Wedding Chicago: Sharing Responsibilities

July 12, 2005

Good morning, everyone!

What is it about weddings that make women crazy?  Okay, not all women, but I admit that I went a little nutty for the first few months of the engagement.

Yesterday, I wrote about buying all of the wedding magazines with the hope of hiring my first pick of wedding vendors.  In my wedding mania I neglected to involve my husband in the process.  He was very agreeable and patiently waited for the wedding storm to pass.  Unfortunately, my lapse of sanity took a little longer than expected but I eventually snapped back reality.

A friend of mine suggested that my husband and I plan our wedding as a team. I hesitated because I felt that I would do a much better job at making appointments and creating a short list of wedding vendors.  She reminded me that the task of planning a wedding could foreshadow our life together.  If I try to control everything at this stage of the game, the marriage might stumble before it even gets out of the gate.  A good relationship is based on trust, not control. 

After that conversation, my husband and I started creating our wedding together.  He and I split the wedding responsibilities down the middle and consulted each other on every decision.  We created a wedding that was unique, elegant and perfectly reflected the love we have for each other.

Have a great day!

Alison Lonesome Rodriguez
Publisher

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