The Incredible Shrinking Bride

this is crazy....I am 5ft 5in 218lbs and thats crazy we will be getting married on our one year anniversary that we met so all that how I'm going to look went out the window. Its about getting together saying I do, eatting,drinking anding that all happen in a year of knowing each other. my problem is adding 4 sizes to your dress size other then that its know makeover for this bride...enjoy life

I am recently engaged we have been seeing each other for less then a year due to get married on our one year anniversary of meeting. Just say something about this issue, I am 5ft 5in 218lbs short hair with a broken hip and my concerns is hopeing I'm not in pain that day. So if takes u like u r then be happy everything esle u can work around

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Wedding gown $50 (made by Mom), delicious wedding cake and warm, friendly reception $300 (prepared by vo-tech students and catered by ladies of the church in the church dining hall), Groom's tux rental $79, stressfree wedding...priceless!

The "perfect" wedding doesn't buy a lifetime of memories. I know a girl (very wealthy by means of her father) had an incredible wedding, but she was too stressed out about it to enjoy it. Now she's getting a divorce. My wedding was only $3,000 and it was beautiful and memorable. The vows ARE what's important in a wedding because it's your love for one another that you're actually celebrating. People who need perfection to make them happy lack character. They can't see the beauty in the flaws.

I think perhaps looks and weight loss are more of a concern than they were in the past because so many more people are fat today. CDC statistics show that women aged 20-29 were nearly 29 pounds heavier on average in 2002 compared to 1960. The pressure to lose weight doesn't seem to be doing much to improve things however, since many women resort to crash dieting and quickie solutions that don't do much to help, rather than spending the time to learn how to get in shape properly.

your future husband fell in love with you, he loves everything about you, I say, have your hair & make-up done,choose the right dress, & be healthy& happyy & the only time you will look more beautiful is the nine months you carry your child,& the day you give birth.

It all about your budget. If you can afford it then why not? Why not have the perfect wedding of your dreams. I don't need to be like a celebrity, 'cuz i was born one. I'm smart, i'm beautiful, i have the perfect life. No, i'm not rich but i'm happy with what i am, what i have, and what i've accomplished in my life so far. I'm getting married next year and just like every other girl i'm thinking about my dress, my hair and make-up and much more. It's not about your vows, because your vows are what you have showed to the person that made him love you and want to spent the rest of their life with you. Your vows are the love and the respect that you give to the person you love. Obsession is when you overdo things. When you go over your budget limits and put your self in debts. when you try to be something you are not. etc........... If you can't afford to have what you have dreamed, don't hate the people that are doing so. Please be realistic and stop the ignorance. Wedding is a business, but the memories of it will alst forever. --- just like a diamond ring that you like to have on your finger.

I am getting married in August. Our wedding will cost no more than $5,000. I bought my dress at the Goodwill store for $75 and it's new and absolutely beautiful. I am a size 7-8 and my dress is a size 14. I am perfectly happy with my body. My fiancee thinks I look fine and I believe him. Not all brides are dollar-obsessed, weight obsessed idiots. Your wedding day should be about about your vows,
not how perfect you look. It's important to look good on this very importat day, but lets not get obsessed over it.

We all want to be a celebrity. Sick.

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what happened to 2 people who love each other who want to share a special day with friends and family. when did we allow hollywood, the media, etc.. start to define what a bride should look like? I've worked in 3 bridal salons, every bride is beautiful! I find this disturbing that in this extreme of trying to be as perfect as possible there is the potential to forget all about the other part of the wedding ceremony equation.

I don't see what is wrong with wanting to look your very best on one of the most exciting days of your life. It is however sad when the bride-to-be is extremely unrealistic when it comes to wanting to be a size six , when she's a size 14 six months before her big day.

It's unfortunate that in the year 2007, women still find themselves desperately trying to be beautiful, for whatever reason. HOW have we come to this? And why are we SO stupid and bored that our society just can't get past LOOKS! A wedding is a formal ceremony for two people to express their love and ultimate devotion to each other. And the guests are invited as witnesses and loving participants. It is not about the neccessity for a woman to look beautiful, but again, everyone in society EXPECTS that this will be so. Can you imagine the guests NOT commenting on "the beautiful bride"? Beauty and looks are ALWAYS all about the female, never the male. And this is still unfortunately so because women still allow "the acceptance" of women to be determined by men. Perhaps this is because the ratio of women to men in our country is still slightly higher, and men still literally "have their pick" of women. The pressure is so great to be the perfect beauty for a man and to be the perfect pleaser so that he won't "wander" and find another, that women have gone off the deep end. How very sad that we have almost become equals in terms of citizenry, but this one problem of STILL being forced to please men (and now everybody else) with looks, just won't go away.

I find this to be absolutely beyond ridiculous!!! Having been a bride myself & will be again soon, I of course want to look at my best, but the best that I am, not some extreme creature created for one day of my life. Society places WAY too much emphesis how people look and not the whole substance of a person unfortunately. This is just one more example of such. When are we as a society going to stop and say enough already. And yes, I could go through all that if I chose to do so and there was a time in my life when I did do so, however, I woke up and realized it wasn't worth it and the possible worse damage I was actually doing to my body far outweighed "the natual" look.