Playing the Bride

Our photo club decided to practice bridal photos this month…and I got to be the live dummy.  I still have my wedding dress and it fits so how could I resist?  How often do you really get to wear your wedding dress anyway?  Considering my actual wedding experience and the fact that I have limited memories of my actual wedding, it was nice to get to wear it one more time.  I did note that I look considerably older than my first bridals.  Then again it has almost been 7 years.

I do carry a little bit of guilt from the whole experience.  I tried to be gracious about all of the well wishing and congratulations I received.  I even held my tongue when a guy held up his baby girl and said, “This is what you have to look forward to.”  I wanted to say, “No, you have no idea what YOU have to look forward to…just wait until she’s 2!”

The guilt hit full tilt when a guy approached me and asked if I was a model or a bride.  Technically, I am neither, but kind of both.  Apparently, my response of bride lost him a bet…oops!