1. As soon as you change your relationship status, Facebook immediately starts showing you ads that say things like "Pregnant and scared?" Thank you for your presumptions, Facebook, but this is 2013 and people generally don't have shotgun weddings anymore. It is perfectly acceptable for people to have kids and never marry, or have their kids present at their wedding. Maybe I'm crazy for wanting to marry Ed with no good reason (i.e. I'm not pregnant). Call me a conventional sap, but since I was a little girl, all I ever thought about was wearing a white dress and dancing the traditional sister-sister dance to "Black Hole Sun".
2. Almost a year in advance, your friends are already fantasizing about how fucked up they're going to get at your wedding.
3. People ask to see your ring. I liked the idea of symbolism; something tangible that shows I am going to get married. I told Ed to get me a little kid ring from Five Below, something colorful and tacky. But he got something tasteful instead, and I actually love it! This also saves us a lot of embarrassment from people who don't "get it", I realize. However, when people first asked to see the ring, I was very quick to offer "It only cost ___". My mom, aunt, and sister scolded me for doing so, and told me I shouldn't say anything. Sorry. I have no ring etiquette, y'all. I didn't even know it's supposed to go on your left hand, so part of Ed's proposal included "Um...what are you doing? Give me your OTHER hand!"
4. People you see on a regular basis ask you everyfuckingday if there are any "updates" to your wedding planning. "Yes, there are updates, actually. I changed the seating chart. You'll be sitting in New Jersey."
5. You will be asked what you're doing with your last name. I am taking Ed's, but don't think I don't freak out about it sometimes. It does feel like leaving an identity behind, when you've accomplished a lot with your birth-given name. I was also really weirded out when someone jokingly called me "Mrs. Larsen", because that's Ed's mom's name. I'll be changing my name because I want to be in a family with Ed and our children. I don't want a different last name from them. It's a personal choice.
6. One of the two partners might be more on top of planning than the other. This will cause anxiety in the responsible partner, and annoyance with said partner in the other half. Anxiety and annoyance are best ignored with an alcoholic beverage or 7 of your choice. I'm very glad to be planning a wedding in 2013, and my heart aches for women who were pregnant and couldn't drink during this beautifully irritating time in their lives.
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