I've been thinking about writing this for a while now. At first, I didn't want to, but on second thought, I figured it would be the best way to dust off my account and maybe get back into writing again.
I got married exactly one month ago, traditionally. Considering how Hive has been a huge part of a couple of my breakup sadness posts, I figured putting this out here would be nice as well—to crown my efforts with joy.
I met my husband 3 years ago, but we officially started dating about 5 months after we first met because I kind of didn't like him. He made a bad first impression by being a little snobbish, and well, I wasn't in the right mood to get to know anyone.
After the first rejection, he disappeared for a while and then came back to offer to tutor me in product design when I first began. I needed the help so I let him and like they say, the rest is history.
We'd been together for a year and then lived together for another year before officially getting married. Although this marriage took place 3 months earlier than I'd initially planned or wanted, it was all done within 3 weeks of planning and I honestly couldn't have had it any other way.
My traditional marriage was done at my parents' house 3 weeks after my wedding introduction was done. A wedding introduction is kinda like an engagement and first meeting where the man's family travels to meet the woman's family to get to know them and also collect a marriage list before they come a second time for the traditional marriage and the payment of the dowry. So basically, I was sold.
After that event on the 3rd of December, on the 7th of December, we had the legal and religious joining.
I've never wanted a typical 'walk down the aisle in a church' kinda wedding because I'm not religious and I hate wedding dresses, so I had my dream wedding of getting joined legally in a short white dress at my chosen venue and then switching to a dinner dress (coz I had an evening wedding) and walking down the aisle with my husband, getting joined again by a pastor (just to make our parents happy) and then immediately getting the party started.
My wedding was so far the best wedding I've ever been at, save for some disappointments here and there from the DJ and decorator, I had a largely successful wedding that everyone enjoyed.
A cool thing we did at the wedding was have a menu card and a variety of meals to choose from. We also made the wedding extremely private as we had a strict guestlist of only 80 people who weren't informed of the location until a few days before the wedding.
It was a memorable event, to say the least. Left a minor dent in our pockets that we'll be working on fixing over the next 1 month but it was all worth it. My husband was exceptional in his handling of details and made sure I didn't feel alone at any point. I'd always dreaded the thought of being a bride because of how much is involved but he shouldered a lot of the pressure with me.
I had my friends who were always available to go on errands for me and never complained. My parents may have annoyed me with the crowd at the traditional wedding but they supported us a lot financially and covered up a lot of family drama for me. I felt extremely loved.
Here's a little photo gallery to keep you entertained:
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