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In July 2021, my boyfriend of eight years proposed. In the 13 joyous months that followed, I wore my engagement ring like a badge of honor, reveling in all the bridal privileges it symbolized: the registry gifts, the fawning over my “bridal glow” (read: spray tans and skin care treatments), and the spike in Instagram likes, to name a few. I did the destination bachelorette party, I wore the all-white outfits, and I worked in a mention of “my fiancé” any chance I could get. Sure, I was probably a little obnoxious — but I was only going to be a bride once, and I was going to enjoy it, dammit.

But in August 2022, I crossed the ivory-tulle-covered bridge from fiancée to wife, and thus, my bridal era was over.