Brides typically start out with a great attitude towards
getting married. Brides are excited and have so many ideas and have a great
vision. Thinking how much fun planning the wedding is going to be in the many months’
ahead puts a smile on their face. Brides even think they will be immune to the
stress and not get so raped up in the details and keep things simple. Thinking
this is going to be one big party they are going to throw and it will be SO
MUCH FUN!
Somehow brides seem to know just when the halfway point is,
and then the countdown and the stress begins. Until now, they are still in a
dreamlike state and loving the entire planning process. A time clock goes off
like a bomb, and all the sudden things begin to change. At this point the bride
has tried on several dresses and hopefully has the perfect dress ordered. She
has looked at shoes, bridesmaids’ dresses, flowers, invitations, reception
halls and the list goes on and on. By the halfway point, she has so much time
invested in this wedding, she wants everything to go perfect and this is where
the stress begins.
After spending this much time figuring out everything, her
perception changes and she wants dresses to match, flowers to be the perfect
color, and the list goes on and on. The bride cares more about the day and the
details than she ever thought she would. The realization that this day is
really important and that is has meaning, has finally come to fruition. The
meaning of the wedding not only has to do with tradition, but what the couple’s
relationship is like and where they are going in their future together. The
wedding becomes symbolic, this fun adventure has turned out to be expensive, and
all their friends and family are expecting to have a good time. The bride
starts to care about making sure the details are perfect. Then the bride
realizes that other people will be judging her wedding and she wants everyone
to remember it being great, fun, and exciting with memories to last a life
time.
Suddenly the bride starts asking herself, “Does this
represent who we are? Does this make our wedding stand out? Will people
remember this as fun? Things happen and people start backing out of the
wedding. Friends and relative you want to be at your special day have good
reasons why they will not be attending. Sometimes those in the wedding party
will back out at the last minute. Sometimes they cannot handle the stress,
things have gotten way out of their budget, or the fun has fizzled out. Usually
at this point the bride will have some type of meltdown.
A month before the wedding, the dress comes in, and it is
time for alterations. At this point the dress store’s sales person understands
that it is way too late in the game to find someone else to do the alterations
and final touches. You are at their mercy, and it is time to take advantage.
That kind and caring sales person who sold you the dress, she will become a
different person. Those alterations are not going to be cheap. Want to take
your dress someplace else? Good luck with that. The sales lady now has a very
bad attitude and very rude. Then the bride notices the wedding dress appears to
be used. All of these scenarios and sometimes all of them happen.
If you want to avoid this happening to your bride, then you
will want to get the Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet. The author of the
booklet worked for a bridal salon, whose owner was verbally and mentally
abusive. The author created the booklet to warn other brides about the horrors
of such sales people they will run into, and attempt to ruin their perfect day.
Help the bride be ready the tricks bridal salons use and get some pretty nifty
tips on how to combat these issues and more.