Post wedding blues

sexymouse

My husband and I have been married for 3 weeks now, and had the most wonderful honeymoon. However, now we're back to normal everyday life (housework, food shopping, and work), I'm feeling flat, and wishing we were still back on honeymoon. Are any other newlyweds feeling the same way, and how are you cheering yourselves up?

emsbet

sexymouse wrote: »

My husband and I have been married for 3 weeks now, and had the most wonderful honeymoon. However, now we're back to normal everyday life (housework, food shopping, and work), I'm feeling flat, and wishing we were still back on honeymoon. Are any other newlyweds feeling the same way, and how are you cheering yourselves up?

It's five weeks since our wedding and I still sometimes miss the excitement and all the planning and work I did before the big day.
I am absolutely loving being a wife though! :j
The first week back at work after the honeymoon was the worst! I felt quite blue and a bit lost. I really loved all the crafty things I did for the wedding and so I've been trying to find some other similar things to keep myself busy. My DH's birthday is in a couple of weeks and we are having a party. It is going to be Eurovision themed as it falls on the same day and DH loves it (weirdo! ). I've decided we are having a Eurovision t-shirt competition so everyone is design their own t-shirt and we are going to score them and give our results via phone from the bedroom to the house phone a la Eurovision! I'm also doing food from around Europe so that is all keeping me occupied for now! :rotfl:
We are also trying for a baby which is exciting and stressful all at the same time!

All I can say is try and find yourself a hobby to occupy yourself during the time you were using for planning.
It will pass and you will setlle down to your lovely new wife. Just try not to put too much pressure on yourself to feel happy all the time.

xx

sexymouse

Your party sounds really good ems - I particuarly like the idea of phoning your results through. I love being a wife, and it has brought Moon and I closer too, but like you, we've been trying for a baby (we started on honeymoon, as I was meant to be ovulating then), and I think that has made me worse, as I'd hoped for a honeymoon baby, and AF arrived a week after we got home.

I think you're right about needing a hobby, as one of the problems I have is that Moon works Saturdays and during school holidays (I'm a teacher), and that is when I tend to get bored, and fed-up.

Well I must go and start writing out our thank you cards too, as people will think us rude, as it's been a week since our reception.

Thanks for the advice ems and I'm pleased you're enjoying married life! May your happiness continue, and maybe we can go and join the trying to conceive thread on the families board?

emsbet

sexymouse wrote: »

Thanks for the advice ems and I'm pleased you're enjoying married life! May your happiness continue, and maybe we can go and join the trying to conceive thread on the families board?

No problem happy to help a fellow wife!
I've already joined the TTC thread, you should come over and join too everyone is really lovely and very knowledgable!

There's a couple of the other girls from the wedding board on there who have recently married too.
xx

Sugar_Moon

Weve decided that when the wedding & honey moon is over were going to start planning and saving a holiday that we'd always wanted- that way I'll have somethign else to aim for and look forward to.

becca0417

I'm dreading this! One of the reasons I wanted a long engagement - to make the most of planning.
Just wanted to say hope you find things to keep you occupied ladies and good luck with your TTC journey, hope it's a short one!

ellay864

I must admit part of me starts dreading hearing those words 'won't be long now...less than 6 months to go' etc etc as I love having the wedding to look forward to. I was the same after my first wedding...once we got back from honeymoon it felt kind of flat but then I changed jobs so that perked things up a bit, then there was the baby making stage....
This time round there will definitely be no baby making but I'm focusing on the fact our kids are all old enough now that we can go away on our own so we can just head off for a weekend whenever we like even if it is during term time. But I'm sure I'll still peek on this board and feel slightly green!!

becca0417

Don't go anywhere ladies, we need your wisdom!

Gleeful

Am I the only newlywed NOT trying for a baby?!

Bride2be24

We have been married 1 week today and we was back in work on thursday, so 5 days after being married we was back to work and being bored!!!!! we dont go on honeymoon till 1st August simply because our work wouldnt let us have time off sooner. Now you can imagine how depressed we are over that. Am sick of saying am fedup, am bored, wish i was having our wedding all over again .......blughhhhhh

ellay864

B2B24...you do have your honeymoon to look forward to tho. Forgot to mention we're also doing that...we've got a week in Malta immediately after the wedding but our 'proper' honeymoon will be next year when we'll get more time off work. A friend at work found her self accidentally in that position...she married last April just as the volcanic dust thing hit and her fortnight in the Maldives got put back to the October and in the end she said it was nice still having part of her wedding to look forward to