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OMG
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OMG IM GETTING MARRIED IN EXACTLY A MONTHS TIME 4RM 2MOROW..(panic mode sets in) lolz xxx
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Getting married on 20th March - nervous? Kinda! Going with the flooooooooooow.
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Aww, I kno how hard it is to decide on the outfits I keep thinking that maybe I picked something too old school or the colors are gonna look weird. Idk what the jewelry will be and wht if it doesnt go with my clothes etc... but hang it there sweetie. Did you end up going with the one you posted here? and wait, why are you ordering the bridal joray?
So hard! I love looking at pictures here at GP because they look so high-fashion, which makes me think that maybe I won't be able to pull off that look. Plus, I'm not that daring to go with a total run-way style because you can either look like million dollars, or a cartoon lol. So I chose something more normal'ish looking. If I had went to Pakistan myself and chosen my dress, it would have been different. Yes I went with that dress but with different colour and some changes (the valvet was yuck,and didn't like the colour, and shirt was too long :P)
Why would I not be ordering bridal dresses,I am the to-be-bride. haha!
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Pinkheels - it's so funny that you should say that! lol Ever since I ordered my bridal I've been feeling really nervous about it, I keep flip flopping wondering if I made the right choice in picking it, the colour and keep looking at pics on GS and thinking how this or that looks so much better. lol I think it's nervousness / anxiety etc. Good to know there are other brides there just like me and I am not alone! :-)
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Getting married on 20th March - nervous? Kinda! Going with the flooooooooooow.
WOW!! inshallah everything goes well with you.
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hey 2011 brides! i only have a matter of weeks left now... just wanted to ask, is it normal to change your mind/get a bit worried over choice of lengha? i don't know whether its nerves or me being silly but i'm panicking that what i've chosen isn't traditional or heavy enough...
oh thank God someone is feeling the same as me!!! My wedding starts on March 11th!!!! and Im thinking I didnt make the right choice in mehndi outfit!!! but I think its just nerves!!! Im sure what you chose is gorgeous PH....and you are going to look gorgeous in it!!!
pray for me guys.....10 days left for me!!! Im a nervous wreck!
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I know exactly how you feel! My wedding is in April and I chose my dresses months ago. But that didn't stop from going through all these threads in fine detail and digging up more fabulous dresses with more trendier cuts! I'm no longer in love with my valima dress, though it is beautiful and very well made, and I get my wedding and mehndi dresses next week... I really hope I love them!
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phew, i'm not the only one panicking then!
it's funny, i remember trying my lengha on and it felt fabulous but that was months ago and since then i've seen hundreds of other lenghas, online, in shops, in magazines etc. There's added pressure because we're having both a joint mehndi and joint wedding reception and i just wonder whether people will be expecting me to wear a very traditional bridal red, and i'm going to rock up in green!
for all other march/april brides, how are you keeping yourself sane?
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oh thank God someone is feeling the same as me!!! My wedding starts on March 11th!!!! and Im thinking I didnt make the right choice in mehndi outfit!!! but I think its just nerves!!! Im sure what you chose is gorgeous PH....and you are going to look gorgeous in it!!!
pray for me guys.....10 days left for me!!! Im a nervous wreck!
Good Luck, im sure things will go amazingly well and you will look gorgeous in your outfits!
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phew, i'm not the only one panicking then! it's funny, i remember trying my lengha on and it felt fabulous but that was months ago and since then i've seen hundreds of other lenghas, online, in shops, in magazines etc. There's added pressure because we're having both a joint mehndi and joint wedding reception and i just wonder whether people will be expecting me to wear a very traditional bridal red, and i'm going to rock up in green! for all other march/april brides, how are you keeping yourself sane?
HOW WEIRD!!! Im having a joint mehndi and joint wedding reception as well. But Im not wearing red, nor am I wearing a traditional cut. Im wearing purple for the reception, and its a bias cut gown with a sharara. But I am having a nikkah function (small function at the mosque) and Im wearing a white lengha, so again, thats far from traditional! But I wouldnt worry about not being traditional....these days, the trendier, the better!!! Good luck!!!
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Good Luck, im sure things will go amazingly well and you will look gorgeous in your outfits!
Thanks love! I needed that!
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for all other march/april brides, how are you keeping yourself sane?
Pinkheels: sanity is overrated at this point. I kind of just want the day(s) to come and go quickly so that we can move on past the madness of the shadi and just get back to focusing on what's important, i.e. building a strong future together.
I look at my bridal outfits too and am thrilled with the shadi one, less so for the valima outfit, and have been browsing these threads nonstop too, but I think it's more to distract myself than because I would rather have ordered something else. I have 18 days left!!! Whoo-hoo!
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HOW WEIRD!!! Im having a joint mehndi and joint wedding reception as well. But Im not wearing red, nor am I wearing a traditional cut. Im wearing purple for the reception, and its a bias cut gown with a sharara. But I am having a nikkah function (small function at the mosque) and Im wearing a white lengha, so again, thats far from traditional! But I wouldnt worry about not being traditional....these days, the trendier, the better!!! Good luck!!!
Good luck and inshallah your wedding will go great!
I was planning on having my wedding the same way as yours - with a joint mendhi, followed by a nice nikkah ceremony at the mosque followed by a small dinner for the immediately close family and friends that attend, followed by a joint reception the next day. Are you having your rukhsati after the nikkah or reception?
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Good luck and inshallah your wedding will go great!
I was planning on having my wedding the same way as yours - with a joint mendhi, followed by a nice nikkah ceremony at the mosque followed by a small dinner for the immediately close family and friends that attend, followed by a joint reception the next day. Are you having your rukhsati after the nikkah or reception?
I am doing my rukhsati after the reception. i know its not traditional, but this is what me and my fiance wanted. Some people still cant grasp the concept, no matter how many times I have tried to explain it to them, but as long as me and my fiance are happy, and my parents and my in-laws are happy, doesnt matter what other people think! i dont think there is anything really traditional about my wedding, but I love everything about my wedding!
If you still have time to plan your wedding out this way, I would totally recommend it! Every cost is shared, which in the end leaves more money to start your future with your husband! and every responsibility for the wedding is shared, so one side doesnt feel like they are doing more than the other. and because I am involved in all the planning, for every single day, I have a say in everything, from clothes, jewelry, decor, food, venue choice, EVERYTHING!!! It gives the bride more control over everything! I highly recommend it!
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ruksati after reception … 
how?
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Getting nikkahed Inshallah in May! :)
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I am doing my rukhsati after the reception. i know its not traditional, but this is what me and my fiance wanted. Some people still cant grasp the concept, no matter how many times I have tried to explain it to them, but as long as me and my fiance are happy, and my parents and my in-laws are happy, doesnt matter what other people think! i dont think there is anything really traditional about my wedding, but I love everything about my wedding!
If you still have time to plan your wedding out this way, I would totally recommend it! Every cost is shared, which in the end leaves more money to start your future with your husband! and every responsibility for the wedding is shared, so one side doesnt feel like they are doing more than the other. and because I am involved in all the planning, for every single day, I have a say in everything, from clothes, jewelry, decor, food, venue choice, EVERYTHING!!! It gives the bride more control over everything! I highly recommend it!
That is awesome!! Good for you. My wedding has been such a mess. First it was the normal, rukhsati walima. Then it went to just rukhsati and my in-laws wanted to do one shared event, but I wouldnt budge for it because I wanted to have my own event (like just from our side) My mother in law and people tried to convince me to work it out that way and just have one event but me being the monster that I am didn't accept it. I thought if it was shared I wouldn't be able to do things my way, plus my dad wanted to give me a proper party from him. Then my in-laws decided that they out opt out from doing a walima, and one of my husband's cousin told me it would look bad on my part to keep saying no, so i agreed to have a shared, then my in-laws let us just do our thing. Now sometimes i think it would have been okay for me to share an event, especially if there isnt a walima anyways. If i had shared it, i could have asked my sister in laws to help out with things (since it's me and my sister doing everything with my friends) so yeah. My pointless story :D butttttttttttt
GOOD FOR YOU for doing what is best for you and your family. Screw people
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Getting nikkahed Inshallah in May! :)
Congradulations :) May isn't too far eh
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That is awesome!! Good for you. My wedding has been such a mess. First it was the normal, rukhsati walima. Then it went to just rukhsati and my in-laws wanted to do one shared event, but I wouldnt budge for it because I wanted to have my own event (like just from our side) My mother in law and people tried to convince me to work it out that way and just have one event but me being the monster that I am didn't accept it. I thought if it was shared I wouldn't be able to do things my way, plus my dad wanted to give me a proper party from him. Then my in-laws decided that they out opt out from doing a walima, and one of my husband's cousin told me it would look bad on my part to keep saying no, so i agreed to have a shared, then my in-laws let us just do our thing. Now sometimes i think it would have been okay for me to share an event, especially if there isnt a walima anyways. If i had shared it, i could have asked my sister in laws to help out with things (since it's me and my sister doing everything with my friends) so yeah. My pointless story :D butttttttttttt GOOD FOR YOU for doing what is best for you and your family. Screw people
That is cool that you get to do things your way now. Though, I have a question popping up in my mind. Not that I am an expert on Islam, but isn't Walima compulsory from the groom's side? From what I understood, no feast or dinner is required in Islam from the girl's side on nikah , but there is nothing wrong with it in doing so. However, the Walima feast is due on the guy, even if he only serves dates in the feast.
Sorry I don't mean to offend you or anything, I am just curious!