Comments on: No One Talks About What Life Is Like After Your Wedding Day

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:44:23 +0000

In reply to Jena. Jena, Congrats on your wedding! And right before everything happened. I can only imagine it's made you guys stronger. And hoping that means our honeymoons (whenever they can happen) will be that much more delightful :) Sending you love and thank you for reading!

By: Jena

Jena — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 23:53:24 +0000

This was a lovely read. I also got married this year, but it just so happened to be the last weekend before everyone started worrying and things shut down (March 8). We had known each other less than a year, and I only wedding planned for 3 months, but this whole being a newlywed during a pandemic is so strange! People keep asking me what it’s like and my honest answer is “I have nothing to compare it to!” It’s so weird to go from single to with someone literally 24-7 in a year!
Also kudos to you for jumping on the name change right away! I’m still dragging my feet on it.

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:52:45 +0000

In reply to Meredith. IT WAS SO BAD IT WAS GOOD. Figure if we know we're watching delightfully consumable trash, it's okay right? Kind of like eating an entire bag of Sun Chips in one sitting?

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:45:46 +0000

Emily in Paris was so terrible, but I watched the whole damn thing. LOL. It was a good show to have on while I worked on my drafting skills.

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:50:22 +0000

In reply to Sam. I'm so grateful that we can relate! It was a tough time to get married and likely made the "after" even more mundane. I know we'll look back on this time and see it beautiful in some way :)

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:21:56 +0000

This hits… I got married this year as well, and all of these points really resonate with me. Thank you for writing down how I feel!

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:45:13 +0000

In reply to Christina Witzel-Lund. Thank you so much for enjoying! Changing a name during a pandemic certainly makes for some interesting obstacles. Sending you all the 2020 married life love!

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:40:12 +0000

In reply to LLZ. Wedding planning really is such a weird thing! It makes you so stressed (especially now) and worried about everyone else. Bridesmaids totally hits home. There must be something about the tremendous support from family and friends and that genuine love surrounding you during the process :)

By: Christina Witzel-Lund

Christina Witzel-Lund — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 07:15:51 +0000

As a June 20th COVID bride I wholeheartedly agree with everything written here (especially changing last name! Ugh! I’m hypenating in the meantime!
Beautifully written piece. Thank you for sharing!

By: LLZ

LLZ — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:17:24 +0000

I didn’t enjoy wedding planning much while it was happening, or the aspect of having a lot of attention, but the month after we were married Bridesmaids was on tv and it made me cry one of my hardest cries. Just as you said I hadn’t realized how much space it had taken up and the void was felt.

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:38:18 +0000

In reply to Emme. SO TRUE!! I've heard, culturally, it's not always the norm for people. I'm still struggling with keeping all of my bylines with my original last name because I don't want the things I've written to get lost if people resort to Google. The internet makes it even harder to change a name, that's for sure!

By: Brittany Chaffee

Brittany Chaffee — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:36:54 +0000

In reply to DMC. Looking on the bright side, it really was! Sometimes, staying close to home can give us wonders we'd never expect :)

By: Emme

Emme — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:18:33 +0000

I support the women in my life whatever they decide, but I agree that the name changing process is weird. Where my family is from, women traditionally don’t change their names when they get married. I was also in my late thirties and simply didn’t want to go through that hassle for a name that doesn’t have any of my accomplishments attached to it.

By: DMC

DMC — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:12:18 +0000

“We didn’t have a honeymoon because of the pandemic, so instead we drove up to Grand Marais, Minnesota and stayed in the most charming cabin on the hills.”

That sounds like a honeymoon to me!