Wedding Plans

There are moments in our lives which we never think will come. One of these moments was getting engaged. You never anticipate what things will happen, but you can assume that some things will happen. Though that sounds cliche, and I admit that it is, we all develop our own viewpoints of the situations which we get ourselves into.

Being engaged has to be one of the most troublesome concepts in the world. Depending on your point of view on marriage, either nothing changes or the anticipation of the changes is tremendous.

For what seems like most of the nation, the concept of marriage and saving yourself has been lost, and the world is poorer for it. People argue that it is a necessary part of getting prepared to live together. In my opinion, you probably should know this long before getting engaged and it makes me laugh when people move in together and then decide that it can't work out. In my opinion, how little were you trying to accommodate the other? Mind you, this goes both ways.

So what is it about being engaged from the other perspective? What is it like when you are waiting?

Simply, relaxing at times and not relaxing at times. In other words, you'll find out that day when you wake up. Countless times my fiancee has new things to tell me that I need to answer, most of the times they are not even her comments but her mother's. Things about the wedding are the predominant item of business. If you think that you'll get to plan out your own wedding, think again. Most of the stuff that we've wanted to do have not panned out in our favor. The most exciting part for us is the ceremony and then try to endure the reception. Maybe that is just me, but people will argue that because I'm the groom I don't get an opinion about the wedding. I think it comes down to the fact that many grooms just get frustrated with the whole situation and just don't want to deal with it.

Being a student, I'm in school most of the day. After school and between classes I'm at work. In the evenings I have time, at last, to spend with my fiancee. It has been helpful having time apart at night in order to get the things I need to do finished, but I'll admit that it is annoying not being able to have the same food. It is also frustrating having roommates that walk in throughout the evening or are too loud that we have to find something else to do away from the apartment. Most of the time we go for long walks.

In the end, it is nice being engaged, apart from wedding planning and classes, homework, and work. It makes life easier knowing that soon it will all be done and we can just relax. It is disappointing that we can afford a honeymoon, but at least we'll be married and will have done it the right way.