Weddingbee boards

@dreamweaver5521:

who cares that it is your 2nd wedding wear the gown that you feel absolutely beautiful! Congrats on your marriage!

I think the idea that you shouldn't wear a proper wedding gown for a second/third/whatever marriage is pretty old-fashioned; I think it stems from when you were only 'supposed' to marry once, and divorce or subsequent marriages were frowned upon and so done in a very low-key way with as little fuss as possible. Whereas now thankfully times have changed, and it is much much more acceptable to divorce and remarry; people are no longer forced to spend their lives in unhappy marriages and have the freedom to move on and start again. So for me, not wearing a proper dress is kind of old-fashioned, and to me personally, it's a bit like saying it's not as important second time round. Whereas I think a second marriage is just as special as the first, and should be treated the same.

I can see why some people do want something low-key if they have already been married; they may feel the expense is unnecessary and that they've 'been there done that'. And that's fine. But it's also fine to want it to be special, to celebrate properly, and to want to look beautiful in a great dress :-)