Weddingbee boards

I got married just before my 35th birthday and I struggled with finding a dress that I felt beautiful in.  After three kids (the last one was 9lbs and I gained 70lbs), my body has changed so much and in my head, I still feel like I did when I didn't have to spend hours wading through clothes to find something that hides this and compliments that.  Facing that challenge with the wedding dress bit the big one.  It dawned on me that the disappointment was because I still love the style of dresses that looked good on the younger me and seeing the older me in them wasn't so rewarding.  I ended up choosing a dress that made me look like I had a figure again, although it didn't have any of the dreamy elements that I would have loved to wear.   Anyone dealing with this? 

I think no matter the age, and no matter the circumstances, most of us ladies are not models and not celebrities, and have something that makes us insecure - and trying on wedding dresses, or looking at dozen of pictures of gorgeous models wearing them - can make those insecurities rise to the surface.   For many of us its weight, for others its height, I bet we could all name something that we look in the mirror and go "uhhgggggg"  (for me its my total lack of boobage and bad posture - I have a congential spine curvature)

But then we need to remember why we're trying on those dresses in the first place - Someone loves you enough to spend FOREVER with you, despite ALL that stuff!  I bet your hubby wasn't looking at your dress and wishing it was different :)      That being said, if you were disappointed in your dress, spoil yourself for an anniversary/vow renewal and get a dress you adore and feel gorgeous in.