How did you know that you had found “the” dress?

I knew when I took it off to change into another one. Once I was in a different dress, I wanted to immediately put back on "the dress", I didn't want to take it off. I even thought I did regret my decision and about once a month would look at pictures to remember it. But even then, it took me going to my first fitting and putting it on to have that spark again. It felt like "oh yeah, this is why I picked this dress." I had forgotten what the small details looked like, that the cellphone photos couldn't pick up from the distance it was taken. It was like I put it on for the first time again, and again didn't want to take it off. And now that my fiance has bought his suit, I can picture us standing next to each other and it's perfect. I can't wait for him to see me in my dress.

If you are worried if you go back it's gone. It sounds like it is your dress. Make another appointment to try it back on and see if you get those feelings again, or would be okay with leaving it at the store.

My best advice is to take your time. You still have plenty of time to decide before your wedding. I think we all want that "Say Yes To The Dress" moment that we see on TV or social media, and that's just not the case for some people. I'm a huge crier. I cry when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm angry. I cried for months watching Facebook proposals, but once mine actually happened, not a single tear. I thought I was broken. I had the same experience buying my wedding dress. It wasn't super emotional for me, but I couldn't stop smiling and didn't want to take it off. I could picture myself getting married in it and that's all that really matters.

I knew I found the one when I truly felt good in it. I didn't notice my flaws, things I'm self-conscious about were hidden, my favorite features of myself were highlighted. It was exactly what I was hoping for and very "me." I felt like I wanted to show everyone in the world this dress. I went alone the first time I went to the shop and I was bringing my mom and bridesmaids back a few days later. The entire week I felt excited to show them that dress even though I did have a "top 3" when I finally brought them to the store I tried my favorite one last and my mom teared up so I knew that had to be it. I never had "dress regret", or second guessed my choice at all.

In your case, I'd try on a few more. If you still can't get this dress out of your head then that's definitely the one!!

I think I actually grew to love mine. I've tried on other dresses and I just never really got the same reaction of those vs the one I chose

View Quoted Comment I’m the same way, I’m typically a very emotional person but didn’t cry during the proposal so I expected I also wouldn’t cry with dresses, and I didn’t

I couldn't stop touching it! 😂
I knew what I wanted in the dress and it hit all the marks, I wanted to sit on it and think and said if it was gone or discontinued I'd be sad and decided that was it. I went and bought it the next day.

View Quoted Comment Aw that’s so sweet, I bet he will love it. I have another appointment in two weeks so I’m hoping I will know for sure by then. What’s weird is that I was really loving two dresses from the same place, and couldn’t decide which one I favored more since they were both so different. The bridal consultant asked me which one I would be most upset about if it was gone tomorrow, and I actually said the other dress. Then I went home and after a few hours realized, no I would actually be most upset about losing the first one.

View Quoted Comment It’s so much easier knowing what you DON’T want/love than what you do. With the exception of three dresses, all the other dresses I’ve tried on left me going “meh, it’s pretty but not mine”

View Quoted Comment It took me trying this dress on a second time to really be excited about it and admit that I love it. And if it weren’t for the pictures on my phone, I would have forgotten what 95% of all the other dresses I tried looked like. I’ve tried on about 32 dresses, which I know isn’t THAT much for some people, but the thought of having to make another appointment and try on like 6 or 7 more exhausts me and I don’t want to do it. Maybe I should take that as a sign too

I didn't have much of an emotional response to my dress either. It wasn't a style I had pictured, but once I took it off and put my "favorite" back on, I quickly realized that I liked the one I chose way more than my original favorite. I didn't cry, my family wasn't speechless or emotional.. I just felt like it was perfect for the venue/"feel" I was going for, it accented all the right parts, but covered my insecurities.. and the price was right, haha!

If I were you, I'd go back to the place that has it.. ask them to pull it and a few other dresses and randomly put that dress on you without you knowing... you'll know then if you still like it!

I would wait and keep trying on dresses so you don't have dress regret. I still don't know if mine is "the one" but its too late lol so I'm just going with it.

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I would not take that as a sign. I wouldn't settle just because you are sick of trying on dresses. Your wedding is still a while away, you can wait another 6 weeks and look try again. As long as you choose something 8-9 months in advance you'll have plenty of time for the dress to come in and to get alterations. There are SO many brides that experience dress regret and some even end up buying a whole new dress and just deal with being out the hundreds to thousands of dollars on the first one.

It's okay to not have an emotional response to a dress, but I think it's important to have a logical response that makes you 100% sure you want to wear this dress for your wedding. If you think about it a little more and you're sure then get it! If something is holding you back then just wait a few weeks and look again.

My dress was the 10th dress I tried on, and the last one I tried on at that boutique. I knew I could see myself wearing that dress down the aisle (which was strange because it was the complete opposite of what I've always imagined me in). I had another appointment at another boutique that same day, so I went to that one and let the people know I found a dress that I love and to see if we could beat it. We couldn't, and I couldn't stop thinking of the other dress. I went back right after that appointment to the first boutique and got my dress (: Still have no regrets 8 months later

I didn't have much of an emotional response either! I didn't cry, I didn't jump for joy. It was more like I felt amazing in it and had this calm assurance that this would be the dress. I couldn't stop thinking about it that if I didn't get it it would be a mistake. Like you, it wasn't initially the dress I thought I would get as my Pinterest had all these other styles of dresses i THOUGHT i would love and flatter my body. Go with your gut. We don't all need to have those Say Yes to the Dress moments to know that is your dress.

It's silly, but you just know.

When I tried on about 6-7 dresses by myself the one I ended up choosing wasn't even on my radar until I walked past it on the way to the dressing room. I couldn't stop thinking about it and how it felt. I told myself that if I still felt that way at my second appointment with my mom and bridesmaids, then I know that was the dress for me.

me saying yes

It started with the look on my niece's face when I walked out, then when I saw myself in the mirror and could see myself at my wedding in it. I didn't cry or even get teary, didn't know if I would or not but I didn't. I felt beautiful in the dress, but also felt like me

View Quoted Comment My dress is the complete opposite of what I was looking for. So I understand. Sometimes it is the opposite of what we thought we wanted that we end up loving.

I only went to one place... it was the second dress I tried on and I couldn’t get it out of my head! I tried it on AGAIN before I decided on it. ❤️

I loved everything I tried on! I cried with the first dress I tried on then I found another... then went to another place and found the one. It was perfect.. it grew on me cause at first I wasn’t sure.. they are all so beautiful it’s so hard. I keep looking at the videos of me in mine and when I do I get butterflies 🦋

I’ve always struggle with body dysmorphia and feeling very uncomfortable in my own skin. When I put on my dress I tried it on 3 times within an hour or so and for the first time I didn’t see my “lumps and bumps” that make me hate the way I look. I cried because I felt pretty. I knew that’s how I wanted to feel.