"THE" Dress Mess!!

mellow08

I'm just curious, do you have the feeling that you see brides have on TV when they find "The Dress".  I haven't gotten very serious about finding my dress yet, but I've looked once so far and I didn't feel like that at all

BrittRN+

I didn't cry or anything, but I and my family just instantly knew that it was my dress. Nothing could compare and I didn't want to change a thing about it.

sboughten

My mom, sister, BMs and I all cried for my second choice dress when I came out in it.  When I came out in THE dress everyone was quiet and just looked at it.  I have 2 cruddy pics of my dress and a million of every other dress I tried on.  We were so distracted talking about bustles and sashes we weren't thinking clearly.

jagore08

I really liked my dress but never was like any of the brides I saw on tv.  Don't keep looking just because you think you should have that emotion you see on tv because not everyone will get like that over a dress.  Find the dress you think looks great on you and fits with your wedding. 

I should mention that my dress was the first or second dress I tried on but tried on dozens more over the following months.  In the end I went back to that one because it was the one I liked best and I felt good in it.

ccarrion77

I didn't, they way I knew was that every other dress I tried on I compared to that dress.

matcha

Nope. DIdn't cry. I liked it, it looked good in it, it was in my budget... my love for it has grown since I bought it, but I didn't cry or anything.

AdeleDazeem

I didn't cry, but I really wanted to.  I knew in the dressing room that I was wearing my dress, especially after she told me the price.  I came out and everyone was like "Ah yes... that's it."

egeurts

I cried. Like a baby. And then when my mom saw me crying, she cried. And when the sales consultant saw us crying, she cried. And the alterations lady came over and told us we had to get ahold of ourselves. It was rather humorous in retrospect. 

But... I'm that kind of person. Not everyone has that moment. A lot of people are a lot more logical than I am. 

amymaysa

I didn't cry and I really thought I would. I was just smiling and not talking, which speaks more than tears!

Ash61612

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[QUOTE]I didn't cry, but I really wanted to.  I knew in the dressing room that I was wearing my dress, especially after she told me the price. <strong> I came out and everyone was like "Ah yes... that's it."
</strong>Posted by Joy2611[/QUOTE]

this is exactly the reaction everyone had when I came out in "my" dress. However, when I put the veil on and pulled the blusher over my face, the tears started with everyone.

achiduck

I didn't have the hysterical crying mess like you see on SYTTD (which BTW, I'm pretty sure is exaggerated for the cameras) but when I walked out of the dressing room my first thought was "oh wow, I wish my mom could be here to see this" which I hadn't felt with the 6 previous dresses.

MJandDL

I've been to four shops and haven't felt that way about any dress yet. But I also don't think I've found "the one." I think I'd cry if I was with my mom but she's in another state and can't go dress shopping with me so I don't know if I'll have that emotional moment or not.

AurorasEnvy

No, I never really had that "moment".  No one cried.  I found my dress my very first time dress shopping, but it was being discontinued - I wasn't absolutely sure it was the one, so I went out shopping a second time.  I found myself comparing every single dress I tried on after that to "the" dress, so that's how I knew.  It was more of a gradual decision, when I went back in to try it on one more time I was actually by myself when I said "yes".

So don't worry if it doesn't work out like it does on TV....for some people it will, but for a lot of people it won't.  Hell, I still see dresses I love and have a split second thought about it, and I'm getting married in 45 days =]

Smooch711

The first time my mom and I went out shopping I tried on 8 dresses. The second one I liked (it was BY FAR the best option). We put down a deposit. No crying. But I wasn't exactly 100 percent sure it was the One.

So we went out again to another store. This time I had my FMIL and my MOH, along with my mom. I tried on another 8-10 dresses. Every dress was better than my first dress. I was eventually between two dresses. Deep down I knew which one was THE One. Everyone was in agreement and my FMIL said she got goose bumps. However, I didn't want to take off the one I wasn't getting . . . because I knew I'd never wear it again!

MissMillieFrank

The dress I ended up choosing was the second one I tried on. I was pretty sure that this was "the one," but was thrown off by the fact that I had found it so early. My mom and sister were there, and they were very complimentary, but it wasn't until we came back, three stores and ~20 dresses later, when I tried it on with my mom's veil that the tears came. In thinking about it now, it seems sort of fitting, as it echos my relationship with the FI - we were high school sweethearts, but kind of freaked out about finding "it" so early on. We broke up for 5 years, but in the end, nothing measured up and we ended up back together