The Big Wedding Planning Podcast

#3 Firsts

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In this episode, we discuss the FIRST things couples experience when planning a wedding. We share the lessons learned by real couples, and we offer our guidance & advice for navigating this exciting, often anxiety-inducing time. This episode features lots of quotes from Real Couples that we surveyed. Hindsight is 20/20 y'all!


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    • Big Take Aways

    • Christy and Michelle are veritable technological geniuses. The world of podcasting is lucky to have them.
    • Take time to enjoy being engaged and celebrating that milestone. When you are ready to jump into planning, consider the big ideas first…budget, venue, guestlist.
    • Shotgun weddings are pretty common! Christy talks about her own. We believe that the universe always has a way of working out – even with wedding planning!
    • The main similarities between the engaged couples we surveyed – in terms of the first things they thought about and dealt with during wedding planning: concern and confusion over the overall budget, figuring out the guestlist, managing the expectations of parents and friends, whether or not they can/should hire a planner
    • Hiring a wedding planner is a luxury for some and a necessity for others. VERY helpful for anyone that can swing it. VERY.


      • Links we referenced

      None (accept to mention the Apple store class offerings)

      Episode Quotes

      “At the end of the night, when I was exhausted, I had to take off my shoes and pick all that shit up.” - Michelle, lamenting the fact that she didn’t have a wedding planner for her own wedding

      “If a female cousin of mine is getting married and she’s NOT pregnant, it’s a surprise. We’re all like, ‘You’re getting married?! Why? You aren’t even pregnant!’ “ - Christy, from a family of Fertile Myrtles


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      Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez

      • Music by Steph Altman of Mophonics
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