Sunday, April 28, 2013

Help, is my wedding suffering from multiple personality disorder? - part 1


The signs of split personality may appear during the early stages of event planning. The condition is characterised by the presence of two or more different themes/personalities that overtake the mood of the wedding and, not seldom, interfere with the bride's serenity.

The symptoms are fairly easy to spot:

1. Over-scrapbooking
Over-scrapbooking might indicate a tendency to develop event multiple personality. Yes, one or two mood boards could definitely improve your planning, however, if you start splitting your ideas into hundreds of disconnected collages the consistency of your theme might suffer from it!

2. Pinterest addiction
This is the digital version of the scrapbooking symptom. You start with one board and without even noticing you're pining during every coffee break, managing 10 completely different boards and refreshing your searches every 10 seconds. Too much inspiration can lead you to loose focus and split your theme.

3. Memory lapses
Memory lapses are crucial indicators of a wedding going trough a personality split. They prove that, although apparently the bride has committed herself to a certain theme, unconsciously she craves for another, for example: "Yes, I'd like pastel coloured roses to match with my dark-gothic theme. I'm sorry, did I just say gothic? I meant ethereal-romantic."

4. Definition anxiety
Brides dealing with multiple personality weddings tend to have a hard time defining their theme and/or ideas. Their explanations are usually long and sometimes even contradictory.

Stay tuned for the second part! :)

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