Wedding dress shopping

[WandaCC]

So its an interesting time in my life where wedding bells sound closer than ever, however…. I am not rushing into that…

Amazingly …. My cousin is rushing into it and marrying the man of her dreams, I offered to buy her dress as my contribution so we will sip champagne and try countless dresses on together ✨

I feel like since I was a little girl I never knew a wedding could be in my future. Thats not who I was raised to be at all… often leaves me questioning why was my worth always seen as so low ever since I was born. When I turned maybe 16 my mum used to say, no one will marry you but you have gifts… she would also say when I was dancing no mans eyes would leave me. I guess that became my value so quickly, how many eyes were on me… how many men would rather look at me than their “wives”… I felt such distain for them as I thought I could never be one….the word still leaves this kind of bitter taste in my mouth.

Here I am now finally making baby steps towards a group I resented for so long… here I am on my path to being one of them “wives”…

I’m just venting but im awfully emotional today…

[MikeBrooklyn]

I see it’s been a while since you’ve posted, but I just wanted to ask—did you end up going dress shopping after all? I imagine it must be a mix of emotions, especially if you’re going through it alone. Sometimes even just trying one on can shift how you feel. Did anything change or are you still on the fence about it?

[JasonGraham]

I remember getting really overwhelmed too, especially since my partner and I were picking out groomsmen's tuxedos at the same time. Everything felt like it had to match and be perfect. What helped me was narrowing stuff down early—like going with a simple style that worked with lots of dress options. I also scheduled shorter appointments so I didn’t burn out halfway through.