So yeah... the internet. how weird is it?!
so on friday when our little video was posted on design*sponge, i was fairly freaked out. it wasn't so much about a lot of people seeing it, but the fear of strangers saying mean things about us.
ridiculous, right? or not really? i mean, who wants people they don't know talking shit about them? no one! but at the same time, i'm not so sure why i assumed there would be haters. after all, it wasn't a video of us tazering epileptic kittens. it was a video of love! the happiest day ever!
maybe my fear was just a natural feeling of protection. i hold my relationship with Jeremy so dear, that sometimes I feel too protective over it. regardless, all of a sudden we were out there in the weird internet world, in our most personal and venerable moment for the world to view and comment on. and get this- the internet stranger world was NICE! Really super nice!
"To April & Jeremy: Thank you for sharing this with everyone, and thanks to D*S for bringing it to me. As a woman who has had her fill of big fancy weddings, I know that I want something smaller and more intimate. My friends disagree that anything that involves City Hall could be beautiful or romantic. Thank you for restoring my faith that every person knows what is right for themselves, and that City Hall can be beautiful when the two people involved really want to get married."
(that comment was the one that made it all worth it, by the way)
And then something I didn't expect happened... people started sharing it on their blogs... and then I REALLY freaked out. I mean I had some control knowing that design*sponge would not publish mean comments, but ohhhh shit- now the internet had free reign! so there i was on friday night, outside of a soup and salad restaurant in the suburbs of Denver, having trouble breathing and asking Jeremy why the hell we agreed to post it. Thankfully, sweet Jeremy just took me into the restaurant and calmed me down with a build your own sundae station. Yesssss.
But you know what? Not one of those 160 other blogs that shared it had one negative thing to say. Not one! Perhaps I need to give the internet more credit.
And then there's this: Kazakhstan! Which is my favorite part of it all.
2 comments:
The internet IS creepy! But really, I am so glad I found your video, because it made me feel better about our situation. After reading the description on d*s, I think maybe our minds are in the same place. I had everything planned down to the wire, and it just got out of hand, and now we are planning an elopement to NYC once we are ready. Your video is so amazing!
Did you tell your family before you went? We have lightly discussed it but I don't think they've taken us seriously, and I am sure there will be much debate when we go, but I need it to just be about us.
the internet certainly brings people together, and who knew we live in the same city! so nice to hear you enjoy my work. i can only imagine the anxiety of sharing your elopement with the world wide web. but who doesn't love a good love story?
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