I want to wear a veil but I don't want toI walk down the asile with it covering my face.
I felt like a trapped tuna and I couldnt see anything when I tried it on at the bridal shop.
I am not getting married in church so my question is ...covered or not?
what are you ladies doing?
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the veil in front of the brides face was orignally in place to hide the bride so that the groom couldnt see her. this way if he wasnt pleased iwth what she looked like he could leave!
eta: this is what i was told
really? i thought i read somewhere that they believed back in the days it would keep evil spirits away
im sure there is more than one idea but i was told this and then went and did some reading and that was the most common use of the veil that i found
so funny i never read that one, i always saw the protecting her from demons meaning. But the one you posted is histerical
here is the definition i found
As mentioned above, one purpose of the wedding veil was to conceal the bride from demons. Family and friends were aware that the veiled figure standing next to the groom was the bride, but fortunately the goblins were apparently fooled. The superstition was so strong that families even supplied bridesmaids as decoys. These maids would not wear veils but would be dressed attractively and prepared to sacrifice their souls if required. Superstitious nonsense maybe, but the tradition continues to this day.
the origins of so many wedding things are histerical
just so you dont think im making things up:
Others say the the origin of the bridal veil was due to the circumstances of an arranged marriage. In days past, men bargained with an eligible young lady's father for their hand in marriage. AFTER the ceremony, the veil was lifted to reveal the brides features. This was to keep a groom from backing out of the deal if he didn't like what he saw.
so funny!
oh no please don't get the wrong idea lol, I believe you 100%. I had only read the evil spirits thing but i think it was also bc i looked up traditional ceremonies and alot of old religious origins came up and that sort of stuff. I just found it histerical, imagine a guy standing there waiting and then she lifts her veil and he runs
HAHHAA I think the definition you found is much nicer! hehe
it's still crazy, maybe even crazier bc they are talking about demons and stuff lol. And like the definition i posted said, HELLO the woman standing next to the groom in white dress and veil kinda gives it away that shes the bride DUH lol
did you read that they often set up 'decoys?!
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not doing the blusher...i didnt even want to do a veil in the first place but mooma said i had to lol...so we compramised..id wear one but no blusher...we shook on it
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did you read that they often set up 'decoys?!
yeah its so funny, they were crazy back then huh. Or are we crazier for carrying on with these traditions
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I will probably wear the veil covering my face.. For me, I just can't imagine it any other way.
LeeAnne
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no way!
MrsGRod09
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I won't be covered, i'm wearing a mantilla veil.
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I'm wearing it over my face... It is so pretty! and I can see fine and everyone can see your face fine!
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it's so funny bc originally i just didnt like veils period, and guess thats why i waited until 2 weeks before the wedding to buy one lol. Just having it on annoyed me at the store and forget it with being over my face.
But i decided to cover my face so i can give my dad his moment of lifting it up off my face and did it for him.
The day of didnt bother me and didnt feel claustrophobic which is weird bc any other time i felt very claustrophobic but you're in such a different mind set it doesn't even bother you. And i saw perfectly fine.
Here are pics with face covered
is this two separate pieces?
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No blusher for me!
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it's so funny bc originally i just didnt like veils period, and guess thats why i waited until 2 weeks before the wedding to buy one lol. Just having it on annoyed me at the store and forget it with being over my face.
But i decided to cover my face so i can give my dad his moment of lifting it up off my face and did it for him.
The day of didnt bother me and didnt feel claustrophobic which is weird bc any other time i felt very claustrophobic but you're in such a different mind set it doesn't even bother you. And i saw perfectly fine.
Here are pics with face covered
is this two separate pieces?
yeah it was a cathedral and an elbow length i guess you call it lol, both were on one comb and was detachable so after pics i took off the cathedral
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I won't be covering my face either.
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the veil in front of the brides face was orignally in place to hide the bride so that the groom couldnt see her. this way if he wasnt pleased iwth what she looked like he could leave!
eta: this is what i was told
really? i thought i read somewhere that they believed back in the days it would keep evil spirits away
No i think that's why you have bridesmaids. I think that's what I read. Ha ha ha.. we are all silly girls!
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the veil in front of the brides face was orignally in place to hide the bride so that the groom couldnt see her. this way if he wasnt pleased iwth what she looked like he could leave!
eta: this is what i was told
really? i thought i read somewhere that they believed back in the days it would keep evil spirits away
No i think that's why you have bridesmaids. I think that's what I read. Ha ha ha.. we are all silly girls!
yea i heard that too
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I will probably wear the veil covering my face.. For me, I just can't imagine it any other way.
I'm not positive I know but.... a good part of me wants to have it covering my face. hmm... we shall see. that will be a last minute type of decision.. i think. idk.
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I'm not wearing a blusher. I'm not crazy about the way it looks plus I know my dad won't fix it right and I'll be super annoyed with my pictures if my veil looks all crazy in the back.
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Im not doing a blusher
VeggieBride
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i dont even like the way a veil looks with my dress but im gonna have one sticking out of the back of my head so no over the face for me
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I didnt walk down the aisle with the veil covering my face. Its ok not to now. The second pic is to show you how the veil looked the entire day.
i'm wearing a mantia veil so it wont be covering my face. it's my mom's veil.
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I'm wearing a double layer fingertip length veil (the shorter piece is elbow length) but I don't plan on using the shorter piece as a blusher. I'd mentioned to FH that traditionally the bride wears a veil over her face and he didn't like the idea at all, so I'm probably just going to have it on the regular way.
