Did your fh pick you up at home or did you meet at the altar?

I guess it really depends on your culture and what you feel is right for you. We are having a first look. So we will be seeing each other at the ceremony site before the ceremony begins to take pictures.

We did a first look, so we saw each other prior to the ceremony. It was a really sweet and intimate moment. Juts the two of us and our photographers!

I'm not a fan of a first look, not at all. He wants his first sight of me that day to be when i'm walking up the aisle to him, and I want that too. If it works for someone else though it's all good, just not for us

It depends on your culture and what you two want to do. We are doing a first look and then as I walk down, the pastor will ask who gives me away which is where my dad will step in. I’ll leave my dad to go to my fiancé.

It really is dependant on if you want to follow that part of your culture or not. Talk to FH about it.
Personally, we will be doing a first look at our venue because I want that intimate moment between the both of us, and not have to have EVERYBODY see the first time we see eachother.

Oh wow! I’ve never heard of that! That’s pretty cool! But I do think it’s up to you - whether you want to stick to your culture’s traditions or go off script! We decided to do a first look because we wanted those first moments to be more intimate definitely personal preference though!

There are a million ways to do it, and all of them right. We are having a first look photography session. If you want the surprise, do you think that maybe you can be picked up in regular clothes and change into your dress at the ceremony venue?

I honestly like the idea of a first look. It’s super intimate. That might work in your case.

If you’re set on having him see you for the first time as you walk down the aisle then you can still incorporate your tradition just a little differently. You can walk down the aisle with your dad and then yours parents can ask him one more time if he’s ready to marry you at the altar.

I’m not seeing no one I hired a lady from my dress store to come by to help me get dressed and we willl meet at the altar

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This sounds like a good idea!

Have him come in the morning before you've gotten ready, then get dressed at the venue after he's dropped you off! Or he could drop you off at a salon for hair and make-up, at a bridesmaid's place, etc.

This tradition sounds super sweet, by the way.

We live together so we'll see each other and our kids that morning. We've decided to go to breakfast/ brunch together as a family then split to go get ready. So he won't see me in my dress until the aisle.

I probably will ask him that question again one last time that morning though. 😉

My FH will not be seeing me until I walk down the aisle.

However, as PP have said it depends on your culture and which tradition you would like to follow. For us, there was never any debate because we both knew we wanted to not see each other until the ceremony but it is whatever your wishes are for your wedding day.

We are eloping in Hawaii. However we have rented one limo to take us to the ceremony. The groom will enter the limo first blindfolded till we arrive. He will exit the limo remove the blindfold proceed to the ceremony while I wait in the limo. We are getting married on the beach. He insisted in the first look be as I walk down the aisle.

We met at our wedding suite, just us, before going out for a just us set of pictures, before the ceremony. All the surprise and love with just us, no onlookers. Our best pics came from the picture shoot on the Inn grounds we did pre-ceremony .

Hello Ladies,

Thank you so much for all your feedback. It was nice to hear what you all did and planning to do. I really don't want to lose our traditions, and I guess we will have to find a way to make it work. I also see how special and the first look is to you - it makes me want to do the same too. We'll see how it goes...

Thank you, all!!!