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Sometimes I wonder...

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My first long-term relationship was when I was in college. I was 19, my ex-BF was 25 and we were together for 4 and a half years... We talked about getting married and being a naive early-20 year old I was totally obsessed with planning a wedding that ultimately never happened... I have no regrets about the way our relationship ended and the course my life took after... we are still on speaking terms to this day (I actually spoke with him last friday)... but....

At that time I found the "wedding dress of my dreams" and I remember my father saying to me... "You should buy it!"  and my response was "What are you crazy!?! I'm not engaged, I dont even know if it's ever going to happen and I'll probably end up being 30 with a dress that I can't even fit into..."

Fast-forward to now... I'm almost 29... and sometimes I wonder if Dad was right LOL  I'm still in love with it and the dress is now discontinued and I have not found a dress even remotely similar...

and then I tell myself... "I'm not the same size I was then so I'd have to lose like a million lbs to fit into the damn dress!" lol  and if I'm hell-bent on having it, I'll just have it made!!

Sorry... had to get that off my chest after reading the post from the girl who isnt engaged but wants to buy her dream dress now... If she's for real... I get it but it would still be crazy... I look back at some of the other things that I 'LOVED" back then and my tastes are COMPLETELY different... except for the dress... ahhhh... the dress! LMAO!

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  • calindicalindi member
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    edited December 2011
    There are some AMAZING Etsy vendors that make custom dresses - if you have pictures, you can probably get it made from $700-1000.  I have no idea if that's in your budget range, but these vendors look absolutely incredible!  And if it's custom made, chances are any alterations would be minimal, so you'd save on that.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    edited December 2011
    Just out of curiousity I had contacted the designer a while back and they said that because it was discontinued I would have to buy it second hand or have it replicated... I didn't go as far as looking for a vendor to replicate it, for obvious reasons... but I did do a quick ebay search and I found it in a size 10 LOL  Yeah, I'm SOO not a size 10! LOL I figured if I could find 2 in a size 10 I'd have a shot! lol 

    but when the time comes, I'll probably check out Etsy! Thanks, cal!!
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  • Simply FatedSimply Fated member
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    edited December 2011
    It's a good thing you didn't buy the dress, though... My body has changed rastically in the past 10 years, so I am not surprised at all when you said, "I'm not the same size I was then so I'd have to lose like a million lbs to fit into the damn dress!"

    If that had been me buying the dress ten years ago, I don't even know if they'd be able to alter it enough for me. I'd probably need a whole other size and everything lol.

    Were you guys actually engaged at the time or just in talks about it?
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_sometimes-wonder?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:1b358c6b-2022-444e-8444-09df1b39c48dPost:2df08fad-dc52-48a2-adc2-3e617eb20ac7">Re: Sometimes I wonder...</a>:
    [QUOTE]It's a good thing you didn't buy the dress, though... My body has changed rastically in the past 10 years, so I am not surprised at all when you said, "I'm not the same size I was then so I'd have to lose like a million lbs to fit into the damn dress!" If that had been me buying the dress ten years ago, I don't even know if they'd be able to alter it enough for me. I'd probably need a whole other size and everything lol. Were you guys actually engaged at the time or just in talks about it?
    Posted by Simply Fated[/QUOTE]

    LOL that's why I said, I'd have to buy two size 10's lol

    No, we weren't engaged, we were just talking about it... and at 19,20,21,22... I was a total idiot! lol actually I was pretty much a total idiot until I turned 27 LOL  That's why I said once before I wish I had come to the boards then and had someone tell me how stupid i was...

    The original reason I came back here was because my best friend was supposed to be getting married... but as usual, they postponed the wedding... but the boards still keep me busy lol and I'm guilty of looking at pictures to get ideas for when I do get engaged but I'm not as bad as I was back then lol
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