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- I got engaged in my late 20s and started planning my wedding.
- We said we didn't want to have kids attend our wedding, and that caused tension with families.
- Our relationship ended a month before we were supposed to get married.
I have two photos of my unworn wedding dress saved on my phone. One is from a styled photo shoot my friend invited me to model for just three months after my engagement ended. The other shows the bride who bought the dress from me four years later, wearing it on her wedding day.