Of What's Trending and What's Eternal

In the midst of all that one-in-a-lifetime wedding planning, I found it all too easy to lose myself in the busyness of it all.

The colour scheme, the invites, the dresses, the shoes, the make up, the props, and even the hashtag. Yes, that hex thingy also!!!!

But the twist is, the fiance doesn't.

He likes to talk about everything else. Although he does, once in a while, broach about the topic.

I guess it's a good thing, since I'll probably drive him and myself crazy if all we did all day was to talk about that one day in our entire lifetime together.

And it does takes some pressure off when we allow ourselves to stop being so hectic and hung up on things that we want to do and get frustrated about the things that we know we cannot do.

And if we overhype things, what'll happen after that day, right? There's still a life ahead to look forward to, and I see his wisdom in thinking about that more than the one day.

Well anyway, currently we have thought about a lot a lot of puns for our "Save The Date". They include our top (controversial) favourite, a bacteria saying STD! (Save.The.Date), and a date drowing and saying "Save Me!" Good right? That's the thing about weddings, right? That everyone wants to try to be as unique as we can.

In the midst of all of these though, I have this naggy feeling that the current social ideal of "Weddings" is so far off from what is biblical and what is important. It is hard though, not to get swept up in the hype of that ONE PERFECT DAY. However, our daily lives still need pruning and moulding, the sheep needs to get fed, and our lives' missions don't just stop because we have a wedding to plan.

Or at least that's what I'm trying to tell myself in a all-mature voice.

Luckily, looking at my own wallet and then at the prices of so called "Must Have" wedding items sobers me up. "Must Have" my arse. I used to think that one needs to be married in a hotel as a standard. I only remembered that a few days after I've signed a package with a Chinese restaurant group. That's why people say, all your dreams fly away when you grow up.

But anyway, of course I am still looking forward to the planning and everything in between.

Ahhh.. 6 more months to go!