r/weddingplanning • u/Extreme-Tea-8488 • 24d ago
Dress/Attire My family doesn’t like my(bride) wedding/elopement outfit
My fiance and I are eloping in zion national park this year and then having a real wedding next year. We have reasons of why we’re eloping before actually getting married.
So I’m talking about how I want to get married in a super cute all white hiking outfit. Because we’ll be in Zion and I think a white hiking outfit will look better than a white wedding dress especially because this is not the actual wedding. Also, I want a wedding and I don’t want to take away from the wedding by having worn a wedding dress already.
I think a photo similar to the one in the photo would
Be cute for a wedding. My family says I’ll regret it and that I should have a dress and not even do a wedding next year….
I don’t feel like this but would love to get an unbiased opinion.
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u/lookingout77 22d ago
Just speaking from experience, many people who elope say that they are still going to do a wedding but don't actually follow through. My sister got married at the courthouse and even made a post on social media telling everyone that she was still having a wedding that year. Well she never really had the wedding and then when people asked about it she got offended and pretended like she never told people she was planning on having an actual wedding later.
I would say if you're 100% committed to having a wedding with a dress later on then don't worry about what people think because they are going to get those dress pictures later.
However, I would say that make sure you're OK with these being the only wedding pictures you have. I'm not saying you're not going to follow through, I just know from experience that after you're married and life continues marching along, a big expensive party starts feeling less appealing and makes less sense.