Regret not wearing a veil?

I was running late to my ceremony and never put on my veil. I didnt notice until I was on the way to my reception. It certainly didn't make me feel like less of a bride.

Not feel like a bride?? Isn't the big dress, the fabulous party and the meaningful ceremony enough?

People are just screwed up.

Do what you want. That wind/kite thing is real, lol.....

ALTHOUGH, one of my brilliant MOH's put the brides flowers on the end of her veil, which made for great photos and anchored it in place.

Still, do what you want, not what they want, lol...

That is brilliant Celia! Yeah, I would think the big white dress would give something away too lol.

I didn't think I wanted a veil, but when I tried on my dress, my mom begged me to try one on. I did and it really did make me feel much more bridal. I have no idea why. At least try on a veil. If you don't like it, don't wear it, but at least try it. I'm planning on wearing mine just for the ceremony that way it isn't in the way at the reception.

People have questioned me for not wanting a veil, but we are having a beach wedding and I too see it turning into a kite and being in the way.

I didn't wear a veil. And I wondered a few times leading up to the wedding of I would regret it. But I indeed felt like a bride. All day. And everyone knew I was the bride. And I couldn't be happier with how my wedding and photos turned out. If you don't want one, don't wear one.

I didn't wear a veil and never wanted to. It just wasn't for me and I knew that from the beginning. I found a pretty comb off of Amazon and it worked perfectly with the details of my dress. I loved how I looked that day and love my pictures. Go with your gut and stick with it

Of course you'll feel like a bride without the veil. Not many women show up to cocktail parties in wedding gowns -- they show up at their weddings in wedding gowns.

On the plus side of veils -- I've seen some amazing photographs in which the photographer has used the bride's veil in ways that make the photos almost ethereal.

Thanks for all the advice everyone! I'm pretty confidant I will feel perfectly "bridal" without it now I may take Jac3286's advice and try one on just to be sure.

I was not going to wear a veil either until my mom picked one out that matched my dress.

If your concern is wind, maybe look into veil weight gems to keep it in place? Either way I think you'll be perfectly bridal :-)

Like Christine A. said, I've seen some pretty veil weights out there if you end up set on wearing a veil. I always thought I'd have a long veil with a blusher, but FH commented on how he doesn't see me in one that covers my face or head - he thinks they're pretty at the nape of the neck and really long. I'm still weighing my options. Thank goodness I have the time to decide! I think every bride should at least try a veil on. If you decide not to wear one, then go for it. But I wouldn't want to look back on the day and regret not having at least trying a veil on. I say go for what you're most comfortable in.

I don't like veils. At my first wedding when I was 24 I had one but took it off at the reception. It was annoying and in the way. Team no veil for everyone here... But of course it's everyone's prerogative!

I agree with previous posters on that you should at least try one on and then make the decision. Make sure in the end it is what YOU want. You will be bridal enough that day with or without the veil.

I wore a veil, and I planned on removing it after the ceremony. But I ended up leaving it on the ENTIRE night! It was not a long veil it was mid back length. My problem is that my hair got ratty from the veil and it messed up my curls so in order to hide the mess I kept the veil on. I think that I would wear the veil all over again if I had to go back. I did not even notice that I still had it on. However, the only problem in leaving it on was that I felt that every time I would hug someone they would pull on my veil as they hugged me and I felt it pull on my hair. So if you have a hair style that is up or anything that could come apart probably going to be a problem by the end of the night. My hair was half up half down so it just annoyed the crap out of me that it was pulling other than that it was fine.

Good Luck and Congrats!!!!!

Out of all the things you could regret for your wedding, I don't think having or not having a veil will be on that list You'll be bridal enough no matter what!!

But I do think you should try one on. I wasn't going to have one but my aunt offered to make me one so there was no way I could say no. It was longer than a cathedral length (trailed behind my train at least 2-3 feet) and was GORGEOUS. But a huge pain in the ass. Like every time I had to get up and move in my Catholic ceremony, it took an extra few minutes to figure out how I was going to do that with the veil. When I was sitting I basically picked it up and laid it across my lap.

The pictures were worth it!

I know someone that wore a elaborate dress and no veil felt right. so last minute she wore flowers in her hair instead.

looked wonderful, and she felt good the day of, but she always regretted no veil.

but she did wear a veil when they renewed their vows later.

I guess it depends on why you don't want to wear one. if you've tried them on with your dress and really like the look of flowers better, then I'd go with flowers.

but I personally wouldn't skip the veil myself.

I didn't wear a veil and I don't regret it at all. I still felt like a bride because of my dress, hair, makeup etc. My ceremony was outdoors and it was crazy windy, the small train on my dress kept having to be fixed so a veil would have been far worse. Do you what feels best to you, whatever you pick you'll be happy either way.

I hate it when people talking about feeling bridal. Bridal is not a feeling. You're either a bride or you're not. :-)

I wore a fascinator that had a birdcage blusher veil on it, but the wind was so bad that we had to wrap the veil in the fascinator. Ergo, nothing covered my face. And I was still a bride. :-)

Also, at a friend's wedding, the veil got caught on a chair as she walked down the aisle and her head jerked back. Then for a few seconds people were helping her with her veil and she ended up just leaving it attached to the chair and walking the rest of the way without it.

Have you tried on your dress with a veil?