What is your biggest wedding regret?

[TeaAndSymumthy]

Trying to gather some information on what people regretted most about their weddings (excluding maybe who they married 🤣)

things like, not hiring a videographer, over spending, uncomfortable dress, venue?

what did you regret about your wedding?

Zero regrets. It was a simple day with great food, lots of wine and dancing with all the people we love.

Letting my father walk me in. I wanted Dh and I to walk in together but caved to pressure from outside and have regretted it ever since.

Also Mil was insistent on certain people being invited or not. We should have ignored her.

Moral of the story - do it your way!!

Getting married on my birthday.

And going on honeymoon next day...having to leave venue at 5am...everyone stayed all say ..had breakfast, chilled then had lunch todsy and remininsed about the day...we missed out!

No real regrets. It was 36 years ago, so things were very different.
I'm delighted that there was no video - they're awful and intrusive.
I'm delighted there was no "evening do", as I think they're grim.
I suppose, ideally, I'd have had fewer guests - ditched all/most of the family members I felt obligated to invite, and just stuck to friends.
I'd do it differently now, and make it more relaxed, but only because fashions have moved on.

Just echoing other comments to say the groom first time round
Second time round I got an upgrade! No regrets other than 15 years later wishing we’d had a video as quite a few guests have died since then

I wish I had booked a Child care provider to attend the wedding and look after my then 2 year old. I couldn’t quite relax and it was a long day for him.

Not hiring a photographer (we couldn't afford it). My FIL took one lovely photo of myself and my husband and we have another one of when everyone was throwing the confetti, but that's about it.
Asides from that the day was magical, but I just wish we had more photos of it to look back on.

that it took place 😅😂

Similar experience with photographer. Our chosen photographer told us that he was unable to photograph our wedding due to a "personal reasons" but said that he had a replacement lined up for us - we were so relieved we went with them - huge regrets - quality of photography was very amateur. We should have researched alternatives ourselves.

I was married 25 years ago before phone cameras - if I was going it again I would like at least one of my friends to have captured my DF do his speech - I can’t recall what he said (apart from it was lovely) because he did it off the cuff (my Mum had died) just before. It would be lovely to play it back, that said I wouldn’t have wanted a video of the entire day. We had a small beautiful day and the best thing is I chose the right man

Don't regret a thing. Ours was very (very) budget indeed and we were glad not to get into debt.

I had cream patterned flat lace up boots with satin laces ( nicer than it sounds) and ooh a top hat - quite fashionable at the time - late 90s!! Great thing was my feet were comfortable all day

Snap, I also got married on my birthday.
The good thing is my husband has never forgotten our wedding annivesary.

Letting MIL come