and reception and I dreamt it was pouring rain and the tent never got to the venue and all of our guests were out in the rain.
I had another one that I can’t remember and the most recent one is similiar to yours were my bridesmaids’ dresses aren’t at the venue and they’re all wearing black and I couldn’t find my wedding dress. 5 minutes before the ceremony, the dresses show up (magically) and then we’re all rushing to put the dresses on. In that same dream, my wedding planner/friend is no where to be found and it’s just pure chaos.
I fear more dreams will come as we’re still 7 months out from the wedding!! Everyone tells me I need to relax, but dreams aren’t really something that you can control! lol
lol love it…
i’ve had several dreams similar to yours (missing shoes, dresses, people, etc) but the funniest one I had was:
a zombie apocalypse hit and we were still trying to make it to the wedding. there were zombies everywhere but they were slow moving so we were picking them off as the wedding was happening.
and i don’t even watch walking dead!
I keep having dreams about lighting. We are bringing in our own lights for the barn. The barn only has florescent horrible tube lights on the ceiling (and not enough of them to light the room). SO i keep having dreams that the lighting gets left behind or forgotten about and everyone must party in the dark.
Whenever we were working on booking a vendor, I would dream that we were at the wedding and realize we forgot to book someone to be that vendor. And when I was looking for a dress, I would dream that I showed up to the wedding naked. Nightmares definitely add an edge to wedding planning.
P.S. I was so afraid of vendors double booking that I checked in on them all the time. I would follow that instinct…it can’t hurt to make sure all your ducks are in a line!
@raspberry bride: I’m with you girl. Our wedding is in 16days and I have had the hardest time sleeping unless i’m exhausted or drugged. We’re almost there!!
@phillybride61513: My FH had they apocalypse dream. He and his GM are in the middle of getting us to safety and I’m still planning the wedding and telling him, we’ve gotten this far in the planning we are NOT stopping now.
Even he knew we’re getting married come hell or high water…or zombies.
@phillybride61513: I’ve totally had the zombies take over the world but its still my wedding day dream! Too funny!
Your bridesmaids stripping down the aisle is just hilarious. It sounds like a bad movie.
About 2 months ago, I dreamt that only some people came, and as soon as dessert was over, they all filed out…Last night I was going over in my brain about silver stuff, and glitter or no glitter on certain items..It’s starting to drive me insane, and I still have almost 4 months to go
Only a few dreams so far, but for an anxiety ridden girl like myself, I anticipate that they’ll only get worse between now and the big day!
Agreed with Mrs. Pony, the stripping down the aisle is hilarious. I have barely started planning and I’ve already had nightmares… in one, I didn’t realize until after the reception that none of my family or friends had come because I’d scheduled the whole shebang on a Thursday. In another, our photographer was also the DJ and got really annoyed any time we asked for a picture.
I used to head an orchestra and had concert day nightmares frequently… I hope yours go away soon!
My worse “wedding nightmare”…on the day of our wedding myself and my bridesmaids were at my mom’s house getting ready, only in my dream it wasn’t the house my mom lives in now. It had rained that day and for some reason there was a bulldozer digging up the front yard. There was mud everywhere!!! And my bridesmaids kept going in and out getting there shoes covered in mud. It was a disaster! So then a little later I was in a room with my mom getting my dress on and right when my mom zipped up my dress I turned my head and the box of my wedding invitations were sitting in the corner of the room!!! I never sent them out!!! I woke up on a cold sweat on that one lol
Oh, wow! Those are some crazy dreams. Guess I was lucky because I only had one or two which were sedate by comparison. And I was totally humming that song – the blue album was my middle school soundtrack!
LOL these are hilarious! I’ve had my fair share of nightmares. One of them I dreamt it was already the reception and I couldn’t remember a thing about our ceremony! On top of that I didn’t have a bouquet, the cake was HUGE (like halfway to the ceiling!) and there was no photographer to be seen! Then suddenly it was like fast forward to the next morning. I went to go pick up flowers from the venue, at which stage there was a very bossy man there clearing up and he shouted at me that I can’t take them! Then, when I asked my fiance what time we should leave for the airport for our honeymoon, he replied “But I thought you booked…?”…. Uh yeah, I literally woke up in a cold sweat!!!
I don’t consider myself to be stressed about wedding stuff, and we’re still far away (just under 2 years), but the day we decided to book our venues, I had a wedding nightmare! It was silly and I laughed it off, but I’m definitely afraid that I’ll have some real doozies when we get closer to the wedding!
One my one year mark, I dreamt that I’d just gone through the whole wedding but didn’t remember a stitch of it, and I was really.
Really.
Really. Upset.
Other than that, nothing else! (Thank goodness.)
Mrs. Gray Wolf, Washington DC Age and Occupation: 26, Business Development Executive Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Research Scientist Engagement Date: November 11, 2011 Wedding Date: February 2013 Venue: Whittemore House About Me: I'm an ultra-organized, pun-loving, list-making, cheese-enthusiast bride-to-be. Although my day job is in cubicle land, I'm happiest in the modern art wing of a museum, having recently earned my Masters in Museum Studies. Shortly after a chance meeting five years ago, I moved in with Wolfman and haven't looked back since. We love music, movies, TV, and all things pop culture; we have an unspoken competition to be the first to share the latest YouTube sensation or indie song. Together, we've filled quite a few pages in our passports, but also love quiet nights in with a Game of Thrones marathon and our French Bulldog, Tonks (Harry Potter, anyone?). I'm planning a small, cozy winter wedding---think mercury glass and candle light---in the heart of DC. Our venue is a historic home with a lot of political charm, but needs a bit of work to be wedding-ready.
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