pay for your own wedding dress?

Contributor: Ms. Spice Ms. Spice
my parents will not have any bearing in my wedding at all. they have very conservative tastes so i would be wearing as much material as a nun
08/09/2011
Contributor: froggiemoma froggiemoma
I would buy my own.
08/09/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Jul!a
Ha, after our reception we all went to Denny's in our fancy clothes. I have a few pictures of me in my wedding dress there. It was a blast
I'll bet it was fun! We spent the entire time in White Castle giggling. A year or so later, White Castle had a commercial where an entire wedding party came in. I always wonder if it was us WC based the commercial on.
08/12/2011
Contributor: averageguyextrodinarypleasure averageguyextrodinarypleasure
My wife bought her cause her parents don't know how to save money and didn't really have any to spend on the wedding. But she's a deal shopper and found one for 300
08/12/2011
Contributor: tickle me pink tickle me pink
I paid for my own wedding dress. I did end up paying several hundred dollars for it, but it was the one I really wanted and back then we didn't have nearly as many bills so I was able to splurge a bit.
08/12/2011
Contributor: Booktease Booktease
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Originally posted by GravyCakes
after watching say yes to the dress & seeing how some people allow their parents to pay for the dress, but then end up fighting b/c their parents won't buy the dress they like, i have decided that i am going to save up & buy my own dress. ... more
When my partner and I got married, we payed for most of it on our own. Her parents helped out a bit and so did mine, but we bought our own dresses (Yes, we both wore dresses!). We actually ended up buying super cheap, cream white colored, prom dresses and they were spectacular. It rained for an hour and a half on our wedding day and we totally played and took photos in the rain. It was perfect, and because our dresses weren't expensive, it was not bothersome to get them wet. It was one of my favorite parts of the day.
08/12/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by P'Gell
I'll bet it was fun! We spent the entire time in White Castle giggling. A year or so later, White Castle had a commercial where an entire wedding party came in. I always wonder if it was us WC based the commercial on.
Lol, nice. There was a brewery I was at last year with a wedding party at it, and I thought that was totally awesome.
08/12/2011
Contributor: Miss B Haven Miss B Haven
I paid for my dress and my husband and I paid fopr our entire wedding and reception then saved up and paid for our honeymoon a couple years later.

I think that if you have family or freinds that want to contribute in some way to your wedding, whether it be buying a dress or supplying different parts to the wedding and/or reception, I think that's wonderful and there isn't any harm in accepting such help as long as you sincerely appreciate it.
08/12/2011
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
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Originally posted by Booktease
When my partner and I got married, we payed for most of it on our own. Her parents helped out a bit and so did mine, but we bought our own dresses (Yes, we both wore dresses!). We actually ended up buying super cheap, cream white colored, prom ... more
Oh, wow that's so cute and romantic!
08/12/2011
Contributor: Jaimes Jaimes
My husband and I picked it out and paid for it together about a week after we got engaged. It was actually a really special moment, because I walked out in tears, and he simply said, "Wrap it up." I think we paid $400, and I've managed to wear my dress again twice! We got married on Halloween, so it makes for a good repeat costume.
08/12/2011
Contributor: Booktease Booktease
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Originally posted by Chilipepper
Oh, wow that's so cute and romantic!
It was so perfect. It was the beginning of August and so incredibly hot, down south in a well decorated community building on a dusty dirt road. And it just poured. And poured and poured. And we danced in the rain and my eight year old cousin came out with us and we all ran around like crazy people, splashing in puddles. I walked with my cousin down to the river after the rain stopped and it was like something out of a dream. Everything was so green and glistening and perfect. I was standing holding my little cousin's hand, barefoot, on a small overhanging rock, overlooking the water, and this little girl and her mother floated by in a canoe and the kid said: 'Did you get married?'

It was the best wedding for us that I could have possibly imagined.
08/12/2011
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by GravyCakes
after watching say yes to the dress & seeing how some people allow their parents to pay for the dress, but then end up fighting b/c their parents won't buy the dress they like, i have decided that i am going to save up & buy my own dress. ... more
thats how i intend to do it, pay for it myself, get what I want for MY wedding.
01/29/2012
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
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Originally posted by GravyCakes
after watching say yes to the dress & seeing how some people allow their parents to pay for the dress, but then end up fighting b/c their parents won't buy the dress they like, i have decided that i am going to save up & buy my own dress. ... more
I'd probably wear something I already have. It would be something nice though. If I ever get married, it would be at city hall.
01/29/2012