Married at First Sight 2018 has hit our TV screens, and already I’m hooked!
I’m a bit of a hopeless romantic – I really do want the couples on the show to find the love and happiness that the Bear and I have (even after all these years).
I gather that the participants had all of a week to pull their “weddings” together. Even if it was mostly organised and paid for by the production company, I’m sure the brides and grooms had *some* say in the wedding.
We saw the girls picking out their wedding dresses, and both brides and grooms would have chosen their attendants and their half of the guest list.
But I wonder how much say they had in some of the other details, such as the flowers or the venue?
And will they have any regrets (apart from being on the show, as some of previous stars of #MAFS mentioned in this interview)?
Hubster and I had a whole year to plan our wedding in meticulous detail, but there are definitely some things we wish we’d done differently!
My Wedding Regrets
I wish I’d visited a lingerie store before the wedding:
I loved my dress and felt like a princess in it but I chose to go without a bra because in those days I had very little to write home about. And a bra – even a strapless bra – would have shown through the sheer tulle. However, I’ve since heard an unconfirmed report, that when I bent over to talk to people at their tables at the reception, they copped a bit of an eyeful!
At least my fashion faux pas (if the rumour is true) wasn’t revealed on national television, like some of the brides on MAFS this past week! Although they might be proud of their … ahem … assets now, I wonder if one day they will wish they’d chosen something a little less revealing?
I wish we’d broken with tradition:
The Bear and I also wish we had ignored tradition, and that he had met me at the door of the church and we had walked down the aisle together. Instead, seeing each other in our wedding finery for the first time at the altar, it felt very much like we were marrying a stranger (just like MAFS)! It was a really weird feeling.
I regret that our priest forgot to say, “you may now kiss the bride”:
I know! I was so devastated (although now I can laugh about it). It’s the moment every girl dreams about her whole life, and it was STOLEN from me.
As a result I still have my veil over my face in all the photos where we are signing the register. In the end, the hubster did lift my veil and give me a quick kiss as we were introduced as “Mr and Mrs” and about to walk out of the church, but it just wasn’t the same.
I hated our wedding cake:
I took the advice of somebody who supposedly knew about these things, when it was time to order the cake, and went to the store they’d recommended. (Now I wonder if that person was deliberately trying to sabotage our wedding. It wouldn’t have been out of character!)
The cake was supposed to have red ribbons around it to match our bridesmaids’ dresses. The decorator thought that would look garish but I thought she would listen to what I wanted. Um, no. When we picked up the cake there wasn’t a ribbon to be seen and in fact it looked very ordinary. When we got it home, it had two big dents in the side. And it didn’t even taste that great!
The one thing I don’t regret:
However there is one thing that I don’t regret, and that’s the man I married.
I wonder how many of the brides on the Married at First Sight 2018 series will be able to say that in years to come? With only one successful match over the last three seasons, I would have to say the chances are not good …
Are you a MAFS fan?! And now that I’ve shared my wedding regrets, would love it if you revealed one of yours in the comments!