I've scanned the boards for posts by older brides, but most of the so-called "older" brides are in their late 20s to mid-40s. I'm hoping to meet some first-timers in my own age group.
I will be 59 and a half when I walk down the aisle for the first time next year, and I'm feeling like a bit of a freak. When I was younger I used to imagine my dream wedding, but instead I wound up spending most of my adult life caring for invalid parents and so was not able to have a life of my own until after my mother passed away a few months ago.
My fiance is someone I worked with decades ago and hadn't seen in 17 years. We reconnected last year via Facebook. It turned out we both live in Las Vegas, so we started spending time together. He was kind and supportive during my mother's lingering illness and death, and last month he asked me to marry him.
It will be his second marraiage but he wants to give me a traditional wedding, white dress and all, because he says I deserve it.
I love that he wants to do that for me, but I'm running into some embarrassing obstacles. The vendors I've met with are rather dismissive -- they seem to assume I'm a meddling grandma. The saleswoman at the bridal shop tried to steer me to dowdy MOB dresses. I don't need a strapless cupcake gown, but I do want to feel like a bride.
Are there any other first-time brides my age out there? I'd love to commiserate. Thanks!