A New York Wedding
Weddings are spectacular events here in New York. We have this amazing culture where people get all dressed up, we are wined and dined like crazy for 4 to 6 hours, and we have a fabulous night to remember forever! We eat, we drink, we dance, we take photos with our besties - we celebrate! We party as hard as we can while looking (and feeling) absolutely stunning. Other states and other cultures have a similar format, but New Yorkers tend to make everything bigger, stronger - and better! Maybe it’s our personality, maybe it’s the water - but we are a unique breed for sure.
There are many people who don’t quite understand this New York culture. There are people who don’t understand the big over-the-top wedding. There are people who think that doing the big wedding is only a show, and that you are doing it for the wrong reason.
I have to disagree. This is our culture here in New York. Yes, you will find people who want a small intimate wedding, and that is wonderful; but I completely understand the want and need for a big wedding. It is a time to celebrate with everyone you have ever had in your life - the people who love you - the people who made you - the people who continue to help you create who you are every single day. As a thank you to these wonderful, marvelous people, you want to give them a night to remember. You want to make sure everything is just-right, beautiful, amazing - a forever-type memory. These people will be in your life, and in your marriage, well after the wedding day. A big wedding is your way of showing these people that they are invited into your marriage forever.
When Jesus turned the water into wine, it wasn’t just for the miracle of turning water into wine - it was for the groom’s reputation! The groom’s reputation in society was at stake for running out of wine. Jesus saved that man’s reputation. He knew the culture. He knew what would have happened if that man had run out of wine at his own wedding. Jesus knew how much the guests meant to this groom, and how these guests were going to be a part of this man’s life well after the wedding.
In today’s culture - this almost post-covid culture that we are still figuring out - we often find that there are brides who want to keep things simple. There are grooms who don’t want the over-the-top wedding. There are couples who don’t care what other people think, and they just want to keep it small and simple. But! There are still the couples who want the big New York style wedding that you see on tv and in magazines and blogs. There are couples who don’t want to miss out on this amazing opportunity to share this day with all of the people in their lives.
If you are a bride who wants to have this big wedding - great! Do it! Don’t get discouraged by COVID, or anyone else telling you that you should go small. You deserve to have everyone around you (safely, of course). You deserve to be surrounded by people (again, safely). Have the big New York wedding, and make it spectacular. Make it a day that you will remember forever. Make it a day your friends and family will remember. Make it something everyone will talk about for years to come.
I have only had 1 wedding - only 1 husband - only 1 groom - only 1 marriage. He is my world. We had 175 people at our wedding. We had the big over-the-top unique New York wedding. I only plan to have that big day once. I am so happy I did it big.
I have planned and coordinated over 1000 weddings. I am here to help you plan your big wedding. I am here to help guide you along the way. I am here to help you navigate this crazy culture that we live in. I completely understand that need inside you to gather the people around you to celebrate this new life you are making with each other.
