How To Call Off a Wedding

Calling off a wedding is never a situation you wanted to be in, but sometimes it's really for the best. If you feel as though you can't go through with marrying your fiance(e), read on for some tips on how to make this process go as smoothly as possible.

How To Call Off a Wedding
What you are about to do will be stressful, awkward, embarrassing and hurtful, and one of the hardest things you've ever done. But it will be good for you. How can calling off a wedding be good for you? Because you are listening to your inner guidance. Finally. Somehow you had convinced yourself that marrying your fiance was the right thing to do and for months now, you've squelched that inner voice screaming "no."

But you came to your senses. Before the wedding! Many women hear that same voice but choose not to listen because they're scared-scared of what people will say, scared of hurting feelings, scared that they won't meet another man-scared, scared, scared. In store for them and their families are years of unhappiness that could have been prevented if only they'd had the courage to listen to themselves.

That being said, these next few weeks won't be easy. Here are a few pointers to get you through them intact:

Have compassion for your fiance. Of course your intended deserves special consideration right now. From his point of view, you calling the wedding off is the worst case scenario. Although your decision and the reasons for it are probably not entirely foreign to him, right now he is so overwhelmed by shock, anger, hurt, fear and humiliation that he can think of nothing else. Odds are that family and friends, in misguided efforts to help, are only stoking the flames of his already intense emotions. Your job is to do everything possible to prevent the experience from becoming any more dramatic than it already is. Easier said than done, I know. Remain compassionate, sensitive and available. Try not to become defensive. Though it's unlikely that your fiancé will want to continue a relationship with you, if he does, do him the favor of being clear that although you intend to be available for emotional support, the romantic relationship is over. ...
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Author: Vanessa Raymond



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