2014 brides please answer

Hi Fenty

The short version is that we decided early in 2012 we'd like to get married, we told our parents that we were going to get married and all was fine. Except my mother went way over the top and was constantly on at us about where and when and what arrangements had been made, one morning she called before 8am . By this stage we'd both had enough of the hassle and decided to call things off and tell them all we'd changed our minds and that there would be no wedding that year.

In August 2012 my hubby to be (sorry I don't know the shortened jargon) had a serious health scare and we decided to celebrate his recovery by planning our wedding but in order to have the day as we wanted we planned most of it before telling our nearest and dearest. That 8 months flew by and other than our suppliers we told no-one luckily the vicar and the hotel were more than happy to assist in our request for secrecy until Easter 2013 and the rest was history. We really enjoyed our secret knowing that everyone would be pleased for us but that we knew something no-one else did, it made us feel much closer and was great for us both.

I did wait for my Mum to choose my dress, which I got in June last year. Have a great day on Saturday, I look forward to hearing how you got on. xxx

Hi Fenty

The short version is that we decided early in 2012 we'd like to get married, we told our parents that we were going to get married and all was fine. Except my mother went way over the top and was constantly on at us about where and when and what arrangements had been made, one morning she called before 8am . By this stage we'd both had enough of the hassle and decided to call things off and tell them all we'd changed our minds and that there would be no wedding that year.

In August 2012 my hubby to be (sorry I don't know the shortened jargon) had a serious health scare and we decided to celebrate his recovery by planning our wedding but in order to have the day as we wanted we planned most of it before telling our nearest and dearest. That 8 months flew by and other than our suppliers we told no-one luckily the vicar and the hotel were more than happy to assist in our request for secrecy until Easter 2013 and the rest was history. We really enjoyed our secret knowing that everyone would be pleased for us but that we knew something no-one else did, it made us feel much closer and was great for us both.

I did wait for my Mum to choose my dress, which I got in June last year. Have a great day on Saturday, I look forward to hearing how you got on. xxx

Hi Julie,

To be honest, the reason we have not gone public with it (especially my mum), is the opposite reason to what you did. Short version also...my mum just does not care, she is not a normal mum who actually takes an interest in my life, its all me me me with her.

When we started saving for the wedding, we told my mum that we were saving for an august 2015 wedding, and she literally said 'oh good, anyway me me me me me'. Basically she just does not give a damn, and rather than upset myself with her non reaction, I thought I would just wait til nearer the time and tell her. I may even do it by text message, as to be honest her reaction will stick with me. We always planned to go abroad alone and do it and for years we have always told the family that. my mums reaction was 'what about me, I want to be mother of the bride', when I told her that we were def going away alone (not that she would come even if she was invited), she said well you better have a party when you get back so I can be mother of the bride....as you can imagine I said no to that too lol.

I love how you booked it after your H2B got over a health scare, how wonderful. xxxx

I'm not getting married until almost the end of 2014, but I'm still definitely much more excited now that we are in to "our" year. I have weddings on the brain, and barely a day goes by when I haven't Google searched something, or popped on here to browse.

We got engaged in July last year, and had booked church and hotel by September. I found my dress in October in first "oh let's just go and try some on for ideas" trip, bridesmaids' dresses in similar fashion in November.

TOG booked in January. All the rest still to do.

We got engaged in February 2011, August 2013 we decided to get married this year, always thought I'd be engaged for ten years before getting married never been much of a planning person but everything is almost sorted and I'm excited for the big day and getting to wear my dress and finally get to eat cake

I booked mine around a year ago and it feels so different now I can say, "Im getting married this year!" think it's more exciting now as we have been engaged for nearly 5 years. It's starting to get very exciting but very real and a little stressful. We've just been to order our rings today which made me feel better as I absolutely fell in love with mine We have pretty much everything in order but waiting till may to get the groomsmen and bridesmaid outfits (getting married in August) we know what we want and where to get them from so not too bad. Only thing that is still up in the air at the moment is my hen party, me and 3 friends are planning on going to Benidorm for a weekend in May so we are just waiting for flight prices to drop at mo. Think Im looking forward to the honeymoon as much as the wedding as before we started saving for the wedding we were having 3 holidays a year and we haven't been away for nearly a year now so it's killing me!

Got engaged 23/12/13 for his birthday and fixed date based on amazing holiday we'd already booked - so 15/6/14 became our date. Not sure I'd have wanted longer to plan, it's focused us on what's important and we're now pretty much sorted. Looking forward to sharing an amazing party with our friends, even though it won't change the practicalities for us (together for 9 years, living together for over 7)...