Wedding Dress Regrets, Been 3 years.

[SillyCook0]

I got married at 24, had a great day, love my husband. I felt young and daft in the shop and ended up buying the first dress I tried on.

It's been years now and I still sometimes torture myself over it. It crops up when I am anxious about other things in life.

I've attached a photo. I analyse photos and go down a rabbit hole sometimes when I'm feeling low. I don't know what's wrong and why I can't snap out of it!

Omg your post has just made me think of all the weddings I've been too and I have been to MANY and I've just realised I can't actually remember anyone's dress. You are so right

This looks like a simple beautiful dress. When I got married I ordered my dress online from monsoon. It cost a few hundred euro. I didn’t bother paying for a photographer. My cake cost 30 euro. I don’t think I looked particularly good on my wedding , I’ve looked much better on other occasions. But to be honest who actually cares. A marriage is more important than a wedding. I can’t understand when people spend 1000s and 1000s on a wedding. I’d rather spend the money on an amazing honeymoon

Nobody remembers the dress except for the bride and (maybe) her mother. I wouldn't even count on the groom remembering much beyond "you looked so beautiful!".

I just attended the wedding of a friend's daughter. The young woman is absolutely stunning - model tall and slim with a naturally beautiful face. I know she looked gorgeous, but can not recall the dress in any detail.

I actually don't even understand the habit of poring over your wedding photos years after the event. It's just one day, it's not your marriage! Maybe I'm just not all that sentimental, but I was never all that invested in what amounts to an expensive party.

It's really simple, elegant and pretty and you look great in it!

But I can understand wedding dress regret. I left it a bit late to get mine and while it was fine, it wasn't 'the dress' or really the style I wanted. I do have a couple of really nice photographs though thanks to my lovely photographer.

Actually that's a fair point, when I think of all my family and friends dresses there is a few that I can remember most I can't.

For crying out loud. Snap out of it.

Gosh, that's the way to do it! The OP is absolutely fine now. Cured of her anxieties and worries, and not bothered about her problems anymore. All it took was @Thatcat to say 'snap out of it!'

GO YOU!

😂 is that my mum?

@FrannieGallops Tidy your room!

@SabreIsMyFave Glad you agree. Life’s way too short to stay unravelled and sleepless about what a perfectly lovely dress might have looked like three years ago.

Was this all just a stealth boast then?

@SabreIsMyFave this

Thatcat
For crying out loud. Snap out of it.

Gosh, that's the way to do it! The OP is absolutely fine now. Cured of her anxieties and worries, and not bothered about her problems anymore. All it took was @Thatcat to say 'snap out of it!'

GO YOU!

Is exactly what I was thinking. And for the pp who said, "Get a grip."

The utter failure of some people to see beyond the immediate symptom is incredible.

@SillyCook0 dress is timeless, classy and elegant and on you it looked like a model was wearing it. Absolutely amazing fit.

You have great taste!

Your dress is absolutely stunning, simple and beautiful.

I see so many brides in dresses that are over the top, too much cleavage, far too tight, they can't walk in them, strapless that just doesn't suit many people.... the list is endless. You should be delighted you have such good taste and looked elegant, classy and befitting for a bride.

Never normally comment on this but felt compelled to say that the dress is beautiful and you look great.

I get this with photos too sometimes but the funny thing is that when I look back at some of the images I hated ten years ago I realise I didn’t look as bad as I thought. I think you will love your wedding photos in years to come. You look fab. X

My daughter tried on 4 or 5 dresses but walked away with the first one she tried on because she looked beautiful in it. It was 'The One'.
She gets married in a couple of months.
It was the most unfussy of the ones tried on, and the one she felt the most comfortable in.
I think your dress looks beautiful.

It’s beautiful and the first thing I thought was how timeless it looks. Not a dress to regret in my opinion and with a figure like yours you’d have looked good in any dress I’m sure. It’s simple but classic. I think you made a good choice. Less is always more. It’s not some big, puffy meringue. It’s truly elegant. Reminds me of a dress a beautiful film star would wear.

It was perfect for your photo backdrop! The colours all look magazine-shoot worthy!