Your wedding day is meant to be the best day of your life.
But sometimes, things can go wrong and you’re left wondering if it was all worth it.
Telling news.com.au, five brides share the things they regret the most about their big day to help you avoid making the same mistakes.
Having bridesmaids
“I have a lot of close friends from all different times in my life and so I ended up having ten bridesmaids. In the end, it was more of a headache having so many girls by my side before and on my wedding day. I constantly felt like their team counsellor. I would have rather had them as party guests and tossed the whole idea of having bridesmaids to the curb. It would have made the entire day a whole lot less stressful and it would have saved them from wearing a dress I know they didn’t really like.” – Clarissa H., 32
Not eating any food
“Message to all fellow brides out there: eat at your own wedding. You are paying so much for everyone else to enjoy their meal. Make sure you carve out time for yourself to sit down and eat the food in front of you. Enjoy yourself and feed yourself on your wedding day.” – Teresa W., 37
Waiting until after the wedding to write the thank you cards
“I waited until I got back from my honeymoon to write my thank you cards. If I could go back in time, I would have started them before the wedding. That way, when the whole wedding and the honeymoon are over, you don’t have to look at a stack of 200 blank cards and start the process of writing a little something in each one.” – Rachel T., 33
Handcrafting party favours
“I didn’t have a large budget for party favours so I decided to make them myself. I probably spent close to three weeks putting together handmade party favours. I made about 175. At the end of the wedding, close to 100 were leftover. What a waste!” – Patricia E., – 29
Wearing a dress you can’t move in
“I was lucky enough to find my dream wedding dress and when I saw it, on my first day of wedding dress shopping, I bought it almost immediately. But I didn’t realise, until my wedding day that I could hardly move around in it. Dancing was a nightmare and so was trying to take it off to pee.” – Marissa K., 34
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