What causes anxiety to the parents?
Mon, 09/07/2009 - 07:28
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As antkmom said, parents also have anxiety before weddings? Aside from anxiety for the wedding preparations, are there any other issues they are anxious about?
I think that as a parent you want to make sure that your child has chosen the right person to spend the rest of their life with. This may cause some anxiety if you don't get along with your childs fiancee.
I also think that just the financial aspect of a wedding is very stressful on the parents if they are paying for the event.
I think that most parents are more anxious about the future of their children and how they are going to cope after the wedding than anything else.
My mom was actually worried about me not going through with the wedding, as I had been engaged twice and left both my fiances shortly before we got married. She was also concerned whether or not I made the right choice, how we would get along after the wedding and lots of other issues. I think parents worry a lot and I understand that, but most their worries are unfounded because we, after all, know what we're doing and solely responsible for everything that may go down afterwords.
One other good point also is that parents based their anxieties on their own past experiences. But that again is something natural for parents to feel for their son or daughter. They know how it would be like the early stages of marriage, and naturally worried for the welfare of the newly weds.