Who's wedding is it anyway?...Mom!

I have heard it time after time... "My mom is paying for my wedding dress, so I feel that I have to buy the one she loves the most." Who's wedding is it anyway?

I want to remind and encourage you brides out there that are shy about, feel that your voice is overpowered, or simply do not know how to express or remind your loved ones around you that "I love you and appreciate your opinion, but this is what I love and need you to be happy for me and support my taste and decisions. I need you to be on MY team." YOU are the Bride!

I see a girl every so often "ask for permission" to like something from thier Mother. It is wonderful to have strong independent women in our lives to look up to, but when it comes to this sentimental time in your life, you have to remember that you need to be that strong independent woman that THEY are looking up to.

We as females can be particular, opinionated, overbearing, and a little bossy on occasion, but when you are the on-looker of a bride, these traits have to stay in check! If you and your mom differ in tastes, it would be best it bring a friend with similar tastes with you to narrow your dress selections down before you have that bonding time with your mother and the dress. Or better yet, make this desision on your own to keep your sanity! (Then bring your mom to show her your dress and don't tell her that you picked it without her!)

I have heard brides many of times looking for their second wedding dress saying "You know what, my mother picked out my first wedding dress and now I am going to do it my way!" You would get support from your fiance on this subject. So why does it have to be so hard from your family?

This reminds me of that old saying "HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE!" (Start out on the right foot!)