Wedding Planning Stress: 3 Ways To Combat Disagreements, Pressure, And Tension - Dr. Dalton-Smith - I Choose My Best Life

Planning a wedding, despite being an enjoyable time in life, is quite the stressful thing. It’s something most to-be-married couples will come to find an issue with at some point, and even the smallest of sparks can lead to a long term problem that may be hard to deal with.  

Because of that, it’s crucial to anticipate these tensions and nip them in the bud before they can take hold. That will help to prevent disagreements from taking root between the two of you, especially the kind that cannot be brought to a positive compromise. 

As such, here are three ways to combat wedding planning pressure, as well as the unhealthy results that can often come from it. 

Work Out When Would Be Best to Set the Date

This usually won’t be within the week, or even within the month. Nine times out of ten, it’s not even within the same year. And really, there isn’t a select time frame between when you get engaged and when you should get married. 

You need to set that date at a time that suits you best, especially if you’ve got your eye on a very popular wedding venue that seems to be booked up twelve months in advance. 

Set the date at a time that lets you save up the money you’d like to have, make other changes to your life that you’d like to happen first, and at a time that you both feel would be most romantic and peaceful for you. 

Talk About How You’re Feeling

There’s a lot to talk about before you even get engaged, but once you’re both sure you’d like to marry each other, make sure you keep this open line of communication between you. Open the floor to emotional interactions as much as possible, and let each other know that it’s OK to speak up when things aren’t feeling quite right. 

Feelings can be overwhelming when they’re bottled up, dismissed, or unvalued at such a sensitive juncture. Don’t let this become a sticking point; be honest with each other, take time with each other’s thoughts and feelings, and don’t let something small become a big resentment because there’s seemingly no space for it. 

Don’t Involve Too Many People

Relatives jumping in to try and arrange things for you, friends who think they’re the answer to all your wedding prep woes – it’s quite common for influences like these to bear down on you during this stage. 

Stand firm, as a couple, when it comes to turning these people down. Wedding planning should be something the two of you can focus on, and extraneous opinions make it so much harder to visualize the wedding you really want. 

Tell them no, and let them have their own emotions around that, but be sure to draw boundaries against anyone who still feels they can overstep. 

Wedding plan stress can wreak havoc on the mind and body. Tamper down disagreements, pressure, and tension using these tips.

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