Wedding Do’s, Don’ts & WTFs: What I Learned Planning My 2025 Wedding

I Know You Didn't Ask with Megan O'Donnell

Megan O'Donnell

Tv & Film, Society & Culture

3.8 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Planning a wedding in 2025 is not for the weak — or the poor. Between three-day destination weekends, over-the-top photo ops, and brides acting like Bravo stars, the wedding industrial complex has officially lost its mind.

In this week’s episode, I (fresh off my own 2025 “I do”) dish the real wedding do’s, don’ts, and downright WTFs from my big day. From picking the right partner and having money talks to ditching the veil and avoiding tacky trends, I break down how to plan a wedding without losing your mind — or your paycheck.

Expect unfiltered honesty, producer-level organization tips, and plenty of sass as I cover:

💍 Why your vows matter more than your flower wall

💸 How to avoid going broke (and breaking up) before the honeymoon

👰🏼‍♀️ The “traditions” worth skipping in 2025

💅 Wedding fitness, vendor etiquette, and champagne-drunk boundaries

💔 The biggest wedding mistakes brides are still making

Whether you’re planning, attending, or just love a good wedding rant, this episode will make you laugh, cringe, and rethink every champagne tower you’ve ever pinned.

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0:00.0	Love this podcast?
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0:16.1	Welcome to I Know You Didn't Ask, the unapologetic, unfiltered, and slightly unhinged podcast you didn't know you needed.
0:22.8	I'm your host, Megan O'Donnell, pop culture obsessive, professional oversharer, and the host of your new fix for celebrity gossip, reality TV chaos, books, food news, beauty tips, and of course, navigating your life in your 30s.
0:35.8	I know you didn't ask, but I'm telling you anyways.
0:56.4	Sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy the show. What is up, everybody? I'm your host, Magidogneudanil, and this is I Know You Didn't Ask. And I am wearing a bold lip today. I didn't think it was going to be this bold. But here I am, just being bold this fall. So head over to YouTube if you want to see this bold lip.
0:56.1	And I know you didn't ask pod. You'll be able to find long form versions of this episode,
1:01.0	as well as little short clips, little snackable moments, if you will. And this episode today is
1:07.1	all about love, love, la Tereisha Judice, my fellow New Jersey wife. But if you guys
1:13.3	didn't know, if I haven't talked about it enough, I got married about a month ago at this rate,
1:17.1	which is weird. But I'm just a wife. Everything about me has changed. I am so deeply loved
1:24.6	on a visceral level that it's just something I never expected before.
1:29.6	But I wanted to do a little bit of a do's and don'ts episode so that you don't waste your time
1:35.5	on being a basic bitch at your wedding and you don't waste money and you really try to prioritize
1:42.8	the things that actually matter in a wedding, not the nonsense
1:45.4	that society has told us actually fricking matter. So before we, I think, get into the proper
1:53.3	dues and don'ts. I think we have to talk about, you know, the wedding industrial complex
1:56.8	here in America. I can only speak to that of what is happening in America. It's ridiculous.
2:02.7	It's expensive. It's bullshit. Every place you go to will tell you that those floral arrangements
2:08.7	are $200. Then you tell them it's a wedding and it's now 720 for the same thing. That's just how it goes.
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