Real Weddings: Ravika & Vish

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Real Weddings: Ravika & Vish

19th March 2022

Welcome to Real Weddings: where we speak to real couples about their wedding planning process, the lead up to the big day, and any advice they have for couples currently planning their wedding.

In this post, we’re featuring the gorgeous wedding of Ravika & Vish, a couple who met aged 16, and tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony in 2021.

IN THIS BLOG:

1. How did they meet?

2. The proposal

3. The wedding planning process

4. Suppliers

HOW DID THEY MEET?

Childhood sweethearts

So we initially met through a mutual family friends wedding in India, when we were only 10/11 years old. We lost connection and then, around 14, we saw each other at parties of the mutual friends. Started to stay in touch again properly and then we’ve pretty much been together since we were 16/17 years old.

The proposal

How did you / he propose?

We had our first date at Thorpe Park, so for our proposal he took me back to Thorpe Park and proposed in a little garden at the park. I thought I was going out for mine and my mums birthday meal, so I was blindfolded (well had a shawl over my head and couldn’t see anything ) and walked through the park, at this point I just thought its a surprise for my birthday dinner and then I heard our song ‘Just The Way You Are’ play really loud on speakers. Then my shawl was lifted and he was standing there (but I still didn’t realise where I was until he pointed it out haha!).

The wedding planning process

Tell us about your planning process in a few words

There are so many words to describe different elements of the planning. At the beginning, it was exciting. but difficult at the same time. Then Covid unfortunately came along, so for me, it was quite emotional and challenging at the time and really hard to stay positive.

Favourite part of the planning process?

Definitely designing some of my outfits and seeing them come to life and adding all the small touches to make each event different.

Something you wish you did differently?

I don’t think I would do anything differently in terms of planning. Honestly, no matter how organised you say you need to be, it’s always hard to stick to it and it will just happen the way it’s meant to.

Advice for future couples?

Tip 1 – When choosing outfits, try on everything, even things you might not usually go for or if it wasn’t the vision you had because sometimes that’s the perfect one.

Tip 2 – If something isn’t going to plan, don’t let go of it. Some it just all falls in to place.

Tip 3 – Make sure you give your phone to someone to capture all the behind the scenes, after the wedding is done – you will just want to relive it.

Tip 4 – The most important one – make sure you nominate someone to be in charge of feeding you both for the event. Because trust me, you just don’t get a chance to eat. So literally make sure someone is bringing you food otherwise you will regret it!