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Great question! I am getting hemmed for three inch heels... Thats what the bridal consultant suggested... Not sure how it will end up.. I'll have to wait til this winter to see!!

Everything looks sooo amazing!

I thought I wouldn't cry.. But I did.. It's just so perfect.. Emailing my fiance now.. lol (who will be so relieved that he doesn't have to say his own vows lol)

You look absolutely gorgeous!!

ohhh my.. they are both gorgeous, but I love love love the second one.. It is just stunning. I don't think it's plain at all.. Besides, with such a beautiful back you don't need too much on the front..

I just finished writing another bride about family drama.. ! My fiance and I have been together for six years.. I am the first person to get married in my entire extended family.. I guess everyone was looking forward to the big traditional wedding but my fiance and I never wanted that.. We love to travel.. We love the beach.. And we wanted to get married with only our closest friends and family.. Lets just say that the only person supporting us was my sister.. My family is very traditional and think its a sin that we are not getting married in a Greek church.. From day one, I have had to hear that I'm being stupid and selfish expecting people to spend thousands to come and watch me get married in a foreign country.. I could deal with that.. What I couldn't deal with is my cousins who cursed me out and basically wished the worst to happen for my marriage.. We stopped talking.. But I did make an effort to reach out one last time-- as upset and pissed off as I was.. It's just the kind of person I am.. I hate conflict.. And I feel like a wedding is something to bring families closer together and not break them up... But boy was I wrong! So, really the past few months I have been planning the wedding alone with my fiance.. My parents still weren't thrilled but when I went shopping and they saw me in my wedding dress for the first time they told me that they just wanted me to be happy with whatever we decided.. I think families get so wrapped up in their own expectations for their kids that they forget the beautiful thing that a marriage symbolizes.. Why can't families be supportive.. Whether we decide to elope in Vegas or just go to City Hall? In the end, I learned that the people who truly care about me will be there for me.. And I wouldn't want anyone there who didn't fall into this category.. My advice to you is don't listen to anyone.. It sounds like you have a beautiful relationship based on a solid friendship with a deep commitment to one another.. ( I personally think your sis is a little jealous).. Please don't be upset if it does end u being just you and your fiance.. There are many ladies on here who had very special wedding days with just their groom.. I understand that you would want your loved ones there, so I urge you to try and repair the relationships.. I know that you are completely in the right and shouldn't have to make the first step.. But sometimes we just have to be the bigger person.. I truly hope it works out for you... Please keep us posted!!

Please don't be sad!! From what you said, I can't possibly imagine your future FIL not coming to your wedding.. How could he miss his only childs wedding? Perhaps he was just doing some venting of his own.. I understand why you're upset with your fiance for venting to him.. I would be too.. Since he doesn't know you well enough to begin with, only hearing negative things doesn't do anything to help you.. I never vent to my family about my fiance.. I feel like they would hold a grudge or something.. I mean I do when my sister vents about her boyfriend.. I don't say anything about the negative feelings, but they do exist.. I don't know what advice to give you.. Are you comfortable reaching out to your FIL? Or can your fiance attempt to talk to him one more time? I always feel like you should at least make some kind of attempt.. That way at the end of it all you know that you did all you could do and try and find some peace in that.. About a year ago, I got into a fight with my closest cousins who called me selfish for wanting a DW.. They said some pretty hurtful things and cursed me out and basically said they don't give a crap about me or my wedding and we haven't spoken since.. I did try to make an effort to reach out-- after all it's pretty awkward to see these people every get together and just ignore each other.. But even when I was the bigger person they still continues to be not supportive and immature and just really spiteful.. So now I have just learned to accept it and I am in a good place with it all.. I don't want anyone at my wedding who doesn't want to be there. But more importantly, I don't want anyone in my life who doesn't with me anything but the best.

Hi Emily:) Sorry no one has responded yet! I don't know much about IB, but my fiance and I are getting married at The Royal and having our reception at The Gran Caribe Real.. When I saw the chapel I wanted to get married there so badly!! But neither of us are Catholic so they wouldn't allow it (LOL).. In the end, we chose the Gran so our guests would have the option of staying at an adults only (The Royal) or Gran Caribe (family resort) but more imortantly my fiance and I wanted to have our reception on a rooftop.. The Gran has two to choose from... I can tell you that so far I am quite happy with my WC and the communication between us and I am constantly on TripAdvisor looking for updated pics and reviews.. Good luck!

Congratulations! There are many of us April 2012 brides on here:)

Beautiful pics! Especially the family ones:)

Welcome Island bride.. You are doing such a great job already!

AHHH memorial day weekend!! I'm going to be in a bathing suit for the first time this year...

no way! it was honestly perfect.. not at all direct or bitchy:)

What you wrote is just so perfectly worded! Polite and straight to the point.. Personally, I don't see how or why other people would invite someone to a DW.. Yes, I know you cannot stop people from being at the resort, but it just seems so rude and inconsiderate.. We are currently in the process of sending out our STD's and I am hoping that we will not have to deal with this issue. If we do, I may be stealing your post!

LMAO.. I don't even know what to say...

LOL.. If all you had is a couple of beers than bravo for having willpower.. Every time we go to a ball game here I have to have a hot dog.. fries.. and ice cream served in the little souvenir baseball cap.. Today has been a good day.. so far.. I have planned my meals for the day and I am going to stick to it! That seems to work for me knowing ahead of time what I'm going to eat.. As for exercise... I walked for about 30min.. So that's something, right? Can't wait for beach weather so I can start swimming!! Great job on the elliptical today:) You must be feeling great after that workout.. Keep it up girlie!!

I have no idea if I should wear shoes or not.. When they were taking my measurements at the bridal salon I told them I was thinking about wearing flats or going barefoot down the aisle and everyone looked at me like I had five heads.. I just can't imagine walking on a beach with heels on.. I may do a practice walk this summer when I go for my site visit.. lolol

another April 2012 bride! congrats and welcome!! It's so nice to know that as the time gets closer and closer to our big day we will have that support from each other..

Sharon:) i was coming on here to write about feeling guilty about eating a piece of apple pie after dinner:( but your post made me laugh.. guilt gone:) LOLOL.. but tomorrow I promise to be extra good.....

That's so sweet of you! I know I would love getting a tasty treat like that in the mail:)

these are so cute!! my fiance and I will not be having a bridal arty-- but if we did I would have def loved to do something like this..

=/ I hope this doesn't happen to me.. I bought the first dress I tried on.. LOL.. Crazy I know.. I did try on many after but I kept coming back to my first one and last one.. I was torn I admit.. But after the veil and some jewelry I picked the first one.. The sample size was like three sizes bigger than what I needed but even when I pulled it back and tried to make it tighter I just saw myself how I would want to look on that day.. I am sooooo eager to try it on MY dress when it comes in the fall... I just hope I still love it.. I have known a lot of brides to change their mind when their dress does come in.. I think so much time goes by between you trying on the dress and then it finally coming in.. But I truly believe that if you find the one, you will still feel that way..

These are going to turn out sooo great! Looking forward to seeing your finished design!!

Hi Lindsay!! Congratulations on your engagement! Secrets is an AWESOME resort chain and I have no doubt you will have the wedding of your dreams!! What I did when I first started planning was just spend some time looking through the amazing planning threads on the forum and getting inspiration for my theme and colors.. Believe me there are tons and tons of brilliant ideas here and you will have a hard time choosing! Good luck with everything!!

those clutches are adorable:) this forum is going to make me poor:( lol