Am I the only person who feels like this?

Can't say I agree with you on that. My wedding day was the best day of my life; the only thing I can imagine would come close to it is the birth of a child.

I posted similar a few month back.

I mainly enjoyed planning the wedding at the time but was so relieved when it was all over and done with. I would not like to do it all again.

The day went great and will remain a highlight of my life. I prefer to think though that the best is still to come ?

My wedding was definitely the best day of my life. The only thing I can think of that would top it would be to have my husband's child.

I find this a bit like being asked to pick my favourite film or book - impossible to do.

Yes my wedding day was fantastic but in some ways it's all over too fast and you dont get to savour each bit, plus there's a few things I'd have done differently. Most of what makes it so great is the whole being married thing which is a lot more ongoing than just one day. I've had other amazing days and I guess my wedding day will always stand out on its own but does it eclipse all other days in my life, I'm not sure.

A highlight and one of the best days but probably not THE best - not that I feel "funny" about that. I think the day my H proposed was as special and there have been birthdays/days when we've travelled together that have been pretty fantastic too. It would be a bit sad to think the best day of your life was in your 20s/30s and you'd never top that for the rest of your life.

I'm child-free which is just as well because the thought of childbirth being the best day of my life freaks me out! ?

I'm glad it's over too. So happy that I don't have to think about seating plans or table centres ever again ?

I think my feeling stem from the fact we spent more money than I was ever comfortable with. Most of it was a gift from my parents and hubby's nan, but didn't make me feel any better about spending it.

My wedding day was one of the best days of my life. I loved every minute of it and it exceeded all my expectations. My honeymoon was the best holiday ever.

The best day yet was giving birth to Harriet. Yes it hurt like hell, but definitely the best day when she turned up.

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We got married in Vegas, just us and the kids. We were back at hotel at 10.30am. Then we went off to the Grand Canyon on a helicopter trip. Was a bit production line; being one couple in, one out type thing. I didn't have any of the stressing about table plans/invitations/Auntie Gwen's dislike of chicken etc

For us, the wedding was part of a huge trip we were doing and it just seemed daft to go to Vegas and not get married there. Wasn't the best day of my life as it was a small part of the best holiday of my life. We had many fantastic memories coming from that trip and getting married will always be a special part of it but it wasn't the driving force behind it.

Perhaps part of why I feel like that is that it's the last big event I shared with my Dad. He died 11 days after my wedding and I know that there will be something missing from every good thing that happens now he's gone and I can't share it with him. However, even without that, I do think it will stand out as one of the best days of my life. It was almost exactly how I dreamt it would be; the only thing I would have changed is to have Dad walking rather than in the chair, but you can't fret over things you can do nothing about and I'm now just eternally grateful he was there at all. H agrees with me that only the birth of a child will be able to top it. It's the day we promised to spend the rest of our lives together in front of our families and best friends. What's better than that?

Flip Mel, no wonder your day had such extra special meaning for you. ?

Just to add to my earlier post, the best day time of my life so far was being a bridesmaid for my cousin a few years back. I loved the run up to the wedding, hen do, dress fittings etc.

The actual day itself was brilliant. Minimum stress for me with maximum effect. I was so sad the day was over that I slept in my bridesmaid dress ?

I would say mine was the happiest day of my life. I was marrying the man I love, all my family and friends were there, I had a gorgeous dress and looked my absolute best ever, the whole day was just as we'd wanted it. Becoming a mother - yes a more life changing and momentous experience, but it hurt, I looked and felt like sh1t afterwards, had to get my fanny sewn back together and had copious strangers prodding at my tits and arse at regular intervals. So yes a more life defining occasion possibly but a happier day - nah, not really ?

I am relieved that its over with TBH. I loved my wedding day, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't the be all and end all. I am glad I never have to do seating plans or guest lists again and I am not stressing over little things that I know look back and wonder what the hell I was on about!

I don't really have a "best" day - there are lots of them that stand out for no other reason than I was happy and content with Mr K and bratski and we all just enjoyed being a family. Like when we went over to Ireland and visited Castle Rock and sat on the huge black rocks and all just enjoyed the day...god I sound like a sap!

Of course the actions of my in-laws since the wedding have soured some memories, so thats another reason why I am glad its over!?

I got flamed last time I replied to a thread like this so this time I'll just agree. I think it was probably my third best day at the moment - with one and two being seeing U2 in 2004 and my first british Grand prix last year. I can't guarantee it won't drop down the list when I next see go to a U2 concert or go to the gp next year ?

I’m glad someone else feels like this too, I was beginning to feel like I was the only one

Don’t get me wrong the actual marriage part was amazing but the party and stuff was for everybody else and I didn’t really enjoy it, I just wanted to get off on honeymoon with H

I sincerely hope it's not the best day of my life - I was just turned 30 when I got married, I hope to live until my 80s and I'm hoping there will be some at least equally exciting and happy days in the next 50 years ?

Giving birth was an experience and having a baby is wonderful but no, it's most definitely not up there as the best day of my life ? The most painful, the most tiring, the most shocking experience day so far, for sure, but not the best ?

I don't class things in terms of whether they beat other day tbh, why do that? I had a bloody brilliant wedding day, enjoyed every minute. I've also had loads of other excellent days too.

Not that I'd ever tell Mrs Greenback this, but sitting just in front of the corner flag when Scott Gibbs put that try past England in the 1999 Five Nations was up there with my wedding day ?

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I had a fantastic day but honestly I think I prefer other people's weddings. No stress, attention's not on me, still get to buy a nice frock and have a party but don't have to mingle with the whole room- what's not to like!

The best day of my life, even though there were a lot of negative things that came with it, was when my baby girl was born. So no, it's not just you.

We had a lovely wedding day but it was all a bit of a blur, we had a fantastic honeymoon but didn't make the most of it which I really regret now. I'm not sure either would be classed as the best day of my life, I'm not sure I have one of those yet, most memorable maybe. I'm not sure the birth of our daughter would be the best day either, again it might be up there as most memorable. Maybe i'm just hard to please lol!

Zooropa, we saw U2 at Croke Park in 2005 and they were bl00dy fantastic, would love to see them again.

I don't really get the "best day in your life" thing. Most momentous, most important, most memorable...maybe, maybe not. But for me, although being married and having my children are the best things in my life, my wedding and their births weren't the best days (in the sense of the happiest days). In terms of pure happiness, the best day of my life that I can think of is the day I got my first pony, aged 8 ? closely followed by a day a few months ago when we all went walking in the countryside then had croque madames for lunch. The wedding, although fantastic fun, was neither here nor there.

Our wedding was a brilliant day, but I will say if asked to name the best days I don't think it would be the first thing to spring to mind.

1st Childs birth was one of the worst days in my life.

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It's not the childbirth itself that makes it so special its the child. When I first saw her - I can honestly say I never knew love until then. It was beautiful. ?

For me....it was the start of the next phase of our life together. We had some IL negatives that went with ours, it was a fantastic day and my H says it was the best day of his life.

For me...it is one of the best moments in my life. Along with my first day at uni...and my H telling me after 6 years of friendship that he loved me and wanted to be with me (I always felt this and was toos cared to tell him).

I still think there is more to come...

Mel, ? for you. My dad died 10 years ago and couldn't be at my wedding and he was sorely missed. Hang on to that memory he was there, that is precious.

While I didn't really enjoy planning it, I absolutely adored our wedding day for loads and loads of reasons.

Like many others, its so different from any other day I'm not really sure if 'the best day' is a tag I would attach to any day.

Oh I know what you mean. I felt the same when Woody, then just 8 weeks old, was picked out of the litter and handed to me for our first cuddle. (My surrogate baby!) ?

Well, our wedding day was pretty awesome, but it was only 3 months ago, so who knows what may happen in the future.

Mainly it was just having all our favourite people in the same place for a whole day and evening that was so special. And I looked and felt beautiful for the whole day (which is a first). The ceremony was fantastic and very personal, food was great, the service was fab (we were totally chilled the whole day) and we had an amazing evening of ceilidh-ing and bouncing on the bouncy castle!

It was most definitely 'our day' - not very traditional in many ways, and luckily we had no interfering parents/inlaws complaining or disapproving - just mucking in. We only had one external supplier - the tog - and other than that everything was done by friends or family whihc made it really special to us, and also helped us chill!

Just read that back and it sounds ??? sorry!

ETA: My Grandpa was diagnosed with terminal cancer two days before the wedding and came from hospital to be there. It was the last trip he made outside of their village and he died peacefully at home 8 weeks after the wedding. He was an absolutely awesome guy and it meant the world to have him there. RIP Papa.

Wedding day was great fun - lovely to have so many people there just for us, but I dn't think it was the best day of my life so far.

The day Clara was born was flipping hard work - I'd been awake for days and whilst it was great that she arrived, I didn't get that rush of love thing (though wasn't worried about it as I knew it would come) and as all the adrenaline subsided I mostly wanted to sleep. That desire to sleep hasnt' really abated over the last 8 months ?

I think the most elated I've ever felt was when Watford were promoted at the play-off finals. I know it sounds corny, especially since I'm only a hanger-on fan, but the emotion of the day was incredible. Another great day was going on the ride on top of the Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas then drinking cocktails afterwards. Or walking out of the Grand Canyon. Or going to the French Laundry restaurant. They had more raw emotion tbh.

I'm rubbish at making decisions though - I can't choose a best ever day any more than I can choose a best book or favourite meal.

Mine was absolutely the best day of my life. I had everything and everyone we wanted on that special day. It was physically like being on cloud nine from start to finish. There was not a thing that went wrong.

I did say that it would only be topped by the birth of our child, but I have to say that childbirth was THE worst day of my life as it was the day I nearly died.

I doubt that it will be topped at any point as I can't imagine bringing together all the elements we had on that day again. That is not to say I am not going to be happy ever again, it just means that that day really can't be beaten.

Pretty much what mrs winkle said. You can't compare apples and pears. Some of the most wonderful days I've experienced have included the day I discovered I had got into the uni of my choice, finding out that somebody-against the odds- was going to live, collecting my degree, realising I was in love in the first place, climbing sinai overnight and watching the sun rise at the summit, seeing my best mate's little girl take her first steps, eating a slice of my first ever home cooked christmas cake, collecting my puppies, buying my darling guitar, watching sigur ros live on the banks of loch fyne, och there are a gazillion. Don;t get me wrong, my wedding day was amazing, and i couldn't have hoped for a more joyous start to a new chapter of my life (which with hindisght rather puts things into context), but I think that tags like 'best day ever' are meaningless.

edited to just add, Mel darling, I can understand compeletely. Yours are special circumstances and I hope you have wonderful treasured memories. ?