Do you feel like a 'Bride to Be'?? Is there a total bride experience??

I just saw someone had a post about wedding/bride pod casts. Maybe that'll help!

I didn't really get the whole bride feeling until my shower and bachelorette party. Until that point everything felt kind of surreal. I never went to one of those Bridal Bazaars but I feel like you'd definitely feel like a bride by going to one of those.

Exactly how did you expect to feel?

I really only felt like a bride when my friends and family made me feel like one. So during events like my shower and bachelorette and then obviously on my wedding day. But the rest of the time, I was my regular self. And honestly kind of liked it that way. All bride stuff, all the time?... That sounds overwhelming.

I don't have that feeling now either. I imagine the two days I will will be the shower and my wedding day.

I don't really feel it either........ I think I'm allowing my stress and anxiety to show through instead.........guess that's what zoloft is for! LOL

@kate we just tented a nice cabin at Snowshoe. We hiked, ate great food, did a macrame craft, hung out in the hot tub and sauna. It was really relaxing and fun.

If you are more excited about the marriage than you are about the wedding, you'll feel bridal every day

I don't really know what a "bride to be" feels like, but most days I do just feel like I am planning a big (unnecessarily expensive) party. I imagine when we get our marriage license it will move from feeling like a party to a life event

I think tv shows and movies romanticize the whole "bride to be" feeling and process.

I don't think there is a way to feel. Reality might hit when you do a MUA and hair trial and see your vision happen.

I honestly try not to feel like a bride, because it causes me a lot of anxiety. I'll say I feel the most bridal (aka anxiety) when I'm actually planning- calling/ meeting with vendors, confirming appointments, dealing with RSVP's, etc.

I feel best when I'm getting my nails done, even though I'm doing it for the wedding. But I'm excited for long nails for the first time in my life! lol

@kay thats what I was thinking...! It gets romanticized..! I'm just a normal working girl! But I am having fun, not stressing about the wedding..hoping that doesn't come.

I feel like my normal every day self who happens to also be getting married in a couple of months. I don't know why or how there's so much pressure to "feel bridal" throughout your engagement. I don't expect people to be celebrating me for the entire year I'm engaged, and I don't have time to celebrate myself getting married all the time either.

I loved picking out my dress, I'm looking forward to our wedding shower, and I'm sure I'll feel 100% bridal on my wedding day. That's the only day I need to feel it.

I don't necessarily feel like a bride all the time. I'm also a student, a friend, a daughter etc. When FH and I are going to meetings with vendors or shopping for photo attire, I definitely feel like his bride. It's a really nice feeling, but I can't feel like that all the time because real life happens haha. Honestly, I still didn't feel bridal when I tried on dresses the first time. I think the closer we get to the day, the more real it will feel. We still have over a year haha.

We had an "oh sh*t we're getting married" moment with FH when we went to see our now WP's job at our venue, and I had my "bride to be" feeling last sunday when MOH and I went to a "bridal expo", and this appliance store we love gifted us a beverage warmer after we signed up to have our registry with them. We looked at each other and had a fangirling moment

I didn't really feel "bride-like" until I finally got to try on my nearly completed wedding dress during fittings. I imagine I'll feel that again during my bachelorette weekend and on our wedding day. I always feel weird being the center of attention anyway so it's not really a feeling that I'm seeking, but it is unique and I plan to enjoy it for what it is.

Date twin!!! Definitely not feeling that thing you see on tv. I think every bride is different. When I think of feeling like a bride I think of crying when trying on the dress, being soooo excited to be a wife, wanting all the showers and all that. It's just not who I am and I'm totally okay with that. At the end we will all be married. I already live with FH and we are raising his kids. I just don't think much will change except my name and taxes. HaHa!

I don't feel like a "bride" either! Glad others feel the same way!

If by "bride to be" you mean stressed then yes! Haha the whole thing gets so romanticized, but we've had a bridesmaid quit and had our share of family drama! When it's just us together planning the little details that make it our wedding, then I'm excited!