“This is going to be the best day of your life!”
How many times have you heard (or said) this statement? In the context of engagements and the time leading up to a wedding this phrase is so common to hear. Excited bridesmaids will use it to celebrate your new engagement and upcoming wedding. Vendors will use it to sell you on their product that will make your wedding the best day ever. You’ll likely use it as motivation to get through the dredges of wedding planning.
But, for some reason, I’m not so sure I’m on board with this statement.
Weddings have blown up recently in terms of grandeur and expense. So much pressure has been put on weddings and on brides that it just HAS TO BE the best day ever. But is that really what it is all about? Doesn’t that just add to the pressure?
I would like to present a different idea and a {slightly} different phrase:
“The best day of my life… so far.”
Has my own wedding been the best day of my life? Up until this moment it absolutely has! I married the love of my life surrounded by family and friends, and had an amazing celebration after! But if that was the best day of my life, what is there to look forward to? I have hope that there will be days in my future that rival my wedding day – perhaps the birth of a child or another major life event that I can celebrate with my husband.
I want to challenge you to add those two small words “so far” when you use that statement. Certainly I hope that your wedding is truly one of the best days of your life, but I hope you can also shift your focus to the rest of your life. Your wedding is not the end all be all, but is just the start of a great life shared with your spouse.
Your wedding will absolutely be one of the best days of your life, but there will be many, many more days to celebrate!
