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#7. Ghosts of Wedding Dresses Past
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#7. Ghosts of Wedding Dresses Past

Revisiting old photos of me in wedding dresses from four years ago, and figuring out how I feel about shopping for a wedding dress the second time.

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Jan 27, 2023
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When I showed Paul a picture of my 29 year-old self in the wedding dress I bought the last time I was engaged, his first reaction was: you look really unhappy. My hand is up in my hair like I’m a bit uncomfortable; my expression somewhere between confusion and a frown. I’m looking at myself in a large floor-to-ceiling mirror, and it’s like I wasn’t even…

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