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Just Said Yes February 2022

My fiancé hates wedding dresses

Jason, on November 30, 2021 at 1:41 AM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 7

As the title says, my fiancé just simply hates wedding dresses. He finds them ugly and a show-off, especially if they touch the floor. He claims it is a silly tradition that derives from aristocracy trying to show that they have enough money to have their dresses dragged on the floor. Long white dresses are just bound to get dirty. It's a waste of money, of cleaning the dress, as well as very impractical, so someone wearing them suggests vanity. He calls them "peacock dresses".

He says I would look much better in a colored summer dress (my skin is very white to look good in white), than in something so expensive and wasteful. I do see his point - however, it was a childhood dream of mine to wear a long dress where I can feel beautiful and like a princess (I guess most of you understand that). At first, I thought I wanted a Disney-like dress, but now looking at many I found that I prefer straight dresses with tulle layers - which is another problem as we just found out that my fiancé prefers the shiny material ones, if any. The simpler, the better.

He tells me to choose whatever I want, but I would like to stun him on the day. I don't know what should I do?

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Latest activity by Rebelle Fleur, on December 1, 2021 at 1:32 PM
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    VIP September 2020
    Willow ·
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    Wear what makes you feel beautiful. He's marrying you, not the dress. When you feel beautiful and having fulfilled a childhood dream, you will glow with happiness, and you will look perfect in his eyes.


    My now husband suggested I wear orange as a bride. Eye roll, haha. When I showed him a cathedral veil, he asked if I was getting it hemmed to the right size.
    Wedding dresses are one of the few times I will make this sweeping generalization-- men don't know anything
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    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    Wear what you want! Choose the dress that makes you feel beautiful. If he can’t be supportive of that, then he’s not the one.
    My husband wanted me to wear red 🙄
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  • Samantha
    Super May 2022
    Samantha ·
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    Agree that on the day, once he sees you, nothing else will matter Smiley smile Wear what you are comfortable in.

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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
    Cece ·
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    This. ALL OF THIS.


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    Super September 2022
    Sarah ·
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    Once he sees you in whatever dress you choose his jaw will drop. He is telling you what he thinks he likes but he’ll love anything you wear!
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  • Heather
    Super November 2021
    Heather ·
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    I can understand where he is coming from lol. He's a guy. BUT! At the end if the day he will still love you no matter what you wear. So, you wear whatever you want hun! Smiley smile Just like what other PPs said, "he'll be marrying YOU, not the DRESS." Smiley heart

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  • Rebelle Fleur
    Master July 2021
    Rebelle Fleur ·
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    My husband hates big princess ballgowns. What did I chose for my ceremony gown …. A ballgown. That’s what I wanted to wear.


    Do what makes you happy, this is one day you shouldn’t have to compromise your dream dress because of what anyone else thinks.
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