Runaway Bridesmaids

Posted on Aug 25, 2010 | 2 comments

I was one of 5 bridesmaids in the summer of 2010 at a destination wedding. A huge bridezilla red flag should have been when the bride (whom I thought was a wonderful friend) turned to me after her unsatisfactory bachelorette and said ‘Please make sure you and the other girls know my wedding will be all about me.’ Ringing any warning bells for anyone?
Come the destination wedding, the bridesmaids were expected to pay for EVERYTHING of theirs from several outfits, to accommodation, to transportation, to hair and make up and nails, and plane tickets, and food, and you name it. (all demanded by the bride, oh and we paid for all of hers too). While I understand accepting to be a bridesmaid is to expect cost, however the bride lied about what was necessary to cover and sprung it on us while we were on the island..trapped. Isn’t it customary to help out your wedding party a tiny bit if you can, and if its a destination wedding?

I digress… after 4 days of ceremonies in 3 different locations around the island, 4 days of being told what to do, where to stand, when to get up, when to sleep, and even what make up you’re allowed to put on and what you’re allowed to take a photo of (only the bride, duh!) , we were all emotionally, financially, and physically exhausted. At the last ceremony, the bride and groom stand to give their thanks. Everyone was thanked except of course..the bridal party (whom she spoke about how we never made her wedding a priority). As she walks away from the podium, she exclaims ‘Oh yea, my bridesmaids’ and instead of thanking us for hard work and sacrifices, proceeds to roast her bridal party in front of 200 people we don’t know with horribly embarrassing stories. Not a thank you, or I love you was uttered. As 3 of the bridesmaids begin to cry, I comfort them and ask them to hang in there till the end of the ceremony (mostly out of respect for the mother in law, who paid for everything). At the end, when most guests have left, a bridesmaid confronted the bride about her hurt in being humiliated in front of so many people after all our hard work. The bride flipped out, yelled and screamed at her bridesmaid, and then ran off to complain her groom. At this point, the bridesmaids begin to pack up the car and refuse to attend the after party at the beach house where the bride and groom were staying (that the bridesmaids and groomsmen paid for- also unexpected cost and were covering the bride and groom). The groom ends up irate and chases that bridesmaid off into the forest and yells profanities at the rest of the bridal party. For fear of our physical safety, I gather all bridesmaids and run back to the main city to hide until we could catch our flights and head home. What a great wedding. Did I mention this was also my birthday (but wasn’t ALLOWED to mention it, it was HER day… I mean her 4TH day)

It Had To Rain???

Posted on Jun 24, 2010 | 1 comment

Well, I was this bridesmaid in my best friend‘s wedding long back in 2007, when we had this thing happening which I can say a NIGHTMARE.. for the entire guests and family. There were like seven bridesmaid in all. It was raining cats and dogs and the wedding that followed by lunch was on a lawn, so they had to put some covers to prevent the rain from destroying the wedding. The bride, my dear friend slipped right in the entrance which left her embarrased and above all she could hear few whispers and giggles.Hence she was all amused. Throughout the wedding she kept fussing on small small things and everybody had to bear it. Finally when she had to say ‘I do’ she took exactly 15 minutes to say it and that left her groom totally mad. They didn’t speak for quite sometime and it was totally obvious for us that situation was out of control.The wedding went on pretty quietly and to tell you the truth everyone wanted to run away from it. I hoped it finished soon.

Ugh

Posted on Jun 23, 2010 | 2 comments

My friend recently got married and was seriously a HUGE bridezilla. She changed the date at the last minute and freaked out when people couldn’t make it with one month notice. She told everyone no kids allowed, but then made exceptions for some people….so there were actually lots of kids there, and of course the people who were paying babysitters were not happy. She had the nerve to tell everyone to give her cash instead of gifts, which of course did not go over well. Overall, she was completely rude and horrible throughout the whole process, and didn’t thank any of the people who did all of the work for her.

Freinds Reality

Posted on Jun 23, 2010 | 1 comment

My friend who was near my home, was about to get married. But once it was decided of the date and also all arrangements were made. On the wedding day, she suddenly redused to get married and then One person came who said that he was her lover. And after seeing that she just ran away with him. There was lot of confusion and angry in the girls & boys family.

Bridezilla – Watch Out!

Posted on Jun 22, 2010 | 3 comments

A friend of mine turned into a total bridezilla while she was planning her wedding. Obsessive, rude, and uncaring about anything about her wedding, and she needed so badly to be the center of attention at all times! I understand it’s your big day, but it’s not your day for the year plus leading up to the wedding – the rest of us have lives, too! My sister got engaged while this bridezilla friend was planning her wedding, and she wouldn’t even let me talk about it – it was all about her and her wedding until the wedding day – UGH!

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