Weddings are special for the brides, as they say. But would it still be like that if it were them who were driving their bridal car? It appeared to be so to some Budgetarian Bride followers on Facebook.
The page dedicated to the brides recently shared a photo of Jam David, a newly married woman who drove on her wedding day last month. Many responded and left comments, as did other driving brides, and here’s the story of why they did it.
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For Jam David, driving her bridal car was a personal choice, though defying her elders’ belief that it was unsafe. “To me it is like a symbol that you willingly offer yourself to your future husband. And if I can drive a car on normal days, why not on my wedding day myself? “
The June bride admitted that driving a car in a voluminous wedding dress is indeed uncomfortable. She had to lay the three-meter-long lane next to her on the passenger seat. And she had to wear flip-flop slippers while driving the family’s white manual pickup truck.
Ride for about 15 minutes from their place of preparation in Nuan Farm and Resort, Bacolor to the Church of Arzobispado de Pampanga in San Fernando Pampanga relieved her tension and nervousness. “I just enjoyed this moment because it was the last day I drove as a single lady,” she muses.
Angel Macascas Quitoria
Angel Macasca’s Quitoria, on the other hand, felt nervous driving a white hatchback, not because it was a challenge, but because it was normal for brides to feel nervous before getting out of the car to step into the aisle.
The good thing about it was that her church location, Our Lady of the Gate in Daraga Albay, is only a five-minute drive from Casa Lorenzo, where she made her preparations. “I was confident of driving because my wedding dress was comfortable,” said Angel. “But I was just really nervous about how my wedding would turn out during the general quarantine (GCQ) last month.”
Aside from practical reasons, Angel also chose to drive because the car has sentimental value to them (the couple). “My husband and I like to go to places, so we bought the car before we got married. Then we named her Pepper. And when you name something, hang on to it. So I wanted to take the car to church on this special day, even though my mother was against it at first, ”explained Angel.
Andrea Agahan-Lara
The sentimental bond is also one of the reasons why Andrea Agahan-Lara wanted to play a prominent role on her special day with her six-year-old family car, a chocolate brown limousine. And the other reasons are practical and economical too, as their Silang hometown, Cavite, is also under the GCQ when they got married last November.
“But at first we really had an intimate wedding planned before the pandemic broke out. And I would have loved to drive to church, because why not? It also made me less stressful to accommodate another person (the driver) at reception, ”said Andrea.
After deciding to drive from her prep site Nuevo Comienzo Resort to the San Antonio de Padua parish in Silang Cavite, Andrea opted for a comfortable dress that would help her drive and not be bulky to store. As for her car and wedding shoes, she got ballet flats that cost just £ 500.
According to Andrea, her GCQ wedding was a cool day for driving – no traffic, less worry, and made her excited.
Aiko Manalo Santos
Staying relaxed and excited wasn’t the case for Aiko Manalo Santos, who had no choice but to drive due to the quarantine restrictions that only allow her husband and parents to enter the church.
Her heavy and voluminous wedding dress made driving a bit of a challenge. She had to go barefoot and pull part of her dress up to her chest so that she wouldn’t step on the edge of her skirt while driving her blue limousine with manual transmission. However, in her opinion, it sometimes accidentally clings to the steering wheel.
“I was asked if I am the only bride of this kind? The guard in our village laughed when he saw me. Even the people and enforcers at the checkpoint who saw me laughed. An enforcer said don’t let me get married (I got so far as to wonder if I was the only bride of this kind? Even the guard in our village died when they saw me. Also the people and the traffic cops at the checkpoints, Those who saw me were amused. One of the executors even jokingly told me that I shouldn’t get married) “, Aiko said with a laugh.
Aiko drove about an hour from her village in Binangonan Rizal to the church of San Pedro Calungsod in Antipolo because of the heavy traffic. As a result, she was late. “When I got to church, people who saw me were surprised. Then I rushed down barefoot because my shoes were in the trunk (When I got to church, the people who saw me were surprised. Then I hurriedly got out of the car barefoot because my shoes were in the trunk), “she said . said and laughed again.
Shea Ira Fernandez
The community quarantine had shattered all wedding plans from last year, including the alleged wedding of Shea Ira Fernandez in May. After the Extended Community Quarantine (ECQ) was lifted last July, she and her husband were still reluctant to enforce their wedding because their in-laws, who were from Laguna, cannot travel to their hometown of Cebu.
But not even GCQ can stop her from saying “yes” to her fiancé in the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Unfortunately, during her week of preparation, she missed booking a bridal car. “Since there was no bridal car to rent, I had to borrow my best friend’s white car. And since I don’t want to stress myself out finding a driver, I decided to drive, ”she explains.
Also, her aunt had to make her a simple wedding dress at the last minute as the one she ordered online wasn’t delivered. Fortunately, her aunt’s design was pleasant to drive. “Despite everything, I just enjoyed this day, even driving, which I also had to do to our reception because my husband won’t be able to drive during our wedding,” she ended.
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