Tell me I'm not the only one...

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• Narwhal

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  you're the only one.

  

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• **Mutley**

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:3d09ece3-45af-43b5-bbf9-d150c9111ee4">Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]who's looking at dresses without being engaged?  (I feel the need to say that we've been ring shopping twice in the last two weeks and have talked about planning our wedding for next October) Anyway, I was on the A&A board and someone mentioned HouseofBrides.com so I clicked over and just perused the offerings.  I just fell in love with this dress: <a href="http://www.houseofbrides.com/allure-women-wedding-dress-style-w252-p-350-147-14107.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.houseofbrides.com/allure-women-wedding-dress-style-w252-p-350-147-14107.aspx</a> I don't know how much it is, or where I could find it in a store to try on, but I think it's just gorgeous and wanted to tell someone!
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• ljewel422

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  I've come across a few I really like online, I'll admit. My sister is getting married next spring and I'm her MOH, so while she is e-mailing me links to dresses she likes, I am getting tempted and looking at things for myself. Bad, Jewel. *smacks hand*

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• Kroliczku

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Not engaged, and not perusing gowns (minus boredom clicks around TK)....but that dress is cute. Especially like the lace up in the back!

  

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• PhilliesPhan23

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  O dear god

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• oceana919

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  ::headdesk:: repeat x 20

  

   

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• sapphirebaby926

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:363b2b7d-f9ac-4c5c-ba8b-ece5e9d4eb49">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]::headdesk:: repeat x 20
  Posted by oceana919[/QUOTE]
  
  ::slips pillow under::
  
  Don't need a concussion on top of everything else ya know?
  
  OP- yes you are

  
  

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• Sing2phins member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  No, come on.  Really?
  
  *hangs head*

  
  
  

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• Ana_2985 member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  You're certainly not the only one, but if you're still of the mind-set that 'if everyone else is doing it, it must be okay', than I'd say it's too early to think about marriage let alone wedding dresses.

  

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• Sing2phins member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  That wasn't my mindset at all, actually, but thanks for the tip.  I was just excited and wanted to talk about it with other people who might have been in the same boat.  I spend most of my time on E, where mostly everyone's engaged/married, so I thought this board might be better suited for my post, that's all.

  
  
  

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• oceana919

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:b8a12695-6c67-4570-80a3-426a223e5c60">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tell me I'm not the only one... : ::slips pillow under:: <strong>Don't need a concussion on top of everything else ya know</strong>? OP- yes you are
  Posted by sapphirebaby926[/QUOTE]
  
  I have to use my frequent flyer miles at the hospital on something, right?

  

   

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• hetshup member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Jewel has the correct answer. Don't fall in love with anything, styles change.

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• ljewel422

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  No one is going to stop you from looking. If you get your jollies by looking at dresses for your imaginary wedding, then by all means, look. But the fact that you need to ask if you're the only one that does this means that you know it's a little crazy.
  
  

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• Maere member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Nope, your not the only one. Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships. One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.

  

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• ljewel422

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Nope, your not the only one. <strong>Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships.</strong> One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.
  Posted by Maere[/QUOTE]
  
  What the hell is this craziness?

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• PhilliesPhan23

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Nope, your not the only one. Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships. <strong>One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged</strong>. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.
  Posted by Maere[/QUOTE]
  
  I'm sure she lived happily every after too.

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• **Mutley**

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Nope, your not the only one. Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships. One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.
  Posted by Maere[/QUOTE]
  
  Where are these colleges? 
  
  I must live in a cave because I thought those colleges disappeared awhile ago. 

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• oceana919

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]<strong>Nope, your not the only one. Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships.</strong> One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.
  Posted by Maere[/QUOTE]
  
  WHAT?!?

  

   

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• rickylee244 member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Nope, your not the only one. <strong>Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships.</strong> One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.
  Posted by Maere[/QUOTE]
  
  And what types of colleges are these and where are they?  Because I'm pretty sure if the next words out of your mouth are at all related to women's colleges you will get your hand bitten. 

  

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• Maere member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  ooooooh no. Basically any religious college has this kind of mentality.
  
  CBU is the biggest one. One of the first things they teach you is "Ring Before Spring"... It's weird.

  

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• oceana919

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:6cee4bce-d5e6-4cbf-aac9-1efead523642">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]ooooooh no. Basically any religious college has this kind of mentality. CBU is the biggest one. One of the first things they teach you is "Ring Before Spring"... It's weird.
  Posted by Maere[/QUOTE]
  
  Like, Nuvaring, right? Because anything other than that would be absolutely insane.

  

   

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• noelwellin

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Nope, your not the only one. <strong>Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships.</strong> One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where they try on dresses.
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  </div><div>WTF?  Seriously?  Did we just step back in time about 70 years to when a girls main goal was to get married right out of college?  WIll you take your future husbands top hat and coat and hand him a cigar when he gets home from the office, too?
  
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• Sing2phins member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Yeah, I'd certainly not buy anything or even try anything on until we're engaged and know what kind of wedding we're having and where, but I think it's kind of fun to window shop.
  
  Do "ring before spring" type colleges really still exist?
  

  
  
  

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• hetshup member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Here in the south. A &M, Baylor, Rice, LSU etc etc. Ol' Miss. It's insanity.
  
  
  At A&M they have a "ring dunk", which is where you put your class ring in a pitcher of beer and then chug said pitcher. The goal is to have two rings to dunk.
  
  
  Someone let me out of TX.

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• desertsun member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_tell-im-not-only-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:c5cf7c88-0fcb-4717-b43d-4fce5a80c9d4Post:286f2433-f130-4049-a852-a5f73ea971e2">Re: Tell me I'm not the only one...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Nope, <strong>your </strong>not the only one. Plenty of girls who go to  "ring before spring" type colleges will typically look for dresses starting in the winter of their relationships. One of my best friends who just graduated actually bought her wedding dress before being engaged. Yikes O.o that's too big of a risk for me though. I've always liked looking at dresses and getting ideas though... I like shows like on We where<strong> </strong>they try on dresses.
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• Narwhal

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  I go to a ring by spring college. But it's mostly just a big joke.

  

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• Maere member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Yup they do... also, any college with significantly more women then men do that...
  
  It's weird how guys think they can propose on like the 2nd date at these schools O.o ... and a lot of my friends who go to idaho get engaged pretty fast too.
  
  Not condoning getting engaged fast because when you know you know, but I once had a guy friend propose to a girl on first date (they had met on a dating sight on the internet) she shot him down HARD.

  

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• hetshup member

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  Narwhal, you better get moving!

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• ljewel422

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  I think we should also have a site/sight thread, Desert.
  
  First date? For real? I saw an ep of "Bridezilla" where the bride was 19 and the groom was 20. He proposed on their third or fourth date. And they planned their wedding in three weeks. Insanity.
  

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• Narwhal

  

  June 2010 edited December 2011

  I know Hetshup, I'm a good many springs behind.
  
  Okay now, stop talking about those schools Maere, because that's not how it happens at all.  People do get married a lot right out of college, that's true.  But you're being a little excessive. I've literally walked through a proposal in the gardens and I've witnessed some in the student center.  But I haven't met anyone who proposed on the second date. Seriously? That might have happened, but that person is just a lunatic.  Don't act like it's how it happens at every school like that.

  

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