Make no mistake about it – planning a wedding can be very stressful. There are a million things that can go wrong, and according to Murphy’s Law, anything that can go wrong will. Unfortunately, we often make situations worse by the way that we react to them.
First, when something isn’t panning out, check your attitude towards the situation. If you wanted a horse and carriage, but you wake up on your wedding day to find that it is pouring down rain, this is a problem. First, call the rental company to find out if they have a closed carriage. If not, start calling limousine companies to see if you can reserve one at the last minute.
Even if you can’t find rented transportation on such short notice, don’t see your wedding as ruined. It’s not. It has just changed, and you will be arriving at the church by private car instead.
If the photographer doesn’t show up, get a good digital camera and a camcorder, and hand them to relatives that you trust to take pictures. The pictures may not turn out as good as you had hoped, but there will be pictures.
You can avoid situations such as these by hiring professionals that have good reputations, and paying a deposit. A couple of days before the wedding, you need to call everybody who has a role in the wedding or reception to again confirm. Let them know what time they should arrive, and whom they should check in with on arrival.
These are the biggest problems – a professional not showing up or a change in weather that affects the wedding. There are a hundred small things that can also go wrong, such as a small tear in the wedding dress, missing pieces of a tux, a pimple on the bride’s nose, etc. But these smaller things can quickly and easily be addressed. If there is a tear in the dress, it can be fixed or covered in some way. If a piece of a tux is missing, someone can be sent out to pick up the missing piece. If there is a pimple on the bride’s nose, there are numerous varieties of makeup that can cover that right up.
Again, how you look at the situation and react to it will determine whether it is going to ruin your wedding or not. But note this, in the end; nothing can really ruin your wedding, unless you allow it to. At the end of the day, you are still going to be married to the person you’ve chosen to spend your life with – and anything that went wrong will just become a part of the memory, and someday, you will even be able to smile about it. 
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