| Oh, it so much fun to be a bride. For many women it | | | | is time to turn your attention to something else. |
| is one of the most enjoyable periods in their lives. | | | | Once you have been married for a couple of months, |
| They are often surprised, then, by the big let-down | | | | people start to think it is creepy if you still talk about |
| they feel when they return from the honeymoon | | | | your wedding constantly. |
| and get back to being just a regular person again. | | | | The post-wedding let down can be a little like the |
| There is nothing quite like being a bride. At what | | | | day after Christmas - you eagerly anticipate it for |
| other time in your life are you showered with so | | | | months, the day arrives and it is marvelous, and then |
| much attention and so pampered? Your wedding is | | | | just like that it is all over. A good way to get past |
| the perfect excuse to treat yourself to spa days, | | | | this is to find something else to look forward to |
| fabulous garments (the wedding gown!), and beautiful | | | | enjoying. Perhaps you could plan a dinner party for |
| baubles, like handcrafted bridal jewelry. The focus is | | | | your friends (it is the perfect excuse to use your |
| on making you look and feel like a princess. | | | | brand new wedding china, after all), or sign up for a |
| When you shop for a gown or wedding rings, | | | | class in painting or literature. If you found yourself |
| everyone will offer you congratulations on your | | | | too wrapped up in the wedding planning to spend |
| upcoming nuptials. The designer who creates your | | | | much time with your best friend, then now is your |
| handcrafted bridal jewelry has made it just for you | | | | chance to make up for it. Start meeting for Sunday |
| and your wedding. Person after person does all they | | | | brunch each week, or take a kickboxing class |
| can to make the bride-to-be feel special. It is very | | | | together. |
| easy to get used to this type of treatment! | | | | One of the best ways to get over yourself is to |
| It is no wonder that many women experience the | | | | focus on someone else. It would be pretty hard to |
| post-wedding blues. It is not caused by | | | | mope about no longer being the center of attention |
| disappointment in the marriage; it is caused by | | | | when you are working with those less fortunate than |
| crashing back to earth after so many months of | | | | you. Volunteer at an animal shelter or a literacy |
| floating on air. After the wedding, you are no longer | | | | center once a week. Or give back to your |
| a fabulous bride-to-be, and the center of attention; | | | | community by donating time to your local library or |
| you are just another married woman - one of millions. | | | | Boys' and Girls' Club. There are always worthy causes |
| This can be a difficult transition to make even for the | | | | to serve in any town. If you devote even a fraction |
| most levelheaded brides. And for the ones who got | | | | of the energy to your new cause as you did to |
| really caught up in the wedding - look out! They will | | | | planning your wedding, think of what a difference |
| really take the return to mundane life hard. | | | | you could make. |
| There are a few things that you can do to help ease | | | | We have all heard that all good things must come to |
| the post-wedding blues. One, of course, is to bask in | | | | an end. When it comes to a wedding, it is true that |
| the joy of your new marriage. After all, that was the | | | | one day the grand event will be behind you, but the |
| point of all that hoopla in the first place, remember? | | | | good news is that the best part (your marriage) is |
| It is fine to spend some time fondly poring over your | | | | just beginning. When you keep that in mind, it will be |
| engagement and wedding photos, but after a while, it | | | | easy to shake off the post-wedding blues. |