How do you NOT cry at your own wedding???

[florida-again]

I cry at other people's weddings, weddings on tv, thinking about my own wedding (yet to happen. will not happen for years)....most wedding stuff.
And I've worked in the wedding industry so I've got no illusions about weddings!

I just don't get how people DON'T cry at their own weddings, I'm most certainly going to have to be sedated to get through mine when the time comes!

Vows, speeches, walking down the aisle, first dance as husband and wife...

just thinking about that stuff makes me cry!

 

[anewvance]

I've cried at every wedding but my own. I cry at weddings on tv too! Don't know why I didn't cry at my own...

 

[Marseeya]

I didn't shed a tear at mine. I smiled all day, though.

I don't cry at funerals either.

I think I'm too wound up at times like that and can't relax enough to cry, but once I get in bed or a shower I can cry. I probably only cry once a year or less.

 

[ead79]

You may be surprised at your reaction. I cry at all weddings, even the ones on TV, but I didn’t cry at my own. I think in some ways it’s almost surreal, so it makes it a little more easy to handle emotionally. Often, I think it’s those people who don’t normally cry that end up crying at their own weddings.

 

[Hercules10]

Try to imagine the preacher naked....

 

[goodeats]

Yes, I'm a very emotional person (tear up at commercials quite frequently) and I did not cry at my wedding. It's a very surreal, out of body experience, and well, I just did not cry.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I didn't cry at my wedding and I am an ultra-emotional person.

 

[katerkat]

Not enough time to cry.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I cried the morning of the wedding, but mostly because it was the middle of a hurricane (in NH!), and we had an outdoor reception planned.

I didn't cry at the ceremony, but at the rehearshal, as soon as I heard the Here comes the bride song, I started laughing and crying so hard I could hardly walk.

Jen

 

[kpm76]

I had my emotional moments at my wedding but I didn't really cry...DH, however, is another story...he was so cute I am super sensitive too and cry at all weddings, funerals etc. I think I was just so happy I could not wipe the smile off my face. I did cry in the morning while getting ready with my bridesmaids and when my dad cried watching us prep. After that, I willed myself not to ruin my make-up and it worked...

 

[jennyl772003]

I get teary at weddings, but I didn't cry at mine. I was just too busy doing what I was supposed to do, then, POOF, it was done. No tears.

 

[jcsbama]

Add me to the list of those that cry at everything else, but not at my wedding. I thought I would cry, but I didn't. I think there are just so many emotional high and lows that have already taken place just planning the wedding that when the day arrives, you're just relieved and can relax.

 

[Brianne]

Yep, add me to the list. I get teary at everything, but not a tear shed at my wedding. DH, on the other hand---I think that's the only time I've ever seen him cry, now that I look back on it.

Even though we had a pretty simple wedding, the months of planning took its toll on me. All I really felt that day was relief. Happiness too, of course, but definitely overwhelming relief.

 

[WDWLVR]

Here's what happened at my weddding. I walked up the aisle by myself and stopped at the front pew for my mom to put my blusher back and give her a kiss. That's when I started to tear up. I walked up and took my DH's arm. The priest, who is a family friend, took one look at me and said "stop that - you keep crying and your eyes are going to look like a hen's rear (you know what word he really said) and you'll ruin all your pictures". Needless to say I laughed and that was the end of the tears. A number of people came up to me at the reception and asked what he said!

 

[nativetxn]

I got teary at my own wedding. I didn't sob or anything but tears ran down my cheeks

 

[Blondy876]

I cry at everything: funerals, sappy commercials, all kinds of things but I didn't shed a single tear at my wedding. I was too happy and excited. When I watch the video or look at pictures I tear up, but not a single one that day.

 

[Freyja]

I've cried at every wedding but my own. I cry at weddings on tv too! Don't know why I didn't cry at my own...

Mee too. I´ve cried at probably every wedding I´ve been to except my own. Don´t know how I managed, I got quite emotional at times

 

[AnaheimGirl]

I agree with the poster who said it's so surreal. I cry at everything: funerals are a given for me, also other people's weddings, when dh proposed, sappy commercials, news accounts of deaths or missing children, sappy movies, TV weddings, everything! Somehow, I didn't cry at my own wedding. It was quite surreal. I remember walking down the aisle and almost being surprised at seeing so many people I knew (dumb, huh? I mean, I'm the one who got all those RSVP's!) It was just wonderful and happy and fun, and not that emotional for me.

Don't worry. You may surprise yourself, and you may not. Either way is OK.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

I cry at everyone else's weddings.. I did not cry at my own nor did I cry at my daughters......when she came to me at the "peace" time of the Mass, she said to me.. Peace Captain DryEyes and we both laughed out loud..

I was too busy that day to cry at the wedding, I did cry when she danced with her Dad.

 

[Microcell]

I was too busy shaking...

My sister, on the other hand, is a big cryer, infamous for it, and she blubbered like a baby- the judge asked if she really wanted to get married!