This might sound crazy, but I bought my wedding dress 15 years before my actual wedding.

Back in the early 2000’s, I was a stressed out single mom and my daughter worked at a bridal shop.

It was on my way home from work and I would often stop by to say hi to her.

I’m a girly girl and the allure of all those beautiful gowns was irresistible.

I’d never worn one before then.

So it was absolutely intoxicating to prance around a bridal shop in gorgeous wedding gowns after a tough day at the office before going home to the chaos that awaited me there as a single mom of 4.

Life didn’t offer me many escapes from my crushing responsibilities, but this was one of them.

When I tried on this gown, it was “The One” and I just had to have it.

Even though I hadn’t had a date in years and was nursing a huge crush on a guy at work who didn’t want anything to do with me.

So I plunked down my credit card and brought it home.

Then years went by.

The kids grew up.

I moved a few times and it always came with me.

And then I lost my job.

The unemployment was running out and I was dead broke and terrified.

The bills were piling up and I was packing up my few remaining possessions to move in with my son.

I couldn’t believe that my life had come to this and I was absolutely devastated.

I pulled the dress out of the closet and wondered why I’d held onto it for so long.

It seemed laughable.

So I snapped a few pictures of it and put it on Craigslist.

I figured I could use a few bucks.

But no one bought it!

So I brought it with me.

I felt increasingly silly each time I moved this dress, but I didn’t know what else to do with it.

It seemed more unlikely than ever that I’d find love at this point in my life.

Especially since I didn’t even have my own place or a “real job”.

But on New Year’s Day of 2017, The Hubbs and I matched on Tinder.

We fell in love quickly and we knew we were right for each other, so that October, I finally got to be a bride!

I truly believe that the reason I was finally successful is because I never gave up, even though things looked terrible.

I kept on learning as much as I could about dating, showing up on Tinder and going on dates.

I worked with coaches, read books, journaled and tried new things.

It was 100% worth the effort I put in to walk down the aisle in that dress to marry The Hubbs.

I’m so glad that no one bought it and I finally got to wear it after all.

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