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Last Saturday I got married.<\/p>\n

This week we were meant to be somewhere exotic, gazing lovingly into each other\u2019s eyes and making plans for the start of our married life together.\u00a0But. \u00a0Then. \u00a0COVID-19. \u00a0Let\u2019s face it are any of us living the life we planned for just now?!<\/p>\n

We were the last wedding our local church conducted before officially closing for services, and despite the cancelled reception, appropriate social distancing, and copious quantities of what our minister called \u2018the holy hand wash\u2019, we had a truly magical service.<\/p>\n

When I put our plans into the context of preparing for a negotiation we started with the basics. \u00a0In terms of objectives our ‘must get’ was to get married.\u00a0On the ‘intend to get’ list was the date, church, reception and of course the dress for me and the kilt for my husband to be. \u00a0Who am I kidding, the dress was a ‘must get’ too?! \u00a0We also had planned flowers, music, including a harpist, wedding favours, a cake, photographer and a slightly embarrassingly fancy car that\u00a0I\u2019m pretty sure could have been seen from Mars! \u00a0Not to mention the honeymoon of course.<\/p>\n

Then came coronavirus and everything changed.<\/p>\n

Our realistic ‘intend to get’ changed by the day. \u00a0Fewer guests became hardly any guests and ultimately no reception at all. \u00a0With that went the flowers, the harpist, and finally the honeymoon.<\/p>\n

Sometimes in light of new information, our objectives change, and whilst far from what we hoped and planned for, we sit here happy with the outcome. We achieved our \u2018must get\u2019 and were lucky enough to get married on the day we wanted, in the venue we wanted. \u00a0We also managed a few other ‘intend to gets’ as well. \u00a0My husband was in his kilt, the photographer turned up, at an appropriate social distance, and the cake was delicious.<\/p>\n

Like in all good negotiations, sometimes we need to be realistic with our objectives, and flexible with our strategy \u2013 on both counts it stood my husband and I (love saying that) in good stead.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll never forget the day we got married, and I for one will never lose the abiding memory of anti-bac-ing the mothers-in-law from an appropriate social distance while my new husband signed the register.<\/p>\n

Oh and the dress?… of course the dress\u2026 it was fabulous! \u00a0Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n\n

Congratulations to our happy couple from the Scotwork NZ team.<\/p>\n

If you need help establishing realistic objectives or coming up with appropriate strategies, then contact Scotwork: info@scotwork.co.nz, P: 042979069<\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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