Different studies are regularly conducted around the world on what and if brides regret after their special day. One of the studies shows that out of 1000 brides, 82 percent really regret something. The most common regrets are related to the external appearance - the choice of dress, accessories, make-up, but there are brides who would also like to change the addresses of the presenters, and 30 percent of brides also regret bad photos and the desire to save money for a professional photographer. We want you to learn from other people's mistakes, not your own, so we collected the most popular bridal regrets, which will probably allow you to avoid your own.

Absence here and now

One of the things that brides all over the world, including in Latvia, emphasize as one of the things they regret is focusing too much on wanting to be the perfect Pinterest bride and forgetting to actually enjoy the day 100 percent.

Brides admit that if they were to get married again, they would also leave the last-minute unfinished business undone, instead of worrying the whole wedding day whether a distant cousin will get his gluten-free meal. Also, one of the most popular "ifs" seems to be: If we were to get married again, we would do what we want, not what is expected of us. This applies to the size of the wedding celebration, the number of guests, and traditions. There are so many couples who invite people to their weddings that they honestly wouldn't want to see there. Brides regret focusing on the tasks to be done instead of spending time with their bridesmaids, loved ones and ultimately the groom.

Non-professional wedding photographer

No matter how paradoxical it is, couples tend to regret two things - spending too much on the wedding day and too much desire to save on things that should not have been saved on. One such thing is choosing a wedding photographer. On the Internet, you will find more than one story of an angry bride, how, after hiring a wedding photographer without much experience, the expected wedding pictures did not match the ones both had imagined. Taking into account that it is the photos that will last a lifetime, couples are encouraged to choose proven photographers whose work excites and delights you. Even if hiring them is more expensive than just hiring a student.

In connection with wedding photos, couples also tend to regret that they did not tell the photographer which relatives and friends they would definitely like to take pictures with. There are brides who admit that they would have spent more time taking pictures after the ceremony, just to be able to put beautiful portrait pictures with all their loved ones in their album, not only photos from the wedding celebration.

There is no wedding organizer and wedding day coordinator

Undoubtedly, if we are getting married for the first time in our life, we often do not have the slightest understanding of how many different things we will have to think about before, after, and on the wedding day itself. Couples who want to keep their wedding budget down tend to decide not to hire a wedding planner, which for many of them later becomes one of the most popular "things I would do differently". Brides who later regret not hiring a professional wedding planner recommend at least hiring someone to help coordinate the wedding day itself. Such a person could take care of the wedding day, answer questions such as where to find vases for flowers, as well as solve other planned and unplanned situations. The main prerequisite is that the bride herself does not have to look for the answers to these and other questions.

No wedding video

If no wedding can really be imagined without a wedding photographer, then couples still doubt videographers for budget-saving purposes. However, as it turns out, it's also one of those "what would I do differently if I got married again" things. After all, realizing that memories are the only thing left after the wedding day, couples long to return to the feelings and emotions of that day. And what better way to do it than with video?

Wedding dress

We have arrived at what we have been looking for for so long, which we dream about for so long and which we wear most often once in a lifetime. To your special wedding dress. However, it is the choice of wedding dress that is one of the things that most brides regret when they look back. Not because the dress is not beautiful, but because it is often chosen inappropriately for the circumstances.

The most common mistakes:

• choose to wear a heavy and thick dress on a hot summer day (sweating is guaranteed!);
• not trying on the dress after the very last sewing;
• choosing an inappropriate dress (when everything you want to hide becomes visible);
• too tight corset (there are brides who advise to give up either the corset or eating, otherwise you will have to spend the whole day with nausea);
• buying a dress on the Internet, without storage options (as in the game of chance, of course, it can also be done).

Wedding make-up and hairstyle

The second thing that brides tend to regret about their appearance on the wedding day is their makeup and hairdo. First of all, many brides still recommend to think about hiring a professional make-up artist and hairdresser, and secondly, to do a trial make-up. There are brides who did not feel good on their wedding day because they chose too bright and dark make-up, there are those who would never again choose a non-permanent red lipstick that will stain both the new husband and the white dress. Brides are also advised not to forget to renew their make-up in the course of the evening - otherwise it will be noticed in the wedding photos as well.