To Veil or Not to Veil?

That is the question. According to tradition, it is considered bad luck for the bride to be seen by the groom before the ceremony. Well, unless this is an arranged marriage (can you believe that those still happen?), the groom would have seen the bride’s face already -- and chances are, without makeup, even! Anyway, depending on what website’s position you subscribe to, the traditions continue …who lifts the veil off of the bride’s face (her father or her husband?), what it means if the bride lifts her own veil (she’s raging her own independence against his male dominance), thick versus sheer (thick being “more traditional” subordination but, hey, I can’t see!), etc… I wasn’t going to wear a veil. I thought fresh flowers in my hair would be nicer. In the bridal store, when the owner heard me say this to my mother, he asked “Are you going to be a flower girl at this wedding? Only flower girls wear flowers in their hair.” I knew this wasn’t true, but I didn’t want to get into a fistfight with the man. In the end, I’d do what I wanted to do anyway: wear flowers in my hair, no veil. He stuck the veil in my hair (it was attached with a comb), my mother cried, I thought I looked beautiful …I scrapped the flowers in the hair idea and bought the veil. That’s not to say that I did the “right” thing. There’s no right or wrong on this issue. You just have to do what’s right for you.

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